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List of years in radio (table)
… 1992 ^. 1993 ^. 1994 ^. 1995 ^. 1996 ^. 1997 ^. 1998 … 1999 2000 2001 -2002- 2003 2004 2005 … 2006 ^. 2007 ^. 2008 ^. 2009 ^. 2010 ^. 2011 ^. 2012 … In music: 1999 2000 2001 -2002- 2003 2004 2005 In television: 1999 2000 2001 -2002- 2003 2004 2005 In home video: 1999 2000 2001 -2002- 2003 2004 2005
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The year 2002 in radio involved some significant events.

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Closings
4 Deaths

Events

KDWN in Las 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

January - The Glenn Beck Program launched on 47 stations on Premiere Radio Networks.
March 11 - BBC 6 Music, the first new BBC music radio station in decades, is launched.
July 1 - Launch of Sirius Satellite Radio
July 8- Launch of KHBZ-FM in Oklahoma City to Alternative Rock.
December 2 - radio2XS launches onLine from Sheffield
"Dawson McKay & The Get Up Gang" becomes "The Get Up Gang with Dawson, Wendy, and Levi" as Dawson moves from KASH 107.5 in Anchorage, Alaska to Albuquerque New Mexcio's 92.3 KRST.

Closings

Karl Haas retired from broadcasting at the age of 89, and recorded his last episode of Adventures in Good Music.

Deaths

Joe Allison, 77, Songwriter, radio and television personality, record producer, and country music business executive
Jack Buck, 77, American sportscaster, best known for his work announcing Major League Baseball games of the St. Louis Cardinals.
Wayne Cody, 65, radio and television sportscaster who spent the bulk of his career in Seattle, Washington at KIRO.
Chick Hearn, 85, television and radio announcer for the Los Angeles Lakers basketball team since 1960

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