1992 in radio

The year 1992 in radio involved some significant events.__TOC__

Events

* January 22 - Rebel forces occupy Zaire's national radio station in Kinshasa and broadcast a demand for the government's resignation.
* June 22 - Radio Wimbledon, the Official Radio Station of the Wimbledon Tennis Championships is launched.
* September 8 - KJJO in Minneapolis, Minnesota flips from modern rock to country music.

Debuts

* April — Country Countdown USA, a countdown program spotlighting the top 30 songs of the week, as reported by "Radio & Records" magazine. The show is hosted by Lon Helton, country editor for R&R, and features an in-studio interview with a currently popular country music singer or act.
* October 10 - Billboard reintroduces the Crossover chart publishing its last chart after nearly 22 months. This time it is renamed the Top 40/Rhythm-Crossover chart, which would later be christened as the Rhythmic Contemporary chart in 1997.

No dates

*WTCX in Lakeville, Minnesota signs on the air with a Hot AC format.
*Armstrong & Getty show debuts

Closings

Deaths

*Shirley Booth 94, award-winning American actress and radio personality
* Lawrence Welk, American musician, radio and television personality (b. 1903)