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The year 1945 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

Events

• 25 February – The CBC's International Service (to be renamed Radio Canada International in 1970) begins regular broadcasts in English and French from Canada.
• March 15 – The Academy Awards are broadcast on the radio in their entirety for the first time. They are broadcast on ABC and the Armed Forces Radio.
• 29 July – From a studio set up in the Musikhalle Hamburg, the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) transmits its first programme for British soldiers stationed in Germany.

Debuts

• January 15 – Art Linkletter's House Party (1945-1967) debuts on CBS.
• January 29 – Lionel Barrymore becomes the host of Lux Radio Theater, replacing Cecil B. DeMille.
• March 3 – Superman encounters Batman and Robin for the first time. This occurs on the Mutual Network.
• March 9 – Those Websters debuts on CBS.
• April 30 - Arthur Godfrey Time debuts on CBS, a morning time slot every weekday. The show ended on April 30, 1972.
• August 4 - AFN Berlin goes on air with the Rhapsody in Blue from George Gershwin.

Closings

• March 30 – The Dreft Star Playhouse ends its two year run on NBC.

Births

• January 2 – Baxter Black, American cowboy, poet, philosopher, former large-animal veterinarian, and radio commentator
• March 8 – Mickey Dolenz, American actor, musician, television and theatre director and radio personality. Best known as drummer/vocalist in the 1960s made-for-television band, The Monkees.
• May 2 – Gene Deckerhoff, radio play-by-play announcer of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• April 6 – Neal Boortz, talk radio host and commentator.
• June 17 – Art Bell, American broadcaster, talk show host and author, known primarily as the founder and longtime host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM
• September 24 – Lou Dobbs, CNN anchor and managing editor for Lou Dobbs Tonight, host of Lou Dobbs Minute on radio.
• December 13 – Herman Cain, conservative newspaper columnist, African-American businessman, politician, radio talk-show host and former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza.

Deaths