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Friday, December 20, 2013

December 20 In Radio History

In 1939...Radio Australia began its overseas short-wave service.


In 1957...Elvis Presley received his draft notice from the U.S. Army. He immediately applied for, and was granted, a 60-day deferment that allowed him to complete the filming of "King Creole."

In 1971...Talk show host Larry King was arrested in Miami on charges of grand larceny. He'd accepted money on a promise of influence he couldn't deliver, and didn't have the money to pay it back. The charges were eventually dropped because the statute of limitations ran out. King pled guilty to passing a bad check, however, and was out of radio for three years.

In 2002...MIX 101.5 WRAL-FM became the first licensed commercial radio station on the east coast to broadcast in HD Radio.

In 2003...Les Tremayne died. Tremayne was a leading man during Radio's Golden Era on shows such as The Thin Man, The Falcon, Betty and Bob and The Romance of Helen Trent.

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