The year 1979 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

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Events

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  • September: KDWB-FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota breaks away from their Top 40 AM sister, becoming album-oriented rock as "K101".
  • October 8-November 3: The engineers and airstaff of WCCO-AM-FM-TV go on strike.
  • October 22: Pittsburgh court receives a $7 million libel lawsuit from county politician Cyril Wecht over remarks the city controller made of him during a radio interview.

Debuts

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  • Undated: WIXK-FM signs on the air.
  • February 5: Sears Radio Theater debuts on CBS.[1]
  • November 5: The radio news program Morning Edition premieres on National Public Radio.
  • Undated: In Albuquerque, New Mexico, long time rocker KRST flips to country music, becoming the city's first FM country radio station. KRST is still playing country music.

Endings

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  • November 4 - KUAC Ends AM after 12 years. It's replaced by Morning Edition (see Above in Debuts)

Births

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Deaths

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References

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  1. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. p. 603. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved 2019-09-27.