1956 in radio: Wikis

Note: Many of our articles have direct quotes from sources you can cite, within the Wikipedia article! This article doesn't yet, but we're working on it! See more info or our list of citable articles.

Categories: Radio stations established in 1956 > Years in radio > 1956

Encyclopedia

Updated live from Wikipedia, last check: May 29, 2012 03:18 UTC (44 seconds ago)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

List of years in radio (table)
… 1946 ^. 1947 ^. 1948 ^. 1949 ^. 1950 ^. 1951 ^. 1952 … 1953 1954 1955 -1956- 1957 1958 1959 … 1960 ^. 1961 ^. 1962 ^. 1963 ^. 1964 ^. 1965 ^. 1966 … In television: 1953 1954 1955 -1956- 1957 1958 1959 In music: 1953 1954 1955 -1956- 1957 1958 1959 In film: 1953 1954 1955 -1956- 1957 1958 1959
Related time period or subjects
… 1953 ^. 1954 ^. 1955 - 1956 - 1957 ^. 1958 ^. 1959 … … 1920s ^. 1930s ^. 1940s -1950s- 1960s ^. 1970s ^. 1980s … 19th century ^. 20th century ^. 21st century …
Art ^. Archaeology ^. Architecture ^. Literature ^. Music ^. Science +...

The year 1956 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Closings
4 Births
5 Deaths
6 References

Events

Debuts

January 22 - Fort Laramie debuts on CBS.
January 27 - CBS Radio Workshop debuts with Brave New World.
January 29 - Indictment debuts on CBS.
19 May - First edition of the popular record request programme Sveriges bilradio (1956-1973) on Sveriges Radiotjänst (forerunner of Sveriges Radio).
August 15: WWRI-West Warwick, Rhode Island begins broadcasting.

Closings

June 30 - The Guiding Light officially ends its 19 year run on CBS radio, having spent the previous four years on both radio and television. It continues on television until September 2009.^[1]

Births

February 27 - Tim Brando, radio host and sportscaster.
March 27 - Dale Arnold, American sportscaster
July 4 - Mark Belling, radio talk-show host for WISN in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
July 16 - Jerry Doyle, American actor and radio talk show host.
September 1 - Bernie Wagenblast, American editor and broadcaster
October 6 - Jimmy Cefalo, American sportscaster, game show host and former NFL player. Currently does play-by-play for the Miami Dolphins.
December 31 - Shelagh Rogers, Canadian radio host
Steve Buckley, Boston Herald sports columnist, joined Boston, Massachusetts sports radio station WEEI in 1993
Christopher O'Riley, American classical pianist and host of the weekly National Public Radio program From the Top

Deaths

References

^ Guiding Light trivia imdb.com. Retrieved 9 April 2009.

The Full Wiki

Search:

More info on 1956 in radio

Related topics