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

August

Deaths

January 8:
*Arnie Coro, Cuban radio host, co-founder of Radio Havana
*Ernst Grissemann, Austrian radio host, journalist, and actor
January 13: Ray Cordeiro, Hong Kong disc jockey
January 20: Jerry Blavat, American disc jockey
January 22: Lin Brehmer, American disc jockey
February 11: Ivan Kováč, Slovak middle-distance runner and radio sports commentator
March 5: Mark Pilgrim, South African broadcaster
March 26: Ray Pillow, American country music singer/executive and Grand Ole Opry member
March 30: Doug Mulray, Australian radio broadcaster
April 12: Eduard Bagirov, Russian writer and broadcaster
April 19: Ed Picson, Filipino sports broadcaster
May 19: George Logan, British actor, composer, musician and broadcaster
June 3: Totto Osvold, 81, Norwegian radio broadcaster
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
June 12: Silvio Berlusconi, 86, Italian radio and television magnate and politician
June 18: Jellie Brouwer, 59, Dutch journalist and presenter
June 23: Jesse McReynolds, 93, American country musician and Grand Ole Opry regular since 1964
June 26: Dick Biondi, 90, American radio disc jockey best known for his work in Buffalo, New York and Chicago, Illinois
June 27: Bobby Osborne, 91, American country musician and Grand Ole Opry regular
July 5: Awa Ehoura, Ivorian journalist and radio host
July 19: Frank Cody, 75, American radio executive
August 7
*Leonid Volodarskiy, 73, Russian translator, writer and radio presenter
*Jim Price, 81, retired American baseball player and radio analyst.
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
August 18: James L. Buckley, 100, American politician, President of Radio Free Europe from 1982 to 1985
August 23: Magdalena "Moodie Jam" Estrada, 66, Filipina disc jockey
August 26: Tony Roberts, 94, American play-by-play broadcaster for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish football from 1980 to 2006
August 29: Mike Enriquez, 71, Filipino radio and television news anchor, GMA Network
September 1: Jimmy Buffett, 76, American Gulf and Western singer-songwriter, founder of Radio Margaritaville
September 8: Sašo Hribar, 63, Slovenian radio satirist and impressionist
September 11: Dick Bertel, 92,announcer, news anchor, and media executive at WTIC, 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
September 28: DJ Lalla, 34, Romanian DJ and radio presenter
October 21: Dusty Street, 77, American freeform/progressive disc jockey for KROQ and SiriusXM
October 25: Jose "Richard" Enriquez Jr., 59, Filipino disc jockey
November 5: Juan Jumalon, 56, Filipino journalist
November 13: Héctor Benavides, 82, Mexican news anchor and radio personality
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
December 2: Maria Martin, 72, Mexican-American journalist and broadcaster
December 16: Jim Ladd, 75, American freeform disc jockey
December 21: Ian Punnett, 63, American talk radio host
December 22: Ruth Seymour, 88, American executive, general manager of KCRW from 1977 to 2010