1968 in radio

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The year 1968 in radio involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Closings 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• July 1 - WIBC-FM flips from classical music to album-oriented rock as WNAP.
• KQRS drops beautiful music for freeform rock
• Al Tedesco purchases KWFM in Minneapolis, Minnesota, later changes it to country music as KTCR.
• WABX Detroit goes progressive rock/freeform full-time.

[edit] Debuts

• KNTH, Houston, Texas

[edit] Closings

[edit] Births

• June 1 - Steve Czaban, American sports radio personality.
• June 2 - Beetlejuice, member of the Wack Pack from radio's The Howard Stern Show
• July 19 - Jim Norton, American comedian and radio personality (The Opie and Anthony Show)
• September 19 - Monica Crowley, conservative radio and television political commentator.
• October 2- Victoria Derbyshire, British radio presenter
• October 24 - Sal the Stockbroker, American comedian and radio writer for The Howard Stern Show

[edit] Deaths