1977 in radio

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The year 1977 in radio involved some significant events.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Closings 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• March 5 - President Jimmy Carter participates with Walter Cronkite in the Dial-a-President radio program on CBS.
• May 12 - WTIC-FM in Hartford, CT switches from classical music to a new Top 40 format designed by consultant Mike Joseph. This successful new approach will later be termed Hot Hits.

[edit] Debuts

[edit] Closings

[edit] Births

• November - Heidi Cortez, American model, writer, and radio host

[edit] Deaths

• Bud Ballou, radio disc jockey
• Sid Collins, (55, American broadcaster best known as the radio voice of the Indianapolis 500 on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Radio Network from 1952-1976.
• Bing Crosby, 74, American singer, actor and early radio personality.