1997 in radio

The year 1997 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

Events

January 7 – Rádio Regina, a new regional station of Slovenský rozhlas (Slovak Radio) in Bratislava, starts broadcasting on 792 kHz.

January 24 - Long-time St. Louis Top 40 WKBQ flips to Modern AC as "Alice 104.1."

February 15 – After five years of Alternative Rock, WDRE flips to Urban as Philly 103.9

February 24 – 98.5 Kiss (Kiss Again 103.3)/Houston debuts after stunting with a loop of "Kiss" by Prince.

May 23 - KBKS/Seattle flips from gold-based Rhythmic AC to Modern AC-leaning Top 40, rebranding as "Kiss 106.1."

June 22 – V-103/Baltimore flips from its long-time urban contemporary format to Top 40, branded as "102.7 XYV."

July 11 – KZQZ/San Francisco debuts its Top 40 format, branded as "Z95.7."

September 2 - KOAZ/Phoenix flips from smooth jazz to country as "Wild Country 103.5."

September 5 – WFLN/Philadelphia ends 40 years of Classical music. At 6 PM that day, the station flipped to Modern AC as "Max 95.7"

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