2004 in radio

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The year2004saw a number of significant events inradio broadcastinghistory.

Events

• 1 January –Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk's cultural channel MDR Kultur is relaunched as MDR Figaro.
• 10 and 11 January –Ryan SeacrestsucceedsCasey Kasemas host ofAmerican Top 40
• 5 January –The Ed Schultz Showis launched.
• 31 March – Launch ofAir America Radio,with affiliates in New York City (WLIB), Chicago (WNTD), Los Angeles (KBLA),San Bernardino(KCAA),Portland(KPOJ),West Palm Beach, Florida(WJNO), andMinneapolis(WMNN).
• 8 April – As part of a series of format changes atCumulus Media-owned stations in theQuad Cities,KORB(93.5 FM) switches fromactive rocktohot adult contemporary,adopts the former call sign KQCS (which had been used at frequency from 1989 to 1995) and adopts the slogan "Star 93.5." The active rock format is moved toWXLP(96.9 FM), which dumps its longtimeclassic rockformat as a result, and adopts the slogan "97 Rock."[1]
• 19 April –Alex Bennettlaunches his new show onSirius Left.
• 30 June –Pittsburghradio station WBZZ, "B94", drops its 23-year-old Top 40/CHR format for active rock as "93-7 K-Rock" WRKZ.
• 1 July – KRBV inDallas, TXdrops itsTop 40format as "Wild 100.3" and change toJack FMwithKJKKas the station's new callsign.
• 7 September –The Stephanie Miller Showdebuts.
• 28 September –KABLgoes through a format change and callsign change, after forty-five years on 960 AM in theSan Francisco Bay Area.
• 4 October – TheOpie & Anthony Showreturns toXM Satellite Radioafter a 2-year hiatus from being cancelled on terrestrial radio.
• 6 October – Howard Stern announces on his radio show that he will be leaving terrestrial radio in 2006 and moving his show toSirius Satellite Radio.
• 28 October-Shade 45debuts onSirius Satellite Radio.
• 30 October – In the UK a 163-metre-highradio mastatPeterboroughcollapses in a fire.
• 18 November – WCKW/New Orleans,Louisiana dropsAdult ContemporaryforRhythmic Adult ContemporaryasWDVW( "Diva 92.3" ).

Closings

• May – Westwood One ends production of "NBC Radio News" -branded morning-drive newscasts, produced byCBS Radiopersonnel, one of the few remaining links to the originalNBC Radio Network.The move came a year after the launch of the non-related "NBCNews Radio"in an arrangement with NBC and Westwood One (that service would be expanded to a round-the-clock basis on 1 April 2012). Usage of the NBC Radio" Hotline "satellite chirp was also retired.
• 27 February –I.E. America Radio Networkends operations,
• 15 December –Brian Beirneretires fromKRTH.

Deaths

• 8 January –John A. Gambling,73, American radio host, "Rambling with Gambling"
• 22 January –Billy May,87, American composer, arranger and trumpeter
• 28 January –José Miguel Agrelot,76, Puerto Rican radio host
• 15 March –Chuck Niles,76, firstjazzdisc jockey to be on theHollywood Walk of Fame
• 3 July –Jimmy Mack,70,Scotsradio personality
• 9 July –Bill Randle,81, Cleveland and New York disc jockey; presenter of the firstElvis Presleyconcert north of theMason–Dixon line(inBrooklyn, Ohio).
• 23 September –Bill Ballance,85, American radio personality
• 28 September –Scott Muni,74, longtime New York City radio disc jockey
• 2 October –Fialho Gouveia,69, Portuguese radio and TV presenter (cardiac arrest)
• 13 October –Erik Bye,78, Norwegian journalist (AP, BBC,NRK), radio/TV host, actor, singer/songwriter (cancer)
• 25 October –John Peel,65, British radio disc jockey (heart attack)
• 12 November –Norman Rose,87, radio and TV actor,All My Childrenvoice ofJuan Valdez
• 20 November –David Grierson,49,Canadian Broadcasting Corporationradio and television host
• 23 November –Frances Chaney,89, American actress inold-time radio
• 27 November –John Dunn,70, BritishBBC Radio 2disc jockey (cancer)
• 28 November –Molly Weir,94, Scottish TV and radio actress
• 9 December –David Brudnoy,64, Boston radio talk show host, cancer
• date unknown–Dennis R. ( "Dick" ) Covington,77, American radio broadcaster,KYW,Philadelphia,Pennsylvania

See also

• Radio broadcasting