From thesun.co.uk: "CHRIS MOYLES has broken Radio One audience records with 6.79m listeners tuning into his breakfast show banter. This is up 470,000 on the previous three months, 530,000 on the previous year and Chris' highest figures since taking over the morning show in January 2004."
September 26 - World War II Radio Propagandist Tokyo Rose Died.
The Chicago Tribune reported: "Iva Toguri D'Aquino, who was once accused of being World War II broadcaster Tokyo Rose, died today in Chicago at age 90, a relative said...D'Aquino began working odd jobs to support herself while trying to find a way out of the country. That led to her work on a Japanese propaganda radio show manned by Allied prisoners called 'Zero Hour,' the statement said. Using the name 'Orphan Ann,' she performed comedy skits and introduced newscasts. In 1945, she was arrested in Yokohama and accused of treason."
October 13 - Air America Radio Filed For Bankruptcy Protection
Air America Radio filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. A spokesperson for the liberal radio network told the Associated Press it would continue to broadcast while it worked to resolve its financial obligations to creditors.
November 15 - Clear Channel Radio Announced it Would Go Private and Sell 448 Radio Stations
The announcement that Clear Channel would sell off about one-third of its radio stations signaled the end of the era of consolidation. With competing technologies like Internet radio, Satellite Radio, audio content on cell phones, Podcasting, and WiMax, the value of old media AM and FM radio stations continues to fall. Look for more large radio companies to spin off more radio stations.
