- 2005 in radio
The year
2005 in radio involved some significant events.__TOC__Events
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November 9 – "Mediaweek" announces that radio personalityBob Kingsley was stepping down as host of "American Country Countdown ", after being associated with the program for 31 years (27 of them as host). His last countdown program airsDecember 24 .Kix Brooks (one half of the country music superstar duoBrooks & Dunn ) was slated to take over inJanuary 2006. [http://www.mediaweek.com/mw/news/tvstations/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1001477063] : Kingsley's new radio program, "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 ," debutsDecember 31 (featuring the 2005 year-end countdown).
*December 1 -XM Radio Canada launches.
*December 3 -Sirius Canada launches.
*Digital Radio Mondiale conducted an extensive test of using the 11 meter (26 MHz) shortwave band for local digital shortwave radio broadcasts inMexico City during July. [http://www.drm.org/pdfs/THE_26-MHz_BROADCASTING_BAND.pdf]
*Triple J has the firstJ Award in 2005, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the station's establishment.Debuts
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May 2 - Radio Lynx began syndicating the Doug Basham program.
*December 31 - "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 " debuts
*Dicky Barrett , former singer withThe Mighty Mighty Bosstones became the host of his own radio show, "The Mighty Morning Show" onLos Angeles 's Indie 103.1. The show runs untilMarch 22 , 2006.
*Jack FM debuts in several cities such asKCBS-FM Los Angeles onMarch 17 , andWCBS-FM New York onJune 3 .Closings
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Democracy Radio foldsNovember 4 when founder Tom Athans joins management staff ofAir America Radio .
*Seattle radio hosts Robin and Maynard were fired from KQBZ onNovember 9 .
*Susquehanna Radio Corporation absorbed intoCumulus Media Deaths
*Ruth Bennett, 100, disc jockey, mother of radio host
Alex Bennett , allegedly the world's oldestalbum-oriented rock disc jockey onKMEL (1982-1983) at the age of 77.
*Gordon Baxter , 81, well-known radio personality in SoutheastTexas , author and columnist.
*Earl Cameron, 89?, Canadian broadcaster and anchor of "The National " (1959-1966)
*Bernard "Buddy" Diliberto , 74,sports commentator inNew Orleans for over 50 years.
*Karl Haas , 91, US classical music radio program host
*Jonathan James-Moore , 59, formerBBC Radio head of light entertainment,cancer . [http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/nov05/jj231106.php]
*Bill King , 78, American sports broadcaster.
*Bob McAdorey , 69, Canadian television and radio broadcaster
*Tracey Miller , 51,radio host, pioneer ofwomen's sports broadcasting ,brain cancer . [http://www.legacy.com/Obituaries.asp?Page=APStory&Id=10178]
*Glenn Mitchell , 55,Public Radio broadcaster, radio talk show host.
*Jan Nowak-Jeziorański , 91, Polish journalist and highly decoratedWorld War II hero, head of theRadio Free Europe Polish section
*Neil Strawser , 78,CBS Radio correspondent and anchor [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/01/04/AR2006010402065.html]
*Dr. Don Rose , 70, American radio personality.
*Hallam Tennyson, 85, British radio producer and great-grandson of Alfred, Lord Tennyson, suspected victim ofmurder
*Chuck Thompson , 83,Baltimore Orioles broadcaster, complications of massivestroke
*John Timpson , 77, ex-presenter of the "Today" programme onBBC Radio 4 , natural causes. [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/4452358.stm]
*Pierre van Ostade , 88, Dutch radio and television personality. [http://www.telegraaf.nl/prive/26869761/Pierre_van_Ostade_(88)_overleden.html] .
*Tommy Vance , 63, British radio DJ and TV host,stroke
*Allan Waters , 84, Canadian broadcasting icon
*Georgie Woods , 78,Philadelphia radio broadcast "legend", due to be inducted into thePhiladelphia Broadcast Pioneers Hall of Fame .
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