List of years in radio (table)
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The year 2003 in radio involved some significant events.

Events

  • October 10 – Facing an investigation surrounding allegations of illegal drug use, American right-wing radio host Rush Limbaugh publicly admits that he is addicted to prescription pain killers, and will seek treatment.

Debuts

Closings

Deaths

  • January 17 - Richard Crenna, 77, American motion picture, television, and radio actor[1]
  • January 25 - Robert Rockwell, 82, American stage, film, radio and television actor[1]
  • March 17 - Alan Keith, 94, English actor and longtime classical music presenter
  • July 4 - Larry Burkett, 64, American evangelical Christian author and radio personality
  • August 27 - Jinx Falkenburg, 83, who (with her husband, Tex) popularized the talk-show format, first on radio and then in the early days of television[1]
  • October 27 - Rod Roddy, 66, American top-40 disc jockey and announcer, better known for his work announcing television game shows

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 Cox, Jim (2008). This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc. ISBN 978-0-7864-3848-8.
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