radio (Mutual). 23 April: In Person, Dinah Shore ends its run on network radio (Blue Network). 10 June: The Busy Mr. Bingle ends its run on network radio (Mutual). 4 July: Unlimited Horizons ends its run on network radio (NBC). 31 August: WRTD, Richmond, Virginia, ceased to exist as a result of the merger of the company owning it with the owner of WRNL, Richmond. 14 September: Johnny Mercer's Music Shop ends its run on network radio (NBC). 21 September: The Billie Burke Show ends its run on network radio CBS. 3 October: Calling America ends its run on network radio (CBS). 9 October: Chips Davis, Commando ends its run on network radio (CBS). 26 December: Songs by Sinatra'' ends its run on network radio (CBS). Births 29 January: Tony Blackburn, English radio disc jockey. 6 April: Roger Cook, Australasian-born British investigative reporter. 6 May: Milton William Cooper (died 2001), American writer and shortwave broadcaster. 31 July: William Bennett, American conservative pundit, politician and radio talk show host. 17 August: John Humphrys, Welsh news broadcaster. 11 September: Brian Perkins, New Zealand-born radio newsreader. 28 September: Mike Dickin (died 2006), English radio disc jockey and presenter. 23 October: Roger Scott (died 1989), English radio disc jockey. 26 November: Paul Burnett, English radio disc jockey. 27 December: Cokie Roberts (died 2019), American broadcast political journalist. Jaye Michael Davis (died 2006), American radio disc jockey and voice of Memphis's WDIA starting in 1977. Geoffrey Smith, American jazz percussionist and radio presenter in the UK. Deaths 23 October: Ben Bernie, 52, American jazz violinist and radio personality. References Radio by year