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12/06/21 - The December 2021 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 the stormy wet weather, a new survey conducted by UNICEF and
Gallup, the impact of social media when dealing with COVID and much
more. December Clay's Corner
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12/05/21 - A Celebration of Life for former Vancouver market CKNW executive and host of Roving Mike
Bill Hughes has been announced. It will be held from 1 to 4 p.m.
Saturday April 30, 2022 at the Vancouver Golf Club in Coquitlam. COVID
restrictions in force at that time will apply. Anyone wishing to be on
the invitation list should contact Larry Hughes.
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12/03/21 -
Vancouver radio personality, actor, stand-up comedian and comedy club
owner Rich Elwood passed away Thursday at age 67. He was an entrepreneur
who never quit in his efforts to bring quality comedy to Vancouver and
his Punchlines Comedy Theatre. His Vancouver radio career included C-FUN
as a disc jockey and CKNW as a talk show host. He also subbed for Red
Robinson on CISL. No service is planned at his request. Facebook Announcement
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12/03/21 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive November PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group
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12/03/21 - Former KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle staffer C.C. exits mornings at Rock 108 KFMW-FM 107.9
Waterloo IA, where she has worked since leaving Seattle in mid 2019.
C.C. worked part-time at KISW and handled imaging and production duties
for the Audacy Seattle cluster. InsideRadio
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12/03/21 - Long time KING 5 Seattle reporter Roberta Romero returns to take the Executive Producer position at Facing Race,
the program which examines race, social justice and racial inequality
in the Pacific Northwest. Romero was a KING 5 reporter from
1992-2014. LinkedIn Announcement
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12/03/21 - Sunny 102.1 KSWW-FM Ocean Shores moved to all Christmas programming at 7:30 a.m. Thursday.
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12/02/21 - Veteran sports broadcaster Brian Williams
today announced his retirement following a distinguished career that
has spanned 50 years. Locally, he anchored CTV’s primetime Olympic
coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games. Williams was named
to the Order of Canada in 2011 for both his distinguished broadcasting
career and extensive community and volunteer work. Bell Media Release
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12/02/21 - Former Seattle PD Tim Murphy has been elevated to Operations Manager for the Cumulus Media Florida stations and PD for Country WXBM-FM 102.7 Pensacola. He was PD at KMPS-FM, now The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1 Seattle from 1987-95.
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12/02/21 - Veteran programmer Mike Abrams has joined Lotus Communications
as its new Regional Director/ Programming and will be overseeing Lotus
radio stations in Seattle and Bakersfield. Lotus recently acquired four
Seattle radio stations from Sinclair Broadcast Group. All Access Music Group
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12/02/21 - The top three spots are unchanged from last month in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma November 2021 PPM 6+ ratings. News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 is in first place with a 6.5 share. Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 is second with 6.0 and News/ Talk KUOW-FM 94.9 is third with a 5.8 share. Radio Online
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12/02/21 - Shari Elliker is the new afternoon co-host with John Curley on KIRO Radio 97.3 Seattle. She replaces the retiring Tom Tangney.
Elliker comes from Baltimore where she previously was Director Of
Communications for the Maryland Department of Public Safety and
Correctional Services and has been a voice over artist for over 23
years. All Access Music Group
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12/02/21 - CHEK-TV Victoria signed on for the first time 65 years ago on December 1, 1956. It's the oldest private TV broadcaster in BC. Twitter Announcement
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11/30/21 - As previously announced here on 11/24, Kara Kostanich has now confirmed her departure from KOMO 4 Seattle to spend more time with family. She's been a reporter at KOMO since January 2013. Twitter Announcement
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11/30/21 - A plaque commemorating veteran reporter Essex Porter has been installed on the wall outside of the KIRO 7 Seattle editorial conference room. He retired this month after a 39 year career. Twitter Announcement Closeup
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11/29/21 - Rogers radio stations STAR FM CKSR-FM 98.3 Chilliwack and Ocean CIOC-FM 98.5 Victoria have flipped to All Christmas Music.
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11/26/21 - STAR 101.5 KPLZ-FM Seattle has moved to all Christmas music as Santa FM - The Best Mix of Christmas Favorites.
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11/26/21 - A memo has been sent to staff at KOMO-TV Seattle by ND Philip Bruce confirming the move of meteorologist/ reporter Abby Acone to FOX 13 KCPQ-TV. Her last day at KOMO is December 2. FTVLive
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11/25/21 - Veteran
CBC broadcast veteran Robin Piercey died November 18 at age 84. He
worked for the Corporation in Newfoundland, Ottawa, Vancouver and
Toronto. He was twice at CBC Vancouver, heading up the newsroom and
later as west coast manager of the western provinces. In 1990 he joined
the British Columbia Institute of Technology to fill in for the Dean of
Journalism who was on sabbatical, and then served the next eleven years
as an instructor. A Celebration of Life will be by invitation
only. Dignity Memorial Obituary
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11/25/21 - As veteran reporter Essex Porter retires from his position at KIRO 7 Seattle after nearly four decades, he reflects back on his time at KIRO and looks forward to the future. Twitter Video
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11/24/21 - KOMO 4 Seattle reporter Kara Kostanich
is leaving after nearly nine years. Reports indicate she requested a
part time schedule to spend more time with family more but KOMO refused,
so she decided to leave. Her last day is Sunday.
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11/22/21 - Tom & Curley Show co-host Tom Tangney is retiring from KIRO Radio
97.3 Seattle after 27 years. His last show will be Wednesday, December
1. He has done everything from news desk reporting to reviewing movies,
all culminating in his co-hosting talk radio gig alongside John Curley. KIRO Release
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11/22/21 - Former
CBC Vancouver Script Assistant and Continuity Person Sally Gardner
passed away November 20 at age 75. Her husband was former CBC Vancouver TV
producer Derek Gardner. Sally was diagnosed at age 36 with early onset
Parkinson's Disease and managed it for 39 years. There will be no
service at her request, but there may be some small remembrances later.
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11/20/21 - CBC British Columbia will hold its 35th annual Open House and Food Bank Day
on December 3rd. Once again it will be virtual with special broadcasts
and digital Meet and Greets with CBC hosts and personalities. Last year
raised a record-breaking $2,721,112 for local food banks and $13 million
has been raised since its inception in 1986. CBC Release
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11/20/21 - The CKNW AM 980 Vancouver Kids’ Fund Pledge Day
is back on Tuesday, November 30th. Due to COVID, Pledge Day is virtual
again this year. It will be broadcast live from 5:30 a.m. until 7:00
p.m., sharing family stories, receiving donations, and giving out
prizes. CKNW Release
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11/19/21 - Audacy has abandoned its limited spot breaks to no more than two minutes on all its alternative stations, with the exception of The End
KNDD-FM 107.7 Seattle. The concept first originated in Seattle in 2014
and KNDD saw a ratings bump in 18-34 year olds in Nielsen's Jan-May 2015
PPM survey period. Inside Radio
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11/19/21 - Long-time sports broadcaster Elise Woodward fills in this Saturday and next for play-by-play announcer Tony Castricone. She is the first woman to do play-by-play for Washington football. The originating station is KJR AM 950 Seattle, with other outlets including KPUG AM 1170 Bellingham and KONP AM 1450 Port Angeles. Scott Hanson, Seattle Times
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11/19/21 - FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle reporter Olivia LaVoice
is leaving. She was hired by then News Director Erica Hill to cover
unsolved crimes, but after Hill left she was pushed back into general
assignment. FTVLive
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11/18/21 - An obituary for Bill Hughes, former Vancouver market CKNW executive and host of Roving Mike will be published this weekend in local newspapers. He passed away November 15 at age 96. A copy of the obituary can be viewed here.
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11/17/21 - Brady Wakayama returns to Seattle to join KING 5 as a reporter. The 2016 Washington State University Broadcast Journalism BA previously interned in the KIRO Radio newsroom in 2015 and has been a news reporter for KRQE-TV Albuquerque since September 2019. Twitter Announcement
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11/17/21 - Kulshan Community Media has applied to the FCC for a Construction Permit for a new Noncommercial
Educational station to serve Bellingham. It would operate with 2 kW at
88.3 MHz at -14.2 meters HAAT at 48 44' 50.6" N / 122 28' 44.6" W.
FCC Data/ Map
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11/17/21 - Joe Freni has been promoted by CW11 KSTW-TV
Seattle to Vice President and Station Manager, effective immediately.
He's served as KSTW’s Vice President and Director of Sales and Marketing
since 2017. Mark K. Miller, TVNewsCheck
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11/16/21 - Dish
Network and Sinclair Broadcast Group have reached a new multi-year
carriage agreement. The new deal keeps Sinclair’s 144 local stations,
including KOMO 4 and KUNS-TV, Seattle on the service. Dish is still in a
blackout situation with Tegna, whose stations, including KING 5 and
KONG-TV, have been unavailable to subscribers since October 5. Jon Lafayette, Broadcasting + Cable
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11/16/21 - Campus and community station CIVL-FM 101.7 Abbotsford's DJ Darko (Stephen Munga) of Chill Rose Radio is the new host of Canada’s weekly Top 20 radio program, !earshot 20. His new role represents the first time a station has hired a longtime volunteer programmer to take on this position. Don Lehn, FVN
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11/16/21 - Broadcast Dialogue has announced the winners of its 2021 Canadian Radio Awards. Locally, JR Country
CJJR-FM 93.7 Vancouver wins Major Market Station of the Year; CIVL-FM
101.7 Abbotsford wins Medium Market Campus or Community Station of the
Year; Robin LaRose at Rock 101 CFMI-FM 101.1 Vancouver wins Major
Market Best On-Air Solo Host (Music); The Jeff O’Neil Show on CFOX-FM
99.3 wins Major Market Best On-Air Team (Music) and Simi Sara at CKNW AM
980 wins Major Market Best News/ Talk/ Sports On-Air Solo Host. Complete list of winners and runners-up
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11/16/21 - FEMA is debuting an upgraded "Primary Entry Point" emergency broadcast studio facility at the KIRO AM 710
Seattle Vashon Island transmitter site on Friday, November 19. The
studio has been modernized to allow the facility to broadcast under all
conditions. All Access Music Group
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11/16/21 - Viewers of the KING 5 Seattle morning news can see the sleek-yet-classic wardrobe of Emmy Award-winning anchor Mimi Jung, which she has expertly fine-tuned since beginning her broadcast career two decades ago. 425 Magazine
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11/15/21 - Former CBC writer and broadcaster Phyllis Webb died on Salt Spring Island November 11 at age 94. She was the co-creator of the CBC radio documentary series Ideas
in 1965, which is still heard on the network. There will be no memorial
service, but a celebration will be planned at a later date. Talonbooks Memorial
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11/15/21 - Former Vancouver broadcaster and executive Bill Hughes has died at age 96. He hosted over 15,000 episodes of Roving Mike on CKNW
from 1950-94 and was GM & then President from 1965-77. The family
is not planning an immediate ceremony but may have a celebration in the
spring.
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11/15/21 - Former Seattle TV reporter Dan Lothian has been named Executive Producer of WGBH Boston and PRX's The World. He was a general assignment and breaking news/ investigative reporter at KING 5 from 1991-94. All Access Music Group
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11/11/21 - (Updated) The Breeze 104.3
CHLG-FM Vancouver will be moving to an all Christmas music format on
Friday, November 12 and will continue until midnight on Sunday, December
26. The switch arrived at 12:04 this morning (11/12) with It's Beginning to Look at Lot Like Christmas by Bing Crosby. Daily Hive
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11/11/21 - Former KOMO 4 Seattle reporter Patrick Quinn is rejoining KIRO 7
as a freelance reporter. He previously held that position with KIRO in
late 2017 before joining KOMO for three years, starting in April
2018. Twitter Announcement
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11/11/21 - The
Celebration of Life for Stan Foreman, scheduled for 2 p.m. November
13th, has been changed to the Marriott Seattle Airport, 3201 S. 176th
St. The former KGHO Aberdeen/ Hoquiam personality and Capitol Records
representative passed away August 8 after a short stay in a Palm Desert,
CA hospital. Puget Sound Media Obituary
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11/10/21 - In an effort to lift employees’ morale, starting today FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle is launching Spirit Wednesdays. It's scheduled with a different theme each week from today through New Year's. FTVLive
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11/09/21 - Former CHEK-TV Victoria multimedia journalist Julian Kolsut joins custom home builder Aryze Developments
as its Engagement Coordinator. The documentary producer and University
of Victoria political science and journalism BA worked at CHEK from 2017
until this last April. Twitter Announcement
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11/09/21 - Former Citytv Vancouver host and producer Kyle Donaldson
was back on TV newscasts today reporting on numerous power outages in
the Metro Vancouver area. He left his position at Citytv in August and
joined BC Hydro as Senior Media Relations Advisor.
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11/09/21 - Spirit 105.3 KCMS-FM Seattle has switched to all Christmas, rebranding as Christmas Spirit 105.3.
In past years it has flipped to Christmas music on Thanksgiving night,
but in 2020 it switched earlier in the month to a positive
response. All Access Music Group
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11/09/21 - Scott Jones at FTVLive has rated FOX 13 KCPQ-TV
Seattle the "No. 1 Worst Station to Work for Right Now". One station
staffer told FTVLive that things are starting to get a “little bit
better” but there is a very long way to go. FTVLive
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11/09/21 - Nonprofit music station KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle has announced that longtime Executive Director Tom Mara
will officially step down on June 30th. He will assist the Board of
Directors with an executive search for new leadership. Radio Ink
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11/08/21 - Brandi Kruse, who left her position with FOX 13
KCPQ-TV Seattle last week, explains why she quit her job in corporate
media. Prior to its cancellation in late September, she hosted The Divide on FOX 13, and had been with the station since 2015. Kruse now hosts [un]Divided, "creating political coverage for the anti-fringe". Twitter Announcement
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11/07/21 - KING 5 Seattle TV pioneer Ruth Prins has died at age 101. She hosted and played the role of Wunda Wunda
on KING from 1952-72. Prins was an actor and drama teacher at the
University of Washington in 1949 when KING recruited her to help them
develop quality children’s programming. The popular show was also the
first local program to receive the prestigious Peabody Award. KING 5 News
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11/06/21 - CTV Vancouver features reporter and The Last Word host Mike McCardell, now back on air after a harrowing heart experience, has released his latest book. In Haunting British Columbia: Ghostly Tales from the Past
he summons the ghost of real-life pioneer Jock Linn to provide
hair-raising and humorous versions of what really happened during some
of the formative events that shaped British Columbia. Harbour Publishing Info
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11/05/21 - KOMO 4 Seattle news anchor Ryan Yamamoto has announced he is headed home to join KPIX-TV San Francisco. He's been with KOMO for five years and will join the KPIX evening anchor team in the new year. Twitter Announcement
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11/04/21 - The
winners in the 16 categories for the 2021 Webster Awards were announced
during the Online Webster Awards show which can be viewed here. The awards recognize excellence in journalism in B.C.
Submissions were encouraged from print, radio/ podcasts, television and
online media sources that cover news, sports, the arts, business,
community issues, and more. Cision Release
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11/04/21 - The FCC has cancelled an application for license to cover by Media Island International for KOWA-LP 106.5 Olympia. FCC Notice
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11/03/21 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive October PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group
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11/02/21 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 continues in first place in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma October 2021 PPM 6+ ratings with a 6.8 share. Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 continues in second with 6.3 and News/ Talk KUOW-FM 94.9 is third with a 5.5 share. Radio Online
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11/02/21 - Former KING 5 Seattle Senior Assignments/ Planning Manager Cynthia Wise
has obtained a PHD. She is most recently a Graduate Assistant -
Borderlands and Ethnic Studies at New Mexico State University in Las
Cruces. Wise worked at KING 5 Media Group from 1998-2018. Twitter Announcement
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11/02/21 - Audacy has named two format industry veterans to serve as regional programmers for the company’s alternative stations. John Allers is named Regional VP/ Alternative overseeing The End KNDD 107.7 Seattle and four other stations. Christy Taylor is named Regional Brand Manager of The End and three other Audacy stations. InsideRadio
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