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979:West, Andrew (5 June 1968).
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31:List of years in radio
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840:The Howard Stern Show
704:Al Tedesco purchases
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796:(1945–1968) and the
447:in Philadelphia and
1040:The Credibility Gap
880:Sal the Stockbroker
873:Victoria Derbyshire
745:The Credibility Gap
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990:on 22 January 2009
981:"RFK Assassinated"
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583:5 June – New York
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891:Chris Neill
831:Beetlejuice
826:personality
822:, American
808:television.
802:Don McNeill
710:Minneapolis
658:flips from
535:Tom Donahue
506:29 April –
492:15 April –
479:Tom Donahue
473:18 March –
454:15 March –
435:11 March –
316:Archaeology
1082:Categories
1067:2 December
917:References
847:Jim Norton
845:19 July –
643:18 June –
628:10 June –
527:Metromedia
426:Fredericia
409:3 March –
399:full-time.
336:Philosophy
326:Literature
994:19 August
835:Wack Pack
829:2 June –
818:1 June –
794:ABC Radio
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741:Lew Irwin
737:KRLA 1110
654:1 July –
550:ABC Radio
498:CBS Radio
449:WINS (AM)
430:Amsterdam
371:history.
363:The year
1061:Archived
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964:17 April
800:(1968).
758:Closings
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675:freeform
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609:for the
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494:KNX (AM)
487:Pasadena
468:freeform
445:KYW (AM)
421:Mi Amigo
419:MV
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219:In music
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686:Undated
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548:June –
545:format.
501:O&O
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263:In film
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331:Music
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1069:2009
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562:KOSF
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531:KSAN
508:WMMR
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