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04/23/14 - Radio Insight has noted two domain registrations by Bill Wolfenbarger's Jodesha Broadcasting, with a hint of a new Seattle rimshot. While Jodesha's KLSY-FM 107.9 South Bend has a CP to move to 107.3 Cosmopolis, Wolfenbarger tells NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, "It should come as no surprise that we would do something else with 93.7 (sister station KANY-FM
Montesano) at some point...Jodesha Broadcasting, has every intention of
remaining in Southwest Washington with programming for the residents of
the area. We will retain all of the format choices we currently
offer in the Twin Harbors, and will even be adding another soon.
Stay tuned." Radio Insight
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04/22/14 - Three of Seattle's network TV stations, along with KUOW-FM 94.9 are well represented among winners of the 2014 Region 1 Edward R. Murrow Awards, presented by the RTDNA.
The awards recognize the best radio, television and online news
organizations around the world. This year, the organization
awarded 661 regional awards in 14 categories. Region 1 winners Meanwhile, CTV Vancouver and Global BC both won awards in Region 14 (international), with the Large Market Television Overall Excellence Award going to CTV Vancouver. Region 14 winners
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04/22/14 - A total of 25 employees with Global BC, including 23 in the graphics department and two in the sales department, are losing their jobs as part of a plan by Shaw Communications to lay off 400 people in a Canada-wide restructuring program. Unifor,
the union representing the workers, says all graphics functions in the
west are being transferred to Toronto. Parent company Shaw
Communications announced earlier this month that it plans to lay off
some 400 employees, or almost three per cent of its workforce, in a move
to consolidate operations. Brian Morton, Vancouver Sun
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04/21/14 - Former News1130
CKWX AM Vancouver traffic reporter Terry Avalos died this morning in
Vancouver after a struggle with cancer, at age 52. He was on air
at News1130 from 2006-08 and then was with AM730 Traffic CHMJ Vancouver for a short time.
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04/20/14 -
After nearly 70 years since he started in the radio business,
86-year-old Gordon Theedom hangs up his mike for the final time on
Monday. He is one of Canada’s oldest active radio hosts and
currently hosts a weekly program called Music from the Past on CHLY-FM 101.7
Nanaimo. Theedom will make his final broadcast at 11 a.m.
Monday. He began his radio career in May 1949 at the newly-opened
CHUB Nanaimo. Out of radio for many years, he returned in 2007 on
CHLY. He has more than 20,000 records from the Big Band Era in his
collection. Nicholas Pescod, Nanaimo News Bulletin YouTube video
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04/18/14 - Family Radio
station KARR AM 1460 Kirkland recently went dark. Family Radio
announced in mid February that KARR would shut down after the lease
could not be renewed on its transmitter site, which is in a residential
area scheduled for development. Meanwhile, Radio Disney KKDZ AM 1250 Seattle, which shared the facility for its night time signal, is operating on very low power after dark.
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04/18/14 - A
Memorial Service has been announced for CBC Radio Vancouver writer Peter
Haworth who died February 10 in North Vancouver at age 86. It is
scheduled for 1:30 p.m. May 8 at St. James' Anglican Church, 303 East Cordova Street, Vancouver (at Gore Avenue). The Church
does not have a private parking area. All parking is on the
street and is metered. For anyone who cannot negotiate stairs,
there will be a special entrance available. A tea will follow the
service at approximately 2:30 p.m. Sun/Province obituary
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04/18/14 - CTV Vancouver has announced that Norma Reid is the CTV News at 11:30 news anchor. Her role also includes CTV News at Five and CTV News at Six "breaking news" anchor. Reid has been with CTV Vancouver since 2010 and she has been a reporter for CTV Morning Live, along with CTV News at Six and CTV News at 11:30 weekend co-anchor before her current position. Michele Brunoro is the newest CTV News at Six and CTV News at 11:30 weekend news co-anchor with Scott Roberts. She has been with CTV Vancouver since 2006 and continues to be Fraser Valley Bureau Chief.
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04/17/14 - RadioWest has announced that the entire graphics department, along with some long-time management employees at Global BC have been terminated. Apparently graphics work will be accomplished out of Toronto in the future. RadioWest posting
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04/17/14 - After 27 years as the primary anchor at KOMO-TV
Seattle, Dan Lewis announced during an emotional speech in the newsroom
Wednesday, he is stepping down. He joined KOMO in 1987,
originally paired on the anchor desk with Jim Harriott and Kerry Brock. One year later, Kathi Goertzen
joined him. Lewis and Goertzen became one of the longest running
anchor teams in the country, delivering the evening news at KOMO for
nearly 25 years. Lewis leaves the building on May 28th, but will
return to KOMO from time to time for special projects. KOMO News/video Jennifer Sullivan, Seattle Times
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04/16/14 - The
FCC has granted a construction permit to Radio Pacific Inc. for a new
full service FM station at Sequim. It will operate with 3 kW at
104.9 MHz directional at -73 meters HAAT at 48° 03' 52.00" 123° 06' 52.00". Radio Pacific Inc. is the licensee of KONP AM 1450 Port Angeles. FCC data
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04/15/14 - KJR AM 950 Seattle has announced a new soccer fan show, Seattle Soccer Talk during the Seattle Sounders FC season. The show debuts at 7 p.m. today from The Market Arms pub in Ballard and is hosted by longtime Seattle radio personality and author Mike Gastineau. The show
will focus primarily on the Seattle Sounders FC, but will also cover the
World Cup and other stories of interest to local soccer fans. RBR.com
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04/15/14 - Vancouver market CKNW AM 980 general assignment reporter and occasional anchor Martin MacMahon has announced on his Twitter page that he is moving to News1130 CKWX AM
as a reporter effective at the end of the month. He's been with
'NW since April 2012 and also is a Vancouver Whitecaps beat reporter/web
editor for Goal.com and a soccer contributor for Rogers Sportsnet, but says he is shifting his focus away from soccer.
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04/12/14 - Only five unionized employees and four managers will lose their jobs at CBC in British Columbia, out of 657 job cuts across Canada, which were
announced Thursday. No local shows will be cut in B.C. and no
stations will be closed. The five unionized job cuts are expected
to be in live music recording. There are 171 full-time employees
excluding managers at CBC in British Columbia, 137 of whom work in
Vancouver along with about 60 to 100 part-time contract employees at any
one time. John Mackie, Vancouver Sun
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04/11/14 - Former CBC Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver award-winning journalist and producer Heather Matheson-Leyland died April 6, two days prior to her 65th birthday. She worked in the CBC-TV Vancouver newsroom, with Pacific Report and as TV producer with The Best Years in the late 1980s and early 1990s. She had previously been a producer with The Journal at
CBC Toronto. A service will be held at 1:30 p.m. April 12 at the
West Vancouver Baptist Church, 450 Mathers Avenue, West Vancouver.
Sun/Province obituary
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04/09/14 - A
family burial service, with a celebration of life to be held in the
summer, has been announced for former Vancouver and Victoria radio
broadcaster and TV game show host John Barton, who died April 5 in
Victoria at age 82. Victoria Times Colonist obituary
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04/08/14 - An application for a conditional use permit is still under consideration by the Whatcom County planning department for new KRPI AM 1550
radio towers to be located on an undeveloped lot on McKenzie Way in
Point Roberts, about 330 metres from the Canadian border south of Tsawwassen. Opponents
claim the towers are so close they could cause blanket interference
that could affect radios, TVs, phones and baby monitors of up to 20,000
Tsawwassen residents. Delta-Richmond East Member of Parliament Kerry-Lynne Findlay says she has also met with the project's proponents, opponents, and informed Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird of the community's concerns. Adrian MacNair, South Delta Leader Sandor Gyarmati, Delta Optimist Whatcom County info
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04/08/14 - Newcap Inc. has applied to the CRTC to relocate the transmitter of Vancouver market CISL AM 650 to a site previously used by CKBD
AM 600 before its flip to FM. The reasons given are land
instability and expiration of the lease in August 2014, which cannot be
renewed. The application states that, if not approved, CISL would
be forced off the air for at least a couple of years while a different
new site solution is found. The proposed new site is about 4 km northeast of the current location
in southeast Richmond. The application also calls for a power
change from 10,000 day/9,000 night to 20,000 day/4,000 watts night
directional. CRTC info
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04/07/14 -
Former CBC Vancouver music librarian Ellen Enomoto passed away in
Vancouver March 29 at age 92. She retired from the CBC music
library
in 1987. A celebration of life will be held 4:00 p.m. Sunday,
June 8 at Tonari Gumi (Japanese Community Volunteers Association), 42
West 8th Avenue, Vancouver. Sun/Province obituary
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04/06/14 -
Former Vancouver and Victoria radio broadcaster and TV game show host
John Barton has died in Victoria at age 82. He started his career
while in high school at CKRD Red Deer AB in 1949. He was morning
host at CKWX Vancouver in the mid 1960s and program manager at CJOR
Vancouver in the early '70s before moving to Victoria to host mornings
at CJVI and the talk show Barton & Company
on CHEK-TV during the 1970s. He was also Creative Director at
Copeland Communications in Victoria from 1982-92. Barton retired
from broadcasting and settled in Qualicum Beach in 1992 where he was a
book illustrator and drawing teacher at Malaspina College in nearby
Parksville and The Old School House in Qualicum.
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04/06/14 - RTDNA Canada,
The Association of Electronic Journalists, has announced this year's BC
Region Award recipients.
The awards, announced Saturday night at the RTDNA BC Region Awards
banquet at the Executive Suites Hotel and Conference Centre in Burnaby,
honor the best programs, stations and news gathering organizations in
radio, television and digital. List of winners CTV release CBC release
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04/05/14 - A celebration of life has been announced for Sev Morin
who died March 28 in Vancouver at age 86. It is scheduled for
10:30 a.m. at the café at Willingdon Church, 4812 Willingdon Avenue,
Burnaby. Morin was a member of The Capilano Communications Group,
which includes prominent local broadcasters Red Robinson, Jim Morrison,
Cam Cathcart, Don Fisher and Bill Mackie and he was a close friend of
broadcaster Jack Cullen. He received the Local Hero Award from the
City of Burnaby in 2002 and the Queen’s Jubilee Medal in 2003. Mario Bartel, Burnaby NewsLeader Sun/Province obituary
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04/04/14 - Steve Parsons has been named Operations Manager for Newcap Radio Toronto. He has most recently been
Group Brand Director of the Bell/Astral divested stations in Vancouver
and Toronto. Earlier in his career he was Music Director and on
air host at Vancouver market Classic Rock CFMI-FM 101.1 from 1996-2000.
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04/02/14 - Richard Newman, who suffered second and third degree burns in the March 18 crash of the KOMO-TV helicopter, underwent
a second surgery Monday, where doctors added skin grafts to his torso
and arms. He continues to recover slowly, but will remain
hospitalized for an indeterminate amount of time. Kevin Eck, TVSpy Molly Shen, KOMO News
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04/02/14 - KING-TV Seattle has won a George Foster Peabody Award for its investigation of a leaking nuclear-waste storage tank in Washington,
exposing “mismanagement, deception and waste of tax dollars.” The report
resulted in a U.S. Department of Energy review of the Hanford nuclear
reservation and several resignations at the company that manages the
site. Merrill Knox, TVSpy
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04/02/14 - The CRTC has approved an application by Hornby Community Radio Society
to upgrade CHFR-FM, its very low-power, English-language developmental
community station, to a low-power community radio station at Hornby
Island. It would operate at 96.5 MHz with an effective radiated
power of 50 watts non-directional at 62.4 meters HAAT at 49° 32' 05.00" -124° 40' 09.00". CRTC release
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04/02/14 - The FCC has granted a construction permit to NTD Public TV Seattle for a new low power
FM station in Bellevue. It is authorized to operate at 101.9 MHz
with an ERP of 100 watts non-directional at 14 meters HAAT at 47° 36' 13.70" 122° 07' 51.50". FCC data
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