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Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Michael Jackson is saluted by radio stations around the world

PAKISTAN: Karachi’s City FM (89.0) played Jackson’s music non-stop. The station GM told ABC News, “There are many people in Pakistan who don’t know that the world is round but know who Michael is” … LATVIA: Former prime minister Ivars Godmanis will host five-hour tribute to Michael Jackson this weekend on SWH Radio … HOLLAND: The death of Michael Jackson has given a boost to Dutch pension fund ABP, which in 2008 bought the rights to several of his songs. Sales of Jackson’s music has been at a record pace since his passing … KENYA: Several radio stations began playing Michael Jackson songs non-stop, with one station dropping its hip-hop music format to play Jackson songs … INDIA: A number of Hindi-language radio stations played English songs by Jackson, a first for those stations … AUSTRALIA: Radio stations, including Melbourne’s Nova FM, have been inundated with calls from listeners wanting to hear Michael Jackson songs … BELGIUM: Alternative station Studio Brussel has created an interesting website of people Moonwalking from around the world, dedicated to the memory of Michael Jackson, that you can view by clicking here.

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