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08/23/17 - The new Sportsnet 650 Vancouver has now released its full lineup. Former TSN 1040 producer Satiar Shah will host a late-morning program called The Playbook with co-host Jawn Jang. From noon to 1 p.m., Shah will host Canucks Central at noon, which will feature rotating contributors. From 1 to 4 p.m., former CTV Vancouver sports anchor Perry Solkowski will host On Point along with Hockey Night in Punjabi’s Randip Janda. The morning drive show, now called Sportsnet’s Starting Lineup with James Cybulski, Mira Laurence and Steve Darling and afternoon drive called The Program with Scott Rintoul and Andrew Walker were previously announced. Station launch will be September 4, with as yet unannounced special programming the previous week. Patrick Johnston, The Province
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08/23/17 - Former CKLG Vancouver Boss Jock Roy Hennessy was
determined to know more about his origin, which led to the mother he'd
never known and the brother he didn't know he had. That brother
ultimately saved the life of Roy's son with a kidney replacement.
Hennessy was on air at CKLG during the 1960s and '70s before moving into
other Canadian markets and management in Toronto. Daphne Bramham, Vancouver Sun
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08/22/17 -
Political scientist Norman Ruff, well-respected for his encyclopedic
knowledge of British Columbian political history, died Saturday evening
from esophageal cancer at a hospice facility in Victoria. He was
78. Ruff joined the University of Victoria's department of
political science as professor in July 1969 after obtaining a PhD from
McGill, retiring in 2005. He also took on the role of political
commentator, for a time hosting a weekly radio show In the Ruff on CKNW AM 980 Vancouver. CBC News Katie DeRosa, Times Colonist
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08/22/17 - CISL AM 650 has now posted on its Facebook Page,
"Thank you for sharing CISL 650’s Smooth & Easy music over the
years. We have very much appreciated your loyalty. As of
August 27th, CISL 650 will be owned by Roger's (sic) Media. Please
email any questions or comments to vanprogramming@newcap.ca" As has been known for some time, the station will become Sportsnet 650
with an all-sports format. CISL originally signed on at 940 kHz
on May 1, 1980, licensed to the Vancouver suburb of Richmond. The
CRTC approved a frequency change to 650 kHz in 1985. Karin Larsen, CBC News backgrounder
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08/22/17 - The FCC has granted a change in licensed facilities to OTA Broadcasting (Sea), LLC for KVOS-TV
Bellingham. Transmit channel will change from 35 to 14, ERP will
decrease from 580 to 362 kW and HAAT will remain at 799 meters. FCC data
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08/18/17 - KIRO Radio KIRO FM 97.3 Seattle host Jason Rantz has announced that he is moving to host weekday mornings on sister station KTTH AM 770 effective September 5. Currently co-host of the Jason and Burns Show, he's been with KIRO Radio since January 2014. MyNorthwest release
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08/18/17 - CKNW AM 980 Vancouver producer Cam Mitchell has confirmed he has headed to the same position at the new Sportsnet 650. He's a graduate of the Journalism Program at BCIT and began his career at TEAM/TSN 1040 CKST AM, where he spent six years as a producer, anchor and reporter. He has been a traffic reporter and producer at Corus Media since February 2016. |
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08/17/17 - With the early September launch of Sportsnet 650 Vancouver, TSN 1040 CKST AM
has now officially announced some lineup changes effective September
1. Most of the changes are time shifts, but current weekend Kuntenblog Radio hosts Mike Halford and Jason Brough move to 9 a.m.-noon weekdays. Barry B-Mac Macdonald is missing from the lineup at present but an upcoming announcement is expected August 21. All Access Music Group Patrick Johnston, The Province
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08/17/17 - Global News
listened to three different Canadian country-music radio stations for
12 hours and tallied the number of songs by male artists, female artists
and mixed groups. The stations are based in Woodstock and Oshawa,
Ontario and JRfm CJJR-FM 93.7 Vancouver. JRfm played 151 male songs, 11 mixed-gender group songs and only 14 female songs. The ratio
was similar in all three markets. Industry insiders and country
music radio workers, for the most part, agree that it’s a phenomenon
dictated by consumer demand. Canada is only slightly better than
the US when it comes to embracing female talent. Chris Jancelewicz, Global News
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08/16/17 - Radio Ink is conducting a poll for The 20 Greatest AOR Rock Stations of All Time. KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle is currently listed at #9 and there is a write-in space for "other". Voting takes place here.
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08/15/17 - Dan O’Connor has been named the new Director of Media Relations and TSN 1040/1410 play-by-play broadcaster for the Western Hockey League Vancouver Giants, replacing Brendan Batchelor, who moves to the new Sportsnet 650. He has been the Western Hockey League Prince George Cougars play-by-play broadcaster and Media Relations Manager since 2011. Vancouver Giants release
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08/15/17 - Veteran Calgary broadcaster and former CKLG Vancouver personality Don Stevens has announced his retirement from radio. He was a host at LG73 from 1970-83 before holding significant positions in Calgary and Toronto. Stevens has hosted mornings at XL 103 CFXL-FM 103.1
Calgary since 2010 and was PD from 2010-12. His final show with
also-retiring co-host Joanne Johnson will be December 8th. XL 103 release
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08/14/17 - Bicoastal Longview has added an FM Translator for KEDO AM 1400 at 99.1 MHz. K256CQ is authorized by the FCC to operate with 250 watts directional at 193 meters HAAT at 46° 10' 59.00" N 122° 57' 29.00" W. FCC data
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08/14/17 - CTV Vancouver weather anchor Sonia Beeksma has been named the new traffic specialist on the Morning Live team. She has been handling various weather duties since moving to CTV from Global BC last November. CTV announcement
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08/14/17 - Sportsnet 650 Vancouver has announced Brendan Batchelor and Corey Hirsch as the new Canucks
play-by-play team. The new all-sports station will launch early
next month and is the new radio home of the Canucks. Batchelor has
handled play-by-play for the Vancouver Giants Hockey Club for the last four years and Hirsch is a former Canucks goaltender. BT announcement/video Scott Brown, The Province Rob Williams, Daily Hive
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08/13/17 - James
Syroishko, retired CBC Vancouver Personnel Manager and subsequently
Human Resources Manager Western Division based in Vancouver, passed away
on July 26, 2017 in West Vancouver. He was 86. He started
with CBC Toronto, later moving to Ottawa and then Vancouver, where he
retired from the Corporation at age 56. A memorial gathering will
be held by family in Vancouver on a date to be announced. Sun/Province obituary
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08/12/17 - Following the announcement by Red Robinson that Pat O'Day would appear on his final Red Rock Diner radio show, Red has announced another special guest. Entertainment industry legend Bruce Allen will also be on the show, scheduled for 12 noon August 27 on CISL AM 650
Vancouver. Allen has managed such notable performers as
Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Bryan Adams, Martina McBride, Anne Murray,
Michael Bublé, Jann Arden and Emmy award-winning arranger/producer Dave
Pierce. Red Robinson website/audio
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08/12/17 - The Ron and Don Show on KIRO-FM 97.3 Seattle is once again partnering with the Seattle Police Department and Seattle Police Foundation in the 2017 Beds for Kids campaign,
which aims to provide 600 children in need with their own beds (and
teddy bears). This year, the beds will be distributed on September
30th. All Access Music Group
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08/10/17 - Neil Morrison has announced he is returning to Pulse CISF-FM 107.7
Surrey, just months after leaving the station. He will be filling
in on the morning show next week and then take over the evening time
slot. He hosted at CFOX-FM 99.3 Vancouver for a decade before going to Pulse in 2016, where he worked until this past May. Twitter announcement
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08/10/17 - From Broadcast Dialogue: Mark Burley has been appointed to the pre-launch consulting team for CKUR-FM 106.3 Vancouver, joining Tewanee Joseph, Brian Schecter and Gary Milne.
For the past 12 years, Burley provided leadership for 22 stations and
six clusters in the BC Interior as group program director for Bell Media Kelowna. Northern Native Broadcasting-Terrace
is continuing planning and development for CKUR Vancouver with talks
underway on the location of on-reserve studio facilities in the Lower
Mainland. The station is expected to launch in 2018.
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08/10/17 - The FCC has granted a change to a licensed facility to King Broadcasting Company for KING-TV
Seattle. Transmit channel will change from 48 to 25, ERP will
decrease from 960 to 608 kW and HAAT will remain at 239 meters. FCC data
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08/10/17 - Two iconic Northwest broadcasting legends get together for the final Red Rock Diner on CISL AM 650 Vancouver. Seattle's Pat O'Day joins Red Robinson
on Red's final show from 2-4 p.m. August 27. Red has been
spinning the hits on Vancouver radio since 1954 and Pat is recognized as
Seattle's highest-profile DJ of the 1960s and the region's dominant
dance promoter. Smooth & Easy CISL will end its run as an oldies station and emerge as Sportsnet 650 on September 4. Red Robinson website/audio
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08/10/17 - Former
KVI and KOMO Seattle personality Dick Cross passed away July 20 at age
89. He moved from Eugene, OR to start at KVI in 1972. A
graveside ceremony will be held at 2:00 p.m. September 22 at Tahoma
National Cemetery, 18600 SE 240th St. in Kent, with a celebration life
for friends and family to be held from 2-4 p.m. September 23 at
Meydenbauer Yacht Club, 9927 Meydenbauer Way SE in Bellevue. Seattle Times obituary
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08/10/17- Cascade Radio Group General Manager Don Kurtis said the recent change in format for K-BAY KBAI AM 930
Bellingham to classic hits is the result of a national decline of
progressive talk radio syndicates. He says KBAI was 95 percent
syndicated content, as only the hour-long Joe Show with host Joe Teehan was locally produced. Teehan is now a news anchor for KGMI AM 790. Asia Fields, Bellingham Herald
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08/09/17 - Opposition to the $3.9 billion acquisition of Tribune Media by Sinclair Broadcast Group
continues to be voiced. In FCC filings, critics say the deal will
give the company unprecedented power to politicize local TV news, raise
pay TV and ad rates, slow the growth of wireless broadband, and
determine what new broadcast technologies can succeed. A filing by
the American Television Alliance
says giving Sinclair a pass on local ownership limits in places like
Seattle, St. Louis and Oklahoma City would all but guarantee more
blackouts and higher prices for consumers in those markets.
Sinclair has said that it will divest stations if needed to comply with
FCC laws, but the Commission may relax its ownership caps. David Lieberman, Deadline Hollywood
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08/09/17 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive July PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group |
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08/09/17 - The FCC has granted a modification of construction permit to Radio Vida N Life Inc. for KOYS-LP 94.1 Bellingham. ERP will be 50 watts non-directional at 2.9 meters HAAT at 48° 45' 9.00" 122° 28' 37.00". FCC data
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08/09/17 - Seattle Seahawks radio coverage for the 2017 season will include longtime NFL commentator and former ESPN personality John Clayton, who will serve as a sideline reporter for KIRO AM 710, KIRO-FM 97.3 and the team's radio network. He is a host at 710 ESPN
Seattle and was one of the more high-profile talents caught in ESPN's
mass layoffs earlier this season. Additionally, Hall of Fame
quarterback Warren Moon returns to serve as radio analyst, which he had done for 13 seasons prior to the 2015 season. Steve Raible is back for his 36th season calling play-by-play. All Access Music Group 710 ESPN release
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08/08/17 - CHR KQMV-FM 92.5 continues in first place in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma July 2017 PPM with a 6.2 share. AC KRWM-FM 106.9 jumps up to second with 6.1. NPR KUOW-FM 94.9 is third with 5.7. Radio Online |
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08/05/17 - Seattle Sounders FC have announced that it has reached an agreement with Entercom Seattle to air two late-season matches on The End KNDD-FM 107.7. The club's Western Conference clash vs. the LA Galaxy on September 10 is set to air on The End, followed by Seattle's regular-season finale against the Colorado Rapids on October 22. The agreement allows Sounders FC to avoid scheduling conflicts with the Seattle Seahawks and Seattle Mariners on Bonneville Seattle Media Group, Sounders FC's official radio partner. Sounders release
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08/05/17 - Award-winning KIRO Radio / MyNorthwest.com Seattle multi-platform journalist, radio anchor and host Josh Kerns has announced, "After
10 years (at) KIRO Radio News 97.3 FM in a variety of roles, I am proud
to formally announce I have departed to pursue new, diverse
opportunities. As the principal of my new consultancy Cypress Point Strategic,
I am thrilled to be working with a number of friends and organizations I
have had the pleasure of covering or representing over the last
decade. I am grateful to all of my colleagues and friends at
Bonneville Seattle and look forward to continuing my work with
non-profits, brands and individuals I am passionate about
serving." Facebook page
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08/04/17 - Global BC has hired Kasia Bodurka
as its new weekend weather specialist effective immediately. She
comes from Ontario where she worked for Rogers TV as a live talk show
host covering news, community events and entertainment, before joining
the Weather Network as a national weather specialist. Global release
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08/03/17 - Bloomberg reports that FOX may look to remove its affiliation from 14 stations owned by Tribune Media, which Sinclair Broadcast Group is in the process of acquiring. Tribune-owned FOX affiliates include Seattle market Q13 KCPQ-TV. Chris Ariens, TVSpy
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08/03/17 - 1960's
KING-TV Seattle cartooning weatherman Bob Cram died Saturday morning in
Seattle at age 91. He was a World War II veteran, a commercial
artist and a skilled skier who was well known within the Washington ski
community. He anchored weather at KING5 from 1963-72. KING5 news/video
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08/03/17 - Airchecker reports Matty B (Matt McIntyre) is out as p.m. drive host at Z95.3 CKZZ-FM Vancouver. He's been hosting at the station since 2012 with previous stops in Saskatoon and Edmonton. Sutto (Matt Sutton) is currently listed as p.m. drive host on Z95.3's website.
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08/03/17 - Veteran Vancouver journalist and Roundhouse Radio CIRH-FM 98.3 Vancouver host Kirk LaPointe has announced on his Facebook page, "I've been offered a larger role with Business in Vancouver and its parent firm, Glacier Media,
and decided to leave my evening Roundhouse Radio program after nearly
two years. I
will continue to co-host the BIV program on Roundhouse, but it will
mean one hour and not three hours each day on the station. My
final evening show will be August 25." He has been with Roundhouse
Radio since 2015, first as morning host then evenings.
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08/02/17 - The FCC has granted a change to a licensed facility to Trinity Broadcasting of Washington for KTBW-TV
Tacoma. Transmit channel will change from 14 to 21, ERP will
increase from 90 to 107 kW and HAAT will remain at 473 meters. FCC data
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08/02/17 - The FCC has granted assignment of license for KZIZ AM 1560 Pacific from XL Media Inc. to Akal Broadcasting Corporation. FCC data
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08/01/17 - Roundhouse Radio CIRH-FM 98.3 Vancouver broadcaster Kerry Marshall
has confirmed that he is no longer with the station. He has been
News and Content Director since June 2015. Marshall is a veteran
Vancouver news voice, most notably at CKLG/CKLG-FM/CFOX-FM Vancouver
from 1974-2002.
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08/01/17 - Two CBC Vancouver journalists will be among four who will share anchor duties as the network revamps The National to offer an expanded digital focus along with more insight and analysis on the day's news. Andrew Chang, current host of the CBC Vancouver News at 6, for which he was named best local news anchor at the 2016 Canadian Screen Awards. Ian Hanomansing currently hosts CBC News Network and has been a longtime guest host for The National. The two will join senior correspondent Adrienne Arsenault and Power & Politics host Rosemary Barton.
Arsenault and Hanomansing will host from Toronto, Barton will be in
Ottawa and Chang will continue to be based in Vancouver. The
launch is scheduled for November 6 and will still be an hour long and
air at 10 p.m. CBC News
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08/01/17 - K-BAY KBAI AM 930 (98.9 FM translator) Bellingham has flipped from Liberal Talk to Classic Hits with the slogan, Re-Live Your Favorites Every Day! Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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