2004 in radio

The year 2004 in radio involved some significant events.__TOC__

Events

* October 30 - A 163-metre-high radio mast in Peterborough, UK collapses in a fire.

Debuts

*"The Ed Schultz Show" launches January 5.
*Air America Radio launched on March 31, with affiliates in New York (WLIB), Chicago (WNTD), Los Angeles (KBLA), San Bernadino (KCAA), Portland (KPOJ), West Palm Beach, Florida (WJNO), and Minneapolis, Minnesota (WMNN).
*Alex Bennett launches new show on Sirius Left, April 19.
*"The Stephanie Miller Show" debuts in September.
*November 18: WCKW/New Orleans, Louisiana drops Adult Contemporary for Rhythmic/Dance as WDVW ("Diva 92.3").

Closings

*February 27 - I.E. America Radio Network ends operations
*December 15 - Brian Beirne retired from KRTH on December 15, 2004

Deaths

*Bill Ballance, 85, radio personality
*David Brudnoy, 64, Boston radio talk show host, cancer
*Erik Bye, 78, Norwegian journalist (AP, BBC, NRK), radio/TV host, actor, singer/songwriter; cancer
*Dennis R. ("Dick") Covington, 77, American radio broadcaster, KYW, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
*John Dunn, 70, Scottish BBC Radio 2 disc jockey, cancer
*John A. Gambling, 73, American radio host, "Rambling with Gambling"
*Fialho Gouveia, 69, Portuguese radio and TV presenter, of cardiac arrest
*David Grierson, 49, Canadian Broadcasting Corporation radio and television host
*Jimmy Mack, 70, Scots radio personality
*Scott Muni, 74, longtime New York City radio disc jockey
*Chuck Niles, 76, only jazz disc jockey to be on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
*John Peel, 65, British radio disc jockey
*Norman Rose, 87, radio and TV actor, All My Children voice of Juan Valdez
*Molly Weir, 94, Scottish TV and radio actress