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6/24/19 - After 43 years in the radio business, Hubbard Radio President and Chief Operating Officer Drew Horowitz
has announced he will retire at the end of the year. He was
promoted to his current position at Hubbard Radio in July 2014, after
serving as Executive VP & COO since April 2011. Horowitz was
instrumental in helping to grow the company as it added clusters in Phoenix and Seattle. Inside Radio
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6/21/19
- A Celebration of Life has been announced for former KING-TV Seattle
reporter and documentary producer Bob Simmons, who died June 15 at home
in Bellingham at age 88. It is scheduled for 2 p.m. June 30 at
Lairmont Manor, 405 Fieldston Road, Bellingham. Simmons joined
KING-TV in 1977 and stayed for 14 years. Elise Takahama, Seattle Times
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6/21/19
- The FCC has granted a Modification of License to Northwest Rock N
Roll Society for translator K266BM 101.1 Olympia. ERP will
increase from 10 watts non-directional to 250 watts directional, HAAT
remains at 652 meters at existing transmitter location 46° 58' 24.00" 123° 08' 11.00" The translator carries the programming of KGTK AM 920 Olympia. FCC Data
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6/20/19 - Recent Langara Journalism program graduate Kathryn Tindale is joining News 1130 CKWX AM
Vancouver as a reporter and web editor. She also graduated from
Simon Fraser University with an English major BA degree in 2015.
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6/19/19 - KING 5 Seattle Assistant News Director Russ Walker, an experienced multimedia editor and investigative journalist, is the first executive editor of PA Post,
based in Harrisburg, PA. He began in the new position July
15. Walker has served as KING 5's A.N.D. since June 2016 and has
been with the station since 2011. Twitter Announcement PA Post Release
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6/19/19 - Classical KING-FM 98.1 Seattle will move to the second floor of Opera Center
on the grounds of the Seattle Center in early 2020. The station
will help the Opera pay the freight of its $60 million building.
KING-FM was created in 1948 and nurtured by Dorothy Stimson Bullitt, the
founder of King Broadcasting. When the Bullitt family sold their
broadcasting empire in 1991, the station was not part of the sale and
was described as a gift to the community. Joel Connelly, SeattlePI KING-FM Release
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6/18/19 - Selborne Suds Coleman, who paired with Rick Riley to host Rick & Suds
at KJRB Spokane, KHIT-FM, KZOK-FM and KJET Seattle in the early 1980s,
died Monday after a battle with cancer. He was 74. All Access Music Group Academic Backgrounder
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6/18/19
- Former KING-TV Seattle reporter and documentary producer Bob Simmons
died Saturday at home in Bellingham at age 88. He left KING in
1991 after 14 years of service but spent a quarter century engaged in
free-lance journalism. In 1990 Simmons won a national Emmy for his
project on development in the Snoqualmie Valley. Joel Connelly, SeattlePI
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6/18/19 - Former
Seattle and Spokane radio personality JJ Hemingway passed away Monday at
age 65. He worked at a number of stations during his career
including KJR-FM Seattle from 2001-06 and most recently hosted evenings
at Shine 104.9 KEEH-FM Spokane. He also operated JJ Hemingway's Mobile DJ Service. Facebook Announcement
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6/17/19 - Former
CFUN and CJOR Vancouver and CKOV Kelowna broadcaster Doug McIlraith died
June 6 in Winnipeg at age 83, after a short battle with esophageal
cancer. He joined CBC Edmonton in 1961, transferring
to CBC Winnipeg in 1967, where he covered a number of major events
across Canada. He retired as co-host of CBC Information Radio
Winnipeg in 1990. According to his wishes, there will be no
formal service. Winnipeg Free Press Obituary
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6/15/19 - Former Vancouver and Victoria newspaper reporter and CBC Vancouver-based news editor then CBC war correspondent Peter Stursberg has been inducted into the CBC News Hall of Fame. He and Second World War correspondent Matthew Halton
were posthumously inducted at a ceremony at the CBC Toronto
Broadcasting Centre on Friday, just over a week after ceremonies
commemorating the 75th anniversary of D-Day. Stursberg passed away
August 31, 2014 at age 101. CBC News
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6/14/19 - Arrangements have been
finalized for a Celebration of Life for well known radio and TV
personality Frosty Fowler, who passed away April 12th in Poulsbo.
It will be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday, July 16th, on what would have been
his 97th Birthday, at Cristwood Park Activity Center Auditorium, 345 N.
190th Street in Shoreline. Puget Sound Media
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6/14/19 - After 36 years at KING 5 Seattle, award winning anchor Lori Matsukawa
will deliver the evening news for the final time today. KING will
mark her retirement with an hour-long special at 7 p.m. KING 5 News Asia Fields, Seattle Times Alex Halverson, SeattlePI
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6/14/19 - Veteran Vancouver sports broadcaster Dave Pratt will launch a podcast next Wednesday titled the Prattcast at your favourite podcast player and at prattcast.ca. He was dropped March 13, after almost six years at TSN 1040 CKST AM Vancouver. Long-time Vancouver broadcaster Kerry Marshall will co-host. Patrick Johnston, The Sun Daniel Wagner, Vancouver Courier
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6/13/19 - The CRTC has authorized the shut-down of 44 Global TV
translators in Canada. The list includes local stations in Bowen
Island, Squamish, Brackendale, Wilson Creek and Whistler. CRTC Release
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6/12/19 - David Bray of Bray and Partners Communications breaks down the most recent Numeris PPM ratings for Vancouver and four other Canadian PPM markets. Broadcast Dialogue
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6/12/19 - The CRTC has
approved an application by 0971197 B.C. Ltd. (Roundhouse) for
authorization to change its ownership and effective control of CIRH-FM
98.3 Vancouver through the transfer of all its issued and outstanding
shares valued at $600,000 to South Fraser Broadcasting Inc. However, the Commission has denied
a request to amend conditions of licence relating to the broadcast of
Canadian musical selections. CIRH-FM ceased broadcasting on May 6,
2018. South Fraser Broadcasting operates Pulse FM CISF-FM 107.7 Surrey. CRTC Release Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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6/11/19 - News KUOW-FM 94.9
moves back into first place with a 6.1 share in the Nielsen Audio
Seattle-Tacoma May 2019 Portable People Meter 6+ ratings, CHR MOViN KQMV-FM 92.5 drops into a second place tie with Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 with 6.0. Radio Online
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6/11/19 - Veteran chef and KIRO-FM 97.3 Seattle radio host Tom Douglas will open two restaurants in Nordstrom’s new flagship store in New York City this fall. Douglas hosts Seattle Kitchen with Thierry Rautureau weekends on KIRO Radio. Tan Vinh, Seattle Times
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6/11/19 - Peter Saiers has been named News Director for KING 5 and KONG-TV Seattle. He has been Managing Editor for KPIX-TV San Francisco for 11 years. KING 5 Release
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6/10/19 - Hubbard Seattle VP/Market Manager Ann Marie Mulholland takes the opening session as forty broadcasters head to the campus of Central Washington University
for the Hubbard Radio Talent Institute over the next ten days.
All sessions are on the CWU campus except for one day in Seattle. All Access Music Group
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6/08/19 - Lisa Steacy is joining News 1130 CKWX
Vancouver as a web editor/reporter. The recent Langara College
journalism graduate will be working the weekend evening web shift and
filling in during the week. She starts training next
Wednesday. Twitter Announcement
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6/07/19 - The FCC has granted
an application for displacement by HC2 LPTV Holdings, Inc. for KUSE-LP
Seattle. Channel will change from 46 to 12 and ERP will change
from .5 to 3 kW directional at existing transmitter location. FCC Data
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6/07/19 - Estefania Duran is leaving News 1130 CKWX AM
Vancouver to freelance. She has been a digital reporter with the
station since last July and previously worked as a reporter and digital
content creator for CKNW AM 980 and Global BC. Broadcast Dialogue
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6/07/19 - Broadcast Engineer Geoff Nelson has left Corus Vancouver to join BC’s public broadcaster The Knowledge Network. He has been with Corus since 2006. Broadcast Dialogue
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6/07/19 - CHEK-TV
Victoria news cameraman Don West is retiring after 41 years. He
joined the station as a photographer in 1978 after graduating from
Camosun College. Broadcast Dialogue
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6/06/19 - David Bray of Bray and Partners Communications breaks down the most recent Numeris PPM ratings for Vancouver and four other Canadian PPM markets. Bray Overview
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6/06/19 - CBC Radio One CBU AM 690/FM 88.1 takes control of first place with a 17.6 share in the Numeris Vancouver 12+ PPM for February 25, 2019 - May 26, 2019. AC CHQM-FM 103.5 slips to second with an 11.2 share and Classic Rock CFMI-FM 101.1 moves up to third with 10.5. Numeris release
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6/06/19 - Mountain Broadcasting
Ltd. founder Louis Potvin died June 2 in Squamish at age 95. He
started CISQ-FM Squamish in 1981 along with its translators in Sechelt,
Pender Harbour, Gibsons and Egmont, which were sold to Selkirk
Communications in 1989. Sign-offs, Broadcast Dialogue
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6/06/19 - Insiders at Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle say the station is launching a new 8 p.m. show in less than a couple of weeks. News Director Erica Hill sent out a memo saying they are launching the show on June 19th. Scott Jones, FTV Live
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6/06/19 - SAG-AFTRA has announced that the bargaining unit at the University of Washington KUOW-FM 94.9, Puget Sound Public Radio,
has ratified its first-ever union contract. SAG-AFTRA’s Executive
Committee and the Seattle Local Board also ratified the contract.
Inside Radio
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6/06/19 - Former KING 5 Seattle reporter Tonya Mosley has been named as the
third co-host of the NPR and Boston University WBUR-FM 90.9 program Here & Now. She was with KING from 2005-12 and also KUOW-FM 94.9 Seattle from 2012-14. She has most recently been a host of Truth Be Told at KQED-FM 88.5 San Francisco. Her new national show position, which starts on August 5th, will be based in Los Angeles. All Access Music Group
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6/05/19 - The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver hosts Casey Jo Loos and James Sutton were let go from the station
on Tuesday. Loos and Sutton, who was also the music director,
hosted the afternoon show from 2 to 6 p.m. weekdays. Darcy Matheson, Daily Hive
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6/04/19 - The FCC has granted a Minor Change to a Licensed Facility to City of Ocean Shores for KOSW-LP 91.3
Ocean Shores. ERP will decrease from 96 to 76 watts
non-directional, HAAT will increase from 11.8 to 35.2 meters and
transmitter location will change from 46° 58' 30.00" 124° 09' 48.00" to 46° 59' 4.00" 124° 09' 9.00". FCC Data
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6/03/19 - Country WIRK-FM 103.1 West Palm Beach adds former The Bull KNUC-FM 98.9 Seattle morning host Tim Leary. He became available when Fitz was added to mornings at The Bull in April. Radio Ink
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6/02/19 - Former CKNW AM 980 Vancouver reporter/anchor and fill-in talk show host Shane Woodford is leaving CHNL AM 610
Kamloops to move to Denmark with his family. He has been News
Director at CHNL since 2016, his second time at the station after a
five-year departure to join CKNW in 2011.
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6/02/19 - KGY-FM 95.3 Olympia midday host Steven B. (Stephen Schlenker) will be off the air for awhile recovering from medical issues. Jason Remington, Puget Sound Media
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