1988 in radio

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The year 1988 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

• August 13 — Los Angeles radio personality Shadoe Stevens takes over as host of "American Top 40." He replaces Casey Kasem, who had hosted since the show's debut in 1970. Stevens will remain with the program until the end of its original run in January 1995.
• September — KMGK in Minneapolis, Minnesota becomes KQQL, adopting an oldies format.
• September 22 - WYNY 97.1, a country music station and WQHT 103.5 (Hot 103), a CHR station swapped frequencies in New York City.
• October 7 - WNBC radio in New York signs off for the final time at 5:30 pm after 66 years on the air, being replaced with an all-sports station, WFAN. The switch was the culmination of a complicated station owner/format swap initiated by Emmis Communications, owner of WFAN and FM sister WQHT; the latter switched dial positions with WNBC's FM sister, WYNY, which was sold off to Westwood One. The original frequency for WFAN was spun off to The Forward and became WEVD.
• November 1 - KHTR in St. Louis, Missouri becomes KLOU, going from a Top 40 format to an oldies format.

No dates

• KBEC in Waxahachie, Texas flips from adult standards to country music

Debuts

• August 1 - Rush Limbaugh makes his national debut from WABC in New York, his flagship station to this day.

Births

• January 9 - Glyn Wise, Welsh television/radio personality - runner-up, Big Brother 2006

Deaths

• April 1 - Jim Jordan, radio show, classic old time radio (b. 1896)
• June 22 - Dennis Day, Irish-American singer and radio and television personality (b. 1916)
• Mae Brussell, 66, conspiracy theorist and radio personality.