The year 1982 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

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Events

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Debuts

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  • Ruth Bennett, mother of KMEL morning host Alex Bennett, begins as host of weekly Kamel Album Countdown on the station, allegedly becoming the world's oldest album-oriented rock disc jockey. A few months later, her son leaves the station.

Deaths

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  • 5 January – Hans Conried, 66, American actor[2]
  • 25 March – Goodman Ace, 83, American humorist, radio writer and comedian, television writer, and magazine columnist.
  • 2 May – Hugh Marlowe, 71, American film, television, stage and radio actor
  • 27 July – Dan Seymour, 68, American announcer in radio and television[3]
  • 16 November – Arthur Askey, 82, English comedian
  • 10 December – Freeman Gosden, 83, American actor and comedian

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Battistini, Pete. American Top 40 with Casey Kasem (The 1980s). AuthorHouse, 2010. p. 133.
  2. ^ Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8.
  3. ^ Castronova, Frank V., ed. (1998). Almanac of Famous People. Detroit: Gale. p. 1525. ISBN 0-7876-0045-8.