2023 in radio
The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting in 2023. 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
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September
October
November
December
Deaths
- January 8:
- Arnie Coro, Cuban radio host, co-founder of Radio Havana (born 1942)
- Ernst Grissemann, Austrian radio host, journalist, and actor (born 1934)
- January 13: Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong disc jockey (born 1924)
- January 20: Jerry Blavat, American disc jockey (born 1940)
- January 22: Lin Brehmer, American disc jockey (born 1954)
- February 11: Ivan Kováč, Slovak middle-distance runner and radio sports commentator (born 1948)
- March 5: Mark Pilgrim, South African broadcaster (born 1969)
- March 26: Ray Pillow, American country music singer/executive and Grand Ole Opry member (born 1937)
- March 30: Doug Mulray, Australian radio broadcaster (born 1951)
- April 12: Eduard Bagirov, Russian writer and broadcaster (born 1975)
- April 19: Ed Picson, Filipino sports broadcaster (born 1953)
- May 19: George Logan, British actor, composer, musician and broadcaster (The Enchanting World of Hinge and Bracket, etc.)
- June 3: Totto Osvold, 81, Norwegian radio broadcaster (born 1941)
- June 8:
- Wade Goodwyn, 63, correspondent for NPR
- Pat Robertson, 93, American radio station owner who transformed the Rural Radio Network into the Christian Broadcasting Network before moving to television (born 1930)
- June 12: Silvio Berlusconi, 86, Italian radio and television magnate and politician (born 1936) (main article: Death and state funeral of Silvio Berlusconi)
- June 18: Jellie Brouwer, 59, Dutch journalist and presenter (cancer)
- June 23: Jesse McReynolds, 93, American country musician and Grand Ole Opry regular since 1964 (born 1929)
- June 26: Dick Biondi, 90, American radio disc jockey best known for his work in Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois (born 1932)
- June 27: Bobby Osborne, 91, American country musician (The Osborne Brothers, Rocky Top X-Press) and Grand Ole Opry regular (born 1931)
- July 5: Awa Ehoura, Ivorian journalist and radio host (age unknown)
- July 19: Frank Cody, 75, American radio executive (KTWV)
- August 7
- Leonid Volodarskiy, 73, Russian translator, writer and radio presenter (born 1950)
- Jim Price, 81, retired American baseball player (Detroit Tigers) and radio analyst (Detroit Tigers Radio Network).
- August 17: Rick Jeanneret, 81, Canadian-American play-by-play broadcaster for the Sabres Hockey Network from 1971 to 2022, also disc jockey for CJRN (born 1942)
- August 18: James L. Buckley, 100, American politician, President of Radio Free Europe from 1982 to 1985 (born 1923)
- August 23: Magdalena "Moodie Jam" Estrada, 66, Filipina disc jockey (born 1957)
- August 26: Tony Roberts, 94, American play-by-play broadcaster for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football from 1980 to 2006 (born 1928)
- August 29: Mike Enriquez, 71, Filipino radio and television news anchor, GMA Network (born 1951)
- September 1: Jimmy Buffett, 76, American Gulf and Western singer-songwriter, founder of Radio Margaritaville (born 1946)
- September 8: Sašo Hribar, 63, Slovenian radio satirist and impressionist (heart attack)
- September 11: Dick Bertel, 92,announcer, news anchor, and media executive at WTIC (AM), NBC Radio Network, and the Voice of America - host of The Golden Age of Radio from 1970 - 1977, an oral history of network radio entertainment programming
- September 25: Jay de Castro, 46, former Filipino voice actor and dubbing director of ABS-CBN, former Filipino TV reporter of News5 and Filipino radio reporter of DZME 1530 Radyo Uno (born 1977)
- September 28: DJ Lalla, 34, Romanian DJ and radio presenter (drowned)
- October 21: Dusty Street, 77, American freeform/progressive disc jockey for KROQ and SiriusXM (born 1946)
- October 25: Jose "Richard" Enriquez Jr., 59, Filipino disc jockey (born 1964)
- November 5: Juan Jumalon, 56, Filipino journalist (born 1966; shot)
- November 13: Héctor Benavides, 82, Mexican news anchor and radio personality (born 1941)
- November 15: Ken Squier, 88, American broadcaster, founder of Motor Racing Network and owner of WDEV in Vermont
- November 18: Nan Witcomb, 95, Australian poet and radio broadcaster
- November 25: Clarke Ingram, 66, American broadcaster best known for his work in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
- November 27: Regi Espiritu, 54, Filipino journalist DZRH (born 1969)
- December 2: Maria Martin, 72, Mexican-American journalist and broadcaster (born 1951)
- December 16: Jim Ladd, 75, American freeform disc jockey (born 1948)
- December 21: Ian Punnett, 63, American talk radio host (Coast to Coast AM) (born 1960)
- December 22: Ruth Seymour, 88, American executive, general manager of KCRW from 1977 to 2010 (born 1935)