2025 in radio

The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting in 2025. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, station launches, closures, and format changes, as well as information about controversies and deaths of radio personalities.

Notable events

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

September

October

November

December

Deaths

• January 2 – Bernie Constantin, Swiss songwriter and radio show host, 77
• January 3 – Willem van Kooten, Dutch businessman and DJ (Joost den Draaijer), 83
• January 12 – Arnold Frolows, Australian music director and radio personality, 74 (liver cancer)
• January 13 – Buck White, American mandolinist and Grand Ole Opry member, 94
• January 16 – Bob Uecker, American baseball announcer (Milwaukee Brewers Radio Network from 1971 to 2024), 90
• January 22 – Pete Medhurst, American football announcer (Navy Midshipmen football), 55
• January 29 – Max Schautzer, Austrian-born German television and radio presenter, 84
• January 30 – Leif "Loket" Olsson, Swedish television and radio host and singer, 82
• February 2 – John Crosse, British radio and TV announcer, 83
• February 11 – Philip Brady, Australian radio broadcaster (3AK, 3AW), 85
• February 16 – Reymund Tinaza, Filipino radio broadcaster and correspondent (Abante Radyo, Bombo Radyo Philippines), 42
• February 24 – Al Trautwig, American sportscaster (New York Apollo radio broadcasts), 68
• March 11 – Bob Rivers, American radio host and parody musician, 68
• March 13 – John Feinstein, American sportswriter (NPR, CBS Sports Radio), 69
• March 20 – Bob Davis, American sportscaster (Kansas Jayhawks), 80
• March 22:
• Bill Mercer, American sportscaster (Dallas Cowboys, CBS Radio, Mutual Broadcasting, among many others), 99
• Andy Peebles, British radio DJ and presenter (BBC Radio 1), 76
• March 30 – Jim Quinn, American shock jock and conservative talk radio host, 82
• April 14 – Jed "the Fish" Gould, American new wave/alternative disc jockey, 69
• April 15 – Winston "Wink" Martindale, American disc jockey and emcee (The Elvis Presley Story, 2021 version of The History of Rock & Roll), 91
• April 17 – Colin Berry, British radio disc jockey, presenter and newsreader (BBC Radio 2), 79
• April 20 – Mike Patrick, American sportscaster (WVSC, Jacksonville Dolphins basketball), 80
• April 23 – Steve McMichael, American Pro Football Hall of Fame defensive lineman and sports radio host (WMVP), 67
• May 11 – Ted Randall, American shortwave radio broadcaster (WTWW, WRMI Legends), engineer and announcer, 73
• May 22 – Michael Rogas, Philippine radio broadcaster and correspondent (Presidential Broadcast Service / Radyo Pilipinas, DZXL), 44
• June 4 – Giancarlo Santalmassi, Italian journalist, head of Radio 24, 83
• June 18 – Lou Christie, American singer (specials for 60s Gold on Sirius XM), 82
• June 19 – Gailard Sartain, American actor and comedy host (The Un-Filmy Can Festival for KAKC), 81
• June 21 – Raïssa Gbédji, Beninese singer and journalist, 52
• June 24 – Garry Ahern, New Zealand sports broadcaster (Radio New Zealand), 75
• July 1 – Jimmy Swaggart, American televangelist and owner/founder of the SonLife Broadcasting Network, 90
• July 2 – Sven Lindahl, Swedish musician, radio and TV presenter, 88
• July 4 – Lyndon Byers, Canadian ice hockey player and radio host (WAAF-FM), 61
• July 14 – John MacArthur, American evangelist (Grace to You), 86
• August 1 – Jeannie Seely, American country singer (a record 5,397 appearances as a Grand Ole Opry member), 85
• August 4 – James Whale, British radio show host, 74
• August 5 – Leonard Lopate, American radio host (WNYC, WBAI, WHDD-FM), 84
• August 13 – Art Wander, American broadcaster best known for his work in the sports radio and beautiful music formats, 98
• August 21 – James Dobson, American author, psychologist and radio commentator (created Adventures in Odyssey and Focus on the Family Radio Theatre), 89
• August 28 – Gary Burbank, American radio comedian (WLW, voiced Earl Pitts Uhmerikun for a series of nationally syndicated commentaries), 84
• September 10 – Charlie Kirk, American right-wing talk podcaster (Salem Radio Network), 31 (further info: Assassination of Charlie Kirk)
• September 11 – Bruce DuMont, American, founder of the Museum of Broadcast Communications, Radio Hall of Fame and host of Beyond the Beltway, 81
• October 6 – Gisèle Gallichan, Canadian journalist and presenter, 79
• October 14 – Sima Birach, Yugoslavian-American owner of mostly brokered ethnic AM radio stations through Birach Broadcasting Corporation, 86
• October 16 – Susan Stamberg, American anchor of NPR's All Things Considered and Weekend Edition Sunday, 87
• October 17 – Vidar Lønn-Arnesen, Norwegian singer, radio and TV presenter, 85
• October 25 – Ofer Nachshon, Israeli broadcaster and radio announcer, 59
• October 29 – Pierre Robert, American radio personality and disc jockey (WMMR), 70
• November 1 – Bob Trumpy, American football player and color commentator (NFL on Westwood One), 80
• November 9 – John Laws, Australian radio presenter (Triple M Bendigo), 80
• November 11 – Geoff Fox, American radio personality and meteorologist (WBT, WPEN), 75
• December 5 – Patrik Hezucký, Czech radio presenter, 55 (liver cancer)
• December 10 - Jim Ward, American actor and radio personality co-host of the Stephanie Miller show, 66.
• December 12 - Benjie Liwanag Jr., Filipino journalist (Abante Radyo 1494), 61
• December 25 - Stu Phillips, Canadian singer and Grand Ole Opry member, 92
• December 29 - John Mulrooney, comedian and radio host (several stations including WPYX/Albany and WMMR/Cleveland), 67.

See also

• 2025 in British radio

References

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