2010 in radio

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.^[1] It was launched in January 2010.^[1][2]
• March - Indian radio station Radio City launches its first internet station, Radio City Fun Ka Antenna.^[3]

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.^[4]
• 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^[5]
• 19 February - Bull Verweij, Dutch businessman, co-founder of Radio Veronica, 100^[6]
• 30 April - Cristina Corrales, Bolivian journalist, radio broadcaster, and politician, 47^[7]
• 14 June - Richard Herrmann, Norwegian journalist, writer and radio personality (NRK), 90^[8]
• 8 July - Lelio Luttazzi, Italian composer, actor, television and radio presenter, 87^[9]
• 21 August - Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz, Peruvian journalist, commentator and radio host, 86^[10]
• 20 September - Fud Leclerc, musician and singer, four-time Eurovision contestant, 86
• 5 October - Yakov Alpert, Ukrainian-born physicist, expert on radio communications, 99