2009 in Radio - Closings

Closings

• February 19: Nova M Radio goes bankrupt; a new network named "On Second Thought" is formed in its place before ceasing operations a month later.
• February 20: The Adam Carolla Show and The Tom Leykis Show. Flagship station KLSX dropped the hot talk shows in a format change, leaving their affiliate bases to carry "Best Of" programming for a month.
• February 26: The Radio Factor. Bill O'Reilly left the show to focus on other projects.
• March 16: Mo'Nique's syndicated radio show is cancelled by Radio One after ten months.
• March 20: The Peter B. Collins show cancels itself after failing to secure a syndication contract.
• March 23: News and Comment (hosted by Gil Gross) and The Rest of the Story (hosted by Doug Limerick) simultaneously end their runs, to be replaced by The Huckabee Report. The move comes only three weeks after Gross and Limerick had been named permanent hosts to the two programs, which had previously been hosted by Paul Harvey. Gross and Limerick, along with Roe Conn, will continue to produce commentaries for the network, but not under the Paul Harvey franchise.
• April 15: The Theme Time Radio Hour, aired in the United States on Sirius XM Radio and in the UK on BBC Radio 2, ends its third and likely final season, as the contract between Sirius XM and host Bob Dylan expires.
• May 31: Costas on the Radio ends its run. Bob Costas left the show to focus on other projects.
• June 5: R&R publishes its final issue after 36 years, the last three as sister publication to Billboard.
• June 12: The DTV transition in the United States occurs, forcing several stations on channel 6 to shut down their automatic FM simulcasts on 87.7 MHz. WRGB's attempt at a workaround was denied.
• July 4: Casey Kasem officially retires as the final episodes of his two first-run shows, "American Top 20" and "American Top 10", are released to stations.
• July 14: The Mike O'Meara Show, formerly the Don and Mike Show, is discontinued after CBS changes formats at the show's flagship station.
• July 27: CFDR AM 780 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada signs off the air for good then moves to the FM dial.
• August 14: Tammy Bruce ends her terrestrial radio show and goes to Internet only, due to a lack of stations carrying the show.
• August 24: After 32 years on the air with country music, AM 790 CIGM in Sudbury, Ontario signed off at midnight August 24 and simulcasted the "Kung Pao 93.5" Chinese music stunt format then currently "Hot 93.5" which was launched on August 25. CIGM, (formerly CKSO) will be shutting down their old 50,000 watt AM transmitter by the end of 2009, ending nearly 75 years of AM radio broadcasting in Sudbury, being the last AM radio outlet in the city.
• September 30: GAC Nights: Live from Nashville is canceled by Citadel Media. The show's producers are seeking a new distributor.
• September 30: in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, CIGM ends its simulcast of hot 93.5 by turning of its AM 790 transmitter ending nearly 75 years of AM radio broadcasting in Sudbury, being the last AM radio station outlet in the city.
• October 30: The Pulse 87 format shuts down as Island Broadcasting revoked Pulse 87's lease on TV station WNYZ-LP, the audio feed of which Pulse 87 uses to broadcast on radios.
• November 13: GSN Radio broadcasts its final show.
• November 30: Curtis Sliwa leaves WABC in New York City, clearing the way for John Batchelor's newsmagazine to be broadcast seven days a week. Sliwa is slated to join WNYM.
• December 26: The final episode of The Jeff Foxworthy Countdown is issued to stations after Premiere Radio Networks canceled the show in November.
• December 31: Westwood One drops the simulcast of Larry King Live. The move ends Larry King's continuous run of 31 years on the network and its predecessor, the Mutual Broadcasting System.