Events 22 January – First emergency Sig Alert broadcast in California as a result of the Redondo Junction train wreck. 13 February – NBC and Westinghouse Broadcasting consummate a station ownership trade which saw NBC attaining owned-and-operated AM and TV stations in Philadelphia (renamed WRCV), and Westinghouse receiving NBC's AM, FM and TV stations in Cleveland (all of which took the KYW callsign). A later legal battle found that NBC engaged in extortion to make the trade happen, even threatening to pull the NBC-TV affiliation off of both Westinghouse's TV stations in Philadelphia and Boston. The swap was reversed by the FCC in June 1965. 1 August – Fu Hsing Broadcasting Station is opened by the Republic of China Armed Forces. 24 September – Manila Chronicle owners Eugenio Lopez, Sr. and Fernando Lopez of the Philippines established Chronicle Broadcasting Network and launches AM stations DZXL 960 (The Voice of the People), DZQL Radio Reloj, and the first FM station DZYL-FM 102.1 MHz (now MOR 101.9). 9 November – The Pittsburgh Police "emergency band" frequency goes wild receiving Cuban police dispatches and squawks from a Sheffield, England public safety band. The transmissions are never explained but cease by nightfall. 22 December – The BBC Light Programme is able to reach a wider audience when it begins transmitting from the Wenvoe transmitting station in Wales on VHF. date unknown – The IRIB World Service, Iran's official international broadcasting radio network, is launched. Debuts January 22 – Fort Laramie debuts on CBS. January 27 – CBS Radio Workshop debuts on CBS. January 29 – Indictment debuts on CBS. 19 May – First edition of the popular record request programme Sveriges bilradio (1956–1973) on Sveriges Radiotjänst (forerunner of Sveriges Radio). June – My Word! is piloted on the BBC Midland Home Service, chaired by John Arlott. August 15 – WWRI-West Warwick, Rhode Island begins broadcasting. Closings February 4 – True or False ends its run on network radio (Mutual) April 7 – ABC Dancing Party ends its run on network radio. June 29 – The Brighter Day ends its run on network radio (CBS). June 30 – The Guiding Light officially ends its 19-year run on CBS radio, having spent the previous four years on both radio and television. It continues on television until September 2009. July 1 – America's Town Meeting of the Air ends its run on network radio (ABC). November 16