In 1927...KGA-AM, Spokane, Washington began broadcasting. KGA was a successful country music outlet for most of its life until 1994, when it switched to a news/talk format.On July 15, 2008, KGA reduced its nighttime power to 15,000 watts, changed its class from Class A to Class B (Class A stations are required to operate at 50,000 watts at all times) and changed its directional antenna system, all so that its sister station KSFN 1510 AM in Piedmont, California, which serves San Francisco could increase its nighttime power to 2,400 watts, up from 230 watts. The justification for this change was gaining several hundred thousand potential listeners in San Francisco while sacrificing a few thousand potential listeners in the Pacific Northwest. The hope for a larger audience did not materialize.
In 1976...Fleetwood Mac released the single "Rhiannon (Will You Ever Win)" in North America.
In 1977…Fleetwood Mac released their second album, "Rumours."
In 1978..."Stayin' Alive" by the Bee Gees peaked at number one on the pop singles chart.
In 1983…Radio announcer (WHN- New York, WQXR-New York, The Chase And Sanborn Hour) Jim Ameche, radio's original Jack Armstrong on "Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy," died of lung cancer at age 67. He portrayed Alexander Graham Bell in the 1957 film The Story of Mankind, the role his older brother Don had played in the film biography of Bell in 1939. The two brothers' faces and voices were a close match.
In 1996...WYNY 103.5 FM, NYC drops country
In 2004...10 years ago, Facebook was launched as a social networking Web site limited to Harvard University students.
In 2009...Eddie Schwartz died at age 62. Schwartz worked late night and overnight at WGN-AM, Chicago from 1982 to 1992.
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