2008 in radio

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.

Several events occurred in radio in 2008.

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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

• 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

1. AA. "Proslavljaju osmi rođendan: Radio BIR svečano uselio u nove prostorije". www.aa.com.tr/ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 19 February 2016.
2. "CBS, AOL Stream Together in Radio Deal". MacNewsWorld.com. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
3. "Independent radio Big FM changing hands". The New Zealand Herald. 23 April 2010.
4. "المحطات الاذاعية في بغداد، العراق / Radio stations in Baghdad, Iraq — World Radio Map". Worldradiomap.com. Retrieved 2018-05-01.
5. "GMA Network wins big at 39th Catholic Mass Media Awards". www.gmanetwork.com. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
6. "Det här är Musikhjälpen - Musikhjälpen arkiv 2008" (in Swedish). Sveriges Radio. 19 December 2008. Retrieved 7 December 2013.
7. Mike Ashman (February 2008). "Obituary for Inga Nielsen". Archived from the original on 14 November 2008. Retrieved 19 June 2009.
8. Cachao's Mambo All Stars Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine, Tempest Entertainment.
9. "Former White House spokesman Tony Snow dies - CNN.com". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 2024-06-10.
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.
11. Bernstein, Adam (August 18, 2008). "Dorival Caymmi, 94; Noted Brazilian composer, singer". The Washington Post. Retrieved August 17, 2011.
12. "The Medusa Fora – Dubliners + Ronnie Drew". Pogues.com. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
13. "Dubliners musician Ronnie Drew dies". BreakingNews.ie. 16 August 2008. Archived from the original on 23 October 2013. Retrieved 22 October 2013.
14. Obituary: Arne Domnérus, telegraph.co.uk, 3 September 2008
15. Adrian Jack (19 September 2008). "Mauricio Kagel". The Guardian. Retrieved 19 February 2020.
16. 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.
17. The Irish Times, "Death announced of soprano Bernadette Greevy", 29 September 2008, 14:38