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The year 1962 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

May 19 – XHDL-FM begins broadcasting on 98.5 FM in Mexico City under the name XELA-FM.^[1]
July – After its first few months on the air with a community format, KHAK (98.1 FM) in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, takes up a country music format at the station, a format that has remained intact to this day.
July 1 – KRSI-FM in St. Louis Park, Minnesota, signs on the air as KRSI-FM.^[2]
October 2 – KUAC, Fairbanks, first FM Station, begins broadcasting at 104.7, with the morning Show AM on October 3.
December – KLOU 103.3 in St. Louis, Missouri, begins broadcasting as KMOX-FM.

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In Sweden, Sveriges Radio begins trial broadcasts in preparation for the establishment of a third national channel – P3 – as an alternative to commercial pirate radio.
KRZY in Dallas, Texas, becomes KPCN and flips to a country music format.

Debuts

October 13 – Svensktoppen , a weekly record chart, is launched by Sveriges Radio.
Bud Ballou begins his radio career as disc jockey at WOLF.

Closings

February 1 - My True Story ends its run on network radio (Mutual).^[3]
September 30 – CBS broadcasts the final episodes of Suspense and Yours Truly, Johnny Dollar , marking what some consider the end of the Golden Age of Radio.

Births

June 10 – Akie Abe, Japanese radio DJ
September 20 – Jim Al-Khalili, Iraqi-born British science broadcaster
October 12 – Chris Botti, American jazz trumpeter, composer and radio host
October 28 – Dan "Elvis" Lay, American radio personality, co-host of The Dog House
November 6 – Frank DeCaro, American writer, performer and SIRIUS OutQ radio show host
November 22 – Steve DeOssie, American sportscaster, former NFL player
December 12 – Mike Golic, American football player and radio host

Deaths

February 17 – Joseph Kearns, 55, American radio and television actor
October 2 – Frank Lovejoy, 50, American radio and television actor
December 7 – Kirsten Flagstad, 67, Norwegian soprano whose nationwide personal appeals to radio listeners during Saturday matinee intermissions raised money for the Metropolitan Opera.^[4]
December 31 – Bella Alten, 85, Polish-born operatic soprano who gave concerts and radio broadcasts until 1936

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References

↑ 1962 concession
↑ Broadcasting Yearbook 1963 page B-100
↑ 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.
↑ Vogt, Howard: Flagstad: Singer of the Century (Specker and Warburg, London, 1987)

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[1] 1962 concession

[2] Broadcasting Yearbook 1963 page B-100

[coxotd-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.

[4] Vogt, Howard: Flagstad: Singer of the Century (Specker and Warburg, London, 1987)

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