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The year 1949 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Closings 4 Births 5 Deaths

[edit] Events

• 1 April – The facilities and staff of the Broadcasting Corporation of Newfoundland are transferred to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
• 15 April – KPFA 94.1 FM in Berkeley, California, begins broadcasting as the first listener-sponsored radio station in the United States and the first of five stations founded by the Pacifica Radio network.

[edit] Debuts

• January 9 – Screen Director's Playhouse premiers on NBC.
• February 18 – Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar (1949-1962) debuts on CBS.
• June 3 – Dragnet premiers on NBC.

[edit] Closings

[edit] Births

• Neal Conan, National Public Radio host, producer, editor, and correspondent. During the 1991 Gulf War he was captured by the Iraqi Republican Guard.

[edit] Deaths

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