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2014 in radio

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The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting in 2014. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, and station launches, closures and format changes, as well as information about controversies.

Deaths

  • January 17: Larry Monroe, 29-year veteran with KUT radio in Austin, Texas
  • February 6: Ralph Kiner, 91. Radio and television commentator for the New York Mets.
  • February 15: Angelo Henderson, 51. Radio host at WCHB and minister.
  • February 25: Jim Lange, 81. Radio host (KGO, KFRC, KABL and KSFO/San Francisco, KMPC/Los Angeles, KKSJ/San Jose) and TV host.
  • March 1: Porky Chedwick, 96. Longtime Pittsburgh-area rhythm and blues radio host.
  • March 5: Geoff Edwards, 83. Radio host (KFMB, KFI, KMPC, KSUR) and TV host.
  • March 25: Ralph Wilson, 95. Radio station owner in the 1950s and 1960s; better known for his ownership of the Buffalo Bills in his later years.
  • April 6: Mickey Rooney, 93. Star of the radio series Shorty Bell and The Hardy Family.
  • April 11: Michael Hightower, 58. Radio personality in the Milwaukee radio market (was evening host at WJMR-FM until his death; alumni of WNOV, WAWA, WMCS, WLUM-FM and WKKV-FM)
  • April 27: Dr. Jack Ramsay, 89. Former basketball coach, later radio and television analyst (best known in radio for his work on ESPN Radio)
  • May 3: Ben Hoberman, 92. Radio executive (developer of talk format for KABC/Los Angeles, president of ABC Radio)
  • May 4: Wild Bill Scott, 68. Founder of Z Rock.
  • May 28: Dave Herman, 78. Disc jockey at several stations in the New York/New Jersey area.
  • June 1: Tom Rounds, 77. Founder of Radio Express and co-founder of American Top 40.
  • June 15: Casey Kasem, 82. Co-founder and host of American Top 40 and its spin-offs from 1970 to 2009, radio and television voice-over artist.
  • June 30: Bob Hastings, an American radio, film, and television character actor.
  • July 4: Richard Mellon Scaife, 82. Media mogul; longtime co-owner of KQV/Pittsburgh.
  • July 7: Dick Jones, 87. Voice of Henry Aldrich on the hit radio drama The Aldrich Family from 1943 to 1944.
  • July 28: Margot Adler, 68. Correspondent for NPR.
  • August 11: Robin Williams, 63. American actor/comedian who portrayed radio disc jockey Adrian Cronauer in the 1987 film Good Morning, Vietnam
  • August 12: Lauren Bacall, 88. Star of the radio series Bold Venture.
  • August 19: Don Pardo, 96. Radio and television announcer who spent 70 years as an in-house announcer for NBC Radio and Television.
  • October 3: Kevin Metheny. Radio executive (Clear Channel) and programmer (notably with WNBC/New York, WGN/Chicago, and, at the time of his death, KGO & KSFO/San Francisco)
  • October 6: Bill Campbell, 91. Philadelphia-area sportscaster and radio personality with WIP, WCAU, and KYW.
  • October 21: Dale Dorman, 71. Disc jockey best known for his long run on Boston radio (WRKO, WXKS-FM, and WODS) from 1968 to 2010; member of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.
  • November 3: Tom Magliozzi, 77. Auto mechanic and comedian; best known as "Click Tappet," co-host of Car Talk with Click and Clack.

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