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    • Mar 30, 1983
    The FCC approves a $245-million sale of Los Angeles' KTLA-TV by Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters and the Signal companies. Autry receives $20 million in the agreement and becomes the sole owner of the California Angels baseball team and several other properties
    Jun 10, 1983
    The Los Angeles Times reports Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasters is selling San Francisco radio station KSFO to King Broadcasting
    Mar 21, 1984
    Gene Autry's Great Western Broadcasters sells two Portland radio stations, KEX-AM and KKRZ-FM, to Taft Broadcasting, in accordance with his late wife's will. The proceeds go into the Autry Foundation charities
    Mar 24, 1984
    Palm Springs, California, officially dedicates a new street, Gene Autry Trail
    Apr 1, 1984
    California Angels owner Gene Autry brings former president Richard Nixon to the Eisenhower Medical Center in Rancho Mirage to deliver a speech to the team the day before the baseball season begins. Also present: ex-president Gerald Ford
    Apr 19, 1984
    Gene Autry's Golden West Broadcasting sells two country radio stations in Detroit, WCXI-AM & FM, to Shamrock Broadcasting, for a reported $4 million
    May 3, 1984
    Roy Acuff is the first country artist saluted at Washington, D.C.'s Kennedy Center. Guests at the $500-a-seat, black-tie affair include: Loretta Lynn, Gene Autry, The Charlie Daniels Band, Tammy Wynette, Charley Pride and Minnie Pearl
    Sep 17, 1984
    Baseball's Reggie Jackson hits the 500th home run of his career during a 10-1 loss against the Kansas City Royals at Anaheim Stadium. He reaches the milestone while playing for the California Angels, owned by Country Music Hall of Famer Gene Autry
    Feb 26, 1985
    Gene Autry's "Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer" and Jimmie Rodgers' "Blue Yodel (T For Texas)" enter the Grammy Hall of Fame
    Aug 4, 1985
    California Angel Rod Carew earns the 3,000th hit of his baseball career during a 6-5 win against the Minnesota Twins in the Metrodome. The Angels are owned by cowboy singer/actor Gene Autry
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