2024 in radio

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The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting in 2024. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, station launches, closures, and format changes, as well as information about controversies and deaths of radio personalites.

Notable events[edit]

January[edit]

Date Event Source
1 DWOW-Mandaluyong City, branding as All Radio 103.5, is officially launched as a Soft AC Format.
4 KTFS/940-Texarkana, Texas, switches from its gospel format to sports as ESPN Radio. This change brings ESPN Radio back to the market after the former KTRG’s license was returned to the F.C.C. for cancellation on November 8, 2023. [1]
13 Philippine Collective Media Corporation (PCMC) officially relaunches the FMR brand as "FM Radio". Coinciding with the relaunch, DYWF-Cebu returns on-air; this time branded as "FM Radio 93.1", to be operated by PCMC.
21 Canadian broadcaster Meredith Shaw launches the Sunday morning program The Feel Good Brunch on CHFI-FMToronto and other adult contemporary radio stations owned by Rogers Radio across Canada. [2]
29 The Canadian CBC Radio One network rebrands its national 6 p.m. newscast from The World at Six to Your World Tonight. [3]

February[edit]

Date Event Source
5 Manila Broadcasting Company reverts the FM radio brand Yes the Best back to its original name Yes! FM.
6 Linda Wertheimer announces her retirement from NPR after 53 years with the American public radio network. [4]
8 iHeartRadio Canada, the radio division of Bell Media, announces the divestiture of 45 stations in rural and smaller markets, constituting nearly half of its station count, stating that the business of small market radio was failing. The stations will be split up among multiple, mostly independent, broadcasters. [5][6]

March[edit]

Date Event Source

May[edit]

Date Event Source
TBA DWAN-AM-Quezon City returns to operation with a full service format after 13 years of hiatus. [7]

Deaths[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "ESPN Radio Returns Quickly To Texarkana". Radioinsight.com. January 4, 2024. Retrieved January 4, 2024.
  2. ^ Connie Thiessen, "Meredith Shaw returns to radio with ‘The Feel Good Brunch’". Broadcast Dialogue, January 16, 2024.
  3. ^ "CBC rebrands flagship evening newscast ‘The World at Six’". Broadcast Dialogue, February 1, 2024.
  4. ^ "NPR founding mother Linda Wertheimer is retiring. Read her bittersweet goodbye note," from NPR.org, 2/7/2024
  5. ^ "Bell Media ends some CTV newscasts, sells radio stations in media shakeup amid layoffs". CTVNews. 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  6. ^ "Bell Media To Sell 45 Stations To Seven Companies In Canada As Part Of Major Restructuring/Cuts - RadioInsight". 2024-02-08. Retrieved 2024-02-08.
  7. ^ "𝗗𝗪𝗔𝗡 𝟭𝟮𝟬𝟲 𝗔𝗠: 𝗬𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗻𝗲𝘄 𝗱𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗛𝗤". IBC TV 13 Facebook. January 18, 2023. Retrieved January 19, 2023.
  8. ^ "Death Notices: Davis". The Washington Post. January 12, 2024. ProQuest 2914142438. Peter Dixon Davis, 97, of Dorset, Vermont, passed away peacefully on Saturday January 6th, 2024. Peter was born in Beverly Hills, California on September 12th, 1926. Peter was "discovered" as a child and became a star at 5 years old. Peter enjoyed a successful 15-year career as a radio, movie and television actor. He was part of Jack Benny's Gang and was also part of the cast of One Man's Family. He appeared on the Little Rascals, and he worked in film with the likes of William Powell and Shirley Temple.
  9. ^ "'Date With Judy' Is Air Offering". Belvidere Daily Republican. June 30, 1943. p. 5. Retrieved February 11, 2024.
  10. ^ "Met Opera on Air 11 Years; 'Faust' Will Close Season; Program Costly But It Reaches Select Audience". The Buffalo News. March 12, 1942. p. 28. Retrieved February 11, 2024. "'Stanley,' the bellhop with Ransom Sherman, is 13-year-old Dix Davis, who also was 'Bellylaugh Barton' with Jack Benny."
  11. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2015). Radio Programs, 1924-1984: A Catalog of More Than 1800 Shows. Jefferson, NC : McFarland & Company. p. 299. ISBN 978-0-7864-4513-4
  12. ^ Terrace, Vincent (2003). Radio Program Openings and Closings, 1931-1972. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company. p. 49. ISBN 978-0-7864-4925-5.
  13. ^ "Bohuš Šimsa (Karel Janovický) 1930–2024". Retrieved 28 January 2024.
  14. ^ Matheson, Jim (11 January 2024). "Friends and family mourn longtime Edmonton sports media personalities John Short and Robin Brownlee". Edmonton Journal. Archived from the original on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 11 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Radio Ulster broadcaster Walter Love dies aged 88". BBC News. 2024-01-26. Retrieved 2024-01-26.
  16. ^ "Radio Remembers Joe Madison". radioinsight.com. 1 February 2024. Retrieved 5 February 2024.
  17. ^ Bilstein, Jon (February 7, 2024). "Mojo Nixon, Unabashed Outlaw Cult Hero, Dead at 66". Rolling Stone. Retrieved February 7, 2024.
  18. ^ Adams, Abigail (February 12, 2024). "Bob Edwards, Creator and Host of NPR's 'Morning Edition,' Dies at 76: 'The Voice We Woke Up To'". People. Retrieved February 12, 2024.
  19. ^ "Steve Wright: BBC Radio 2 presenter dies aged 69". BBC News. February 13, 2024. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  20. ^ "Robert "Bob" G. Heil". Kurrus Funeral Home. Retrieved March 1, 2024.