The year 2007 in radio involved some significant events.

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  • WWVA Jamboree/Jamboree USA'. January 6. The long-running country music show, which had aired since 1933 on WWVA/Wheeling, West Virginia, is canceled as the station streamlines its focus on its talk radio format. It will be revived in 2009 by crosstown talk station WKKX as WWVA's then-sister property Live Nation spins off the program - now renamed the Wheeling Jamboree - to a non-profit organization.
  • The Al Franken Show. February 14. Franken left his show on Air America Radio to run for the U.S. Senate in Minnesota.
  • Free FM. In a series of moves beginning in May 2007, CBS Radio phased out the hot talk network by changing several stations' formats and rebranding most others.
  • CHUM Limited absorbed into CTVglobemedia June 22
  • Classical music station WFMR in Milwaukee ends 51 years on the air when the station flips to a Smooth jazz format as WJZX June 26
  • Adventures in Good Music: Producer and distributor WCLV announced "with great regret" that it would broadcast and syndicate its last encore episode of Adventures in Good Music with Karl Haas on June 29, 2007.
  • July 1: Art Bell announces his retirement from weekend hosting, effective immediately, but will host occasional shows in the future.
  • July 2: Utawarerumono Radio, Japan's first Internet radio show, ends its run on the broadcast station Oto Izumi.[citation needed]
  • August 17: Greenstone Media. Women's talk network folds after slightly over a year on the air. The network only gained 8 affiliates in its short life.
  • Washington Post Radio. September 19. The short-lived attempt at a long-form commercial all-news radio station in the style of NPR, run by The Washington Post, ended as Bonneville switches its network of stations to 3WT Talk Radio.
  • Matt Drudge's Sunday night show. September 30. Drudge left the timeslot; Premiere Radio Networks replaced him with Bill Cunningham.
  • ABC News & Talk. September 24. Closed by ABC Radio in restructuring.
  • October 18: WPEP at Taunton, Massachusetts has its license canceled so WNSH-Beverly, Massachusetts can increase to 30 kW. They were on the same frequency: 1570 kHz.
  • Satellite Sisters. November 9. Cancelled by ABC Radio in restructuring.
  • Wake Up With Whoopi. November 30. The show, hosted by Whoopi Goldberg, was cancelled by WKTU in New York City after low ratings.
  • Doug Hoerth. December 3. Renda Broadcasting, owners of WPTT in Pittsburgh, announce they are not renewing Hoerth's contract after a ten-year run as the station's morning and later afternoon host.
  • December 20 - After three years as "Diva 92.3" WDVW in New Orleans flips from Rhythmic/Dance to Adult Top 40 as "Mix 92.3."
  • John London's Inferno. December 25. The show failed in syndication due to a lack of affiliates.

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References

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