2010 in radio
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The following events occurred in radio in 2010.
Events
- January - Radio Mashaal is launched; the new station is a member of Radio Free Europe in Pakistan, broadcasting in the Pashto language.[https://pressroom.rferl.org/rferl-pakistan-service-radio-mashaal Radio Mashaal overview] It was launched in January 2010.{{Cite web |url=http://www.bbg.gov/pressroom/press-releases/RFE_Marks_Successful_First_Year_of_Broadcasts_to_Pakistan_.html |title=Broadcasting Board of Governors |access-date=2020-02-17 |archive-date=2011-07-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110723180438/http://www.bbg.gov/pressroom/press-releases/RFE_Marks_Successful_First_Year_of_Broadcasts_to_Pakistan_.html |url-status=dead }}
- March - Indian radio station Radio City launches its first internet station, Radio City Fun Ka Antenna.{{cite web|url=https://www.radiocity.in/about-us/|title=About Us|website=Radio City|access-date=18 February 2020}}
Debuts
- Andar ng mga Balita, weekday news bulletin on Radyo5 92.3 News FM in Mega Manila, Philippines, anchored by Martin Andanar. Ran until 2012.
- Breakfast with Hector, breakfast radio programme on RTÉ 2fm in Ireland, presented by Hector Ó hEochagáin. Ran until 2013.
- Day 6, Canadian Saturday morning show on CBC Radio One, hosted by Brent Bambury."Saturday morning guy; Saint John native Brent Bambury hosts new CBC radio show 'Day 6'". The Telegraph-Journal, September 20, 2010.
- S.R.O., radio talk show on DZMM in the Philippines
- The Breakfast Club, American radio show debuts in New York.
- 103.5 Wow FM (now 103.5 K Lite) begins broadcast in Pasig, Philippines.
Closings
- Key Net Radio, Japanese Internet radio programme (begun 2007)
- Lørdagsbarnetimen (Saturday Children's Hour), the world's longest-running regular weekly radio series, having begun in 1924.
- MMDA Radio was cease operations due to broken transmitting tower.
Deaths
- 31 January - Thorleif Karlsen, Norwegian police inspector, politician and radio host, 100{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=583755|title=NRK-stemmen Thorleif Karlsen er død}}
- 19 February - Bull Verweij, Dutch businessman, co-founder of Radio Veronica, 100{{cite web|url=http://www.nu.nl/binnenland/2188602/veronica-oprichter-bull-verweij-overleden.html|title=Veronica-oprichter 'Bull' Verweij overleden - NU - Het laatste nieuws het eerst op NU.nl}}
- 30 April - Cristina Corrales, Bolivian journalist, radio broadcaster, and politician, 47{{Cite web |url=http://eju.tv/2010/04/muri-la-periodista-cristina-corrales-esta-madrugada/ |title=Murió la periodista Cristina Corrales esta madrugada |trans-title=The Journalist Cristina Corrales Died This Morning |publisher=Eju TV |location=La Paz |language=Spanish |date=2010-04-30 |access-date=2019-10-06}}
- 14 June - Richard Herrmann, Norwegian journalist, writer and radio personality (NRK), 90{{cite web|url=http://www.vg.no/nyheter/innenriks/artikkel.php?artid=10001540|title=Richard Herrmann er død}}
- 8 July - Lelio Luttazzi, Italian composer, actor, television and radio presenter, 87{{cite web|url=http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/e-morto-lelio-luttazzi-re-dello-swing-allitaliana-hit-parade.html|title=E' morto Lelio Luttazzi il re dello swing all'italiana Da Hit Parade ad Arisa}}
- 21 August - Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz, Peruvian journalist, commentator and radio host, 86{{cite web|url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/42963|title=Radio host Guerrero Martinheitz dies, 86|work=Buenos Aires Herald}}
- 20 September - Fud Leclerc, musician and singer, four-time Eurovision contestant, 86
- 5 October - Yakov Alpert, Ukrainian-born physicist, expert on radio communications, 99