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2/16/19 - Yesterday was the last day for KING-TV Seattle evening news anchor Amanda Grace. She announced on her Twitter page, "...It’s
time for me to take on a new challenge and grow personally and
professionally." Grace joined KING 5 in October 2014 from WHDH-TV Boston. Twitter Announcement KING 5 Video
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2/16/19 - CHEK-TV Victoria presents the Broadcast Premiere of Us and Them,
a compelling documentary that follows four individuals for ten years on
the streets of Victoria as they cope, not only with homelessness, but
also mental illness and addiction. CHEK will broadcast and live
stream Us and Them commercial free at 8 p.m. February 23. Immediately following the film, CHEK will broadcast a panel discussion moderated by news anchor Ben O’Hara Byrne. CHEK Release
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2/16/19 - Cox Enterprises Inc. has announced that it has reached an agreement with funds (the "Apollo Funds") managed by affiliates of Apollo Global Management, LLC
(together with its consolidated subsidiaries, "Apollo") to buy a
majority interest in Cox Media Group's broadcast television stations. Included in the deal is KIRO-TV Seattle.
Cox Media Group's TV stations serve some of the most desirable markets
in the country and reach a combined 31 million viewers nationwide.
Cox Enterprises Release Scott Trubey, Seattle Times
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2/14/19 - Veteran Vancouver broadcast journalist George Orr has been picked by the North Vancouver Green Party
to lead them into the 2019 federal election. “I’m going to be the
Bernie Sanders of the Canadian Green Party,” he said. “I am that
guy.” The election is scheduled for October 21. Orr held
several news positions with Vancouver TV stations during the 1980s and was a BCIT Broadcast Journalism instructor from 1989-2010. He is also an award winning documentary producer. Brent Richter, North Shore News
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2/14/19 - Former Vancouver
announcer/engineer Ed Jurak, who passed away January 26 at age 75 after
battling several health issues over the last few years, is remembered
for his "MacGyver-like talent for keeping stations on air". Before
he retired he was chief engineer at CKST Langley/Vancouver and engineer
for the CHUM Radio Group Vancouve. Mike Klassen, Vancouver Courier
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2/14/19 - Kent Schumaker
joins Vista Radio on Vancouver Island starting March 4 as Regional
Content Manager. He's previously been a weekend, swing announcer
and traffic reporter for Mountain FM in Squamish/Whistler; morning show host, Music Director and APD for CKWV-FM 102.3 Nanaimo and was Program/Brand Director for Peace River Broadcasting in Peace River AB for the last nine years.
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2/13/19 - KKWF-FM 100.7 Seattle PD Drew Bland will be featured on a Country Radio Seminar (CRS) 2019 panel tomorrow (2/14) along with Nuvoodoo Media Services Pres. Carolyn Gilbert and Warner Music Nashville Chairman/CEO John Esposito. The three panelists are hoping to garner as many votes as they can for Esposito to win the esteemed title of Supreme and Exalted Leader of CRS50. All Access Music Group
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2/10/19 - An obituary has been published for
Emily Griffiths, who with her husband Frank owned Western International
Communications, which included Global Television when it was known as
BCTV, and CKNW Radio Vancouver. She passed away January 30 at age 96. At her request, there will be no
memorial or funeral service. It was her wish that in lieu of
flowers, donations to Canuck Place would be greatly appreciated. Sun/Province Obituary Vancouver Canucks Video
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2/10/19 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Mike Cleaver
died this morning just short of his 73rd birthday, after fighting
kidney disease for the past few months. His career began at CKOV
Kelowna in 1961 followed by positions in Lethbridge, Calgary, Toronto,
Edmonton and Ottawa. He returned to BC in 2000 and worked for
CJNW, CKNW and CTV Vancouver before retiring. Cleaver was also an
accomplished technician and operated Mike Cleaver Broadcast Services for
the last 12 years. There will be no funeral or celebration of
life per his request. Donations in his memory can be made to the Kidney Foundation of Canada.
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2/08/19 - Former CBC Vancouver
staffer Tom Houston died on board his sailboat “Toroa”, moored in the
Marina at Mazatlan, Mexico on January 22. He was 85. After
working for CBC’s Engineering Headquarters in Montreal, he took a
position as a Senior Technician at CBC Vancouver in 1966, where he
stayed for 32 years.
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2/08/19 - iHeartRadio Canada announced at 8 a.m. today the re-branding of KOOL CHBE-FM 107.3 Victoria to Virgin Radio. Also announced is a new morning show anchored by Brittany King, who joins Virgin from KOOL FM, and Chris Palliser, who comes from Virgin Radio CFBT-FM 94.5 Vancouver. The show runs 5:30 -10 a.m. starting Monday, February 11. CTV News Mike Devlin, Victoria Times Colonist
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2/07/19 - Community station KPTZ-FM 91.9
Port Townsend has announced that one of its volunteer DJs has donated
$100,000 towards a planned move to Fort Worden. Last November,
KPTZ received a $500,000 challenge grant from the Sage Foundation.
The funds will be used to construct state-of-the-art studios and secure
a permanent transmitter site. KPTZ release Radio Port Townsend has an application on file with the FCC to move its transmitter to 48° 08' 24.00" 122° 46' 0.00" with an increase in ERP from 2.1 to 3 kW directional and HAAT change from 102 to 101 meters. FCC Data
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2/04/19 - Carmen Cruz has been elevated from weekends to 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday to Friday on CFOX-FM 99.3 Vancouver. She's been with CFOX since 2014. Twitter Announcement
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2/04/19 - Hunter Quinn, who has been hosting weekends at The Bull KNUC-FM 98.9 Seattle since his May exit as APD/afternoon host at KISS KBKS-FM 106.1 Seattle, is part of the new wake-up team of Hunter & Mollie at Cities KTCZ-FM 97.1 Minneapolis. He teams up with Mollie Kendrick, who moves from nights. Lance Venta, Radio Insight
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2/04/19 - The FCC has accepted
for filing an application by Jodesha Broadcasting, Inc. to change
community of license for KJET-FM 105.7 from Raymond to Union and move transmitter to South Mountain 47° 18' 46.00" 123° 22' 15.00". If approved, ERP will decrease from 13.5 kW to 1.75 kW directional and HAAT will increase from 290 to 664 meters. FCC Data Lance Venta, Radio Insight
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2/03/19 - Former KIXI Seattle staffer Bob Dearborn is credited with writing the widely circulated in-depth interpretation of the lyrics to American Pie by Don McLean
about the
tragic plane crash that took the lives of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens
and the Big Bopper (J. P. Richardson), sixty years ago
today. More than 100,000 printed copies were sent to all parts of
the world. Dearborn was PD, Music Director and on air at KIXI in
the late 1990s. Ronald DeHart, Puget Sound Media
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2/03/19 - Hundreds gathered Saturday afternoon to bid farewell to Angelo Iacobucci at a memorial service in Kamloops, seven
weeks after he passed away suddenly just two weeks before his 61st
birthday. Although he was based in Kamloops during his 39 years in
broadcasting, he was well known to Vancouver radio listeners, as he
filed numerous news reports that ran on a number of local stations over
the duration of his career. Adam Donnelly, CFJC Today
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2/02/19 - Sunday's Super Bowl
will likely be the last available in Canada via cable or satellite in
its original form, complete with US commercials. Until 2017,
Canadian viewers were blocked from the full US Super Bowl feeds,
including the commercials that are often produced specifically for the
event, as domestic broadcasters were able to substitute their own
versions of the broadcasts carried by cable and satellite. Since
then, the CRTC has prevented simultaneous substitution, or simsub, during the game despite protests from Bell Media and the NFL.
That rule is set to be rescinded by the federal government, as part of
its renegotiated trade agreement with the United States and Mexico, but
the deal has not yet been ratified. This year's game is being
carried locally on KIRO-TV Seattle, CTV Vancouver and CTV Two Victoria. CBC News Global News
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2/01/19 - Emily Griffiths has
died at age 96. She and her husband Frank owned Western
International Communications, which included Global Television when it
was known as BCTV, and CKNW Radio Vancouver. The family also
bought the Vancouver Canucks in 1974. Frank Griffiths passed away
April 7, 1994 at age 77. Squire Barnes, Global Video
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