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The year 1991 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history. ==Events== * January 11 - KKWM-FM 97.9 in Dallas/Ft. Worth becomes KLRX "Lite 97.9" after Cox assumes ownership from Anchor Media. This change will lead to a station swap nearly three years later and the demise of Tampa Bay's heritage rocker WYNF "95 YNF." * January 18 – Brian Beirne became one of the few celebrities from radio to get a "star" on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. * February 1 – KOZT-FM, Fort Bragg, Mendocino County, California officially becomes "THE COAST" after 48 hours straight of playing the theme from "Twin Peaks". Started (and still run) by former KLOS & KLSX programmer Tom Yates, the station has since been nominated for several Marconi awards and won one in 2002 for Rock Station of the Year. *February 8 – WROR/Boston flips to Hot AC, branded as "Mix 98.5" and adopts the new call letters WBMX. *February 26 – WLOL in Minneapolis, Minnesota signs off on 99.5 FM for the last time. Minnesota Public Radio's KSJN takes over on the frequency the following day. *April 2 - WPLJ in New York City rebrands as "Mojo Radio" after Scott Shannon joins the station as program director and morning show host *May 12 - Aliw Broadcasting Corporation in the Philippines acquired DZPI and starts broadcasts of DWIZ 882 as a news formatted station. Test broadcast of the station lasted for a month.〔http://businessmirror.com.ph/index.php/en/news/opinion/31950-aliw-broadcasting-corp-23-years-of-public-service〕 *July - Granum Communications takes over KMEZ-FM 107.5 in Dallas/Ft. Worth from Gilmore Broadcasting and replaces its soft AC format with soft classic rock as KCDU "CD-107.5." *August 8 – The Warsaw radio mast, the tallest construction ever built, collapses. *October - KHYI 94.9 in Dallas/Ft. Worth drops it top-40 format of roughly 5 years (as Y-95, Power 95 and, later, simply 94.9 FM) to become KODZ "Oldies 94.9." *Classic hits KLXK in Minneapolis, Minnesota flips to hard rock as KRXX ("93X") *KDBN drops business talk, returns to adult standards as KCMZ. *Michael and Kay Zwerling purchase KSCO in Santa Cruz, California * December 2 – Buzz Burbank becomes newsman for The Don and Mike Show * December 30 – English service of Radio Luxembourg ceases transmissions on 208 meters in mediumwave. 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「1991 in radio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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