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Today In Radio History

May 14

On this day in 1948, Israeli Radio Station Kol Yisrael began broadcasting

On this day in 1966, New Jersey Pirate Radio station, WBBH, was first reported.

On this day in 1967 English Pirate Radio Station 270 ceased broadcasting.

On this day in 1976, Lowell Thomas ended a 46-year career as a network Radio reporter.

On this day in 1991, Flemish Radio director, Herman Niels, died.

On this day in 2006, Lew Anderson, the Howdy Doody Show's final Clarabell the Clown, died at the age of 84. Earlier in his career, he sang on radio with a group known as the Honey Dreamers.

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