WHTE-FM signs in as Adult Contemporary format in the Charlottesville, Virginia Area.
March 13 – WLVK/Charlotte flips to "high octane country" as "Thunder 96.9"; this direction last only a few months, with the station shifting back to a more traditional country format.
June – KNRJ/Houston flips fromRhythmic CHR toAlternative Rock. The Alternative format will last only 5 weeks, and is promoted as temporary while the station's owners, Nationwide Communications, begin researching the market for a new format.
July 13 –Nationwide Communications sells offWGAR 1220-AM inCleveland, which was a direct simulcast of countryWGAR 99.5-FM, to Douglas Broadcasting. WGAR-AM signs off at midnight on July 13 after airing a brief retrospective on the station, highlighted with tributes from station alumniJack Paar andDon Imus. The station relaunches asWKNR a few minutes later, carrying a satellite-delivered oldies format, but will gradually assume an all-sports lineup in less than a year.
July 20 – Nationwide's KNRJ flips toHot AC asKHMX, "Mix 96.5."
August 22 –Echo of Moscow (Russian:Э́хо Москвы́,romanized: Ekho Moskvy), a 24/7 independent commercial station, begins broadcasting from Moscow.
^Cox, Jim (2008).This Day in Network Radio: A Daily Calendar of Births, Debuts, Cancellations and Other Events in Broadcasting History. McFarland & Company, Inc.ISBN978-0-7864-3848-8.
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