The following events occurred in
radio
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in 2010.
Events
*January -
Radio Mashaal is launched; the new station is a member of
Radio Free Europe
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in
Pakistan
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, broadcasting in the
Pashto language
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.
[Radio Mashaal overview](_blank)
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Debuts
*'' Andar ng mga Balita'', weekday news bulletin on Radyo5 92.3 News FM in Mega Manila, Philippines
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, anchored by Martin Andanar
Jose Ruperto Martin Marfori Andanar (born August 21, 1974) is a Filipino television news personality, news anchor, radio commentator, podcaster, voice-over artist and a columnist. He served as the former secretary of the Presidential Communica ...
. Ran until 2012.
*'' Breakfast with Hector'', breakfast radio programme on RTÉ 2fm in Ireland
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, presented by Hector Ó hEochagáin. Ran until 2013.
*'' Day 6'', Canadian Saturday morning show on CBC Radio One
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, hosted by Brent Bambury.["Saturday morning guy; Saint John native Brent Bambury hosts new CBC radio show 'Day 6'". '' The Telegraph-Journal'', September 20, 2010.]
*'' 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
''Lørdagsbarnetimen'' ("The Saturday Children's Hour") was a children's radio programme produced by the Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK) and broadcast every Saturday from 20 December 1924 until 11 September 2010 with a forced interruptio ...
(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
* 19 February - Bull Verweij, Dutch businessman, co-founder of Radio Veronica, 100
* 30 April - Cristina Corrales, Bolivian journalist, radio broadcaster, and politician, 47
* 14 June - Richard Herrmann, Norwegian journalist, writer and radio personality ( NRK), 90
* 8 July - Lelio Luttazzi, Italian composer, actor, television and radio presenter, 87
* 21 August - Hugo Guerrero Marthineitz, Peruvian journalist, commentator and radio host, 86[{{cite web, url=http://www.buenosairesherald.com/BreakingNews/View/42963, title=Radio host Guerrero Martinheitz dies, 86, work=Buenos Aires Herald]
* 20 September - Fud Leclerc, musician and singer, four-time Eurovision contestant, 86
* 5 October - Yakov Alpert, Ukrainian-born physicist, expert on radio communications, 99
References
Radio by year