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In the year 1977, significant events in radio broadcasting included the President of the United States participating in a call-in radio program. ==Events== *January – WRSQ-FM (104.9) signs on the air in Geneseo, Illinois as a sister station to WGEN-AM (1500 AM). The station's first call letters are short-lived, as the station will quickly adopt the callsign WGEN-FM. The initial format is country music with a community focus. *February 18 – Belgischer Rundfunk (BRF) is founded and takes over responsibility for public-service radio broadcasting in the German language in Belgium. *March 5 - President Jimmy Carter participates with Walter Cronkite in the ''Dial-a-President'' radio program on CBS. *May 12 - WTIC-FM in Hartford, Connecticut switches from classical music to a new Top 40 format designed by consultant Mike Joseph. This successful new approach will later be termed Hot Hits. *August 16 - Radio and television stations nationwide interrupt regular programming to report the death of Elvis Presley. *September 1 -- Dave Lingafelt begins airing "The Whacky Wake Up Crew" on WNNC-AM in Newton, North Carolina. He has been on the air for more than 35 years and has since purchased another AM station as well as 95.7 WXRC "The Ride." 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1977 in radio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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