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9/19/19 - The Breakfast Television on Citytv
Vancouver on-air lineup remains status quo featuring news anchor
Mary Cranston, meteorologist Russ Lacate, entertainment and traffic
reporter Thor Diakow and news reporter Greg Harper. Sarah Freemark, who
recently was seen warming up on the set in Vancouver, will join the
Calgary morning show as its new news anchor. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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9/19/19 - Pierre
Martineau, 30-year reporter, anchor and host at Radio-Canada
Colombie-Britannique CBUFT Vancouver Died September 13 at age 67. He
started at the station in 1971. CBC News
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9/19/19 - The FCC
has granted Voluntary Transfer of Control from Shareholders of Tribune
Company to Nexstar Media Group, Inc. for Seattle market KCPQ-TV and KZJO-TV. FCC Data
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9/17/19 - 710 ESPN
KIRO Seattle sportscasters Brock Huard and Mike Salk will launch a
weekly podcast replacing the duo's weekday morning show. Brock and
Salk’s last show in its current form will be Friday, September 27, and
the new podcast will launch Wednesday, October 2. However, both will
continue to have regular segments on the station. 710 ESPN News
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9/17/19 - We have now learned the name of the fourth and final person laid off September 6th from Breakfast Television on Citytv
Vancouver. Associate Producer Debra Walley had been with Citytv since 2008.
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9/16/19 - The FCC has granted License to Cover to Northwest Rock N Roll Preservation Society for translator K266BM 101.1 Olympia. The translator relays the programming of KGTK AM 920 Olympia. FCC Data
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9/16/19 - The FCC has granted Special Temporary Authority to Sinclair Seattle Licensee, LLC for Seattle market KUNS-TV channel 50.
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9/16/19 - Nexstar Media Group has announced the FCC has approved the acquisition of Tribune Media Company, which owns Q13 FOX KCPQ-TV and JOEtv KZJO-TV Seattle. The Commission said that it "found that the proposed merger would provide
several public interest benefits to viewers of current Tribune and
Nexstar stations." The company has agreed to divest 21 local TV
stations to TEGNA, Scripps and Circle City Broadcasting I, Inc. to
comply with the FCC's ownership limits. Q13 News/ Video
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9/16/19 - "America's 1st News with Matt Ray" moves to KTTH AM 770
Seattle, as its new flagship station for live weekday morning
syndication. Now in its second year, AFN has grown to 85 affiliates and
airs on several major market outlets. Ray is a 20-year News/ Talk
veteran whose background in journalism and communications has made him
an award-winning news anchor, news director, talk host, producer and
programmer. Radio Online
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9/14/19 - Sarah Freemark, longtime anchor/ reporter for CTV Morning Live in Ottawa, has announced she is warming up for a new role with Rogers Media in Vancouver. Could she be a new host for Breakfast Television on Citytv Vancouver? Stay tuned. Facebook Posting
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9/13/19 - The FCC has granted Assignment of License for K293AY 106.5 Enumclaw from Spirit Communications, Inc. to Chehalis Valley Educational Foundation. The 10 watt translator relays the programming of KACS-FM 90.5 Chehalis. FCC Release
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9/13/19 - KOMO-TV Seattle news anchor Mary Nam says she will be back to work next month following treatment for breast cancer. She was diagnosed early last month. Nam has been with KOMO since 2003. Facebook Post
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9/12/19 - Three producers are leaving their positions at Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle. Ben Leighton, Lucas Combos and John Mecham have left or are in the process of leaving. Scott Jones, FTV Live
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9/12/19 - Former west coast radio executive Brian Langston is retiring after more than 40 years in radio, following an ALS diagnosis. His last day as GM/GSM at CIHR-FM 104.7
Woodstock, ON will be September 27. Langston was GM/ GSM at CHQB Powell
River from 1983-89 and at CFWB Campbell River from 1989-99.
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9/12/19 - Radio West
reports former CJJR-FM Vancouver morning host Sharryn Graham has died.
Her radio career included time at LG73, KISS FM, Mountain FM and morning
co-host at JR Country beginning in 1986. She was named On Air
Personality of the Year by the BC Country Music Association in 1995. After radio Graham became a corporate trainer and career coach and created a charity to assist Ugandan refugees. Doreen Copeland, Radio West
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9/11/19
- The FCC has granted a Minor Change to a Licensed Facility to Centro
Familiar Cristiano for KLSY-FM 93.7 Montesano. Community of License will
change to Belfair. KLSY will continue to operate with a different
directional antenna with an ERP of 28 kW at 718 meters HAAT at 47° 18' 46.00" 123° 22' 15.00". FCC Data
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9/11/19 - The FCC
has granted a Minor Change to a Licensed Facility to Grays Harbor
Institute for KGHE-FM 89.1 Elma. Community of License will change to
Montesano. KGHE will continue to operate non-directional with an ERP of
.255 kW at 94 meters HAAT at 46° 57' 31.00" 123° 35' 18.00". FCC Data
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9/11/19 - The FCC has granted Special Temporary Authority to Sinclair Seattle Licensee for KOMO-TV
Seattle. It authorizes KOMO-TV channel 38 to operate with a reduced
facility to facilitate construction of the station's repack facility.
KOMO will be moving to channel 30. FCC Data
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9/11/19 - CFAX AM 1070 Victoria will celebrate its 60th anniversary Thursday with a full day of special programs. Staff will broadcast throughout the day from the main floor of the Broad Street location rather than the usual second floor studio. Mike Devlin, Times Colonist
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9/10/19 - Denver
Digital Television-owned Digital Television Translator station
KDMD-LD Channel 6 Tacoma has changed call letters to KYMU-LD. The FCC
recently granted a CP to increase ERP from 1 to 3 kW. FCC Data
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9/10/19 - We have learned the name of another staffer laid off last week from Breakfast Television on Citytv Vancouver. Reporter turned Assignment Editor Cindy Leong has been with Citytv for several years.
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9/09/19 - One of
our regular followers has confirmed the original CFAX AM 810 Victoria
sign-on as 6:45 a.m. Friday, September 4, 1959 with official opening
ceremonies Sunday, September 6 at 12:30 p.m. 1959 Calendar Original CFAX Announcement
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9/09/19 - Reporter, writer, digital journalist and news producer Andrea Macpherson is one of the staff members laid off last week (9/06/19) at Breakfast Television on Citytv Vancouver. She has held the position since May 2014.
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9/09/19 - C-FAX CFAX AM 1070
Victoria is celebrating its 60th birthday. There is some controversy
whether the station signed on September 4 or 5, 1959, when it went on
the air as a daytime only operation at 810 kHz, although the Canadian Communications Foundation website lists it as September 4. Puget Sound Radio CCF History
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9/09/19 - Puget
Sound Media reports KWLE AM 1340 Anacortes and KRPA AM 1110 Oak Harbor
have dropped their automated hybrid folk/ country blues format to air
Indian music. Additionally, the FCC has deleted an application by KRPA
to operate night hours. PSM News
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9/09/19 - Seattle broadcast engineer Clay Freinwald reports a number of stations off air momentarily Saturday night due to power interruptions from the storm that passed through. KIRO-FM 97.3 was off air for a time due to a storm-related electrical issue at their studios in Seattle. Several NWPB stations were off air Sunday morning for several hours due to a failure unrelated to the storm. Reports also indicate KBCB-TV Bellingham off air Sunday, but it's not confirmed if it was storm related. Scott Sistek, KOMO News
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9/07/19 - Vista Radio has released four of its senior executives, including company president Geoff Poulton, Vice-president of Content Murray Brookshaw, Human Resources Manager Christine Swain and VP of Revenue & Operations Ddin Morbi. Bryan Edwards,
one of Vista’s original founders, will take on the role of acting
company president. Vista, with headquarters in Courtenay, owns 43 radio
stations and 35 digital news portals across B.C., Alberta, Ontario and
the Northwest Territories. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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9/06/19 - The FCC has granted a minor change to a licensed facility to M.A.A.P. Foundation for KXPB-LP 89.1 Pacific Beach. ERP will be 100 watts non-directional at 16 meters HAAT at 47° 13' 7.00" 124° 12' 13.00" instead of the previously authorized 17 watts at 71 meters HAAT. FCC Data
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9/05/19 - David Bray of Bray and Partners Communications breaks down the most recent Numeris PPM ratings for Vancouver and four other Canadian PPM markets. Numeris Overview
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9/05/19 - Bro Jake Edwards has now officially retired, hosting his last show for TSN 1040
CKST AM Vancouver August 31. He has been with the station since 2013,
"retiring" last year but staying on to co-host the Saturday midday show,
The Bro Jake Show with Gene Valaitis. Edwards spent 47 years on-air across Canada including 17 years at Rock 101 CFMI-FM 101.1 Vancouver.
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9/05/19 - KNKX-FM 88.5
will open its new downtown Tacoma studio this weekend. KNKX has spent
the past five and a half months transforming the historic building at
930 Broadway into a home for the station. Kate Iida, The News Tribune
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9/04/19 - CHR MOViN KQMV-FM 92.5 moves back up into first place with a 6.4 share in the Nielsen Audio
Seattle-Tacoma August 2019 Portable People Meter 6+ ratings. Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 slips to second with a 6.0 share. AC The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1 climbs up to third with a 5.4 share. Radio Online
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9/02/19 - Former CBC Vancouver broadcaster and CBC political reporter and foreign correspondent Laura Lynch has been named interim host of the network's national weekday morning current affairs program The Current.
She was a national reporter for CBC Radio Vancouver from 1996-99 before
taking on international correspondent roles with CBC in 2000. CBC News
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9/01/19 - The September 2019 edition of Clay's Corner, prepared by veteran RF Systems Engineer Clay Freinwald for the Seattle Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers
newsletter The Waveguide, is now available. In this edition Clay
discusses TV repacking, new 5G facilities, station call letters and much more. September Clay's Corner
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