2008 in radio
Events
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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 28: Wendo Kolosoy, Congolese musician, 83
- August 5: Reg Lindsay, Australian country singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer and radio and television personality, 79[9]
- August 16
- Dorival Caymmi, Brazilian singer, songwriter, actor, painter and radio presenter, 94[10]
- Ronnie Drew, Irish folk musician and radio personality, 73[11] (16 September 1934 – 16 August 2008)[12]
- September 2: Arne Domnérus, Swedish jazz musician, featured soloist with the Swedish Radio Big Band, 83[13]
- September 18: Mauricio Kagel, German-Argentine composer and creator of "Hörspiel",76[14]
- September 24: Vice Vukov, Croatian singer and politician, Eurovision entrant, 72[15]
- September 26: Bernadette Greevy, Irish mezzo-soprano, winner of a 1978 Jacob's Award for her performance in a radio concert, 68[16]
References
- 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.
- Stephens (8 August 2008). "Jackaroo's life spent on country roads leads to music stardom". The Age. Fairfax Media. 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. Katharine Weymouth. 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. 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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