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06/27/17 - Seattle market HOT 103.7 KHTP-FM has named Seattle radio veteran Eric Powers as PD/afternoons and Anthony Ray, aka rap artist Sir Mix-a-Lot, as morning-drive host effective July 5th. With the lineup additions, APD Tanch moves to middays and Suga Rae remains in nights. Powers was a long time PD at KUBE-FM. All Access Music Group
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06/24/17 - Sinclair Broadcast Group
is exercising its option to purchase KOMO-FM 97.7 Oakville and K249DX
97.7 Redmond from South Sound Broadcasting for $6.75 million.
Sinclair and predecessor Fisher Broadcasting have operated KOMO-FM since
May 2009 via LMA as a simulcast of KOMO AM 1000 Seattle. Lance Venta, Radio Insight
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06/23/17 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Dan DuGas has retired from his position as Senior Account Manager at the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group
cluster in Prince George. Dugas started his broadcasting career
in 1974 as an operator for the all night show at CKLG AM 730 Vancouver
and announced for CKWX AM 1130 back when it was Super Country. He joined The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group in Prince George in 1993 where he’s also been hosting weekend evenings on The Drive CKDV-FM 99.3.
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06/23/17 - 36-year veteran TV reporter John Daly returns to the airwaves as part of a new look to CKNW AM 980 Vancouver's weekend lineup. He will host Back on the Beat,
a new talk show airing at 11 a.m. Saturdays. It's full circle for
Daly, as he was a news anchor at CKNW in the 1970s before reporting
news for BCTV/Global Vancouver from 1980 until retirement last year. Other weekend changes at 'NW include acclaimed talk radio host Roy Green, who will anchor weekend programming with the The Roy Green Show
airing Saturdays from Noon - 2 p.m, and Sundays from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m. The station is also making other weekend tweaks, with the new
schedule beginning July 8th. CKNW release
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06/22/17 - The FCC has granted a minor modification to a construction permit to Hollow Earth Radio for KHUH-LP 104.9 Seattle. Frequency will change from 100.3 MHz and ERP will be 16 watts non-directional at 74 meters HAAT at 47° 36' 48.00" 122° 18' 14.00". FCC data
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06/22/17 - A number of sources state that Satiar Shah, the producer for the TSN 1040 CKST AM Vancouver Bro Jake Show, has left the station and is heading to the soon-to-launch Sportsnet 650 CISL AM Vancouver. It's not confirmed if he is getting a host spot or will have a similar type role he had at 1040. Steve Ewen, The Province
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06/21/17 - The FCC has granted a minor change in licensed facilities to Universal Media Access for KKDZ AM 1250 Seattle. Nighttime transmitter location will change from 47° 40' 23.00" 122° 10' 8.00" with 5 kW directional to 47° 35' 29.00" 122° 10' 56.00" with 3.6 kW directional. Daytime power is unchanged at 5 kW non-directional at 47° 33' 49.00" 122° 21' 35.00". FCC data
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06/19/17 - Meteorologist Michael Kuss will be co-hosting mornings on JACK CJAX-FM 96.9
Vancouver with Paul Brown beginning June 26th. Kuss announced two
weeks ago that he was leaving his weather anchor position with Global Vancouver. Brown is a former long-time morning host at The Bear CFBR-FM 100.3
Edmonton, but departed at the end of last year to relocate to
California to pursue another career. Additionally, it's now
official that former JACK host Kenny Jones will host p.m. drive. Rogers Media release
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06/17/17 - An ownership restructuring is taking place at South Asian station operator XL Media as Radio Punjab KZIZ AM 1560 Pacific and three California stations are being transferred to Akal Broadcasting for no consideration. Radio Insight FCC data
There is a Construction Permit to increase power of KZIZ from 5/.9 to
10/2.5 kW and decrease critical hours power from 3.3 to 2.5 kW. FCC data
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06/16/17 - Inside Radio spoke with Steve “The Thrill” Hill to discuss the syndicated launch of the KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle show The Men's Room. The show has been a ratings powerhouse for KISW. The success of the program, comprised of Miles Montgomery, Steve “The Thrill” Hill and Thee Ted Smith, along with producers Robin Foxx and Mike Hawk, led to a syndication partnership with Westwood One which launched it on eight stations June 5. Inside Radio Q & A
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06/15/17 - JACK CJAX-FM 96.9 Vancouver has announced a new morning show with details to be revealed next Monday, June 19th. JACK release
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06/14/17 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive May PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group |
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06/14/17 - Tara Jean Stevens has been announced as the new co-host of Breakfast Television on City Vancouver beginning June 19. She was most recently morning co-host at JACK CJAX-FM 96.9 Vancouver and is a two-time recipient of the BCAB Broadcast Performer of the Year award. Rogers Media release
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06/14/17 - The
CRTC has approved an application by Northern Native Broadcasting
(Terrace, B.C.) for a new station to serve the Vancouver market.
It will operate at 106.3 MHz with a maximum ERP of 9,000 watts
at 605.4 meters HAAT. The station will broadcast popular
music and devote at least 2 hours and 30 minutes of spoken word
programming to Indigenous-language programming each week. It is
one of five new licenses to serve urban Indigenous communities in
Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Ottawa and Toronto after the Commission
revoked the licenses for Native radio stations held by Aboriginal Voices
Radio Inc. in 2015. CRTC decision
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06/13/17 - CHR KQMV-FM 92.5 continues in first place in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma May 2017 PPM with a 7.4 share. NPR KUOW-FM 94.9 is second with 6.0. Classic Hits KJR-FM 95.7 moves back into third with 5.9. Radio Online |
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06/13/17 - Award-winning Global Calgary morning news anchor and former Vancouver/Victoria broadcaster Scott Fee
has been named the new co-anchor of Global Calgary's News Hour at
6. Before moving to Calgary in 2011, he was a reporter/anchor at CHEK-TV Victoria and previously was a part-time anchor at News 1130 CKWX Vancouver in 2005. Meanwhile, weekend morning anchor Kris Laudien, another former Vancouver reporter/anchor at News 1130 and CKNW AM 980, slots into the weekday morning position. Global Calgary release
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06/12/17 - After David Cruise left Z95.3 CKZZ-FM Vancouver last week, the morning show has morphed into Z Mornings with Ruby & Leslie (along with Producer Joey). Cruise joined
Z95.3 in March 2014 from Ottawa and is headed back. He reportedly
will re-emerge on an Ottawa station in the near future.
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06/12/17 - Hastings track announcer Dan Jukich admires the job he has. He began calling standardbred races at Cloverdale’s Fraser Downs (now Elements) in 1979, and added thoroughbreds at Hastings Park in 1990. He also hosted racing results on News 1130 CKWX AM Vancouver in the early 2000s. Jukich was inducted into the B.C. Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2015. Gordon McIntyre, Vancouver Sun
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06/10/17 - Over a
hundred family members, close friends and radio colleagues gathered at
the Italian Cultural Centre in Vancouver Saturday to celebrate the life
of veteran air personality and musicologist "Big Daddy" Dave McCormick
who passed away March 29th at age 80. His radio career began on
his 14th birthday at CHML Hamilton ON. Except for a few years
during the 1960s, when he worked in California and at KOL Seattle,
McCormick's on-air work was in Vancouver from 1957 CFUN until his
retirement from CISL in 2010. He was particularly noted for his Discumentary and Countrymentary radio series on CFMI-FM and CJJR-FM respectively and received numerous awards during his career. Obituary Guest Book Red Robinson tribute
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06/10/17 - Global BC meteorologist Michael Kuss has announced on his Twitter page that he is leaving the station. He hasn't yet revealed where, but stated,
"I'd love to say where I'm going but I signed a non disclosure
agreement. I can say I won't have to suit up like the last 24
yrs.," indicating it could be a radio position. Kuss handled forecasts for CTV Vancouver from 2010-15 before joining Global in December 2015.
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06/09/17 - Former ABC News correspondent and KIRO-TV Seattle reporter Neal Karlinsky has found a new position as Senior Manager and Content Creator at Amazon. He was most recently an ABC News correspondent for seven years after reporting for KIRO from 1994-2000. Chris Ariens, TVSpy
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06/08/17 - Following the earlier announcement that Tyler and Lynch (Tyler Middleton and Chris Lynch) have been acquired to host mornings by The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver, the full roster has been released. The new lineup features Jason Manning in middays, James Sutton and Casey-Jo Loos in afternoon drive and Clinton Herman hosting evenings.
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06/08/17 - Craig MacEwen has now been named PD at Sportsnet 650 CISL Vancouver, set to launch this fall. He was the former Pacific bureau chief for Rogers Sportsnet television and TV play-by-play man for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC until he was let go in August 2014. MacEwen has most recently been Director of Marketing and Communications for Volleyball BC.
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06/08/17 - David Bray of Bray and Partners Communications breaks down the most recent Numeris PPM ratings for Vancouver and the other four Canadian PPM markets. David Bray data |
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06/07/17 - Numeris Vancouver market PPM ratings have been released for the period February 27 - May 28, 2017. CBC Radio One CBU-FM 88.1/AM 690 continues its lead with a 14.2 share. QM/FM CHQM-FM 103.5 is in second place with 10.7. News/Talk CKNW AM 980 is third with 10.2. Numeris ratings |
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06/07/17 - There's another morning show change in the Vancouver market as a.m. drive host David Cruise is reported out at Z95.3 CKZZ-FM. He joined Z95.3 in March 2014 from Ottawa and is apparently heading back to be with family in that city. Ruby Carr, the other half of the Ruby & Cruise morning show is retained. Meanwhile, Pulse CISF-FM 107.7 Surrey afternoon driver Neil Morrison has been delisted from the station's website and Dave Sheldon becomes PD and morning show host. Airchecker news
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06/06/17 - (Updated) Radio West
reports that fomer CKVN/CFUN Vancouver news announcer Clint Nickerson
died from lung cancer June 3rd in Victoria at age 65. He moved to
Toronto, where he anchored news at CFTR and was the main news producer
at City Pulse
on Citytv. He subsequently moved back to the west coast as
Director of News and Information Programming at CIVI-TV Victoria in the
early 2000s. A Celebration of Life is planned for 3-5 p.m.
Thursday, June 22, 2017 at the Victoria Golf Club. Radio West posting Mike Devlin, Times Colonist CARE Funeral Services obituary
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06/06/17 - News 1130 CKWX AM Vancouver has announced Chris Wahl
as the newest member of the station's Sports Department. He will
be working the evening/weekend anchor shift. Wahl's experience
includes the last three years with the Kootenay Ice Hockey Club of the
WHL, producing and performing game broadcasts. He also has
play-by-play experience with the Trail Smoke Eaters of the BCHL.
He replaces Jas Kang and will be starting his regular shift June 14.
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06/06/17 - The FCC has granted Voluntary Assignment of License from Josh Broadcasting, LLC to Educational Media Foundation
for KNBQ-FM 98.5 Central Park. Application to convert the station
from commercial to noncommercial educational status is also granted. FCC release
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06/05/17 - Rogers Media is expanding its Toronto newscast CityNews
to Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg and Montreal. Local
versions of the newscast will start airing in Edmonton and Winnipeg on
September 4th. The newscasts head to City Vancouver,
along with Montreal and Calgary in winter 2018. The broadcasts
will include daily one-hour editions at 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. CP/News1130
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06/05/17 - Former KMPS-FM 94.1 Seattle MD/p.m. driver Pat Garrett has been tapped as the new PD/p.m. drive host for KFLY-FM 101.5 Corvallis OR. The station flipped from its former Rock format to US Country 101 this afternoon. Garrett left KMPS last November. All Access Music Group
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06/05/17 - Retired
CBC Vancouver staffer Fred Engel died May 23 at age 85. He began
his career as a Film Editor and was promoted to Manager, Film Services
and subsequently to TV Production Manager. His final tenure before
retiring in 1984 was as a Television Producer. A Celebration of
Life will be held June 10 at 4:00 p.m. at the West Vancouver Yacht Club,
5854 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. North Shore News obituary
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06/05/17 - A man is under arrest after he attacked a security guard and broke into the newsroom at KCPQ-TV
Seattle at about 2:50 a.m. today. The attacker eventually ran
back outside and was arrested by police. The guard is expected to
recover and no one else was injured in the incident. Q13 News
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06/04/17 - As Sportsnet 650 Vancouver readies for its debut in the next few months, Airchecker reports former Sportsnet Pacific Bureau Chief Craig MacEwen is one of the candidates for the program director position. The CRTC approved the purchase of CISL AM 650 on May 26 by Rogers Media, which will change the station from a Smooth & Easy oldies-based format to all-sports. Airchecker news
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06/01/17 - Airchecker now reports X92.9 CFEX-FM Calgary morning personalities Tyler and Lynch (Tyler Middleton and Chris Lynch) have been acquired by The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver. Lynch has been with X92.9 since 2006 and hosting mornings since 2014. The Allan Waters Young Broadcaster of the Year award-winning Middleton has been there since 2016. Airchecker news
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06/01/17 - The FCC
has granted License to Cover to KOLP Radio for KOLP-LP 100.3
Olympia. The station is licensed to operate with an ERP of 100
watts non-directional at -27.6 meters HAAT at 46° 57' 27.00" 122° 56' 51.00". FCC data
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06/01/17 - KING-TV Seattle takes the top spot in social ratings in the Seattle/Tacoma market. Share Rocket
data shows KING has a 33.2 Share in the past 30 days and generated just
shy of 1.9 million total engagements. That’s close to 500,000 more than
KCPQ-TV that took second place. KIRO-TV came in third with a 24.5 Share. Tthe No. 1 individual in the market was KOMO-TV anchor Eric Johnson. TVSpy
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