4 June – KFMH of Davenport, Iowa, flips from its beautiful music format to alternative rock, using the slogan "99 Plus." The first song is reportedly "I've Seen All Good People" by Yes. The new station quickly gains a cult following and a reputation for playing music and showcasing genres and local artists ignored by other stations.
KWNT-FM (106.5 FM) of Davenport, Iowa, switches from country music to beautiful music and light easy listening, with the new call letters KRVR (with the slogan "K-River"). The new format will become the signature of the frequency for the next 22 years, but leaves the Quad-Cities market without a full-time FM country music station for most of the next five years. KWNT's AM station (1580 AM) remains country.
February 23 – DWLL in Manila, Philippines signs on the air as WLL 94.7 or Mellow Touch 94.7 one of the pioneer FM stations that does not have live announcers or music DJs in their programming.
October 16 – Capital Radio (later Capital FM and Capital 95.8) begins broadcasting to the London area.[1]
December 31 - Radio Clyde (later Clyde 1 and 102.5 Clyde 1), the first UK independent local radio station outside London, and the first in Scotland, begins broadcasting to the Glasgow area.[1]
^ abCox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN978-0-7864-3848-8.