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The year 2006 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting. Contents 1 Events 2 Debuts 3 Closings 4 Deaths

Events January 3 - The BJ Shea Morning Experience switches to KISW in Seattle Washington from the former FM Talk (now country) station KKWF. January 21 Kix Brooks one half of the country music superstar duo Brooks & Dunn takes over as host of the long-running "American Country Countdown." He succeeds Bob Kingsley who had left the program after 27 years a month earlier and had since started a new program called "Bob Kingsley's Country Top 40." Dial Global takes over operations of the Transtar 24-hour networks from Westwood One. June 13 VNU Media the publishers of Billboard acquires Radio & Records. The following July 14 Billboard Radio Monitor will cease publication followed by Radio & Records three weeks later on August 4. On August 11 both trades are merged into a "newly relaunched" R&R. In September Mediabase associated with the original R&R for 19 years until their final issue (as an independent trade) begin publishing their chart listings in USA Today and in the following December debut their online website. 7 November BBC radio airs the 15000th episode of its (near) daily drama serial The Archers begun in 1951. Debuts The Rhythmic Adult Contemporary branded MOViN makes it debut on May 1 at KQMV/Seattle Washington. Mike McConnell launched into national syndication after several years at WLW on July 1. On August 17 KZLA/Los Angeles drops Country after 26 years and becomes the second station in the United States to pick up the Rhythmic AC "MOViN'" format as KMVN. The flip would leave Los Angeles without an FM Country station until March 2007 when KKGO fills the void. Nova M Radio a progressive talk radio network featuring Mike Malloy. October 18. Greenstone Media a female-oriented talk radio network Kevin Barrett begins hosting a twice-weekly talk show on GCN called The Dynamic Duo and another talk show hosted weekly on RBN titled Truth Jihad Radio. The topic of both shows is mainly conspiracy theories surrounding September 11 2001. San Francisco/Oakland oldies Station KFRC debuts a Rhythmic Contemporary format as Movin 99.7 October 2 KMVK in Fort Worth Texas (formerly KOAI) begins their Rhythmic Contemporary format as MOViN 107.5. This change has caused a lot of criticism to former KOAI (Smooth Jazz) listeners. December 30 "Casey Kasem's American Top 40 - The 70's" digitally remastered airings of selected "American Top 40" shows from 1970-1979. Closings May - Unforgettable Favorites merged into Timeless Classics by owner ABC Radio. June 23 - The Phil Hendrie Show host Phil Hendrie decided to retire from radio in an effort to pursue an acting career. Reruns continued on two stations until 2007. September 1 - John Batchelor's last show on ABC Radio Network December 5 - Springer on the Radio hosted by Jerry Springer ends The Majority Report. Originally one of Air America Radio's featured programs the show ended a few days after Janeane Garofalo left the show and the network. Later restructuring of the schedule saw her co-host Sam Seder move to early mornings. October 2 - KOAI in Fort Worth Texas has ended their Smooth Jazz format. (see KMVK in Debuts section) Deaths George Balzer 91 wrote for Jack Benny's radio and TV shows natural causes. 1 Ernie Baron 65 Filipino radio/TV host and meteorologist myocardial infarction brought about by diabetes.citation needed Dick Bass 68 American pro football player and radio analyst. 2 Ramona Bell 47 wife of broadcaster Art Bell asthma attack. Dick Brooks 63 American NASCAR race car driver and radio broadcaster heart attack. 3 Harry Browne 72 American libertarian writer politician U.S. Presidential candidate and radio talk show host. Pye Chamberlayne 68 American radio journalist heart attack. 4 Nick Clarke 58 BBC Radio 4 presenter and journalist cancer. 5 Casey Coleman 55 Cleveland sports broadcaster who won 4 Emmy Awards pancreatic cancer. 6 Steve Crosno 66 longtime El Paso radio DJ whose career spanned nearly 50 years kidney failure. 7 Jaye Michael Davis 62 veteran U.S. radio deejay motorcycle accident. 8 Robert Dentith 29 British radio presenter of "The Unsigned Show" on Kerrang! Radio. 9 Mike Dickin 63 British talkSPORT radio presenter car accident. 10 Sir John Drummond 71 former controller of BBC Radio 3 and The Proms. 11 Ernest Dudley 97 British novelist journalist screenwriter actor radio broadcaster. 12 George Edwards 87 American radio host for WQXR. 13 Paul Eells 70 voice of the Arkansas Razorbacks football and basketball for radio and television car accident. 14 Kurt Emmerich 76 German radio reporter. Alan "Fluff" Freeman 79 former BBC Radio DJ natural causes. 15 Len "Boom" Goldberg 74 longtime station voice and DJ for WMMS in Cleveland Ohio and the first station voice for New York's WHTZ "Z100" upon their 1983 launch heart attack. 16 Christopher Glenn 68 American CBS News radio and television news anchor liver cancer. 17 18 Larry Henderson 89 first regular broadcaster on CBC's The National natural causes. John Hinde 92 Australian film reviewer and journalist. 19 Dick Johnson 69 veteran Maine radio broadcaster and news reporter complications of a heart attack. 20 Bob Lassiter 61 American talk radio personality. 21 Al Lewis 82 American actor (Grandpa Munster on The Munsters) Green Party political candidate restaurateur and radio host. 22 Don Lunn 72 Australian breakfast radio DJ. 23 Scott Mateer 46 American Grammy-nominated songwriter and DJ complications of diabetes and high blood pressure. 24 Gwen Meredith 98 Australian writer of all 5795 episodes of the long-running radio serial Blue Hills after heart trouble. 25 Mavor Moore 87 Canadian writer actor radio & TV producer and founder of theatrical institutions illness. 26 Lister Sinclair 85 Canadian playwright and CBC broadcaster pulmonary embolism. Jack Snow 62 former National Football League player and radio announcer complications from a staph infection. 27 Ralph Story 86 American radio broadcaster and television show host (The $64000 Challenge) emphysema. 28 October 20 Mary Gay Taylor 71 radio journalist for WCBS-AM. 29 Stan Torgerson 82 radio announcer for Ole Miss football and basketball games. 30 Michael Vestey 61 former BBC correspondent and radio critic on The Spectator magazine. 31 Paul Walters 59 BBC radio and TV producer. 32 Ross Warneke 54 Australian television commentator and radio broadcaster cancer. 33 Neville Willoughby 69 Jamaican radio broadcaster car accident. 34 Robert Eric Wone 32 American general counsel to Radio Free Asia stabbing. 35