The year 1960 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

List of years in radio (table)
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Events

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Debuts

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Endings

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  • 1 January – The NBC Radio Theater ends its run on network radio (NBC).[3]
  • 23 March – The Second Mrs. Burton ends its run on network radio (CBS).
  • 27 August – The Louisiana Hayride puts on its final show.
  • 25 November – The long-running serial, Ma Perkins, airs its last episode on the CBS radio network.[4]

Births

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  • 3 January – Liz Kershaw, UK radio presenter
  • 13 February – Delilah, nationally syndicated US love-song request-and-dedication host
  • 10 March – Anne MacKenzie, Scottish broadcast journalist
  • 1 August – Chuck D, American rapper, composer, actor, author, radio personality and producer
  • 17 September – Steve Scully, American broadcast journalist

References

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  1. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "The Kennedy-Nixon Debates - 1960, Analysis & TV vs. Radio". HISTORY. April 25, 2023. Retrieved December 4, 2023.
  3. ^ Cox, 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. p. 6.
  4. ^ Dunning, John (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio (Revised ed.). New York, NY: Oxford University Press. pp. 420–422. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Retrieved September 27, 2019.