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The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcastingin2024. 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.
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | DWOW-Mandaluyong City, a station in the Philippines, branding as All Radio 103.5, is officially launched as a Soft AC Format. | |
| 4 | US radio station 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. | [citation needed] |
| 21 | Canadian broadcaster Meredith Shaw launches the Sunday morning program The Feel Good BrunchonCHFI-FM—Toronto 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 SixtoYour World Tonight. | [3] |
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Manila Broadcasting Company in the Philippines reverts from the FM radio brand Yes the Best to its original name Yes! FM. | [citation needed] |
| 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] |
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 31 | BBC Radio 4 stops broadcasting opt-outs on longwave and will permanently simulcast the FM service until the longwave transmitters get turned off for good. | [7] |
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 9 | Local community station The Voice 2 begins broadcasting on DAB digital radio in North Devon, UK. | [8] |
| 14 | Local radio station DWDU in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, Philippines – broadcasting as UFM 105.5 – made its final broadcast. | [citation needed] |
| 15 | BBC Radio 4 turns off its mediumwave transmitters forever after they served as LW relays for areas with a weak LW signal. | [9] |
| CBS Sports Radio rebrands as Infinity Sports Network, resurrecting the Infinity brand used by one of the predecessors to its owner, Audacy, Inc. The move comes four years after the originally planned expiration of a licensing agreement with CBS Sports. Audacy and CBS issued cease and desist orders to all Infinity affiliates to stop any further use of the CBS brand. | [10] | |
| In Manila, Philippines, DWAV – broadcasting as Wave 89.1 – quietly made its final broadcast, and Adventist Media took over the station's operations, effectively reformatted as AWR Manila 89.1. | [11] | |
| In Davao, Philippines, Brigada News FM transferred its broadcast from 91.5 (owned by Primax Broadcasting) to 93.1 (owned by Mareco Broadcasting Network). | [citation needed] | |
| 22 | Asian Sound Radio gets merged into Lyca Radio after they acquired Lyca Media acquired Asian Sound's license. Lyca Radio expands their mediumwave transmissions into Greater Manchester. | [12][13] |
| 22 | Gow Media announces the closure of US radio network SportsMap, after 33 years of operation, with stations being switched to the betting-centric Vegas Stats & Information Network. | [14] |
| 30 | Gold turns off their final mediumwave transmitter in Manchester for good along with Smooth Radio's mediumwave transmitters in Kent and Hampshire. | [15] |
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | Genesis Communications Network ceases operations after 26 years. The broadcast syndication company, whose best-known hosts include Alex Jones and Michael Medved, will migrate its remaining programming to competing networks. | [16] |
| 20 | Wisconsin Public Radio realigns its statewide over-the-air services, with its "Ideas Network" and "NPR News & Music" networks retired in favor of one solely for NPR news and local and national talk programming (WPR News) and one devoted exclusively to classical and other music genres (WPR Music). | [17] |
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 20 | DWAN-AM-Quezon City returns to operation with a full service format after 13 years of hiatus. | [18] |
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Philippine radio station DZRH will celebrate its 85th anniversary. | [citation needed] |
| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| TBA | DWSS-AM (owned by Supreme Broadcasting System) changed callsigns to DWAR on 1494 kHz under operation of Prage Management Corporation as Abante Radyo after four years of inactivity. | [citation needed] |
| TBA | Formerly DZAR owned by Swara Sug Media Corporation and new MediaQuest Holdings | [citation needed] |
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.
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