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For topics pertaining to radio in North America, see
2008 in North American radio
. For topics pertaining to radio in the United Kingdom, see
2008 in British radio
.
Overview of the events of 2008 in radio
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Several events occurred in
radio
in 2008.
Events
[
edit
]
February 11
: The Bosnian commercial Islamic radio station
Radio BIR
begins broadcasting from
Sarajevo
.
[1]
February 23
:
FM Hatsukaichi
begins broadcasting in the Chūgoku region of Japan.
March 1
:
ADN Radio Chile
, a sports and news service, begins broadcasting on 91.7 MHz FM from
Santiago
.
June 1
:
The eXpat Chart
is launched on 4 English-language radio stations across Europe.
[2]
November 1
:
Big 106.2
is launched in
Auckland
, New Zealand.
[3]
date unknown
: Iraqi public radio station
Aredo FM
begins broadcasting from
Baghdad
.
[4]
Debuts
[
edit
]
February 11
:
One on One with Igan
, a Philippine weekday morning radio show, is launched, replacing
Dobol A sa Dobol B
. (See Endings.)
May 12
:
Super Balita sa Tanghali Nationwide
, the midday newscast of
DZBB
in the Philippines, begins its run.
[5]
December 13
:
Musikhjälpen
, Swedish radio charity appeal
[6]
Endings
[
edit
]
January 30
:
Dobol A sa Dobol B
, a Philippine weekday morning radio show, ends its first run, to be replaced by
Morning Talk with
Arnold Clavio
.
Deaths
[
edit
]
January 16
:
Frank Shozo Baba
, Japanese American radio broadcaster, 93
February 10
:
Inga Nielsen
, Danish soprano and radio performer, 61 (cancer)
[7]
March 22
:
Cachao
, Cuban musician and 1940s radio star with The Maravillas (
La Radiofónica
), 89
[8]
July 3
:
Harald Heide-Steen Jr.
, Norwegian actor, comedian, singer and radio presenter, 68
July 12
:
Tony Snow
, American journalist, political commentator and anchor, 53
[9]
July 28
:
Wendo Kolosoy
, Congolese musician, 83
August 5
:
Reg Lindsay
, Australian country singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and radio and television personality, 79
[10]
August 16
Dorival Caymmi
, Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, painter and radio presenter, 94
[11]
Ronnie Drew
, Irish folk musician and radio personality, 73
[12]
(16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008)
[13]
September 2
:
Arne Domnérus
, Swedish jazz musician, featured soloist with the Swedish Radio Big Band, 83
[14]
September 18
:
Mauricio Kagel
, German-Argentine composer and creator of "Hörspiel",76
[15]
September 24
:
Vice Vukov
, Croatian singer and politician, Eurovision entrant, 72
[16]
September 26
:
Bernadette Greevy
, Irish mezzo-soprano, winner of a 1978
Jacob's Award
for her performance in a radio concert, 68
[17]
References
[
edit
]
^
AA.
"Proslavljaju osmi rođendan: Radio BIR svečano uselio u nove prostorije"
.
www.aa.com.tr/ba
(in Bosnian)
. Retrieved
19 February
2016
.
^
"CBS, AOL Stream Together in Radio Deal"
.
MacNewsWorld.com
. Retrieved
9 July
2010
.
^
"Independent radio Big FM changing hands"
.
The New Zealand Herald
. 23 April 2010.
^
"المحطات الاذاعية في بغداد، العراق / Radio stations in Baghdad, Iraq — World Radio Map"
. Worldradiomap.com
. Retrieved
2018-05-01
.
^
"GMA Network wins big at 39th Catholic Mass Media Awards"
.
www.gmanetwork.com
. Retrieved
2018-03-11
.
^
"Det här är Musikhjälpen - Musikhjälpen arkiv 2008"
(in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 19 December 2008
. Retrieved
7 December
2013
.
^
Mike Ashman (February 2008).
"Obituary for Inga Nielsen"
. Archived from
the original
on 14 November 2008
. Retrieved
19 June
2009
.
^
Cachao's Mambo All Stars
Archived
2016-03-04 at the
Wayback Machine
,
Tempest Entertainment
.
^
"Former White House spokesman Tony Snow dies - CNN.com"
.
www.cnn.com
. Retrieved
2024-06-10
.
^
Stephens (8 August 2008).
"Jackaroo's life spent on country roads leads to music stardom"
.
The Age
. Retrieved
28 December
2017
.
Note: source incorrectly gives birth date as 5 August.
^
Bernstein, Adam (August 18, 2008).
"Dorival Caymmi, 94; Noted Brazilian composer, singer"
.
The Washington Post
. Retrieved
August 17,
2011
.
^
"The Medusa Fora – Dubliners + Ronnie Drew"
. Pogues.com
. Retrieved
22 October
2013
.
^
"Dubliners musician Ronnie Drew dies"
. BreakingNews.ie. 16 August 2008. Archived from
the original
on 23 October 2013
. Retrieved
22 October
2013
.
^
Obituary: Arne Domnérus
, telegraph.co.uk, 3 September 2008
^
Adrian Jack (19 September 2008).
"Mauricio Kagel"
.
The Guardian
. Retrieved
19 February
2020
.
^
Bilešić, Romana (4 September 2007).
"Vice Vukov budi se iz kome nakon 22 mjeseca?"
(in Croatian).
24 sata
.
Archived
from the original on 26 February 2008
. Retrieved
25 July
2018
.
^
The Irish Times
, "Death announced of soprano Bernadette Greevy", 29 September 2008, 14:38
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