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12/02/20 - After three decades on the air, Dick Stein is retiring from Tacoma public radio station KNKX-FM 88.5. He, friends and colleagues say farewell on Friday Dec. 4, from 9 to noon. KNKX News
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12/02/20 - Pulse CISF-FM 107.7 Surrey has now moved to all Christmas.
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12/01/20 - KING-TV and KONG-TV Seattle are currently not available on DIRECTV due to a carriage dispute between Tegna and DIRECTV. Alternatives include other video service providers in the area as well as free over-the-air reception. The blackout affects stations in 51 markets. KING 5 News Jon Lafayette, Broadcasting+Cable
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12/01/20 - Veteran Seattle personality Scott Vanderpool is added to the list of people released in the latest round by iHeartMedia. He's been on air at KZOK-FM 102.5 since 2003. All Access Music Group
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12/01/20 - Former KING 5 Seattle New Day Northwest host Margaret Larson appeared this morning to congratulate Amity Addrisi
on her first official day of hosting. Larson retired at the end of July
after ten years hosting the show and Addrisi was named the new host
after she and after several others guest-hosted over the last four
months.
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12/01/20 - CHEK-TV
Victoria is celebrating its 64th anniversary on-air with its first
podcast. CHEK began broadcasting at 5 p.m., Dec. 1, 1956 as the first
commercial TV station in BC. Now independent and employee-owned, CHEK has launched its debut podcast Our Native Land,
focused on Indigenous culture on Vancouver Island and beyond. It's
hosted by Tchadas Leo, a Vancouver Island based broadcaster who is from
the Homalco First Nation. CHEK News /Video
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12/01/20 - Former CFAX AM 1070
Victoria owner Mel Cooper is stepping aside, but not down, from his
position as chair of the Telus Victoria Community Board. The
88-year-old philanthropist has held the position for the last 14 years.
Cooper, who is the founding chair, says he wants to let some new blood
take the reins of the organization. Andrew Duffy, Times Colonist
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11/30/20 - Bhupinder Hundal has been hired as News Director and Station Manager of Global BC.
In this role he will be responsible for overseeing editorial direction
along with staff and operations for the station. With a track record in
news production, Hundal has most recently been a senior producer at CBC
Vancouver. He succeeds Jill Krop who stepped down earlier this
fall. Global Release
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11/30/20 - KIXI AM 880 Seattle began its all-Christmas format at 11 p.m. Sunday with the Twelve Days of Christmas by Ray Conniff.
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11/29/20 - A Vancouver
restaurant, popular with both broadcasters and regular diners, closed
down Saturday after 40 years. For nearly a decade, the Georgia and
Cardero White Spot was the home of twice-yearly luncheons for radio broadcasters hosted by iconic broadcaster Red Robinson. A new condo tower will be built on the site. Nadia Stewart, Global News Red Robinson Facebook
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11/28/20 - STAR CKSR-FM 98.3 Chilliwack moved to all-Christmas Friday with The Little Drummer Boy/ Peace on Earth by David Bowie and Bing Crosby.
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11/28/20 - KAFE-FM 104.1
Bellingham has made its move to Christmas music as usual for
Thanksgiving weekend, with a likely move to all-Christmas by December
12th.
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11/28/20 - The December 2020 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 his election observations, more on COVID-19 and upcoming
vaccinations, the FCC's approval of all-digital AM radio and much
more. December Clay's Corner
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11/28/20 - Sportsnet 650 CISL AM Vancouver sportscasters John Garrett,
John Shorthouse and Dan Murphy, normally travelling across North
America at this time of year, have been staying close to home during the
pandemic. Patrick Johnston, The Province
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11/28/20 - Ocean CIOC FM 98.5 Victoria switched to all-Christmas music at 9 a.m. Friday November 27 with Mary's Boy Child/ O My Lord by Boney M.
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11/26/20 - Allie Miller has joined CTV Vancouver as a reporter/ writer. She was most recently with CityNews Calgary.
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11/25/20 - Legendary CKNW AM 980 Vancouver reporter George Garrett has been recognized by the Surrey Now-Leader with their Volunteer of the Year Award. He co-founded the Volunteer Cancer Drivers Society,
a not-for-profit organization providing complimentary transportation
for lower mainland residents battling cancer. Garrett was with CKNW for
over 40 years until his retirement in 1999.
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11/24/20 - News 1130 CKWX AM Vancouver has announced new hires. Former CKNW AM 980 Vancouver Radio News Manager Terry Schintz, who was released in August. Twitter Tamara Slobogean, former Supervising Producer, Breakfast Television on Citytv Vancouver gets the position of Managing Editor - News & Integration at both News 1130 and CityNews. Twitter Additionally, evening/ weekend anchor Peter Wagner is given the role of Managing Editor - News & Programming. Twitter
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11/24/20 - KIXI AM 880
Seattle afternoon host Gary Shipe has retired. His final air shift was
November 20th. Shipe has been in and out of radio for over 40
years and most recently hosted Beatles Backbeat Saturday afternoons. KIXI Announcement Facebook Audio
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11/24/20 - News/ Talk KUOW-FM 94.9 moves into first place with a 6.9 share in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma November 2020 PPM 6+ ratings. News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 drops into a two way tie for second with Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 with 6.6 shares. Radio Online
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11/24/20 - Three long time CBC Vancouver staffers are set to retire at the end of the month. Senior Investigative Reporter Eric Rankin joined in 1984, producer Manjula Dufresne started in 1988 and TV reporter Deborah Goble joined The Corporation in 1990.
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11/23/20 - On Wednesday, November 25th at 6 p.m. Hot AC STAR 101.5 KPLZ-FM Seattle will make its annual switch to all Christmas as Santa-FM, programming The Best Mix of Christmas Favorites. All Access Music Group
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11/23/20 - Veteran Country programmer turned podcast coach Ed Hill, is hospitalized in intensive care and battling COVID-19. He has run the Podstars
podcast coaching, development and production company since 2012. Hill
posted an update on his condition on Facebook today. He was PD at CBS
Radio Seattle from 2011-15. All Access Music Group
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11/23/20 - Former
BCTV Vancouver political and investigative reporter Harvey Oberfeld
looks at the history and success of the station, as it recently celebrated 60 years on air. Harvey Oberfeld Blog
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11/23/20 - John Clayton returns to 710 ESPN KIRO AM
Seattle. He previously hosted late mornings and was part of cuts made
earlier this month. Clayton will contribute to morning and afternoon
shows with daily appearances and will resume his 8-11 a.m. Saturday
morning show. KIRO Release
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11/23/20 - Long time KING 5 Seattle traffic reporter Cam Johnson,
who left back in January after 20 years with the station and Northwest
Cable News to join the Seattle Boat Company, has found a new position.
She's now working at the Bothell Police Department as its new
PIO-Community Engagement Coordinator. Facebook Announcement
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11/21/20 - After 35 years, KUOW-FM 94.9 Seattle Senior Reporter/ Producer Marcie Sillman is retiring next month.
She reported or produced a number of the station's programs over the
years and most recently reported extensively on the ways the COVID-19
pandemic has impacted Seattle's arts community. On December 1, KUOW is
hosting a virtual Front Row Center event to celebrate her career. KUOW Release
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11/19/20 - KING 5 Seattle reporter and weekend anchor Amity Addrisi has been announced as the new host of New Day Northwest. She will make her debut on Tuesday, December 1. Addrisi follows former host Margaret Larson, who retired from the show in July after more than 35 years of work in television. KING 5 News
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11/17/20
- Former veteran Vancouver broadcaster Chris Coburn is resigning as he
aims to retire after 39 years in radio. He was morning host then p.m.
drive/ assistant PD at JRFM CJJR-FM Vancouver from 1993-2008, a.m. drive host at The Peak CKPK-FM Vancouver from 2008-12 and morning host at Country 107.1 CKQC-FM Abbotsford since 2012. Coburn will be on air for three more months. Twitter Announcement
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11/17/20 - Rogers Sports & Media has made staff cuts at its radio and television properties in Canada that include the cancellation of Breakfast Television on Citytv Vancouver, News 1130 CKWX AM and the JACK CJAX-FM 96.9 Vancouver morning show. Among the staff impacted at Rogers’ radio stations in Vancouver are News 1130
meteorologist Russ Lacate, senior managing editor Bruce Claggett,
longtime afternoon news anchor Jim Bennie, weekend anchor/ producer Toby
Kerr and web editor/ reporter Mike Hall. As part of newsroom
restructuring, morning co-anchor John Ackermann will move to afternoons.
Jeff Brown, Charis Hogg and Paul Brown have been released from on the
JACK 96.9 morning show. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue David Carrigg, Vancouver Sun
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11/17/20 - Former
CBC Vancouver staffer Ron Harries passed away September 6 at Royal
Inland Hospital in Kamloops at age 82 following a heart attack. He
joined the staff of CBC Vancouver in the late 1950s, working in a
variety of positions until his retirement in 1991. Fischer’s Funeral Services Obituary
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11/17/20 - iHeartMedia
recently filed applications with the FCC to eliminate several of its
subsidiaries in a transfer that will streamline operations from eight
subsidiaries to two. In the Seattle market, the Commission has approved
the changes for KBKS-FM, KHHO AM, KJR AM/FM, KJAQ-FM KUBE-FM and
KZOK-FM, which will now have their licensees listed as iHM Licenses,
LLC. All Access Music Group
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11/15/20 - A construction permit for KKXA AM 1520 Everett translator K266CJ 101.1
has recently expired. The CP was to move the translator up into the
mountains behind Arlington. Instead, the cross-service relay will remain
in Everett near Paine Field. FCC Data
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11/15/20 - Former KING 5 Seattle Broadcast News Engineer Adam Sturgill is the new News Operations Manager for a new national morning news show at Washington DC market WJLA-TV Arlington VA. He was with KING-TV from 1992-2015 and most recently was a field engineer at Vulcan Inc.
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11/15/20 - A number of well known broadcasters will help Stirling Faux celebrate his 50th anniversary on air this morning (Sunday) on CKNW AM 980 Vancouver. Bob Saye will join Weekend Mornings at 6:15, Red Robinson will come on at 8:10 and programming legend George Johns joins at 9:45 along with Doc Harris.
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11/14/20 - It’s a golden anniversary for CKNW AM 980 Vancouver host Stirling Faux,
who is marking 50 years in the radio business this weekend. Originally
signing on November 15, 1970 as a host for CKSO in Sudbury, ON, his
career took him to Toronto, Quebec City, Vancouver, Calgary, and back to
Vancouver again, where he’s been ever since. Faux is likely the only
person to spend significant time on-air at all four Corus Radio
Vancouver stations. CKSO Bio
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11/14/20 - Long time Seattle radio personality AJ Battalio has found a new home as co-host of New Country Mornings at Ft. Collins CO market KUAD-FM 99.1. AJ was most recently afternoon host at Warm KRWM-FM 106.9 Seattle. All Access Music Group
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11/14/20 - QMFM CHQM-FM 103.5 Vancouver made its annual change to Christmas music Friday at 4:02 p.m. with Christmas (Baby Please Come Home) by Michael Buble.
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11/13/20 - CBC British Columbia in Vancouver is once again holding its annual Open House and Food Bank Day
December 4, but this year it will be virtual. There will be special
broadcasts and digital Meet and Greets with CBC hosts. CBC News
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11/12/20 - Spirit 105.3 KCMS-FM Seattle usually goes all-Christmas on Thanksgiving Day. This year it has already made the move. Sister station Praise 106.5 KWPZ-FM Lynden made the change this morning to, "starting the hope of Christmas earlier than ever."
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11/12/20 - Nearly four months after debuting on Hits 106.1 KBKS-FM Seattle, “The Jubal Show” has formed Team Jubal Productions
to officially launch the program into syndication. The morning show
debuted today on three iHeart stations in Portland, St. Louis and
Greensboro, NC. InsideRadio
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11/12/20 - Former Seattle TV reporter Gabe Cohen joins WUSA-TV Washington DC as an Investigative Reporter. He worked as a reporter and weekend anchor at KOMO-TV for just over four years before leaving the station in March. Cohen is the son of Today Show host Meredith Vieira. FTVLive
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11/12/20 - The Breeze CHLG-FM 104.3 launched Vancouver's Christmas Favourites at midnight, with Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas by Frank Sinatra.
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11/11/20 - Lisa Villegas recently jumped 52 markets to become the new Chief Meteorologist at Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle replacing Walter Kelley. She was Chief Meteorologist at KOLD-TV Tucson, AZ where she has worked since 2017. Q13 News
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11/09/20 - Howie Meeker,
who passed away Sunday in Nanaimo at age 97, backed up Vancouver
Canucks play-by-play announcers on BCTV (now Global BC) for several
seasons. From 1977-85 he was the analyst for Bernie Pascal and for Jim
Robson in the 1985-86 season. Meeker was appointed to the Order of
Canada and was invested in a ceremony in 2011. Global BC News
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11/09/20 - Christin Ayers will join the KING 5 Seattle news management team as an Executive Producer. She will create a permanent Facing Race
unit to build on the momentum she and the Facing Race team have started
with the original series that debuted on September 13. Ayers has been
the KING 5 Tacoma Bureau Chief and spent almost nine years as a reporter
at KPIX-TV San Francisco. Rick Gevers & Associates
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11/08/20 - Global BC
will be airing Remembrance Day services from three different locations
in Vancouver. The Royal Canadian Legion and City of Vancouver are asking
people to stay home and not to be on-site. BC Remembers will air
Wednesday, November 11 starting at 10:30 a.m. live on Global BC and
streaming live on Globalnews.ca/bc and on its Facebook page. Global BC News
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11/07/20 - Former Seattle programmer Keith Abrams
is among the most recent cuts by iHeartMedia. He exits as Senior Vice
President of Programming and Program Director of the company's Cleveland
cluster, where he has worked since 2008. Abrams was PD of KBSG-FM
Seattle from 1998-99. Lance Venta, Radio Insight
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11/07/20 - The sixth annual KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle Live Day takes place 2020-style on Tuesday,
November 10th featuring no recorded commercials, sound effects or music.
The bands will be in other PNW towns and the voice artists will be in
other cities across the country. KISW News
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11/07/20 - Former
CBC Vancouver executive Len Lauk died on October 30 in North Vancouver
just one week shy of his 88th birthday. He joined CBUT Vancouver in the
1950s, starting as a script assistant and working his way up to evening
news producer, before moving east. Lauk later returned to Vancouver as
Director for the Pacific Region until his retirement. There be no
service or celebration of life per his request. Sun/ Province Obituary
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11/05/20 - CHEK-TV Victoria will carry its usual Remembrance Day broadcast live from the Victoria Cenotaph at the BC Legislature on November
11. Due to COVID, the Victoria branch of the Royal Canadian Legion is
encouraging people to show their respects by staying home and watching
the ceremony on television, which begins at 10:30 a.m.
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11/05/20 - WARM 106.9 KRWM-FM Seattle has launched into its 20th year of being Seattle's Official Christmas Music Station. All Access Music Group
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11/05/20 - A couple more Seattle radio broadcasters have been released by iHeartMedia. Jared Fallon is out as PD of KBKS-FM 106.1 and Shawn Garrett
leaves his position a Regional Digital Director in Seattle, Portland,
Spokane, Anchorage and Fairbanks after nearly 14 years. All Access Music Group
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11/04/20 - Tegna Inc. today announced it has partnered with GatesAir on the technological infrastructure for the launch of NextGen TV, or ATSC 3.0, on KONG-TV and KING-TV
Seattle. Pending final FCC approvals, NextGen TV broadcasts will begin
in early December, with KONG serving as the host, or lighthouse station.
In early November, KONG will begin informing over-the-air viewers that
they will need to rescan their televisions to continue to receive the
station, regardless of whether they will receive a NextGen TV
signal. Mark K. Miller, TVNewsCheck
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11/04/20 - Robert Dove
exits iHeartMedia as Pacific Northwest Region President overseeing
Seattle, Portland, Spokane, Anchorage and Fairbanks. He has been in the
position since January 2016 after spending a decade as Market President
in Portland. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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11/03/20 - Country The Bull KNUC-FM 98.9 Seattle morning show Fitz in the Morning
has connected listeners with jobs worth a combined $2,222,320 in annual
salaries to date from local employers looking to hire. Employers can
continue to submit their open job descriptions online here. All Access Music Group
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11/03/20 - KTDD-FM 104.9 Eatonville switches to Worship 24/7 programming this Wednesday. 247 Media Ministries, the parent organization of the Worship 24/7
radio network, recently acquired the station from iHeartMedia’s Ocean Station Trust.
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11/03/20 - Steve Williams, Director of Audio Production at KUOW-FM 94.9 Seattle has been named President and CEO of Newark Public Radio, Jazz WBGO-FM 88.3
Newark/ New York effective January 4th. He was PD at WBGO in 2015-18
and a consultant for the station since earlier this year. All Access Music Group
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11/02/20 - Former Vancouver sports anchor Asa Rehman has announced his departure from the Mediapro Canada outlet OneSoccer,
where he has been a host with the subscription-based streaming service
since it debuted last year. He was a news anchor with Global BC from
2013-15 before heading to Global Toronto to anchor sports from 2015-19. John Jacques, Northern Tribune
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11/02/20 - Long-time News 1130 CKWX AM Vancouver Business Editor Richard Dettman is retiring effective November 27. He joined News 1130 in 2004, but has been in broadcasting for 45 years. News 1130
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11/01/20 - The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1 Seattle is the first to make the move with The Sound of Christmas. Puget Sound's holiday tradition!
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