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The year 1973 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.

Events

• 15 October – Dutch public-broadcasting station Hilversum 3 begins round-the-clock transmission.
• 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.

Debuts

• May 16 - URB 963, a student radio station at the University of Bath begins broadcasting
• August 27 - WCCO-FM relaunches with new 100,000 watt signal.
• 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.
• October 8 - LBC (later London News 97.3 and News Direct 97.3FM, now LBC 97.3), the first Independent Local Radio station in the United Kingdom, begins broadcasting to the London area.^[1]
• October 16 - Capital Radio (later Capital FM, now Capital 95.8) begins broadcasting to the London area.^[1]
• December 31 - Radio Clyde (later Clyde 1, now 102.5 Clyde 1), the first independent local radio station outside of London, and the first in Scotland, begins broadcasting to the Glasgow area.^[1]

Closings

• The Feminine Forum concept dropped by KGBS, becoming the Bill Ballance Show

Births

• June 22 - Carson Daly, American radio and television personality, host of Last Call with Carson Daly on NBC

Deaths

References