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---- Several events occurred in radio in 2008. == Events == * January 2: WWFT finished Christmas music stunting, rolling out the red carpet for adult contemporary music branded as "Warm".〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Things Get 'Warm' In Indy )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Indianapolis gets Warm, after Christmas )〕 * January 10: WOCL in Orlando re-brands as "Sunny 105.9", restoring Oldies in the market with a Classic hits format. * January 18: Music of Your Life changes hands from Jones Radio Networks to Concierge Technologies.〔 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisville's classic hits "Louie 100.5" goes "Gen X ) 〕 * January 21: XM Sports Nation begins airing both ''The Dan Patrick Show'' and ''The Tony Kornheiser Show''.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=XM Radio Sports: January 2008 Archives )〕 Kornheiser's show returns to air on the same date after a seven-month hiatus.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tony Kornheiser Returns to XM Satellite Radio )〕 * January 28: Tony Bruno leaves Sporting News Radio. * February: Mike McConnell's weekday show is pulled from syndication; it will continue as a local show, and his weekend show will remain syndicated. * February 21: Air America Radio changes hands for the second time in less than a year; Pendulum Media purchases the network from Mark J. Green.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Air America Is Changing Ownership )〕 * March 1: Citadel Broadcasting announces a large loss of revenue and jettisons several staffers. Among the notable names dismissed were John R. Gambling and Ron Kuby of WABC, Chris Core of WMAL and Peter Tilden of KABC. Melanie Morgan of KSFO, while not laid off, did not have her contract renewed. Meanwhile, Curtis Sliwa is promoted to mid-mornings at WABC, and a massive roll-out of ''Imus in the Morning'' and The True Oldies Channel commences. * March 1: Rollye James discontinues syndication of her show and continues the show as a satellite-only program. * March 3: CBS Radio divests itself of Westwood One; the latter company is sold to Gores Radio.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Westwood One Closes On CBS Radio Agreements )〕 * April: Triton Media Group purchases Waitt Radio Networks and plans to consolidate its networks into its Dial Global brand.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dial Global Hires More Air Talent to Enhance it's Music Formats )〕 * April 1: WRNO-FM in New Orleans, Louisiana switches format to "Rush Radio" and all-day replays of ''The Rush Limbaugh Show'' in a stunt that lasts six days. Limbaugh had previously been heard on crosstown rival WWL.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Limbaugh to jump from WWL-AM to WRNO-FM )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=WRNO Spends Day As 'Rush Radio' )〕 * April 3: Randi Rhodes is suspended from Air America Radio and quits the network a week later, joining Nova M Radio on April 14. * April 11: Don Geronimo, of Don and Mike, retires from radio. * April 14: WQNR is rebranded as 99.9 Kate FM with a variety hits format. * April 22: Drew Lane leaves his morning radio show ''Drew and Mike''. * April 23: Steve Shannon leaves the nationally syndicated Steve and DC Morning Show to take a job at WERC in Birmingham. The show continues with D.C. Chymes as host, under the title of "D.C. and the Family." * April 30: AOL and XM Satellite Radio ended their partnership. * May 15: WYSP/Philadelphia morning host Kidd Chris and PD John Cook are fired by CBS Radio after learning that a parody song that was performed live on Chris' show, "Schwoogies" by Lady Gash, contained racial slurs and content.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='Racist' Song Prompts Firings Of WYSP PD John Cook, AM Host Kidd Chris )〕 * May 24: Biz Radio Network moves from KMNY to KJSA in Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=More Progressive Talk In Dallas )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Dallas deal for Business Radio; Virginia move-in buy for Holston Valley )〕 * June 1: The eXpat Chart launches on 4 English-language radio stations across Europe.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CBS, AOL Stream Together in Radio Deal )〕 * June 10: AOL adds the streaming links from all of CBS Radio's 150 O&O stations to its online service. * June 11: Smooth AC returns to Denver and Honolulu full-time via KKHI〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=K-High Brings Smooth Jazz Back To Denver )〕 and KORL-FM, respectively.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=KORL Grooves On Smooth Jazz Network )〕 * June 13: WGVC/Greenville, South Carolina drops adult hits for an FM simulcast of news/talk WORD-AM/WYRD-AM with a callsign change to WYRD-FM.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Greenville's WORD Gets FM Simulcast )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title="Charlie 106.3" goes bye-bye )〕 * June 16: WGPR in Detroit, Michigan changes to full urban AC, dropping smooth jazz (which they would sprinkle alongside urban AC) for several years rebranded The New 107.5 WGPR. * June 19: WZZN in Chicago, Illinois changes its call sign to WLS-FM.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Citadel to bring back WLS-FM in Chicago )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title='True Oldies' WZZN To Resurrect WLS-FM Calls )〕 * June 20: Triton Media Group purchases Jones Radio Networks and plans to consolidate its networks into its Dial Global brand. Jones Radio Networks officially signs off September 30.〔(News : Three Jones formats go away by September 30 | Radio-Info.com )〕 * June 26: In Vancouver, Oldies CKBD moves from 600 to FM 100.5, debuting an alternative rock format.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Three new FM stations heading to Vancouver ) 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Metro Vancouver's FM radio market gets three new competitors )〕 * July 25: The FCC approves the merger of XM Satellite Radio and Sirius Satellite Radio, with certain conditions. Four days later on July 29, the company is renamed Sirius XM Radio.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=FCC approves Sirius-XM satellite radio merger )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The FCC Approves the XM-Sirius Merger )〕 * July 25: CTVglobemedia announces a deal to sell 1331 Yonge Street, the longtime home of its Toronto radio stations CHUM and CHUM-FM, to a residential developer. The stations, along with the building's neon sign—which is considered a landmark piece of Toronto's cultural heritage—will move to new studios at 250 Richmond Street West in downtown Toronto, near the 299 Queen Street West home of most of CTVglobemedia's cable television channels, in early 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CHUM Building Sold To Developer )〕 * August 1: Rush Limbaugh celebrates 20 years in national syndication.〔 〕 President George W. Bush, along with former President George H. W. Bush and former Florida governor Jeb Bush, call in at the top of the broadcast. * August 1: CBS Radio announces that it will put 50 radio stations in mid-size markets up for sale.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CBS To Sell 50 Radio Stations )〕 * August 20: KJOC in Davenport, Iowa switches from talk to an oldies format, getting most of its programming from ABC Radio Networks' "True Oldies Channel." The sports lineup continues to feature Chicago-area and Iowa State University sports.〔() Burke, David, "Oldies return to 1170AM," ''Quad City Times'', August 21, 2008. Accessed 9-26-2013.〕 * August 29: CHAM in Hamilton, Ontario drops its classic country format and begins stunting with Christmas music, nominally becoming the first station in North America to switch to the format in 2008, before changing to talk radio on September 2. * September 30: Jones Radio Networks signs off as it was sold to Triton Media Group, ceasing broadcasting three services: Contemporary jazz, Standards, Adult hits.〔 ''See Jones Radio Networks#Satellite formats'' * October 10: WMVN, the former MOViN station in St. Louis, Missouri, drops its format and becomes the first commercial station to change to Christmas music for the entire holiday season, before planning to change to sports radio on January 1, 2009.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=All-Christmas hits Birmingham, Philly (again) and Milwaukee (twice) ) 〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Christmas Come Early for Local Radio Station )〕 When considering only non-stunting stations, WRIT-FM in Milwaukee became the first non-stunting commercial station in the United States to change formats, on October 31. * October 31: KNRJ of Phoenix, Arizona says goodbye to their dance format after six years, debuting hip hop music.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Beat Debuts Classic Hip-Hop On KNRJ )〕 * November 12: Sirius XM makes massive changes in its lineup on its Sirius and XM channels by eliminating or merging several duplicating formats.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sirius XM releases its new combined lineups - and not everybody's happy )〕 * November 18: A.C. Nielsen announced that they will enter the radio ratings business, putting them in direct competition with Arbitron. * December 15: CBS Radio trades five stations—KXJM and KLTH/Portland, Oregon, KBKS/Seattle, KQJK/Sacramento and WQSR/Baltimore—to Clear Channel Communications in exchange for Clear Channel's Houston outlets KHMX and KLOL.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CBS Radio to Swap Five Mid-Size Market Stations for Two Large Market Stations with Clear Channel Communications )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=CBS Radio, Clear Channel To Swap Some Stations )〕〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Clear Channel and CBS swap stations in Houston and four other markets )〕 * December 17: Border Media Partners changes names to Border Media. * December 28: ''The Sean Hannity Show'' is scheduled to change syndicators; Premiere Radio Networks will take over syndication from ABC Radio; the show will continue to air on stations owned by ABC Radio parent company Citadel Broadcasting as part of the deal.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Sean Hannity Gets $100 Million Contract )〕 * December 31: Michael Reagan's syndication deal with Radio America ends; Reagan will be replaced by Roger Hedgecock in January 2009. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「2008 in radio」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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