The year 1957 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

Events

• WCOW in St. Paul, Minnesota becomes WISK.
• KNOC in Dallas, Texas becomes a full time Rhythm and blues station, the first station in the market to exclusively do so.

Debuts

• 8 April - The popular midday programme Autofahrer unterwegs begins its 42-year-long run on sterreich-Regional in Austria.
• KBCS in Dallas, Texas signs on with a Top 40 format.
• KBZY in Salem, Oregon signs on with a Top 40 format.

Closings

Births

• March 16 - Garry Cobb, former NFL player and current radio personality on WIP in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
• May 18 - Rob Bartlett, comedian, actor and writer best known for Imus in the Morning

Deaths

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