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Significant events in radio broadcasting in the year 1969 included the debuts of two documentaries on rock and roll.

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

[edit] Events

• 1 March – NHK begins FM broadcasting in Japan.
• 3 October – The Fernsehturm Berlin, a broadcasting tower, opens in East Berlin.
• The History of Rock & Roll is syndicated.
• WSAU-FM in Wausau, Wisconsin changes to Top 40 as WIFC, and continues with those calls and format nearly 40 years later.

[edit] Debuts

• February 9, The Pop Chronicles on KRLA 1110.^[1]
• February 21, The History of Rock and Roll on KHJ.^[2]
• WCCO-FM in Minneapolis, Minnesota signs on.

[edit] Closings

[edit] Births

• Craig Carton, American radio personality, co-host of Boomer Esiason's morning show on WFAN in New York City, which became the permanent replacement for Imus in the Morning on September 4, 2007.

[edit] Deaths

[edit] References

1. ^ "Classic DJ and Radio Scrapbook: KRLA POP CHRONICLES Program, 1969 (1 of 2)". Classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com. 2004-02-26. http://classicdjradioscrapbook.blogspot.com/2009/04/krla-pop-chronicles-program-1969-1-of-2.html. Retrieved 2009-04-29. 
2. ^ Hopkins, Jerry (April 5, 1969), "'Rockumentary' Radio Milestone", Rolling Stone (30): 9 

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