In Kuala Lumpur, two deejays Gary from Radio 4 announced they would stand 984 feet high on the dangerous edge of a radio tower to promote world peace.
January 11
Cleveland, Ohio WTAM/1100 radio sports reporter, Chuck Galeti, was jailed after being found guilty of driving under the influence and drug possession.
January 12
In Roxboro, North Carolina, Rodney Michael Cates was killed by his truck radio. Cates’ truck went off the road, hit a driveway culvert, went airborne, and on the way down, the radio popped out of the dashboard, hit him in the head and killed him.
January 20
The Canadian Broadcast Standards Council reprimanded CJAY-FM for airing a song called, “Sausage Enlarger”. Lyrics included: “"salami hider, vaseline slider, butt cheek divider, bone smuggler"
January 22
Former Denver Radio traffic reporter, Sam Hammer, was sentenced to federal prison for 8 years for admitted to having a relationship over the Internet with a 14-year-old girl who actually turned out to be an undercover Postal Inspector in Washington.
January 22
Somehow, a man intercepted calls to radio station WIOQ-FM in Philadelphia and then posed as a station employee. He lured a teenager to a location with the promise of a prize and then sexually assaulted her.
January 27
The F.C.C. fined Clear Channel Radio $715,000 for indecency in connection with the Bubba the Love Sponge” program.
