1945 in radio

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The year 1945 saw a number of significant happenings in radio broadcasting history.

Events

• 25 February – The CBC's International Service (to be renamed Radio Canada International in 1970) begins regular broadcasts in English and French from Canada.
• 15 March – The Academy Awards are broadcast on the radio in their entirety for the first time. They are broadcast on ABC and the Armed Forces Radio.
• 15 June – The Blue Network is formally renamed the American Broadcasting Company; occasional references to "Blue Network" or "Blue Network of the American Broadcasting Company" will continue to surface during the next few years. (The rights to the "ABC" name is purchased from a third party that December.)
• 29 July – The BBC Light Programme opens, taking over the longwave frequency which had been used until the outbreak of World War II by the BBC National Programme.
• 29 July – From a studio set up in the Musikhalle Hamburg, the British Forces Broadcasting Service (BFBS) transmits its first programme for British soldiers stationed in Germany.

Debuts

• January 15 – Art Linkletter's House Party (1945–1967) debuts on CBS.
• January 29 – Lionel Barrymore becomes the host of Lux Radio Theater, replacing Cecil B. DeMille.
• March 3 – Superman encounters Batman and Robin for the first time. This occurs on the Mutual Network.
• March 9 – Those Websters debuts on CBS.
• April 30 – Arthur Godfrey Time debuts on CBS, a morning time slot every weekday. The show ended on April 30, 1972.
• August 4 – AFN Berlin goes on air with the Rhapsody in Blue from George Gershwin.
• 1 September-WEZB in New Orleans,Louisiana begins broadcasting as WRCM-FM.

Closings

• March 30 – The Dreft Star Playhouse ends its two year run on NBC.

Births

• January 2 – Baxter Black, American cowboy, poet, philosopher, former large-animal veterinarian, and radio commentator
• March 8 – Micky Dolenz, American actor, musician, television and theatre director and radio personality. Best known as drummer/vocalist in the 1960s made-for-television band, The Monkees.
• May 2 – Gene Deckerhoff, radio play-by-play announcer of the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers
• April 6 – Neal Boortz, talk radio host and commentator.
• June 17 – Art Bell, American broadcaster, talk show host and author, known primarily as the founder and longtime host of the paranormal-themed radio program Coast to Coast AM
• September 24 – Lou Dobbs, CNN anchor and managing editor for Lou Dobbs Tonight, host of Lou Dobbs Minute on radio.
• December 13 – Herman Cain, conservative newspaper columnist, African-American businessman, politician, radio talk-show host and former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza.

Deaths

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