February 14 — Dubbed the "Valentine's Day Massacre," KMET-FM in Los Angeles switches formats to new-age music, with no disc jockeys, as KTWV. KMET's entire airstaff is dismissed with the move.
March 30 -- Infinity Broadcasting buys KVIL-AM-FMDallas from Sconnix Broadcasting. The sale price was $82 million, the largest amount of money for an AM-FM combo up to that date.[1]
February 15 - Billboard debuts the first "Crossover" radio chart, which was published weekly until 1990. This chart would become the predecessor to the Rhythmic Contemporary chart that would debut in 1992.
October 31 - NU 107 begins broadcast in Pasig, Philippines.
Birthsedit
April 22 - Brandon Tatum, conservative radio host and youtuber
April 19 - Hugh Brannum, American actor and radio (born 1910)
September 12 – Jessie Young, American radio commentator (born 1900)[3]
November 17 - Ireene Wicker, American singer and actress (born 1905)
Referencesedit
^"Infinity Buys KVIL for $82 Million Cash", Radio & Records April 3, 1987 page 1
^ abCox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8.
^Birkby, Evelyn (1991). "Jessie Young". Neighboring on the Air : Cooking with the KMA Radio Homemakers. Iowa City: University of Iowa Press. pp. 38–39. ISBN 0-87745-316-0.