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The year
1996 in radio
involved some significant events.
Events
President Clinton signed the
Telecommunications Act of 1996
, which greatly increased the number of stations one could own per market, into law.
Geneseo, Illinois
radio stations WGEN (1500 AM) and
WGEN-FM
(104.9) are sold to Connoisseur Communications, owner of
KJOC
,
KQCS
,
WXLP
and
KBOB
with studios in
Davenport, Iowa
. The FM signal is simply a repeater of KJOC's signal, which has an all-sports format, while the AM signal repeats KBOB (at the time, located at 99.7 FM with a country format) as Connoisseur was considering future plans for the two stations.
January 5 -
WXRK
/
New York
flips from
classic rock
to a hybrid
modern rock
/
active rock
format, while keeping the "K-Rock" moniker.
January 20 -
WPAT-FM
Paterson, NJ
/
New York City
ends its
Adult Contemporary
format of over 3 years and shuts down the entire intellectual unit on 93.1 FM, located in
Clifton, NJ
at 12:01 a.m. The frequency and transmitter only were sold by
Park Communications
to
Spanish Broadcasting System
who at the next moment sign on the station with the same call letters from
Manhattan
with a
Spanish AC
format. WPAT FM had been a
Beautiful Music
Station for decades and evolved to AC at the end of 1992. AM 930 WPAT remains AC for a couple more months as they are also sold but to another Spanish broadcast group Heftel.
February -
Jacor
announced it would purchase Citicasters, Inc. and Noble Broadcast Group. In addition, SFX Broadcasting announced it would buy Prism Radio Partners.
February 5–10 – After 7 and a half years (in the
country
format (Over a year on 97.1 FM, the remaining time on 103.5),
WYNY
/New York drops the format at 6 AM and began to simulcast its sister stations outside New York,
WRCX
in
Chicago
on February 5,
KKBT
in Los Angeles on February 6,
WLUP-FM
in Chicago on February 7,
KIOI
in San Francisco on February 8, and
WXKS-FM
in Boston on February 9. On February 10, WYNY would flip to a
Dance CHR
format as "103.5 The New KTU."
February 15 - Top 40-formatted WYHY/Nashville drops the format after 14 years and flips to Hot AC as WRVW, "The River."
March -
Infinity Broadcasting
buys out Granum Communications' group of 12 stations for $410 million, while
Clear Channel Communications
would buy U.S. Radio's 18 station group for $140 million.
March 8 –
KZZP
in Phoenix flips back to Top 40/CHR
March 25 -
KCIN
/
Seattle
flips from
country
to
Rhythmic AC
, branded as "Kiss 106", after a week of simulcasting sister stations and a stunt loop of various sound effects
March 26 - WPAT-FM's sale from Park to SBS is final though SBS had custody of the frequency since January 20. WPAT AM 930 though is sold to Heftel on March 26 and at 3 p.m. the AC format (by then was more of a Soft AC since splitting from the FM) ends and a Spanish pop format begins. WPAT AM 93 evolves to a brokered format later in the year. The building and real estate is included in the sale of the AM but not the FM.
April - SFX Broadcasting and Multi-Market Radio announced plans to merge.
April 1 -
WHTZ
/
New York City
quietly segues from
CHR
/
Modern Rock
to a pop-slanted
Modern Rock
format, eliminating the non-rock hits heard on CHR stations. The station will have a
Modern AC
lean by May.
April 19 - On-air talent
Paul 'Cubby' Bryant
exits Houston’s
104.1 KRBE
and joins New York City’s
WHTZ
’s restructured
top 40
/
CHR
format.
May - Former SFX President/CEO Steve Hicks and brother Tom Hicks of Hicks, Muse, Tate & Furst launched Capstar Broadcasting, with plans to spend $1 billion on middle-market radio stations. Also that month, Cox Radio would acquire NewCity Communications for $250 million.
May 31 -
WEDJ
/
Charlotte
rebrands to "Kiss 95.1", bringing the "Kiss" moniker back to the market for the first time in 2 years, when it was formerly carried on 101.9 FM (now
WBAV-FM
)
June 20 - Westinghouse/CBS Radio announced its merger with Infinity Broadcasting. The $3.9 billion deal would be the biggest deal in radio history until Clear Channel's acquisition of AMFM in October 1999.
July - Capstar would buy Osborn Communications for $100 million; also that month, Heftel Broadcasting and Tichenor Media would merge, becoming one of the first major Spanish-language radio companies.
July 1 -
WAXQ
/
New York City
is sold from Entercom to Viacom and the format changes from
Active Rock
to a pop-based
classic rock
format.
July–November -
WHTZ
/New York gradually segues from pop-slanted
Modern Rock
to mainstream
CHR
, with the shift completed in November.
July 29 – WWWE in
Cleveland, Ohio
(long nicknamed "3WE") reverts to their original
WTAM
call letters, now branded as "WTAM 1100."
August - American Radio Systems announced it would acquire
EZ Communications
' nearly 100 station group for $655 million. Also that month, Chancellor Broadcasting would acquire Colfax Communications' 12 station group for $365 million.
August 9 - Adult Contemporary-formatted
WLTI
/
Detroit
reverted to the WDRQ call letters and branding, and flipped to
Rhythmic AC
.
August 15 – Adult Contemporary-formatted KHHT/Denver (now
KQKS
) flips to
Top 40
as "K-HITS 107.5"
October –
Radio4all.net
is founded.
October 30 –
KPTY
debuts as Arizona's Party Station after stunting with various genres of music
November 14 – After a day of stunting with
showtunes
,
WMXV
/New York flips from
Hot AC
to
Modern AC
as "105.1 The Buzz" WDBZ.
November 18 –
Radio Disney
begins broadcasting.
December - 102.7
WNEW-FM
evolves from Adult Rock to
classic rock
WBOB
and
KQQL
, both in
Minneapolis, Minnesota
are sold to Chancellor Communications.
The
United Auto Workers
invest in United Broadcasting Network, which later became
I.E. America Radio Network
. UAW's president at the time,
Stephen Yokich
, saw UBN as a way to promote the union's ideals and counter
conservative
radio talk show hosts.
KILT
in
Houston, Texas
flips to
sports
.
River City FM
is sold to
The Radio Network
.
Debuts
Doug Banks
begins national syndication of morning radio show
Los Angeles radio listeners picked up two new stations,
Rhythmic Adult Contemporary
KIBB ("B100.3")
and Dance-intensive
KACD/KBCD ("Groove Radio 103.1")
. Both would last only 2 years.
KHTS-FM
("Channel 93.3")/San Diego debuts with a Dance Top 40 format on Labor Day. They would evolve to Mainstream Top 40 in August 1998.
Phantom FM
begins broadcasting as a pirate station.
Kol Chai
begins broadcasting in Israel.
DWWW 774
begins broadcasting in the Philippines.
Radio Romance renamed
WRR 101.9
.
New radio shows
April –
Alan Parker, Road Warrior
(BBC Radio 1)
July –
Comedy Quiz
(BBC Radio 4)
November
Beaumarchais
(BBC Radio 4)
hardDrive
(United Stations Radio Networks)
Tonight with
Vincent Browne
(RTÉ Radio)
Deaths
March 9 –
George Burns
, American comedian, award-winning actor and best-selling writer (born 1896)
[1]
March 26 –
John Snagge
, British newsreader and commentator (born 1904)
April 29 –
David Davis
, English children's radio broadcaster (born 1908)
July 5 –
Anne Hummert
, American creator of daytime radio serials during the 1930s and 1940s (born 1905)
[1]
August 7 –
Bill Hanrahan
, American radio and television announcer (born 1918)
September 11 –
Louise Fitch
, American actress
October 28 –
Morey Amsterdam
, veteran American television and radio actor and comedian (born 1908)
November 13 –
Alma Kitchell
, began on radio as a singer, later became host of a number of programs on
WJZ
and NBC radio
[2]
December 11 –
Willie Rushton
, English comedian, actor, radio and television personality and cartoonist (born 1937)
December 14 –
Norman Hackforth
, British musical accompanist and radio "mystery voice" (born 1908)
See also
Radio broadcasting
References
^
a
b
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
.
^
Thomas, Robert McG. Jr. (November 17, 1996).
"Alma Kitchell, Radio Pioneer, Then a TV One, Dies at 103"
.
The New York Times
. New York, New York City. Archived from
the original
on September 14, 2017
. Retrieved
September 14,
2017
.
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