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2006 in radio
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The year 2006 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting .
Events
January 21 – Kix Brooks, one half of the country music superstar duo Brooks & Dunn , takes over as host of the long-running "American Country Countdown ." He succeeds Bob Kingsley , who had left the program after 27 years a month earlier, and had since started a new program called "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40 ."
Dial Global takes over operations of the Transtar 24-hour networks from Westwood One .
June 13 – VNU Media, the publishers of Billboard , acquires Radio & Records . The following July 14 Billboard Radio Monitor will cease publication, followed by Radio & Records three weeks later on August 4 . On August 11 both trades are merged into a "newly relaunched" R&R .
In September, Mediabase , associated with the original R&R for 19 years until their final issue (as an independent trade), begin publishing their chart listings in USA Today and in the following December debut their online website.
7 November – BBC radio airs the 15,000th episode of its (near) daily drama serial The Archers , begun in 1951.
Debuts
The Rhythmic Adult Contemporary branded MOViN makes it debut on May 1, at KQMV /Seattle, Washington .
Mike McConnell , launched into national syndication after several years at WLW on July 1 .
On August 17 KZLA/Los Angeles drops Country after 26 years and becomes the second station in the United States to pick up the Rhythmic AC "MOViN'" format as KMVN . The flip would leave Los Angeles without an FM Country station until March 2007 when KKGO fills the void.
Nova M Radio , a progressive talk radio network featuring Mike Malloy . October 18 .
Greenstone Media , a female-oriented talk radio network
Kevin Barrett begins hosting a twice-weekly talk show on GCN called The Dynamic Duo , and another talk show, hosted weekly on RBN, titled Truth Jihad Radio . The topic of both shows is mainly conspiracy theories surrounding September 11, 2001 .
San Francisco/Oakland oldies Station KFRC debuts a Rhythmic Contemporary format as Movin 99.7
October 2 – KMVK in Fort Worth, Texas (formerly KOAI) begins their Rhythmic Contemporary format as MOViN 107.5 . This change has caused a lot of criticism to former KOAI (Smooth Jazz) listeners.
December 30 – "Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70's," digitally remastered airings of selected "American Top 40 " shows from 1970-1979.
Closings
Deaths
George Balzer , 91, wrote for Jack Benny 's radio and TV shows, natural causes. [1]
Ernie Baron , 65, Filipino radio/TV host and meteorologist , myocardial infarction brought about by diabetes .citation needed
Dick Bass , 68, American pro football player and radio analyst. [2]
Ramona Bell , 47, wife of broadcaster Art Bell , asthma attack .
Dick Brooks , 63, American NASCAR race car driver and radio broadcaster, heart attack . [3]
Harry Browne , 72, American libertarian writer , politician , U.S. Presidential candidate and radio talk show host.
Pye Chamberlayne , 68, American radio journalist, heart attack . [4]
Nick Clarke , 58, BBC Radio 4 presenter and journalist, cancer . [5]
Casey Coleman , 55, Cleveland sports broadcaster who won 4 Emmy Awards, pancreatic cancer . [6]
Steve Crosno , 66, longtime El Paso radio DJ whose career spanned nearly 50 years, kidney failure. [7]
Jaye Michael Davis , 62, veteran U.S. radio deejay , motorcycle accident. [8]
Robert Dentith , 29, British radio presenter of "The Unsigned Show" on Kerrang! Radio . [9]
Mike Dickin , 63, British talkSPORT radio presenter, car accident . [10]
Sir John Drummond , 71, former controller of BBC Radio 3 and The Proms . [11]
Ernest Dudley , 97, British novelist, journalist, screenwriter, actor, radio broadcaster. [12]
George Edwards , 87, American radio host for WQXR . [13]
Paul Eells , 70, voice of the Arkansas Razorbacks football and basketball for radio and television, car accident. [14]
Kurt Emmerich , 76, German radio reporter.
Alan "Fluff" Freeman , 79, former BBC Radio DJ , natural causes . [15]
Christopher Glenn , 68, American CBS News radio and television news anchor, liver cancer . [16] [17]
Larry Henderson , 89, first regular broadcaster on CBC's The National , natural causes .
John Hinde , 92, Australian film reviewer and journalist. [18]
Dick Johnson , 69, veteran Maine radio broadcaster and news reporter, complications of a heart attack . [19]
Bob Lassiter , 61, American talk radio personality. [20]
Al Lewis , 82, American actor (Grandpa Munster on The Munsters ), Green Party political candidate, restaurateur, and radio host. [21]
Don Lunn , 72, Australian breakfast radio DJ . [22]
Scott Mateer , 46, American Grammy -nominated songwriter and DJ , complications of diabetes and high blood pressure . [23]
Gwen Meredith , 98, Australian writer of all 5,795 episodes of the long-running radio serial Blue Hills , after heart trouble. [24]
Mavor Moore , 87, Canadian writer, actor, radio & TV producer and founder of theatrical institutions, illness . [25]
Lister Sinclair , 85, Canadian playwright and CBC broadcaster, pulmonary embolism .
Jack Snow , 62, former National Football League player and radio announcer, complications from a staph infection . [26]
Ralph Story , 86, American radio broadcaster and television show host (The $64,000 Challenge ), emphysema . [27]
October 20 — Mary Gay Taylor , 71, radio journalist for WCBS-AM . [28]
Stan Torgerson , 82, radio announcer for Ole Miss football and basketball games. [29]
Michael Vestey , 61, former BBC correspondent and radio critic on The Spectator magazine. [30]
Paul Walters , 59, BBC radio and TV producer. [31]
Ross Warneke , 54, Australian television commentator and radio broadcaster, cancer . [32]
Neville Willoughby , 69, Jamaican radio broadcaster, car accident . [33]
Robert Eric Wone , 32, American general counsel to Radio Free Asia , stabbing. [34]
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