Events

• WIBF
  WPPZ-FM
  WPPZ-FM, also known as "Praise 103.9 FM", is a Radio One-owned Philadelphia-area radio station licensed to Jenkintown, Pennsylvania and featuring a Gospel Music format.-WIBF-FM:...
  
   debuts it's modern rock in Jenkintown/Philadelphia
• March 13 - Eagle 106 WEGX becomes WJJZ Smooth Jazz 106.1 and featured Smooth Jazz format. the final song played for Eagle 106 was I Will Remember You
  I Will Remember You (Amy Grant song)
  "I Will Remember You" is the seventh and final single from Amy Grant's twelfth album, Heart in Motion and was released as a single in March 1992...
  
   by Amy Grant
  Amy Grant
  Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...
  
  . the station was now WISX
  WISX
  WISX is a Hot adult contemporary radio station licensed to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are owned by Clear Channel Communications.-Beautiful Music Era: WQAL/WWSH:...
  
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• April 30 - Virgin Radio
  Virgin Radio
  Absolute Radio is one of the UK's three Independent National Radio stations. The station rebranded to its current name at 7.45am on 29 September 2008.The station is based in London and plays popular rock music...
  
  , originally called Virgin 1215 was launched nationally in the United Kingdom
  United Kingdom
  The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...
  
   on 1215 kHz at 12.15pm by Richard Branson
  Richard Branson
  Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business magnate, best known for his Virgin Group of more than 400 companies....
  
  . It has since become the most listened to online radio station in the world.

Debuts

• November 1: Flagler College
  Flagler College
  Flagler College, is a private four-year liberal arts college in St. Augustine, Florida, USA and celebrated its 40th anniversary in 2008.The college has been named in recent years by US News & World Report as one of the southeast region's best comprehensive liberal arts colleges, and is included on...
  
  's WFCF
  WFCF
  WFCF is a radio station broadcasting an eclectic college radio format. Licensed to St. Augustine, Florida, USA, the station is currently owned by Flagler College....
  
  /88.5 begins broadcasting with a 12-hour per day schedule and a power level of 6 kilowatts (later to be upped to 10 kW)
• Art Bell
  Art Bell
  Arthur W. "Art" Bell, III is an American broadcaster and author, known primarily as one of the founders and the original host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM. He also created and formerly hosted its companion show, Dreamland...
  
   begins national syndication of his late night talk show
  Talk show
  A talk show or chat show is a television program or radio program where one person discuss various topics put forth by a talk show host....
  
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Closings

• Bill Ballance
  Bill Ballance
  Willis "Bill" Ballance , was an American radio talk show host.Ballance studied journalism at the University of Illinois before serving in the United States Marines. He had radio station stints in Denver, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Honolulu and San Diego. Ballance was the evening personality late...
  
   retires from radio after more than 50 years in the industry.
• September — Final broadcast of Bit, byte, gebissen
  Bit, byte, gebissen
  Bit, byte, gebissen was a German radio program. It was the first program on computer topics, produced by the Bayerischer Rundfunk...
  
  , a German program on computer topics, produced by the Bayerischer Rundfunk
  Bayerischer Rundfunk
  Bayerischer Rundfunk [Bavarian Broadcasting] is the public broadcasting authority for the German Freistaat of Bavaria, with its main offices located in Munich. BR is a member of ARD.- Legal foundation :...
  
  (Bavarian Broadcasting).