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1999 in radio

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The year 1999 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

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Debuts

Closings

  • April 17 – The Mutual Broadcasting System name was retired by owner Westwood One, with remaining affiliates switching to CNN Radio in a deal with Turner Broadcasting. On that same day, "NBC Radio"-branded newscasts (by this point, "Mutual" and "NBC" newscasts were produced and anchored by CBS Radio personnel) were also limited only to 5 a.m. – 10 a.m. on weekday mornings, with CNN Radio newscasts airing at all other times.

Deaths

  • January 11 – Frank Parker, 95, American singer and television personality[10]
  • January 30 – Ed Herlihy, 89, American radio and television announcer for NBC[10]
  • April 16 – Regis Cordic, 72, American radio personality and actor
  • May 9 – Shirley Dinsdale, 72, American ventriloquist and television and radio personality of the 1940s and early 1950s
  • December 15 – George Elrick, 95 Scottish bandleader and DJ
  • Ted Mallie, 74, American radio and television announcer
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