- 2002 in radio
The year
2002 in radio involved some significant events.__TOC__Events
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KDWN inLas Vegas, Nevada fires Doug Basham, despite receiving the highest ratings of any other host on the station including nationally syndicated ones, allegedly for spending "too much time bashing the president."Debuts
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January - "The Glenn Beck Program" launched on 47 stations onPremiere Radio Networks .
*March 11 -BBC 6 Music , the first newBBC music radio station in decades, is launched.
*December 2 - radio2XS launches onLine fromSheffield Closings
Deaths
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Joe Allison , 77, - Songwriter, radio and television personality, record producer, andcountry music business executive
*Jack Buck , 77, American sportscaster, best known for his work announcingMajor League Baseball games of theSt. Louis Cardinals .
*Wayne Cody , 65, radio and televisionsportscaster who spent the bulk of his career inSeattle, Washington at KIRO.
*Chick Hearn , 85,television andradio announcer for theLos Angeles Lakers basketball team since1960
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