2022 in radio

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The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting in 2022. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, and station launches, closures and format changes, as well as information about controversies and deaths of radio personalities.

Notable events

=January=

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|Moira Stuart, Kate Garraway and Margherita Taylor are among British broadcasters to be recognised in the 2022 New Year Honours.

|{{cite web|url=https://radiotoday.co.uk/2021/12/new-year-honours-announced-for-radio-presenters-and-volunteers/|title=New Year Honours announced for radio presenters and volunteers|date=December 31, 2021|access-date=January 3, 2022}}

US radio station WWHXBloomington, Illinois, switches from rhythmic CHR to hot AC after four years at midnight, with a new slogan of "Now 100.7".

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/217730/wwhx-is-now-100.7-fm|title=WWHX Is Now 100.7 FM|website=Radioinsight.com|date=January 1, 2022|accessdate=January 1, 2022}}

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|US radio station Sports KZIA-HD4/K298BMCedar Rapids, Iowa flips from an 'Overtime' brand extension of co-owned KGYM to alternative rock "X107.5".

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/217913/alternative-x107.5-debuts-in-cedar-rapids|title=Alternative X107.5 Debuts In Cedar Rapids|website=Radioinsight.com|date=January 3, 2022|accessdate=January 3, 2022|archive-date=January 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220104235729/http://radioinsight.com/headlines/217913/alternative-x107.5-debuts-in-cedar-rapids|url-status=live}}

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|US company Binnie Media makes format changes for its northern Boston metro cluster in New Hampshire. The adult hits trimulcast of WFNQNashua, WLNH-FMLaconia and WBYYSomersworth/Portsmouth flipped to an adult-based Top 40 format, but retained its "Frank FM" branding, while CHR WJYYConcord/Manchester shifted to rhythmic contemporary with a lean towards hip hop.

|{{cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/218175/binnie-makes-musical-shifts-in-new-hampshire/|title=Binnie Makes Musical Shifts In New Hampshire|website=Radioinsight.com|date=January 6, 2022|accessdate=January 6, 2022|archive-date=January 6, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220106151136/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/218175/binnie-makes-musical-shifts-in-new-hampshire/|url-status=live}}

9

|Malaysian private radio station Molek FM is officially launched.

|{{cite news|url=https://www.nst.com.my/lifestyle/groove/2022/01/760436/showbiz-molek-fm-serve-east-coast-radio-listeners|title=#Showbiz: Molek FM to serve East Coast radio listeners|publisher=New Straits Times|date=January 5, 2022|accessdate=February 17, 2022}}

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|US radio station KSEK-FM—Girard, Kansas, changes formats to sports while its former classic rock format moves to KMOQ.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/219103/multiple-recent-changes-in-joplin-mo-and-pittsburg-ks|title=Multiple Recent Changes In Joplin MO, And Pittsburg KS.|website=Radioinsight.com|date=January 31, 2022|accessdate=January 31, 2022}}

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| After identifying with the call sign for 96 years, US radio station all-news KOMO—Seattle and FM simulcast KOMO-FMOakville change calls to KNWN and KNWN-FM, respectively. The change was necessitated after Lotus Communications purchased the stations from Sinclair Broadcast Group, which retained KOMO-TV and all registered trademarks for the "KOMO" brand. KNWN AM-FM also re-brand as "Northwest News Radio"; the callsign change was prematurely made effective by the FCC at the end of 2021 (and reverted to KOMO AM-FM at Lotus's request), prompting KIRO-FMTacoma, Washington to adopt the slogan "Your Northwest News Station".

|{{cite news |last1=Lacitis |first1=Erik |title=So long, 'KOMO Country': KOMO Radio sold, gets new name |url=https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/historic-komo-radio-sold-and-gets-new-name-so-long-komo-country/ |access-date=January 28, 2022 |work=The Seattle Times |date=January 28, 2022 |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128145056/https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/historic-komo-radio-sold-and-gets-new-name-so-long-komo-country/ |url-status=live }}

  • {{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=A Northwest News Battle Arises In Seattle As KOMO Is Set To Become KNWN |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/219196/a-northwest-news-battle-arises-in-seattle-as-komo-is-set-to-become-knwn/ |access-date=January 28, 2022 |work=RadioInsight |date=January 28, 2022 |archive-date=January 28, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220128200130/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/219196/a-northwest-news-battle-arises-in-seattle-as-komo-is-set-to-become-knwn/ |url-status=live }}
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|At 6:00 a.m. EST, after a last playing of "End of the Road" by Boyz II Men, US radio station WMIA-FM—Miami drops its all-90s format after two years and returns to its previous hot AC format and "93.9 MIA" branding.

|{{Cite web|title=WMIA Drops All 90s; Launches New On-Air Lineup As DJ Laz Returns To Mornings With Kimmy B|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/219739/wmia-drops-all-90s-launches-new-on-air-lineup-as-dj-laz-returns-to-mornings/|access-date=February 10, 2022|website=RadioInsight|date=February 10, 2022 |language=en-US}}

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|Friends of US radio station WLRN Inc., which has served as the fundraising arm for the broadcasting operations of the Miami-Dade County Public School District since 1974, agrees to take over full-time management of public radio station WLRN-FMMiami (and its sister television station) and Florida Keys satellite station WKWM—Marathon. The group had clashed with the school board in recent years after Schools Superintendent Alberto Carvalho and a committee recommended that a competing bid and effective merger into South Florida PBS (owner of WPBT—Miami and WXEL-TVWest Palm Beach) be selected. As with many current arrangements of the same type, the district will retain the license assets and final program authority over the radio and television stations.

|{{cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/219891/friends-of-wlrn-to-take-over-management-of-south-florida-public-news-talker/|title=Friends Of WLRN To Take Over Management Of South Florida Public News/Talker|first=Lance|last=Venta|work=RadioInsight|date=February 14, 2022|accessdate=February 14, 2022}}

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|US radio station WSYB—Rutland, Vermont, flips from conservative talk to sports.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/219955/wsyb-flips-to-fox-sports|title=WSYB Flips To Fox Sports|website=Radioinsight.com|date=February 16, 2022|accessdate=February 16, 2022}}

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|After 10 days of an A-to-Z marathon, Mexican radio station XETRA-FM—Tijuana switches to classic alternative.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/220423/91x-moves-to-classic-alternative|title=91 Moves To Classic Alternative|website=Radioinsight.com|date=February 24, 2022|accessdate=September 24, 2022}}

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|Ukrainian radio station Kraina FM relocates to an undisclosed location in the Carpathian Mountains, following the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

|{{cite magazine | url=https://www.newyorker.com/news/dispatch/ukraines-radio-station-of-national-resistance | title=Ukraine's Radio Station of National Resistance | magazine=The New Yorker | date=March 18, 2022 }}

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|Russian commercial radio station Echo of Moscow is taken off-air by Roskomnadzor because of its coverage of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

|{{Cite news|url=http://www.interfax.ru/russia/461888|title="Эху Москвы" исполнилось 25 лет|date=August 22, 2015|work=Interfax.ru|access-date=July 31, 2018|language=ru-RU}}

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|Paul Izard returns US radio station WGWELittle Valley, New York, to the air after 11 months of silence. Izard later discovered predatory language in WGWE's tower lease agreement and a malfunctioning transmitter that forced WGWE off the air after six weeks; Izard, admitting he had failed to exercise due diligence on WGWE's previous owner the Seneca Nation of Indians, quickly gave the WGWE license (initially surrendered, then restored by the FCC at his request) to regional Christian broadcaster Family Life Ministries for $1 and assumption of debts.

|[https://radioinsight.com/blogs/226172/how-not-to-buy-a-radio-station/ "How Not To Buy A Radio Station"] by Lance Venta, May 18, 2022 (radioinsight.com)

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|The Board of Directors of Russian commercial radio station Echo of Moscow vote to close the station down.

|{{cite news |author=Anton Troianovski |date=March 3, 2022 |title=Echo of Moscow, a liberal Russian radio station, is shut down |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/03/02/world/ukraine-russia-war?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytimes#echo-of-moscow-a-liberal-russian-radio-station-is-shut-down}}

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|Radio stations across Europe simultaneously broadcast John Lennon’s "Give Peace a Chance".

|{{cite news |date=March 3, 2022 |title=Message of Hope as European Radio Stations come together to 'Give Peace a Chance' |work=The European Broadcasting Union |url=https://www.ebu.ch/news/2022/03/message-of-hope-as-european-radio-stations-come-together-to-give-peace-a-chance}}

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|After nearly 3½ years carrying soft AC under iHeart's The Breeze format, US radio station WISX—Philadelphia changes format to Spanish CHR as WUMR "Rumba 106.1".

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/rumba-106-1-debuts-in-philadelphia|title=Rumba 106.1 Debuts In Philadelphia|website=Radioinsight.com|date=March 11, 2022|accessdate=March 11, 2022}}

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|Today FM is launched in New Zealand, a talk radio network replacing Magic Talk. Hosts include Tova O'Brien.

|{{Cite web|date=February 8, 2022|title=MediaWork's new talk station Today FM to launch on March 21|url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/entertainment/tv-radio/127709935/mediaworks-new-talk-station-today-fm-to-launch-on-march-21|access-date=February 8, 2022|website=Stuff|language=en-au}}

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|US company Ideastream Public Media merges operations of NPR members WKSUKent (owned by Kent State University and operated by Ideastream via a public service operating agreement) and WCPNCleveland, which adopt a full-time news and information format employing all on-air staff between the two stations. Callsigns and formats are swapped between WCPN and classical music WCLVLorain; the former inherits WCPN's former jazz programming in late nights while the latter is turned into a full-power repeater for WKSU. WKSU drops all classical programming and simulcasts WCLV on their HD3 subchannel.

|{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=February 25, 2022 |title=Ideastream Sets Cleveland Public Radio Frequency Change Date |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/220460/ideastream-sets-cleveland-public-radio-frequency-change-date/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220225133046/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/220460/ideastream-sets-cleveland-public-radio-frequency-change-date/ |archive-date=February 25, 2022 |access-date=February 25, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}

  • {{Cite web |last=Morona |first=Joey |date=September 15, 2021 |title=WKSU, WCPN deal approved by Kent State, combined NPR station to operate at 89.7 FM starting in 2022 |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/09/wksu-wcpn-deal-approved-by-kent-state-combined-npr-station-to-operate-at-897-fm-starting-in-2022.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917172321/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/09/wksu-wcpn-deal-approved-by-kent-state-combined-npr-station-to-operate-at-897-fm-starting-in-2022.html |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=September 19, 2021 |website=cleveland.com |publisher=The Plain Dealer |language=en}}

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|Maritime Broadcasting System's CHLQ-FM in Charlottetown,Prince Edward Island drops its longtime Q93 branding and rebrands to Max 93.1. The station's format remains Mainstream Rock.

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|US company Ryman Hospitality Properties, parent company of Opry Entertainment Group and WSMNashville and co-owner of Circle, sells a minority stake in the company to a group consisting of Atairos and NBCUniversal, for approximately $300 million. Outside network news talent licensing agreements for newscasts and commentary and the defunct NBC Sports Radio network, it is the network's first involvement in a radio property since the NBC Radio Network wound down between 1987 and 1989.

|{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2022/music/news/grand-ole-opry-sale-nbcuniversal-1235224437/|title='Grand Ole Opry' Owner Sells Minority Stake to Atairos and NBCUniversal for Nearly $300 Million|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|magazine=Variety|date=April 4, 2022|access-date=April 6, 2022}}

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|US company Cumulus Media purchases the intellectual property and associated trademarks for "Q101", including the q101.com domain name, from Broadcast Barter Radio Networks for an undisclosed amount. Broadcast Barter, which acquired the intellectual property from Emmis Communications in August 2011 after their sale of alternative WKQXChicago (and format flip to "FM News 101" WIQI), launched internet station Q101 Chicago, which operated up to this sale. WKQX, which reverted to alternative in 2014 but instead branded as "101 WKQX", readopted the "Q101" name on May 3 during the station's "10th anniversary" concert (which celebrated the launch of the current iteration of the format on then-WKQX-LP).

|{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=May 3, 2022 |title=WKQX Completes Its Return To Q101 Identity |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/223740/q101-branding-to-return-to-wkqx-chicago/ |access-date=May 3, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}

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|US company Marquee Broadcasting purchases the Southeastern Ohio Broadcasting System, Inc. (d/b/a WHIZ Media Group), owner of WHIZZanesville, Ohio (full-servicetalk), WHIZ-FMSouth Zanesville, Ohio (CHR), WZVLPhilo, Ohio (country) and WHIZ-TV. This ends nearly 75 years of continuous ownership of WHIZ AM-FM-TV by the Littick family, which retains the license for Columbus-market WWLGBaltimore, Ohio (operated under long-term LMA by Urban One), while also becoming Marquee's first radio properties.

|{{Cite news |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=April 20, 2022 |title=Marquee Broadcasting Acquires WHIZ Media Group |language=en-US |work=RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/224106/marquee-broadcasting-acquires-whiz-media-group/ |access-date=April 20, 2022}}

  • {{Cite web |last=Hannahs |first=Nichole |date=April 20, 2022 |title=Littick Discusses Sale of WHIZ Media Group |url=https://whiznews.com/2022/04/20/littick-discusses-sale-of-whiz-media-group/ |access-date=April 20, 2022 |website=WHIZ News |language=en-US}}
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|After nearly 35 years of being known as either "Oldies 98" or "98.1 WOGL", classic hits US radio station WOGLPhiladelphia relaunches as "Big 98.1". Morning host Sean "Coop" Tabler is retained but all other air talent departs, though most of them were voice-tracked from other Audacy-owned stations. Bob Pantano’s Dance Party, which debuted with the original oldies format in 1987, is moved to WOGL's second digital subchannel. The "fresh start" rebrand is done as part of the long-term industry distancing from the oldies label of older music, as WOGL continued to be known casually as "Oldies 98" among listeners long after it dropped the branding.

|{{Cite news |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=April 28, 2022 |title=WOGL Rebrands As Big 98.1 |language=en-US |work=RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/224663/wogl-rebrands-as-big-98-1/ |access-date=April 28, 2022}}

  • {{Cite web |last=Blumenthal |first=Jeff |date=April 28, 2022 |title=Looking to shed oldies image, Audacy goes 'BIG' with 98.1 WOGL rebrand |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2022/04/28/audacy-goes-big-with-981-wogl-rebrand.html |access-date=May 1, 2022 |website=www.bizjournals.com}}
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|Danny Bonaduce announces a medical leave of absence from The Danny Bonaduce and Sarah Morning Show on US radio station KZOK-FM—Seattle.

|{{cite web|title=Danny Bonaduce Taking Medical Leave From Radio Show to "Focus on My Health"|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/danny-bonaduce-medical-leave-radio-show-1235138579/|website=The Hollywood Reporter|last=Gajewski|first=Ryan|date=April 29, 2022}}

Spanish Broadcasting System takes over the operations of US radio stations WSUNHoliday/Tampa and WPYOMaitland/Orlando from a divestiture trust held by Cox Media Group since Apollo Global Management's 2019 takeover of the chain. The trust had a required deadline of December 2021 for a sale of both stations; a request from Cox to extend the deadline by one year prompted SBS to allege Cox was not acting in good faith after repeated delays in sale negotiations. The FCC extended the deadline to February, when the purchase was made. Cox moves the formats of WSUN (alternative rock) and WPYO (CHR) to HD digital subchannels elsewhere in the cluster, with the former adding a low-power analog translator. SBS begins stunting on both stations in anticipation of debuting Spanish tropical formats branded "El Zol".

|{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=February 11, 2022 |title=SBS To Acquire WPYO Orlando & WSUN Tampa |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/219742/sbs-to-acquire-wpyo-orlando-wsun-fm-tampa/ |access-date=May 2, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}

  • {{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=March 28, 2022 |title=Power 95.3 Orlando To Sign-Off Thursday |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/222100/power-95-3-orlando-to-sign-off-thursday/ |access-date=May 2, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}
  • {{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=April 29, 2022 |title=SBS Begins Stunting On 95.3 Orlando & 97.1 Tampa |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/224743/sbs-begins-stunting-on-95-3-orlando-97-1-tampa/ |access-date=May 2, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}

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| After a 41-year run as morning host at US radio station WXKS-FMMedford/Boston, Matt Siegel abruptly announces his retirement via a pre-recorded message and following a prior unannounced and unexplained two-week absence. Billy Costa, a co-host on Matty in the Morning, takes over as interim host.

|{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=May 3, 2022 |title=Matty Siegel Retires From Mornings At Kiss 108 After 41 Years |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/224731/matty-siegel-lisa-donovan-go-mia-from-matty-in-the-morning/ |access-date=May 4, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}

US radio station WSMNashville's Midnite Jamboree airs a diamond anniversary special which also acts as the series finale, concluding its 75-year run. The weekly program ended production in March after the Ernest Tubb Record Shop—which brokered the time slot from WSM and originated the Jamboree broadcasts—went out of business due to "circumstances out of (the shop's) control."

|{{Cite web |date=March 11, 2022 |title=Famed Ernest Tubb Record Shop in Nashville up for sale |url=https://apnews.com/article/entertainment-business-travel-lifestyle-country-music-98a4a760fdae3ec80707397c95654cc3 |access-date=March 13, 2022 |website=AP NEWS |language=en}}

  • {{Cite web |last=Farthing |first=Lydia |date=May 3, 2022 |title=Ernest Tubb Record Shop To Celebrate 75th Anniversary Tonight With Midnite Jamboree Show |url=https://musicrow.com/2022/05/ernest-tubb-record-shop-to-celebrate-75th-anniversary-tonight-with-midnite-jamboree-show/ |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=MusicRow.com |language=en-US}}
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|US soft adult contemporary station KQKKWalker, Minnesota switches to classic hits as “101.9 The Arrow”, while KAKK switches from classic hits format to sports.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/225524/double-flip-in-walker-mn|title=Double Flip In Walker MN.|website=Radioinsight.com|date=May 11, 2022|accessdate=May 11, 2022}}

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|US classic rock station KTRX—Dickson, Oklahoma, after 21 years in the format, relaunches as hot AC "Star 92.7".

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/226102/ktrx-stunting-ahead-of-format-change|title=KTRX Stunting Ahead Of Format Change|website=Radioinsight.com|date=May 18, 2022|accessdate=May 18, 2022}}

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|US adult contemporary station KZSQ-FMSonora, California, flips to classic hits as "Star 92.7".

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/kzsq-flips-to-classic-hits|title=KZSQ Flips To Classic Hits|website=Radioinsight.com|date=May 27, 2022|accessdate=May 27, 2022}}

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|US CHR station KDWOFresno, California, flips to classic hits as "K-Jewel" KJWL, while classic hits KJWLSan Joaquin, California, flips to classic country as "The Legend" KDWO.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/a-legend-rises-in-fresno|title=A Legend Rises In Fresno|website=Radioinsight.com|date=May 23, 2022|accessdate=May 23, 2022}}

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|The State University of New York, United States, allows the licenses of four of its student-run college radio stations—WCEB from Corning Community College, WAIH from SUNY Potsdam, WQKE from SUNY Plattsburgh and WETD from Alfred State College—to lapse during the colleges' summer vacation, thus ending the stations' over-the-air operations. A fifth SUNY radio station, Genesee Community College's WGCC-FM, was previously allowed to lapse but was reinstated to allow its sale to Family Life Network. SUNY's other student radio stations were unaffected.

|{{Cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227573/fcc-report-6-5-fcc-seeks-additional-information-about-tegna-acquisition/|title=FCC Report 6/5: FCC Seeks Additional Information About TEGNA Acquisition - RadioInsight|date=June 5, 2022}}[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/246443/station-sales-week-of-12-23/ Station Sales: Week of 12/23]. Radio Insight. Retrieved December 23, 2022.

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|US company TelevisaUnivision agrees in principle to sell 18 of their radio stations, including WAQIMiami, WADONew York City and KTNQLos Angeles, to Latino Media Network for $60 million in a year-long transitional process. The composition and financing of Latino Media Network, which includes several political activists affiliated with the Democratic Party, attracts negative attention from both WAQI's anti-Castro Cuban exile listenership and Florida Republican politicians.

|{{Cite news |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=June 3, 2022 |title=Latino Media Network To Acquire Univision Radio Properties in Ten Markets |language=en-US |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227505/latino-media-network-to-acquire-univision-radio-properties-in-ten-markets/ |url-status=live |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220606143409/https://radioinsight.com/headlines/227505/latino-media-network-to-acquire-univision-radio-properties-in-ten-markets/ |archive-date=June 6, 2022}}

  • {{cite news |date=April 15, 2022 |title=Controversial Miami AM Sale Dismissed By FCC. |work=Inside Radio |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/controversial-miami-am-sale-dismissed-by-fcc/article_3990b132-bc89-11ec-a3f5-27851b0b727b.html |url-status=live |access-date=June 15, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220415150632/https://www.insideradio.com/free/controversial-miami-am-sale-dismissed-by-fcc/article_3990b132-bc89-11ec-a3f5-27851b0b727b.html |archive-date=April 15, 2022}}
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|Russian radio station Kommersant FM is quickly taken off air after hackers take over and interrupt the lunchtime news bulletin by playing the Ukrainian national anthem and anti-war songs.

|{{Cite web|title=Hacked Russian radio station plays Ukraine's national anthem and anti-war songs|url=https://metro.co.uk/2022/06/08/hacked-russian-radio-station-plays-ukraines-national-anthem-16793228/|date=June 8, 2022|author=Anugraha Sundaravelu|website=Metro|access-date=July 5, 2022}}

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|Australian commercial radio station 2CH, owned by Sports Entertainment Network, changes formats to all-sports.

|{{Cite web|url=https://radioinfo.com.au/news/1170-sen-sydney-hopefully-possibly-city%E2%80%99s-new-favourite-radio-station|title=Brandy and Brantz join 1170 SEN Sydney}}{{Dead link|date=July 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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|After cancelling their morning show the day before, Canadian Hot AC "Kiss Radio" CKKS-FMChilliwack/Abbotsford/Vancouver abruptly dismisses the rest of their air staff and proceeds to play Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the Name" in a loop for 24 hours, a stunt that unexpectedly results in international press coverage. CKKS-FM relaunches as modern rock "Sonic Radio" the next day; the brand had been previously used by CKKS-FM predecessor CFUN-FM from 2011 to 2015, but with a CHR presentation.

|{{Cite web |title=Rogers Launches Sonic Radio Vancouver |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/230629/kiss-radio-vancouver-stunting-ahead-of-format-change/ |access-date=June 30, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |date=June 30, 2022 |language=en-US}}

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|After 8 months of two US iHeartMedia stations in Rochester, New York (WDVI and WNBL) playing an identical country format after WDVI's flip to country in October 2021, WNBL flips to 1980s' hits as "Big 107.3".

|{{Cite web |title=iHeartMedia Launches Big 107.3 Rochester With All 80s. |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/230858/iheartmedia-launches-big-107-3-rochester-with-all-80s/ |access-date=July 1, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |date=July 2022 |language=en-US}}

Five radio stations in Eagle Pass and Uvalde, Texas, owned by US company South Texas Radio—KINL, KEPS, KBNU, KUVA and KVOU-FM—suspend operations, dismissing all off- and on-air personnel. Attributed to economic conditions on the Mexico–U.S. border and the loss of transmitter tower site leases for all five stations, South Texas Radio's holdings are later sold for a combined $200.

|{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{Cite web |date=July 1, 2022 |title=Five Stations In Uvalde & Eagle Pass TX Cease Operations |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/230888/five-stations-in-uvalde-eagle-pass-tx-cease-operations/ |access-date=December 4, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}|{{Cite web |last=Calderon |first=Ricardo E. |date=July 1, 2022 |title=Eagle Pass KEPS-KINL Radio Stations Shut Down Operations on June 30, 2022 |url=https://www.epbusinessjournal.com/2022/07/eagle-pass-keps-kinl-radio-stations-shut-down-operations-on-june-30-2022/ |access-date=December 4, 2022 |website=Eagle Pass Business Journal |publication-place=Eagle Pass, Texas}}|{{Cite web |date=August 12, 2022 |title=Station Sales Week Of 8/12 |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/237592/station-sales-week-of-8-12/ |access-date=December 4, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}}}

2

|Jim Pattison's Group CHWK-FM in Chilliwack, British Columbia drops its classic hits format and the "Drive" branding and flips to country branded as 89.5 JR Country patterned after its sister station CJJR-FM in Vancouver.

6

|A trio of radio stations in Tifton, Georgia, United States: WFFM, WTIF, & WTIF-FM cease operations because their parent company was sold leaving them without transmission equipment.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/southern-georgia-trio-ceases-operations|title=Southern Georgia Trio Ceases Operations|website=Radioinsight.com|date=July 6, 2022|accessdate=July 6, 2022}}

7

|Vista Radio's CJCS-FM in Stratford, Ontario drops its "Juice" branding and returns to using its previous historic call letters but retains its classic hits format.

14

|After 14 years of simulcasting US radio station KDVV—Topeka, move-in station KDVB flips to hip hop/R&B under the “96.9 The Beat” branding and KQRB callsign, becoming the second such formatted station in Kansas’ capital city, United States.

|{{cite web |date=July 14, 2022 |title=Topeka Finds Its Beat With Launch Of Hip Hop And R&B Station |url=https://www.insideradio.com/free/topeka-finds-its-beat-with-launch-of-new-hip-hop-r-b-station/article_5bdd8080-0450-11ed-b39e-5ffe6c366040.html |accessdate=July 14, 2022 |website=InsideRadio.com}}

18

|Durham Radio launches Wave 98.3 FM in Vancouver, British Columbia with a smooth jazz/rhythmic AC format.

19

|After 18 months as a regional Mexican format as “Lo Mejor 94.7 FM” US radio station KVLL-FM flips to Spanish adult hits as “94.7 Juan FM” meaning that there are 3 Spanish stations named “Juan” in the Lufkin, Texas, media market

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/233650/townsquare-media-launches-another-juan-in-lufkin-texas|title=Townsquare Media Launches Another Juan In Lufkin Texas|website=Radioinsight.com|date=July 19, 2022|accessdate=July 19, 2022}}

25

|Canadian radio station CKPK-FM—Vancouver changes to adult contemporary as "Now 102.7! Radio", and its previous alternative format moves to its HD2 signal.

|{{cite web|url=http://insideradio.com/headlines/234289/1027-the-prak-moves-to-hd2-as-new-format-prepares-to-launch|title=102.7 The Peak Moves To HD2 As New Format Prepares To Launch|website=Radioinsight.com|date=July 25, 2022|accessdate=July 25, 2022}}

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|Following a weekend of stunting, US station WOTW—Windermere/Orlando adopts rhythmic-leaning Top 40 as WFYY “Fly 103.1”.

|[https://radioinsight.com/headlines/234623/103-1-the-wolf-orlando-preparing-to-fly-away/ “103.1 The Wolf Orlando Preparing to Fly Away”. Radio Insight headlines, August 1, 2022. Retrieved August 1, 2022.]

8

|US radio station WSWW-FM—Craigsville, West Virginia flips from a simulcast of talk WJLS to country as “95.7 Lake Country 3WS”.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/236897/lake-country-debuts-in-craigsville-west-virginia|title=Lake Country Debuts In Craigsville West Virginia|website=RadioInsight.com|date=August 8, 2022|accessdate=August 8, 2022}}

10

|Angela Yee announces her departure from The Breakfast Club after 12 years to launch her own show.

|{{Cite web |last=Melas |first=Chloe |date=2022-08-10 |title=Angela Yee announces she's leaving 'The Breakfast Club' to launch solo show |url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/10/entertainment/the-breakfast-club-over-angela-yee-tweet/index.html |access-date=2023-05-09 |website=CNN |language=en}}

13

|US CHR station WNOW-FM—Indianapolis begins simulcasting hip-hop WHHH for 17 days, brought on by WHHH owner Urban One selling the station to BBN (itself necessitated by Urban One's purchase of Emmis Communications's Indianapolis properties). WHHH is relaunched as WYHX on August 30, while WNOW-FM assumes the WHHH calls and format outright.

|{{cite web|url=http://radioinsight.com/headlines/237797/hot-96.3-indianapolis-makes-its-move-to-100.9|title=Hot 96.3 Indianapolis Makes Its Move To 100.9|website=Radioinsight.com|date=August 13, 2022|accessdate=August 13, 2022}}

22

|Heize takes over from Shin Ye-eun as presenter of Volume Up on Korean radio station HLKC-FM.

|{{cite web|url=https://koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/2022/08/09/entertainment/kpop/Korea-Kpop-Heize/20220809121019793.html|title=Heize to host KBS radio program 'Volume Up'|website=Korea Joong-Ang Daily|date=August 9, 2022|access-date=October 31, 2022}}

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|US country station KATO-FM—New Ulm, Minnesota, launches classic hits "KATO Hits 93.1", with KXAC—St. James, Minnesota, assuming the country format and "Minnesota 100" branding.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/kato-hits-launches-after-macarena-stunt-loops-in-mankato-after-minnesota-move|title=KATO Hits Launches After Macarena Stunt Loops In Mankato After Minnesota Move|website=Radioinsight.com|date=September 6, 2022|accessdate=September 6, 2022}}

10

|For the benefit of Italian minorities in Slovenia and Croatia, Rai Radio 1, makes the medium wave radio signal from the Venezia1 transmitter, previously receivable on the 936 kHz frequency throughout the Upper Adriatic basin, available live on Radio1 on digital terrestrial for smart TV owners, in streaming on the regional Rai website and in free-to-air on the satellite 13.0 ° E Hot Bird 13C frequency 11766.00 MHz polarization V 52 HB9 Europe DVB-S2 8PSK 29900 3/4.

|[https://www.lyngsat.com/muxes/Hotbird-13C_Wide_11766-V.html Hotbird 13C at 13.0°E: 11766 V] lyngsat.com September 12, 2022

19

|US radio station KKBR—Billings, Montana, flips formats from CHR "KISS 97.1" to Hot AC "Mix 97.1".

|{{cite web |date=September 19, 2022 |title=What's Going On At KISS FM 97.1 In Billings Montana |url=https://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/239796/what's-going-on-at-kiss-fm-97.1-in-billings-montana |accessdate=September 19, 2022 |website=Radioinsight.com}}

23

|WWJDetroit news anchor Jim Matthews is found murdered in his home in Chesterfield, Michigan, United States. His girlfriend and their two children and two other children from his previous relationship were also wounded in the incident, as well as a friend who tried to intentionally overdose.

|[https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/local/2022/09/24/radio-news-anchor-killed-4-others-injured-in-chesterfield-township/ Radio news anchor killed, 4 others injured in Chesterfield Township] WDIV, September 25, 2022

30

|Australian DJ Kyle Sandilands launches a verbal attack on his employer, Sydney radio station 2WFM. He states that "Everyone is a loser, except for everyone on this show, everyone else outside of this show is a massive loser. I am not joking."

|{{cite web|url=https://7news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/kyle-sandilands-slams-his-own-radio-station-in-eight-minute-rant-live-on-air-sick-and-tired-c-8402789|title=Kyle Sandilands slams his own radio station in eight-minute rant live on air: 'Sick and tired'|author=Georgie Kearney |website=7news|date=September 30, 2022 |access-date=October 6, 2022}}

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|Filipino radio journalist Percy "Lapid" Mabasa, 63, host of DWBL's Lapid Fire, is shot dead in Manila while driving home from work. Reporters Without Borders calls for an independent investigation into the death of the government critic.

|{{cite web|url=https://rsf.org/en/popular-philippine-radio-journalist-gunned-down-manila|title=Popular Philippine radio journalist gunned down in Manila|website=Reporters without borders|date=October 3, 2022|access-date=October 6, 2022}}

US active rock station KEGLFort Worth, Texas, switches to a talk/sports hybrid as "97.1 The Freak". Among the on-air hosts is Mike Rhyner, credited for helping launch KTCK's all-sports format in 1994 and a fixture at that station until 2020.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/222068/it's-officially-kegl-971-the-eagle-now-the-new-971-the-freak-hot-talk|title=It's Officially KEGL 97.1 The Eagle Now The New 97.1 The Freak Hot Talk|website=AllAccess.com|date=October 3, 2022|accessdate=October 3, 2022}}

7

|Jim Pattison Group rebrands its country stations CHBZ-FM in Cranbrook, British Columbia, CHLB-FM in Lethbridge, Alberta and CHAT-FM in Medicine Hat, Alberta to the "Wild" branding patterned after its Calgary station CKWD-FM.

10

|US company Audacy announced all-news WINS—New York City would add an FM simulcast on October 27 over alternative WNYL, to be renamed WINS-FM. This announcement was tied to a new agreement with SAG-AFTRA allowing Audacy to begin consolidation of off- and -on-air staffing between WINS and WCBS, which were co-owned since Westinghouse Broadcasting's 1995 merger with CBS Inc., but heretofore operated as distinct, competing all-news stations.

|{{cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/243810/audacy-to-launch-92-3-wins-fm-new-york/|title=Audacy To Launch 92.3 WINS-FM New York|website=Radio Insight|date=October 10, 2022|accessdate=October 12, 2022}}

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|Eleven radio stations across Europe participate in Europe's Biggest Dance Show 2022. The dance music simulcast is presented by Euroradio and hosted by BBC Radio 1 (UK), in collaboration with ten other radio stations from across Europe: 1LIVE (Germany), FM4 (Austria), Fritz (Germany), NPO 3FM (Netherlands), NRK mP3 (Norway), RTÉ 2FM (Ireland), Studio Brussel (Belgium), SR P3 (Sweden), YleX (Finland), and Radio Promin of Ukrainian national broadcasting company UA:PBC.

|{{Cite news |last1=Harris |first1=Sam |last2=Pandey |first2=Manish |date=October 14, 2022 |title=Ukraine: From bomb shelter to Europe's Biggest Dance Show |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/newsbeat-63243663 |access-date=October 14, 2022}}

US broadcaster Jim Bohannon retires from radio, ending his late-night talk show which was launched in 1993 over Mutual. Bohannon's announcement came after he revealed his diagnosis with terminal stage 4 esophageal cancer in an interview with Talkers Magazine. Bohannon had missed much of summer 2022 and ultimately died {{age in years and days|2022|10|14|2022|11|12}} later. Rich Valdes, a producer for The Mark Levin Show, took over the Westwood One program the following week.

|{{cite news |last1=Venta |first1=Lance |title=Jim Bohannon To Retire From Syndicated Talk Show; Rich Valdes To Take Over |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/243816/jim-bohannon-to-retire-from-syndicated-talk-show-rich-valdes-to-take-over/ |access-date=October 10, 2022 |work=RadioInsight |date=October 10, 2022}}

16

|French radio network RTL announces that it will end long wave broadcasts on January 1, 2023, in order to reduce the company's energy use.

|{{cite news |title=RTL n'émettra plus sur les grandes ondes en 2023 |url=https://www.lefigaro.fr/medias/rtl-n-emettra-plus-sur-les-grandes-ondes-en-2023-20221016 |access-date=October 31, 2022 |work=Le Figaro |date=October 16, 2022}}

18

|BBC Radio celebrates the 100th anniversary of the creation of the British Broadcasting Company Ltd

|{{cite news |title=BBC 100: 1920s |url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/timelines/1920s/ |access-date=October 18, 2022 |agency=BBC}}

26

|US company Cumulus Media debuts a virtual museum for "99X Atlanta" commemorating the 30th anniversary of WNNX—Atlanta's flip to modern rock, which it featured from 1992 to 2008. The format and "99X" name have since been revived multiple times over the current WWWQ-HD2 and various low-power translators.

|{{Cite web |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Cumulus Marks 99X Atlanta's 30th Anniversary |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/244362/cumulus-marks-99x-atlantas-30th-anniversary/ |access-date=December 4, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}

28

|In one of the latest such instances in a decade, KRMDShreveport, Louisiana becomes the first station in the United States to flip to Christmas music for the 2022 season. The flip goes largely unnoticed for nearly three days after the change.

|{{Cite web |title=Christmas Music Season Starts In Shreveport |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/244470/christmas-music-season-starts-in-shreveport/ |access-date=October 31, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |date=October 30, 2022 |language=en-US}}

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|US CHR station WNUU—Starview, Pennsylvania, begins stunting with Christmas music.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinisght.com/headlines/244624/santa-arrives-in-york-pa|title=Santa Arrives In York, PA|website=Radioinsight.com|date=November 1, 2022|accessdate=November 1, 2022}}

US classical music outlet WCLV—Cleveland marks the 60th anniversary of WDGO ({{Frequency|95.5|FM}})'s call sign change to the first WCLV. While WCLV's name and format was re-established twice—first on a suburban FM signal in 2001 and on {{Frequency|90.3|FM}} in March 2022—and converted from commercial to non-commercial broadcasting in 2013, its intellectual property is regarded as uninterrupted.

|{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{Cite web |last=Gerber |first=Jacqueline |date=November 1, 2022 |title=WCLV Observes 60 Years on the Air Nov. 1 |url=https://wclv.ideastream.org/wclv/wclv-observes-60-years-on-the-air-nov-1 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130033016/https://wclv.ideastream.org/wclv/wclv-observes-60-years-on-the-air-nov-1 |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |access-date=November 29, 2022 |website=WCLV |language=en |location=Cleveland, Ohio}}|{{Cite web |last=Lewis |first=Zachary |date=December 11, 2021 |title=Classical music, WCLV take up key roles in public radio merger |url=https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/12/classical-music-wclv-take-up-key-roles-in-public-radio-merger.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211229025701/https://www.cleveland.com/entertainment/2021/12/classical-music-wclv-take-up-key-roles-in-public-radio-merger.html |archive-date=December 29, 2021 |access-date=March 28, 2022 |website=cleveland.com |publisher=The Plain Dealer |language=en |location=Cleveland, Ohio}}|{{Cite web|url= https://cdbs.recnet.com/corres/?doc=80391 |title= History Cards for WKLV-FM|publisher=Federal Communications Commission}} (Guide to reading History Cards)}}

9

|US radio station WTWW 5.085/9.94 in Lebanon, Tennessee, abruptly leaves the air, with intent to continue as a streaming station. WTWW had operated as a commercially-supported gold classic hits station—the only shortwave station in the United States to program itself in such a manner—for its entire existence. Ted Randall, manager of the station and owner of the format rights, cited an increase in transmitter rental cost, driven mainly by electricity prices, that was far beyond the amount of money the station earned in revenue. Glenn Hauser claimed that the shutdown stemmed to issues with the station's primary financial supporter, LaPorte Church of Christ, which the station's managers eventually confirmed when reviving the format on WRMI five days later. The classic hits programming returned to 5.085, under WRMI's license from their Okeechobee, Florida transmitter, site, for several days beginning December 18, before LaPorte objected and returned WTWW to the air later that week. WRMI has since aired the classic hits programming on 4.980.

|Hauser, Glenn. [http://www.w4uvh.net/wor2164.mp3 World of Radio Episode 2164], 19:00 mark

14

|Maritime Broadcasting System's CKNB in Campbellton, New Brunswick abandons its AM 950 signal and moves to the FM dial at 100.7 relaunching as Hits 100.

18

|US radio station WZTK—Alpena, Michigan, announces a pending switch to all-Christmas music on Thanksgiving, dropping talk programming inherited from the former WATZ in 2014 and implied a format change at the beginning of 2023.

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/245330/wztk-to-drop-talk-for-christmas-music|title=WZTK To Drop Talk For Christmas Music|website=Radioinsight.com|date=November 18, 2022|accessdate=November 18, 2022}}

22

|US conservative talk stations KQOB and KZLS—Enid, Oklahoma, rebrand from "The Eagle" to "Freedom 96.9".

|{{cite web|url=http://www.radioinsight.com/headlines/kqob-rebrands-as-freedom-969|title=KQOB Rebrands As Freedom 96.9|website=Radioinsight.com|date=November 22, 2022|accessdate=November 22, 2022}}

24

|Digital radio station River Radio, based in Derry, tops the Northern Ireland list for Digital Radio Station of the Year at the UK Community Radio Awards.

|{{cite web|url=https://www.derryjournal.com/news/people/derrys-river-radio-is-top-in-northern-ireland-amid-phenomenal-response-to-toy-appeal-3930802|title=Derry's River Radio is top in Northern Ireland amid 'phenomenal' response to Toy Appeal|website=Derry Journal|date=November 24, 2022|access-date=November 25, 2022}}

=December=

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|After dropping the syndicated Elliot in the Morning and stunting throughout the preceding weekend with a loop of The Verve's "Bitter Sweet Symphony", US active rock station WNNXCollege Park, Georgia, is relaunched as classic alternative "99X", reviving a brand which co-owned WWWQ—Atlanta featured from 1992 to 2008 under the WNNX calls and heretofore on WWWQ-HD2 in various incarnations. (The first song played, "Video Killed the Radio Star" by The Buggles, was also the same song used to launch the original "99X" in 1992.) The weekend-long stunt, interspersed with "same as it ever was" liners, was a callback to when the original "99X" looped "Bitter Sweet Symphony" for 30 minutes in 1997 to bring attention to the song.

|{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=December 5, 2022 |title=WNNX Brings Back 99X |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/245799/bittersweet-stunt-symphony-for-rock-100-5-atlanta/ |access-date=December 5, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}|{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=December 5, 2022 |title=99X Returns On 100.5 |url=https://formatchangearchive.com/99x-returns-on-100-5/ |access-date=December 5, 2022 |website=Format Change Archive |language=en-US}}|{{Cite news |last=Cush |first=Andy |date=June 16, 2017 |title=Remembering Atlanta's 30-Minute "Bittersweet Symphony" Radio Marathon Of 1997 |work=SPIN Magazine |url=https://www.spin.com/2017/06/atlanta-bittersweet-symphony-marathon/ |access-date=December 1, 2022}}}}

31

| Westwood One will cancel The Lia Show after a 24-year run in syndication. Lia had been syndicated across the United States as an evening show for country music stations since 1998 (including on delay on Nash FM from 2020 until its end), and several years before that on stations in Washington.

|{{Cite web |date=December 1, 2022 |title=Westwood One's The Lia Show & Later With Lia To End Production - RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/245744/westwood-ones-the-lia-show-later-with-lia-to-end-production/ |access-date=December 2, 2022 |language=en-US}}

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January 1

|Dan Reeves

|78

||American football player (Dallas Cowboys), coach (Dallas Cowboys, Denver Broncos, New York Giants, Atlanta Falcons) and broadcaster (color commentator for the NFL on Westwood One Sports)

|{{cite news|url = https://apnews.com/article/dan-reeves-dead-nfl-broncos-falcons-cowboys-bc0eea2ed7509fb8ee521e81b19f7224|title = Former Broncos, Falcons, Giants coach Dan Reeves dies at 77|last = Newberry|first = Paul|date = January 1, 2022|accessdate = January 1, 2022|work = Associated Press|archive-date = January 1, 2022|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220101162615/https://apnews.com/article/dan-reeves-dead-nfl-broncos-falcons-cowboys-bc0eea2ed7509fb8ee521e81b19f7224|url-status = live}}

January 15

|Ralph Emery

|88

|American country music disc jockey (WSMNashville)

|{{Cite web|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/entertainment/music/2022/01/15/ralph-emery-dead-nashville-now-radio-tv-host-country-music-hall-fame/6541650001/|title=Country Music Hall of Famer, Nashville broadcasting star Ralph Emery dead at 88|first=Cassandra|last=Stephenson|website=The Tennessean}}

February 3

|Dieter Mann

|80

|German actor, director, university professor, and radio personality

|{{cite news | last=Wengierek | first=Reinhard | title=Zum Tod von Dieter Mann: Der Wahrhafte | website=Die Welt | date=February 3, 2022 | url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/theater/article236665095/Zum-Tod-von-Dieter-Mann-Der-Wahrhafte.html | language=de | access-date=February 5, 2022}}

February 12

|Frank Beckmann

|72

|German-American talk show host (WJRDetroit) and sportscaster (Michigan Sports Network)

|[https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/michigan/2022/02/12/wjr-legend-frank-beckmann-dies/6744074001/ WJR's longtime voice Frank Beckmann dies at 72] The Detroit News, February 12, 2022

February 15

|P. J. O'Rourke

|74

|American political satirist, journalist, and frequent panelist on NPR's Wait Wait... Don't Tell Me!

|{{cite web|last=Evans|first=Greg|title=P.J. O'Rourke Dies: Satirist, Author & NPR Panelist Was 74|url=https://deadline.com/2022/02/p-j-orourke-dead-satirist-author-npr-panelist-was-74-1234934208/|website=Deadline Hollywood|date=February 15, 2022|access-date=February 15, 2022}}

March 13

|Mary Lee

|100

|Scottish singer and broadcaster (Radio Clyde)

|{{Cite web |title='An exceptional comedic talent': Tributes paid to British dance band star Mary Lee for 100th birthday |url=https://www.scotsman.com/whats-on/arts-and-entertainment/an-exceptional-comedic-talent-tributes-paid-to-british-dance-band-star-mary-lee-for-100th-birthday-3344273 |access-date=March 24, 2022 |website=www.scotsman.com |date=August 13, 2021 |language=en}}

  • {{Cite web |title=Glasgow's 'true variety starlet' Mary Lee Milroy dies aged 100 {{!}} Glasgow Times |url=https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/20006749.amp/ |access-date=March 24, 2022 |website=www.glasgowtimes.co.uk|date=March 20, 2022 }}
March 17

|Bobby Nalzaro

|58

|Filipino broadcast journalist and radio commentator

|{{cite web|url=https://www.sunstar.com.ph/article/1923887/cebu/local-news/broadcaster-bobby-nalzaro-dies-at-58|title=Tri-media personality Bobby Nalzaro dies|first1=Kevin A.|last1=Lagunda|first2=Cherry Ann T.|last2=Lim |date=March 17, 2022|website=SunStar|access-date=March 19, 2022}}

April 18

|Sid Mark

|88

|American radio host best known for nationally syndicated Frank Sinatra-themed broadcasts (WHAT-FM/WWDB, later WPHTPhiladelphia) from 1957 to 2022

|{{Cite web |title=Philadelphia Radio Icon Sid Mark Passes At The Age Of 88 |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/224098/philadelphia-radio-icon-sid-mark-passes-at-the-age-of-88/ |access-date=April 19, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |date=April 19, 2022 |language=en-US}}

April 28

|Vira Hyrych

|54

|Ukrainian journalist and radio producer (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty), killed in missile attack

|{{Cite web |title=RFE/RL Journalist Dies in Russian Air Strikes on Kyiv |url=https://www.voanews.com/a/rfe-rl-journalist-dies-in-russian-air-strikes-on-kyiv/6550272.html |access-date=April 29, 2022 |website=VOA |date=April 29, 2022 }}

May 3

|Bobby O'Jay

|68

|American R&B disc jockey (WDIAMemphis, Tennessee)

|{{Cite web |last=Venta |first=Lance |date=May 3, 2022 |title=WDIA Memphis Legend Bobby O'Jay Dies |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/224992/wdia-memphis-legend-bobby-ojay-dies/ |access-date=May 5, 2022 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}

May 7

|Bob Romanik

|72

|American paleoconservative shock jock (KQQZFairview Heights, Illinois) later revealed to be a silent partner in the ownership of KQQZ and three other AM stations in Greater St. Louis despite being a convicted felon.

|{{Cite web |last=Holleman |first=Joe |date=May 9, 2022 |title=Controversial radio host Bob Romanik dead at 72 |url=https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/columns/joe-holleman/controversial-radio-host-bob-romanik-dead-at-72/article_35beeb33-c2d4-5ba7-8060-f1a520d9b403.html |access-date=May 11, 2022 |website=STLtoday.com |publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch |language=en}}

May 8

|André Arthur

|78

|Canadian radio host and politician

|{{cite web|url=https://www.tvanouvelles.ca/2022/05/08/deces-de-lanimateur-polemique-andre-arthur|title=Décès de l'animateur polémique André Arthur|language=fr|website=TVA Nouvelles|date=May 8, 2022 |access-date=May 25, 2022}}

May 20

|Hillar Palamets

|94

|Estonian historian and radio presenter

|{{cite web |url=https://www.err.ee/1608603805/suri-ajaloolane-ja-raadiohaal-hillar-palamets |title=Suri ajaloolane ja raadiohääl Hillar Palamets |last=Tooming |first=Marko |date=May 20, 2022 |website=err.ee|publisher=Eesti Rahvusringhääling |language=Estonian |trans-title=Historian and radio presenter Hillar Palamets died |access-date=May 20, 2022}}

June 4

|John Berks

|80

|South African radio presenter (Radio 702, Johannesburg)

|{{Cite web |date=June 6, 2022 |title='Godfather of radio'– Tributes pour in for John Berks |url=https://www.citizen.co.za/entertainment/3113396/godfather-of-radio-tributes-pour-in-for-john-berks/ |access-date=June 10, 2022 |website=The Citizen |language=en}}

June 10

|Baxter Black

|77

|American writer, poet, and essayist for NPR's Morning Edition

|[https://www.npr.org/2022/06/13/1104529533/baxter-black-obituary Obituary for Baxter Black] from NPR.org, June 13, 2022

June 12

|Vello Lään

|85

|Estonian sports journalist, writer and radio broadcaster, director of Tartu Radio

|{{cite web|url=https://www.err.ee/1608627589/suri-raadioajakirjanik-vello-laan|title=Suri raadioajakirjanik Vello Lään|website=ERR|date=June 12, 2022 |language=et|access-date=July 2, 2022}}

July 5

|Cacho Fontana

|90

|Argentine broadcaster

|{{cite news |title=Cacho Fontana murió a los 90 años|url=https://www.infobae.com/teleshow/2022/07/05/cacho-fontana-murio-a-los-90-anos/ |access-date=July 5, 2022 |work=Infobae}}

August 2

|Vin Scully

|94

|American sportscaster (Los Angeles Dodgers)

|{{cite news|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|title=Vin Scully Dies: The Voice Of The L.A. Dodgers, And Their City, Was 94|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/vin-scully-dead-dodgers-announcer-hall-of-famer-1235084068/|work=Deadline Hollywood|date=August 2, 2022}}

September 11

|Kim Lenaghan

|61

|Northern Irish freelance radio and television broadcaster, writer and critic (BBC Radio Ulster)

|{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-62877870|title=Kim Lenaghan: Radio Ulster presenter dies aged 61|work=BBC News|date=September 12, 2022|access-date=September 12, 2022}}

September 12

|Lowry Mays

|87

|Founder and CEO of Clear Channel Communications

|{{Cite web|url=https://today.tamu.edu/2022/09/12/lowry-mays-texas-am-graduate-and-business-school-namesake-dies-at-87/|title=Lowry Mays, Texas A&M Graduate And Business School Namesake, Dies At 87 Lowry Mays, Texas A&M Graduate And Business School Namesake, Dies At 87|first=Lesley|last=Henton|date=September 12, 2022|website=Texas A&M Today}}

October 3

|Nicolas Tikhobrazoff

|76

|French artist and radio host (Radio Courtoisie)

|{{cite news |last=Bouclay|first=Pierre-Alexandre|date=October 3, 2022|title=Hommage à Nicolas Tikhobrazoff|trans-title= |url=https://www.radiocourtoisie.fr/2022/10/03/libre-journal-du-lundi-soir-du-2022-hommage-a-nicolas-tikhobrazoff-rendez-vous-politique-de-la-reinformation-la-mobilisation-en-russie-et-les-referendums-sur-les-territoires-occupes-o/|language=French|work=Radio Courtoisie|location= |access-date=October 4, 2022}}

October 4

|Loretta Lynn

|90

|American country musician (member of the Grand Ole Opry)

|{{cite news |last1=Morris |first1=Chris |title=Loretta Lynn, Feisty First Lady of Country Music, Dies at 90 |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/loretta-lynn-dead-coal-miners-daughter-singer-1235232793/ |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 4, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221004145859/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/loretta-lynn-dead-coal-miners-daughter-singer-1235232793/ |archive-date=October 4, 2022}}

October 5

|Bernard McGuirk

|64

|American radio host and producer (producer on Imus in the Morning and host of its successor Bernie & Sid with Sid Rosenberg)

|{{cite web |title=WABC's Bernie McGuirk Dies From Prostate Cancer |url=https://radioink.com/2022/10/06/wabcs-bernie-mcguirk-dies-from-brain-cancer/ |website=radioink.com |publisher=Streamline Publishing, Inc |access-date=October 6, 2022 |date=October 6, 2022}}

October 7

|Art Laboe

|97

|Armenian-American disc jockey, songwriter, record producer, and radio station owner (KDAYLos Angeles)

|{{cite web|title=Art Laboe, Legendary Radio DJ Who Created Oldies But Goodies Format, Dies at 97|url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/art-laboe-dead-dj-los-angeles-oldies-but-goodies-1235398655/|work=Variety|last=Littleton|first=Cynthia|date=October 10, 2022}}

October 8

|Charlie Brown

|80

|American disc jockey & host of the syndicated Carolina Beach Music show On the Beach with Charlie Brown.

|[https://www.newsobserver.com/entertainment/article267079231.html The News & Observer; October 10, 2022; “Ed Weiss, radio DJ who revolutionized Beach music world, dies at 80”; retrieved October 11, 2022.]

October 8

|Val Joyce

|91

|Irish radio broadcaster

|{{cite web |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/tv-radio/2022/10/10/death-of-former-rte-broadcaster-val-joyce-described-as-the-end-of-an-era/ |title=Death of former RTÉ broadcaster Val Joyce described as the end of an era |publisher=Irish Times |date=October 10, 2022 |accessdate=October 15, 2022}}

October 17

|Reza Haghighatnejad

|45

|Iranian journalist (Radio Farda)

|{{cite web|author=BBC Persian |date=October 17, 2022 |title= رضا حقیقت‌نژاد روزنامه‌نگار و تحلیل‌گر سیاسی درگذشت |url=https://www.bbc.com/persian/articles/cydqm37r1gzo |website=BBC Persian |access-date=October 23, 2022}}

October 25

|Halit Kıvanç

|97

|Turkish journalist, television and radio presenter

|{{cite news |title=Sunucu ve gazeteci Halit Kıvanç 97 yaşında vefat etti |url=https://www.aa.com.tr/tr/gundem/sunucu-ve-gazeteci-halit-kivanc-97-yasinda-vefat-etti/2720766 |access-date=October 25, 2022 |publisher=AA |date=October 25, 2022}}

October 31

|Jeremy Mansfield

|59

|South African radio and TV presenter

|{{cite web|url=https://www.news24.com/channel/celebrities/radio-legend-jeremy-mansfield-59-has-died-20221031|title=Radio legend Jeremy Mansfield, 59, has died|website=News 24|access-date=October 31, 2022}}

November 12

|Jim Bohannon

|78

|American talk show host (hosted America in the Morning and The Jim Bohannon Show for Westwood One from 1993 until his death)

|[https://www.talkers.com/2022/11/12/saturday-november-12-2022/ Industry Mourns Jim Bohannon] TALKERS.

November 17

|Annika Biørnstad

|64

|Norwegian broadcasting executive

|{{cite web|url=https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/annika-biornstad-_64_-er-dod-1.16185695|title=Annika Biørnstad (64) er død|date=November 18, 2022 |language=nn}}

December 2

|Jharana Das

|77

|Indian journalist, actress and announcer

|{{Cite web |date=December 2, 2022 |title=Veteran Odia film actress Jharana Das dies at 77, CM Naveen Patnaik condoles death |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/regional/veteran-odia-film-actress-jharana-das-dies-at-77-8301851/ |access-date=December 6, 2022 |website=The Indian Express |language=en}}

December 4

|Norman Pattiz

|79

|American broadcasting executive; founder of the original Westwood One network and podcast distributor PodcastOne; purchased the Mutual Broadcasting System in 1985 and both the NBC Radio Network and Radio & Records in 1987.

|{{unbulleted list citebundle|{{cite news |last1=Simon |first1=Perry Michael |date=December 5, 2022 |title=Westwood One, PodcastOne Founder Norm Pattiz Dies At 79 |publisher=All Access |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/223798/westwood-one-podcastone-founder-norm-pattiz-dies-a |access-date=December 5, 2022}}|{{Cite web |last=Keys |first=Matthew |date=December 6, 2022 |title=Norm Pattiz, radio pioneer and Westwood One founder, dies at 79 |url=https://thedesk.net/2022/12/norm-pattiz-dies-obit-westwood-one/ |access-date=December 6, 2022 |website=The Desk |language=en-us}}}}

December 31

|Walter Ulloa

|74

|American broadcasting executive; co-founder, Chairman and CEO of Entravision Communications.

|{{Cite web |date=January 3, 2023 |title=Entravision Chairman/CEO Walter Ulloa Dies At 74; Chris Young Named Interim CEO |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/246839/entravision-chairman-ceo-walter-ulloa-dies-at-74-chris-young-named-interim-ceo/ |access-date=January 3, 2023 |website=RadioInsignt.com |language=en}}

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