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The following events occurred in radio in 2009.

Events

January 1: Kurdish TV starts broadcasting in Turkey.[1]
March 9: ABC Kinglake Ranges, a temporary radio service, makes its first broadcast from Kinglake, Victoria, Australia, to areas in the Shire of Murrindindi affected by the Black Saturday bushfires, using a makeshift transmitter on 97.1FM.[2]
March 24: The Ray D'Arcy Show on commercial radio station Today FM, covers the Brian Cowen nude portraits story. Producer Will Hanafin claims that a friend of the artist e-mailed photographs of a similar painting to him in January. Hanafin is approached by the Garda and warned he could be charged if he refuses to give up the e-mails.[3]
April 6: Antena Sarajevo is launched in Bosnia, as an urban radio service for Sarajevo.[4]
May 11: Kerrang! Radio wins Station Of The Year 1,000,000+ at the Sony Awards.
June: Radio Erena, a Paris-based radio station broadcasting news in the Tigrinya and Arabic languages to Eritrea, is launched by journalist Biniam Simon.[5]
August 13: Kiss FM (Sri Lanka) is launched, broadcasting to the Colombo, Kandy and Coastal regions[6]
November 24: Virgin Radio Jordan 93.7 is launched at City Mall in Amman, Jordan.[7]
December 18: After 27 years, Irish broadcaster Sir Terry Wogan presents his final breakfast show on the UK's BBC Radio 2.[8][9]

Debuts

January 5: De Cock Late Night, talk radio show on the Flemish radio MNM presented by Tom De Cock (ended in 2012)[10]
February 13: Club Nation, weekly show hosted by the Croatian/Dutch DJ duo Tezija & Keyra, launched on Splash FM.
March 13: Inquilaab – The Story of Junoon, one-off documentary broadcast on City FM 89 in Pakistan.[11]
April: 96.3 Easy Rock begins broadcast in Pasay City, Philippines under Manila Broadcasting Company.
August 14: The Seduction of Ingmar Bergman, a radio musical written by Sparks and commissioned by Sweden's national broadcasting service, Sveriges Radio, is broadcast for the first time.[12]
December 14: Jeder Rappen zählt, charity fundraiser on Swiss radio and television
date unknown: A hely ("The Place"), a programme that experiments with the presentation of events, phenomenon, places and professions from a very insider perspective, is launched on Kossuth Rádió in Hungary.

Endings

date unknown: Newsreader Bob Leahy gives up reading the news on New Zealand's Radio Network.
96.3 W Rock is ended for almost 21 years.

Deaths

January 13: Mansour Rahbani, Lebanese composer and radio producer, 83[13]
February 3: Jorge Serguera, former President of the Cuban Institute of Radio and Television, 76[14]
April 26: Geir Hovig, Norwegian radio presenter, 64[15]
July 2: Pasquale Borgomeo, director of Radio Vatican, 76[16]
July 16: D. K. Pattammal, Indian Carnatic musician who began her career on radio, 90[17]
July 21: Gangubai Hangal, Indian classical singer and All India Radio performer, 96[18]
October 4: Mercedes Sosa, Argentine singer who began her career on radio, 74[19]
October 9: Dré Steemans, Belgian television and radio host, 55 (cardiac arrest)[20] (Dutch)
October 31: Tim Bickerstaff, New Zealand broadcaster who pioneered talkback radio, 67[21]
November 7: Vic Davies, Australian radio presenter, 55 (lung cancer)[22]
November 20: Roman Trakhtenberg, Russian actor, television and radio presenter, 41 (heart attack)[23]
December 11: Ciarán Mac Mathúna, Irish radio presenter and music collector, 84[24]

References

Villelabeitia, Ibon (January 2, 2009). "Turkey's Kurdish TV channel opens to mixed reviews". Reuters. Retrieved 4 January 2009.
"Introducing ABC Kinglake Ranges". 774 ABC Melbourne. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
"Today FM producer brands reaction 'crazy'". Irish Examiner. 26 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2009.
"Počela s radom Antena Sarajevo (in Bosnian)". www.gracija.ba. www.gracija.ba. Retrieved 29 July 2013.
Lepidi, Pierre (24 June 2016). "Radio Erena, la voix de l'Erythrée en plein Paris". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2017.
"Colombo experiences its First Kiss". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.
"About Virgin". Virgin Radio Jordan. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010.
"Sir Terry Wogan bids farewell to show". BBC News. December 18, 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2009.
"After 27 years, Sir Terry Wogan has left the building". The Scotsman. December 19, 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2010.
Cock, Tom De (2001) De Openbaring, een profetie, Houtekiet, Antwerpen, ISBN 9052405980
City FM 89 – Inquilaab, The Story of Junoon Archived 2011-07-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on March 19, 2011
Sloan, Billy (2009-09-13). "Sparks fly in new musical". Sunday Mail (Scotland). Retrieved 2009-12-29.
Naharnet article "Lebanese Composer Mansour Rahbani Dies at 83"
"Cuban who banned Beatles has died". Reuters. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2018.
"Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
Webteam, Vatican Radio -. "Vatican Radio". radiovaticana.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2009.
"Front page: Pattammal passes away". The Hindu. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
Wade, Bonnie C. (2001). "Hangal, Gangubai". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians. 17 (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. p. 820. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.
"Mercedes Sosa: Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.
avb, mcu. "Felice overleden aan hartinfarct".
"Radio talkback personality Tim Bickerstaff dies". 4 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010.
"Club Veg radio host loses cancer battle". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.
"Roman Trakhtenberg dies at 41". Aysor.am. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.
"Broadcaster Ciarán Mac Mathúna dies". 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010.

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[1] Villelabeitia, Ibon (January 2, 2009). "Turkey's Kurdish TV channel opens to mixed reviews". Reuters. Retrieved 4 January 2009.

[ABC-Introducing-2] "Introducing ABC Kinglake Ranges". 774 ABC Melbourne. 12 March 2009. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

[3] "Today FM producer brands reaction 'crazy'". Irish Examiner. 26 March 2009. Archived from the original on 2 March 2015. Retrieved 28 March 2009.

[4] "Počela s radom Antena Sarajevo (in Bosnian)". www.gracija.ba. www.gracija.ba. Retrieved 29 July 2013.

[5] Lepidi, Pierre (24 June 2016). "Radio Erena, la voix de l'Erythrée en plein Paris". Le Monde (in French). Retrieved 6 August 2017.

[6] "Colombo experiences its First Kiss". The Daily Mirror (Sri Lanka). 20 August 2010. Archived from the original on 10 November 2013.

[7] "About Virgin". Virgin Radio Jordan. Archived from the original on September 18, 2010.

[8] "Sir Terry Wogan bids farewell to show". BBC News. December 18, 2009. Archived from the original on 24 December 2009. Retrieved December 18, 2009.

[9] "After 27 years, Sir Terry Wogan has left the building". The Scotsman. December 19, 2009. Retrieved 9 July 2010.

[10] Cock, Tom De (2001) De Openbaring, een profetie, Houtekiet, Antwerpen, ISBN 9052405980

[11] City FM 89 – Inquilaab, The Story of Junoon Archived 2011-07-05 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on March 19, 2011

[12] Sloan, Billy (2009-09-13). "Sparks fly in new musical". Sunday Mail (Scotland). Retrieved 2009-12-29.

[13] Naharnet article "Lebanese Composer Mansour Rahbani Dies at 83"

[14] "Cuban who banned Beatles has died". Reuters. 4 February 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2018.

[15] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved May 3, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[16] Webteam, Vatican Radio -. "Vatican Radio". radiovaticana.org. Archived from the original on July 22, 2009. Retrieved August 8, 2009.

[17] "Front page: Pattammal passes away". The Hindu. 17 July 2009. Retrieved 11 April 2015.

[18] Wade, Bonnie C. (2001). "Hangal, Gangubai". In Sadie, Stanley (ed.). The New Grove dictionary of music and musicians. 17 (2nd ed.). London: Macmillan Publishers. p. 820. ISBN 0-333-60800-3.

[19] "Mercedes Sosa: Obituary". The Daily Telegraph. 4 October 2009. Retrieved 5 October 2009.

[20] vb, mcu. "Felice overleden aan hartinfarct".

[21] "Radio talkback personality Tim Bickerstaff dies". 4 June 2010. Archived from the original on 4 June 2010.

[22] "Club Veg radio host loses cancer battle". The Sydney Morning Herald. AAP. 8 November 2009. Archived from the original on 9 November 2009. Retrieved 9 November 2009.

[23] "Roman Trakhtenberg dies at 41". Aysor.am. 21 November 2009. Archived from the original on 17 January 2018. Retrieved 17 January 2018.

[24] "Broadcaster Ciarán Mac Mathúna dies". 11 December 2009. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010.