This began with a post here. The below image got me thinking. These days the only strike that shuts down a radio station is a lightning strike. So I began to research strikes at radio stations. There is no canonical source of this data so I am creating one. I will continue to update this list as I discover pertinent events in other research. It will be ongoing.
Traditionally, strikes are a tool of people who perform manual labor; blue collar workers. In general, white collar workers don't strike. I know that's a broad generalization, but it's fairly accurate. So this list collates the exceptions to that premise. It's limited to white collar staff: writers, producers, announcers, musicians etc. I have excluded the strikes of TV staff, radio manufacturers, and telegraph operators as those are not strictly broadcasting-related. I am also geographically limiting the scope to North America. This remains an incomplete list, but I have hopes that readers may suggest further additions.
2011 - AFTRA strike on record labels [here]
2005 - CBC Radio Strike
1982 - AFTRA strike on WINS-AM
1981 - July 1st, KAAR jocks went on strike over working conditions
1979 - WBCN-FM Strike
1978 - AFTRA strike on advertising agencies
1979 - WCCO AM/FM - TV IBEW Engineer strike [SOURCE]
1977 - WBAI Pacifica Radio strike
1974 - WAOK-AM
1974 - KPFA-FM strike against layoffs
1974 - AFTRA strike WWDJ
1971 - WWOM-FM Strike
1970 - KZAP-FM staff sit down strike
1970 - WLIB-AM - staff picketing
1968 - KMPX-AM
1967 - AFTRA100 radio station strike
1965 - WSIM-AM, Radio and Television Broadcast Technicians
1962 - KFWB-AM
1959 - NABET strike on NBC Radio & TV
1958 - CBFT(Radio-Canada CBC) Radio producers strike
1958 - MGA Studio Musicians (later re-merged into AFM)
1948 - AFM recording ban
1948 - The Radio Writers' Guild
1947 - WCKY-AM Radio technicians strike (IBEW)
1944 - NABET engineers at NBC
1942 - AFM recording ban (2 years)
1941 - ASCAP radio strike
1936 - Marine Radio Operator Strike (MEBA)
1938 - WTCN-AM News Staff
1935 - ARTA strike at Macay Radio & Telegraph Co.
1935 - XEAL-AM hunger strike (Pan American Radio Company)
1921 - Marine Radio Operator Strike (MEBA)

