1995 in radio

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The year 1995 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Closings 4 Deaths

[edit] Events

• 1 January - KAEV in Lake Arrowhead, California changes to KCXX with an alternative rock format.
• April - KJJO in Minneapolis, Minnesota flips to smooth jazz as KMJZ.
• 27 September - The BBC in the United Kingdom and Sveriges Radio in Sweden both begin Digital Audio Broadcasting.
• 30 September - "SoundWave" (now known as 96.4FM The Wave) - sister network to Wales's first local commercial radio station Swansea Sound - goes on air.

[edit] Debuts

• July - Cigar Dave hosts the first broadcast of Smoke This!

[edit] Closings

• January 28 — Final broadcast of the original "American Top 40."
• October 6 - Ken Beatrice's last show on WMAL in Washington, DC

[edit] Deaths

• Tom Clay, 66, American radio personality and disc jockey.
• Bob Cruz, 42, American Disc Jockey hired to replace Jay Reynolds at WABC (AM) in 1976.
• Gary Dee, 60, pioneer in controversial talk radio, mostly in Cleveland, Ohio.
• Gerald Durrell, 70, British naturalist, zookeeper, author, and radio and television presenter
• Vivian Stanshall, 51, English comedian, writer, artist, broadcaster, and musician (b. 1943)
• Wolfman Jack, 57, American disc jockey