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- Events
- Debuts
- Deaths
- See also
- References
{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2013}}{{Year nav topic5|1990|radio|television|music|film}}The year 1990 in radio involved some significant events. Events- KJJO in Minneapolis, Minnesota transitions from active rock to alternative rock.
- KBLN in Dallas, Texas becomes KXEB.
- Daytimer KKDA in Dallas, Texas begins nighttime broadcasting.
- Emmis Communications sells several of their most noteworthy stations to offset losses from the purchase of the Seattle Mariners, including KXXX in San Francisco, WAVA-FM in Washington, DC and WLOL in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- March 13 - WLVK/Charlotte flips to "high octane country" as "Thunder 96.9"; this direction last only a few months, with the station shifting back to a more traditional country format.
- July 13 - Nationwide Communications sells off WGAR 1220-AM in Cleveland, which was a direct simulcast of country WGAR 99.5-FM, to Douglas Broadcasting. WGAR-AM signs off at midnight on July 13th after airing a brief retrospective on the station, highlighted with tributes from station alumni Jack Paar and Don Imus. The station relaunches as WKNR a few minutes later, carrying a satellite-delivered oldies format, but would gradually assume an all-sports lineup in less than a year.
- June – KNRJ/Houston flipped from Rhythmic CHR to Alternative Rock. The Alternative format would last only 5 weeks, and was promoted as a temporary format while the station's owners, Nationwide Communications, began researching the market for a new format.
- July 20 – Nationwide's KNRJ flips to Hot AC as KHMX, "Mix 96.5."
Debuts- Hessischer Rundfunk in Frankfurt debuts with Chippie, a radio program on computer topics.
Deaths- July 8 - Evelyn Kaye, known as "Evelyn and Her Magic Violin" when she performed on The Hour of Charm.[1]
- July 30 – Karl Weber, actor in old-time radio[2]
- Bill Cullen, radio personality, American game show host (born 1920)
- William S. Paley, the chief executive who built Columbia Broadcasting System (CBS) from a small radio network into one of the foremost radio and television network operations in the United States (born 1901)[3]
See alsoReferences1. ^{{cite news|title=Deaths|url=http://www.americanradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Magazines/Archive-BC-IDX/90-OCR/BC-1990-07-23-OCR-Page-0096.pdf|work=Broadcasting|date=July 23, 1990|page=102}}
2. ^{{cite news|title=Karl Weber; Longtime Radio Actor|url=http://articles.latimes.com/1990-08-06/news/mn-154_1_karl-weber|accessdate=11 September 2016|work=Los Angeles Times|date=August 6, 1990}}
3. ^Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. {{ISBN|978-0-7864-3848-8}}.
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