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2002 in radio
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The year 2002 in radio involved some significant events.
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[edit] 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."
[edit] 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.
- December 2 - radio2XS launches onLine from Sheffield
[edit] Closings
- Karl Haas retired from broadcasting at the age of 89, and recorded his last episode of Adventures in Good Music.
[edit] 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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