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1/19/19 - Vancouver market CKNW AM 980 has announced the launch of the second season of Mayors Day at 8 a.m.on Tuesday, January 22.
His Worship Mike Hurley, Mayor of the City of Burnaby, co-hosts The Jon
McComb Show, His Worship Kennedy Stewart, Mayor of the City of
Vancouver, co-hosts The Simi Sara Show and Her Worship Linda Buchanan,
Mayor of the City of North Vancouver, co-hosts The Lynda Steele
Show. Mayors Day will continue one weekday per month, with the
next event occurring on Monday, February 28, with future mayoral co-hosts to be announced. MMU Release
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1/17/19 - Five of the six
stations displaced due to the fire that destroyed the Master Antenna at
the West Tiger-2 site, resumed operation using a temporary antenna at
reduced power around 5 p.m. Wednesday. iHeartMedia will continue
to operate KISSFM KBKS-FM 106.1
using their auxiliary facilities at the West Tiger-1 Site.
Stations will remain in this mode until the destroyed antenna is
replaced, likely this summer.
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1/15/19 - Former Vancouver and Barriere, BC broadcaster Steve Shannon (Steven Castonguay) died
of cancer December 26 in St-Jérôme, Québec at age 71. He worked
at a number of stations in Montréal, Toronto, Hamilton, Calgary and
Edmonton before joining CIMA AM 1040 (now CKST) Vancouver circa
1990. He also ran a public speaking coaching business for
executives in Vancouver. In 2013, he became the owner of The Bear CHLW-FM 93.1 Barriere, north of Kamloops, until 2017 when illness struck.
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1/15/19 - SAG-AFTRA has filed an unfair labor practice complaint against Northwest Public Radio news/talk KUOW-FM 94.9
Seattle regarding the dismissal of seven employees in April 2018.
The claim alleges that station management “interfered with, restrained,
and/or coerced public employees” in their right to collectively
bargain. Inside Radio
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1/15/19 - A memo has gone out to staff at Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle telling them that Meteorologist Katie Boer
no longer works for the station. She was arrested after being at a
co-workers house for a party in December. Witnesses said that
Boer had too much to drink and was trying to drive home. Some
people tried to stop her and police say she assaulted them. Scott Jones, FTVLive
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1/14/19 - KING-TV Seattle News Director Cheryl Carson
has left the station as of Friday. She has been with KING-TV
since 2012, first as Assistant News Director then as ND since
2016. No word as to why the abrupt exit. FTVLive
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1/14/19 - Entercom today launched its LGBTQ Talk/Dance Channel Q on K277AE 103.3 Seattle fed via KNDD-HD2 107.7. The translator had previously served as a downtown fill-in for Rhythmic Hot AC Hot 103.7 KHTP-FM. K277AE joins HD subchannels in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Sacramento, Phoenix, Houston, and Las Vegas carrying the Channel Q programming. In Seattle the new format will create a competitor to Seattle Public Schools’ Dance C89.5 KNHC-FM. Lance Venta, Radio Insight
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1/14/19 - TEGNA, Hearst and E.W. Scripps Co. each plan to submit bids this month to buy Cox Enterprises' 14 TV stations, according to CNBC.
The privately held radio and TV group has set January 30 as the
deadline for final offers for the stations, which include KIRO-TV Seattle and properties in Atlanta and Boston. Inside Radio
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1/14/19 - 1950s CJOR and CKWX Vancouver broadcaster Bob Gillies
died from cancer December 15 at age 84 in Atlanta. Following his
work in Vancouver, he was prominent at CKGM and CFCF radio and TV
Montreal in the late 1950s and '60s before moving to the U.S., where
he enjoyed a successful career as a writer and singer of commercial
jingles for radio and television, and wrote and performed songs for
motion pictures in Los Angeles. He was an actor and comedy writer
for many Hollywood television shows, most notably for Rowan and Martin's
Laugh-In in the late 1960s. Obituary
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1/13/19 - Employees and listeners were caught by surprise by the cancellation Thursday of The Ron & Don Show after nearly 13 years on drive time at KIRO-FM 97.3 Seattle. The staff was notified 11 minutes after the show ended that day at 7 p.m. Erik Lacitis, Seattle Times
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1/13/19 - The FCC has granted a CP for a power increase to Capstar TX, LLC for KJAQ-FM 96.5 Seattle. ERP will increase from 52 to 70 kW non-directional at existing transmitter location and HAAT. KJAQ Application FCC Data
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1/11/19 - KIRO-FM 97.3 Seattle has dropped the Ron & Don Show and is adding a new program hosted by Candy Harper, Mike Lewis and Todd Herman
3-7 p.m. starting Monday, January 14. Candy Harper most recently
served as Ron & Don’s producer, Mike Lewis has served as a reporter
and fill-in host and Todd Herman moves over from afternoons at co-owned 770 The Truth KTTH AM. Meanwhile at KTTH, morning host Jason Rantz will move to afternoons and local Conservative activist Saul Spady, will take over mornings. KIRO Release 1 KIRO Release #2 KTTH Release
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1/11/19 - New owner Stingray flipped Classic Hits CHLG-FM 104.3 Vancouver after Christmas to 104.3 The Breeze playing Vancouver’s Relaxing Favourites. On-air staff remain unchanged.
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1/11/19 - CBC British Columbia has appointed Tanya Fletcher as its new Provincial Affairs reporter. She has been with CBC since 2016.
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1/11/19 - Liza Yuzda leaves CKNW AM 980 Vancouver to launch a B.C. Legislative bureau in Victoria for News 1130 CKWX AM Vancouver. Yuzda has been with 'NW since April 2010. Meanwhile, morning co-anchor Amelia John has left News 1130 for Australia. As reported below, Amanda Wawryk moves to her position. |
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1/10/19 - (Updated 01/12) The CRTC has approved an application by ZoomerMedia Limited to change the authorized contours of CHNU-DT
Fraser Valley by relocating the transmitter site to Mount Seymour,
changing the channel from 47 to 24, increasing maximum ERP from 13,500
to 35,000 watts and increasing HAAT from 346.3 to 625.6 meters.
The licensee indicated that since the current transmitter site at McKee
Peak is being decommissioned, CHNU-DT must relocate its transmission
facilities. The application would allow the station to transition from
channel 47 to 24 to comply with the Department of Industry’s
re-purposing initiative of the 600 MHz frequency band. CRTC Release
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1/10/19 - KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle PD Dave Richards oversaw the debut of Live Day back in 2016, and has seen it get bigger and better every year since.
Richards took some time out from already preparing for next November's
event to illustrate the mentality and preparation it takes to make Live Day unique and special. All Access Music Group
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1/10/19 - iHeartMedia Top 40 KISSFM KBKS-FM 106.1
Seattle is looking for a PD that can make a creative and defining
difference. Experience and success are important. All Access Music Group
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1/10/19 - A staffer at FOX affiliate Q13 KCPQ-TV
Seattle has been fired after the station aired what appears to be a
doctored video of President Donald Trump’s Tuesday night speech from the
Oval Office. Q13 news director Erica Hill wrote in an
emailed statement, “We’ve completed our investigation into this incident
and determined that the actions were the result of an individual editor
whose employment has been terminated.” Christine Clarridge and Ryan Blethen, Seattle Times
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1/09/19 - There are interruptions to the signal of Q13 KCPQ-TV
Seattle on translator K42CM-D Centralia/Chehalis as it changes its
antenna with weather delays. The FCC recently granted a
Displacement Application for an RF channel change from 42 to 17.
The transmitter site is on Crego Hill. FCC Data
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1/09/19 - The 18th annual KING-TV Seattle Home Team Harvest shattered records for the second year in a row, raising 6,795,753 meals for Northwest Harvest, the largest hunger relief agency in Washington state. KING 5 and Northwest Harvest worked with partners AT&T, Safeway and Albertsons, and WARM KRWM-FM106.9
throughout the months of November and December to collect
non-perishable food and cash donations. This year’s goal of 6
million was blown away thanks to generous donations from sponsors and
the community, making this the largest Home Team Harvest yet. KING 5 Release
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1/09/19 - Ria Renouf will shortly be joining News 1130 CKWX AM Vancouver as its new p.m. drive anchor alongside veteran Jim Bennie. She replaces Amanda Wawryk, who transitions to a.m. drive with John Ackermann. Renouf was an anchor/reporter at CKNW AM 980 from 2013-18 and most recently Communications Officer for the BC SPCA.
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1/09/19 - A Celebration of
Life for legendary Kamloops news reporter Angelo Iacobucci will be held
at 2:00 p.m. Saturday, February 2nd at the Coast Kamloops Hotel and
Convention Centre. The event will be hosted by former NL Radio CHNL AM 610
Kamloops Program Director Jim Reynolds. There will also be a
number of speakers and special guests. Iacobucci passed away
suddenly on December 14th at age 60. 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. Shane Woodford, Radio NL Tim Petruk, Kamloops This Week backgrounder
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1/09/19 - Brother and sister former Vancouver broadcasters Ruby Carr and Alex Carr have have now launched their new morning show at The Edge CFNY-FM 102.1 Toronto. Ruby was the lead host of the morning show at Z95.3 CKZZ-FM Vancouver for the past four years. Alex was midday host at CFOX-FM 99.3. Broadcast Dialogue
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1/09/19 - Sacred Heart Radio is now broadcasting on KLAY AM 1180/FM
107.3 Lakewood/Tacoma. The FCC granted Assignment of License from Clay
Huntington Legacy L.L.C. to Sacred Heart, along with noncommercial
educational status on January 3. Acquisition of KLAY by Sacred
Heart for $450,000 was announced in mid November. FCC Data Puget Sound Media
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1/08/19 - CHOF AM 600
Vancouver CP has changed calls to CKSP, the old Summerland BC 1450
calls, no longer standing for Summerland-Peachland, but now
Sher-E-Punjab. According to an application for an extension, CKSP
plans to be on the air this March.
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1/08/19 - Two Blaine AM station translators have recently signed on. KARI AM 550 on 95.7 and KVRI AM 1600
on 105.3. As expected, both put out fairly strong signals in the
Langley-Aldergrove area, basically knocking out KJR & KCMS. As
you get closer to Abbotsford, KJR & KCMS become audible
again. KRPI AM 1550 is the only AM station left in Whatcom County
without an FM translator.
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1/08/19 - Legendary sports
columnist Jim Taylor died Monday at his home in Shawnigan Lake, B.C. at
age 82. He covered sports for the Victoria Colonist for 10 years
beginning in 1955,
for the Vancouver Sun for 13 years, for the Province for 17 years and
as a nationally syndicated columnist for the Calgary Sun, before
retiring in 2001. During his distinguished career Taylor was a
sports commentator for CKWX and CBC Television Vancouver in 1980 and a
regular contributor on the Frosty Forst morning show on CKNW 20 years
later. He
was inducted into the B.C. Sports Hall of Fame in 2005, the CFL Hall of
Fame, received the Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Jack Webster Foundation for journalism in 2010 and a lifetime
achievement award from Sports Media Canada. Victoria Times Colonist David Carrigg, The Province
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1/05/19 - Former CBC Vancouver
Executive Producer Len Chapple died in Victoria January 2, a month
short of his 97th birthday. He began his long and distinguished
broadcasting career at CKMO Vancouver shortly before the outbreak of the
Second World War. His work as an Executive Producer with CBC and
other networks took him to the Olympic Games in Mexico City, Munich,
Montreal, and Calgary; the first World Masters Games in Toronto and the
Goodwill Games in Seattle. In 1978 he led CBC as host broadcaster
for the Commonwealth Games in Edmonton. Times Colonist Obituary
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1/04/19 - Following its move to All Christmas in mid November, AC Warm KRWM-FM 106.9 jumps into first place with an 8.8 share in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma December 2018 Portable People Meter 6+ ratings. News/Talk KUOW-FM 94.9 is second with a 6.0 share and Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 is third with 5.7. Radio Online
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1/01/19 - Former Vancouver
broadcaster Neil Arnold died from cardiac arrest at Vancouver General
Hospital on December 12th. Arnold, whose real name was Neil
Waldman, worked as a news anchor at CFUN, CJOR, CKWX and CKO-FM
Vancouver during the 1970s and '80s. He is reported to have been
about 74 years old.
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