10 Years of SDRN: 2008 (Jan 1, 2009)

Stacy Taylor joined San Diego's AM 1700. By the end of the year, he was gone.

Blu-Ray CDs are the new hi-def standard, while competeting HD DVD dies, showing that you can't introduce two incompatable standards without losing a billion dollars before realizing that the loser will never become the standard.

ComputorEdge publishes its first issue without a hard copy version for the first time ever.

Clear Channel was sold to Bain Capital and Thomas H. Lee Partners.

Free Radio San Diego returned to the air on 93.7 FM for a short period.

KFMB-DT moved to channel 7 until Feb 17, 2009.

XLNC1 moved from 90.7 to 104.9 FM.

The FCC cancels AM 890 in Julian's request to build a transmitter.

KPRI 102.1 moved its transmitter to Mount Soledad.

105.7 FM switched from a simulcast of XX Sports 1090 to The Walrus oldies. Calls change to XHPRS-FM.

98.7 in Los Angeles switches to alternative rock.

Radio One sold 100.3 FM to Bonneville, who changed it to The Sound rock. Calls change to KSWD.

XETV loses its Fox affilliation to KSWB, but grudgingly takes the low-rated CW affilliation, and airs 40 percent of the CW's shows in the graveyard shift.

The 91X Morning Show with Mat Diablo and Mahoney takes over the morning slot vacated by Chris Cantore.

Chris Cantore did a short stint at X1FM.

Jim McInnes is doing traffic on KFMB radio stations.

Dave Mason joins Walrus 105.7 for mornings.

Hilary exits Star 94.1 but reappears on FM 94/9 SD to take over the shift for the vacating Anya months later. Ryan Seacrest's voicetracked show takes over Hilary's shift on 94.1.

Reggae Mekosa leaves the 91X lineup after 25 years.

Sirius and XM merge with the mission to combine their money losing operations into one that loses money by itself.

KYXY and KSCF are put up for sale by CBS Radio. No takers as of the end of 2008.

Bob and Tom Show begin airing a daily one-hour version of their radio show on WGN.

Lee Hacksaw Hamilton joined XTRA Sports 1360 last year when it launched. He quit in 2008.

Bob Bolinger and Jim Richards exit Clear Channel San Diego.

Steve West was dismissed from 91X.

Laura Ingraham dropped from Salem radio stations.

Dave Palet fired from XTRA.

Jim Rome moved from XX Sports to XTRA Sports.

XTRA Sports FINALLY begins airing the Los Angeles Laker games.

Tony and Kris released from US 95.7

Blazin' 98.9 Fires The Baka Boyz

Dan Patrick's show moved from XX Sports to XTRA Sports.

Bill O'Reilly quits his radio show because he wants to work less.

A pirate playing reggae and rap shows up on 106.1 FM.

Phil Manning was let go from 91X due to budget cuts.

KOGO Has More Listeners Than The Union-Tribune Has Readers according to talk show host Roger Hedgecock.

Sherry Knight was let go from Magic 92.5.

Joe Tutino and Philly Billy Werndl were let go from XX Sports 1090.

Jimmy Valentine was fired from Clear Channel San Diego.

Stacy Taylor and Mark Larson were let go from San Diego's 1700 at the end of the year.