January 28 – The final original American Top 40 airs internationally only. The final Long Distance Dedication is "Move On" by James Brown, from host Shadoe Stevens to the show's listeners.
February 15 – After nine years as a "Pure Rock" station, Long Beach, California's 105.5 KNAC flips to a Mexican music format as KBUE (Que Buena). KNAC was, however, resurrected in 1998 as the internet-based radio station knac.com.
March
After several years of playing contemporary Christian music, KQCS (93.5 FM) in Bettendorf, Iowa switches to an active rock format and adopts the call letters KORB.
After 22 years as KRVR (106.5 FM), under a format that had evolved from beautiful music to a hybrid of beautiful, easy listening and adult contemporary and had been known to locals as "K-River," the call letters and format are changed for this Davenport, Iowa station. The new call sign is KCQQ and – known as Q106 and Q106.5 – the format is switched to classic hits, eventually evolving to classic rock.
March 4 – Partners For Christian Media signs Contemporary Christian station J103 on the air in Chattanooga, TN.
September 30 – "SoundWave" (later known as 96.4FM The Wave) – sister network to Wales's first local commercial radio station Swansea Sound – goes on air.
October – Montreal radio host Pierre Brassard makes a prank call to Queen Elizabeth II impersonating Canadian prime minister Jean Chrétien. Elizabeth, believing that she is speaking to Chrétien, says that she supports Canadian unity and would try to influence the 1995 Quebec referendum on proposals to break away from Canada.[1]
Debuts
July – Cigar Dave hosts the first broadcast of Smoke This!
August - 95.1 RW begins broadcast in San Fernando, Pampanga, Philippines.
Closings
January 28 – Final broadcast of the original American Top 40.
1 2 Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN978-0-7864-3848-8.
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