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January 1: Kurdish TV starts broadcasting in Turkey. •
March 9:
ABC Kinglake Ranges, a temporary radio service, makes its first broadcast from
Kinglake, Victoria, Australia, to areas in the
Shire of Murrindindi affected by the
Black Saturday bushfires, using a makeshift transmitter on 97.1FM. •
March 24: ''
The Ray D'Arcy Show'' on commercial radio station
Today FM, covers the
Brian Cowen nude portraits story. Producer
Will Hanafin claims that a friend of the artist e-mailed photographs of a similar painting to him in January. Hanafin is approached by the Garda and warned he could be charged if he refuses to give up the e-mails. •
April 6:
Antena Sarajevo is launched in
Bosnia, as an urban radio service for
Sarajevo. •
May 11:
Kerrang! Radio wins Station Of The Year 1,000,000+ at the
Sony Awards. • June:
Radio Erena, a Paris-based radio station broadcasting news in the Tigrinya and Arabic languages to
Eritrea, is launched by journalist Biniam Simon. •
June 25: American musician
Michael Jackson dies. Radio stations around the world play his music in the months following as a tribute. •
July 4 and
July 5: After a 50+ year career, 39 of those years as host of syndicated countdown shows,
Casey Kasem hosts his final weekly countdown show.
American Top 20 and American Top 10 were spinoffs of his original show,
American Top 40, which continues with host
Ryan Seacrest. •
July 6–12 – Australian Radio station
Triple J holds its 'Hottest 100 of All Time' with
Nirvana's "
Smells Like Teen Spirit" coming in first for the third consecutive time a 'Hottest 100 of All Time' has been held 1991, 1998 and 2009. This is the largest music poll in the world with more than half a million people voting. •
August 13:
Kiss FM (Sri Lanka) is launched, broadcasting to the
Colombo,
Kandy and
Coastal regions •
November 24: Virgin Radio Jordan 93.7 is launched at
City Mall in
Amman,
Jordan. •
December 18: After 27 years, Irish broadcaster Sir
Terry Wogan presents his final breakfast show on the UK's
BBC Radio 2. == Debuts ==