1973 in radio
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The year 1973 in radio involved some significant events.
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[edit] Events
- André Baruch and his wife move to Palm Beach, Florida to do a top-rated daily four-hour talk show for five years before relocating to Beverly Hills, California.
[edit] Debuts
- LBC, Britain's first legal commercial Independent Local Radio station, starts broadcasting as a news channel. This is followed a week later by Capital Radio (now Capital FM), which was set up as an entertainment channel.
- October 6 — American Country Countdown, a country music-oriented version of American Top 40 featuring the top 40 songs of the week based on Billboard magazine's Hot Country Singles chart. Created by Don Bustany and Casey Kasem and distributed by Watermark Inc., the host is Don Bowman, who would remain with the program for 4 1/2 years.
[edit] Closings
- The Feminine Forum concept dropped by KGBS, becoming the Bill Ballance Show
[edit] Births
- June 22 - Carson Daly, American radio and television personality, host of Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC
[edit] Deaths
