The following is a list of events affecting radio broadcasting in 2016. Events listed include radio program debuts, finales, cancellations, and station launches, closures and format changes, as well as information about controversies.
Notable events
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January 17
*Kris Kelly, 45, American radio personality and programmer in the R&B/Hip-Hop and Top 40/CHR genres.
*Ramblin' Lou Schriver, 86, American Country music performer, radio personality and longtime owner-operator of WXRL/1300: Lancaster, New York from 1970 to his death.
January 31: Terry Wogan, 77, Irish-British broadcaster.
February 2: Bob Elliott, 92. Longtime radio comedian and half of the comedy team of Bob and Ray.
February 8: Alejandro Nieto Molina, 48, SVP and GM/Radio for Univision Radio and radio executive/programming alumni for Spain's Cadena Ser, Groupo Prisa US, and Caracol.
February 24: Eddie Einhorn, 80. Debuted the first nationwide radio and television broadcasts of college basketball in the United States.
April 9: Stacy Fawcett, 45. Radio and television personality in the Dallas-Ft. Worth media market, working as an air personality at KVIL-FM.
April 11: Doug Banks, 57. American syndicated radio host whose The Doug Banks Show had aired nationwide since 1997.
April 19: Denise Stewart-Bohn, Air personality at WCXT
May 25: Sherry-Ruth Francis, 52. Air personality at KRHN
June 1: Lacy Neff, 49 on-air personality at WVAQ. Winner of the National Association of Broadcasters' Marconi Award for Small Market Personality Of The Year twice, first in 2006 and again in 2009.
June 5: David Gilkey, NPR photojournalist and Zabihullah Tamanna
June 12: Janet Waldo, 96. Radio, television and voice actress best known in radio for the title role in Meet Corliss Archer, among other various guest spots.
June 23: Ralph Stanley, 89. Bluegrass music pioneer whose radio career included 12 years at WCYB and membership in the Grand Ole Opry.
August 16: Dennis Alvord, 68. Radio personality, an alumnus of KPWR/Los Angeles and KTFM/San Antonio, known on air as "Joe Nasty"
August 27: Joy Browne, 71. Psychologist whose radio program had been on air since 1978 and aired nationwide since the early 1990s.
September 8: Eric Von Broadley, 58. Television and radio journalist, personality, and publisher in the Milwaukee media market, an alumnus of WMCS, WAWA and WNOV.
September 9: Bill Nojay, 59. Republican politician, attorney and syndicated radio host.
December 2: Chelsea Dolan, 27, DJ/musician who also did an airshift at KALX Berkley-San Francisco.
December 12: Tom Moffatt, 85, Television/radio personality and concert promoter who was as a fixture in the Honolulu media market as a DJ at KHVH, KPOA, KPOI, and, until his death, KKOL-FM.
December 17:Bob Coburn, 68, Radio personality at KLOS Los Angeles and host of Rockline
December 18: Bill Florian, 84, Founder and original owner of WNIB Chicago from 1955 to 1997.
