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List of years in radio (table)
… 1994 ^. 1995 ^. 1996 ^. 1997 ^. 1998 ^. 1999 ^. 2000 … 2001 2002 2003 -2004- 2005 2006 2007 … 2008 ^. 2009 ^. 2010 ^. 2011 ^. 2012 ^. 2013 ^. 2014 … In music: 2001 2002 2003 -2004- 2005 2006 2007 In television: 2001 2002 2003 -2004- 2005 2006 2007 In home video: 2001 2002 2003 -2004- 2005 2006 2007
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The year 2004 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting history.

1 Events
2 Debuts
3 Closings
4 Deaths

Events

30 October - In the UK a 163-metre-high radio mast at Peterborough collapses in a fire.

Debuts

1 January - Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk's cultural channel MDR Kultur is relaunched as MDR Figaro.
5 JanuaryThe Ed Schultz Show is launched.
31 March - Launch of Air America Radio, 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).
19 April - Alex Bennett launches his new show on Sirius Left.
September - The Stephanie Miller Show.
18 November - WCKW/New Orleans, Louisiana drops Adult Contemporary for Rhythmic/Dance as WDVW ("Diva 92.3").

Closings

27 February - I.E. America Radio Network ends operations,
15 December - Brian Beirne retires from KRTH.

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

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