The year 1959 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.
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- 2 January – Joe Bevilacqua, award-winning American voice actor, radio producer, dramatist, humorist and documentary film producer.
- 9 January – Andy Kershaw, English world music presenter.
- 27 January – Cris Collinsworth, American sportscaster, previously American football player.
- 28 January – Randi Rhodes, American radio host.
- 22 May – Graham Fellows, English comedy performer.
- 3 June – John Carlson, American conservative talk radio host on KVI in Seattle.
- 7 June – Mike Pence, American politician who began his career on the radio station WIFE-FM (WRCR-FM).
- 13 August – Danny Bonaduce, American comedian, actor and broadcast personality.
Dunning, John. (1998). On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-507678-3. Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8. p. 7 "Len Doyle". Illinois, Galesburg. Galesburg Register-Mail. 8 December 1959. p. 13. Retrieved 29 March 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
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