1990 in radio

The year 1990 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

• Minneapolis, Minnesota transitions from active rock to alternative rock
  .
• Dallas, Texas
  becomes KXEB.
• Dallas, Texas
  begins nighttime broadcasting.
• Minneapolis, Minnesota
  .
• WHTE-FM signs in as Adult Contemporary format in the Charlottesville, Virginia Area.
• 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.
• June – KNRJ/Houston flips from
  Alternative Rock
  . The Alternative format will last only 5 weeks, and is promoted as temporary while the station's owners, Nationwide Communications, begin researching the market for a new 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 13 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 will gradually assume an all-sports lineup in less than a year.
• July 20 – Nationwide's KNRJ flips to
  Hot AC as KHMX
  , "Mix 96.5."
• August 22 – Echo of Moscow (Russian: Э́хо Москвы́, romanized: Ekho Moskvy), a 24/7 independent commercial station, begins broadcasting from Moscow.
• October 2 – Radio Berlin International ceased its operation. The following day, Germany reunified.

Debuts

• Frankfurt
  .

Deaths

• July 7 – Bill Cullen, American radio personality, game show host (born 1920)
• July 8 – Evelyn Kaye, American violinist, "Evelyn and Her Magic Violin" on The Hour of Charm^[1]
• July 30 –
  old-time radio (born 1916)^[2]
• October 26 –
  television network operations in the United States (born 1901)^[3]

See also

• Radio broadcasting

References

1. ^ "Deaths" (PDF). Broadcasting. July 23, 1990. p. 102.
2. ^ "Karl Weber; Longtime Radio Actor". Los Angeles Times. August 6, 1990. Retrieved September 11, 2016.
3. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8
   .

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