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9/27/22 - KING 5 Seattle morning anchor Jake Whittenberg Tweeted back on April 18th that he would shave an ‘M’ in the back of his head if the Mariners
make the playoffs. Despite a poor road trip and a 20-year drought, the
team has a >99% chance this season. It looks like Whittenberg is
about to get M'd.
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9/26/22 - KIRO 7
Seattle creative services writers/ producers Brandon Bidwell and Alicia
Collins were tasked with coming up with a promo that was coming from a
place of authenticity. Paul Greeley, TVNewsCheck
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9/24/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle investigative reporter for 29 years, Linda Byron takes her love of the outdoors to new heights. She is roving Mt. Rainer as a national park volunteer with current Evening Magazine photojournalist pal Diane Torre. Instagram Posting
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9/23/22 - Postmedia reports the Vancouver Canucks radio broadcasts will be back on Sportsnet 650
CISL Vancouver for the upcoming NHL season. The Canucks and the
national broadcaster have inked a deal that will line up the radio
rights’ expiration with the expiration of the regional TV rights deal
with Rogers-owned Sportsnet Pacific and the expiration of the Rogers
arena sponsorship deal. Patrick Johnston, The Province
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9/23/22 - CKNW AM 980 Vancouver morning news anchor Gord Macdonald announces he is retiring.
"This is my final newscast on CKNW. After 33 years here, and 47 years
in radio newsrooms....40 of which were on the early morning shift....it
is time for me at the age of 66 to learn how to go to bed and wake up at
a regular time, and actually have dinner with my family. To you the
listener, thank you." Facebook Announcement CKNW Bio
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9/22/22 - Robyn Burns has stepped away as the host of the CBC Radio One Victoria All Points West
p.m. drive program. She has been the host since 2015 and is relocating
to Yellowknife with her family. Her final shows can be heard here.
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9/22/22 - The Jack Webster Foundation has presented the 2022 Bill Good Award to CHEK Media.
It was granted at the Foundation's announcement of finalists in the 14
categories for the 2022 Webster Awards. One winner in each category will
be announced during an online awards ceremony on November 3rd. Cision Release
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9/22/22 - CIVT-TV Vancouver celebrates 25 years on air today. The CTV owned station started out as Vancouver Television
in 1997 and became a full CTV Network station on September 1, 2001 as
part of a major network shuffle involving several Vancouver
stations. CIVT Video CIVT History
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9/22/22 - JACK CJAX-FM 96.9 Vancouver has made a minor change to its imaging from “Playing What We Want” to “Playing Whatever”.
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9/21/22 - Former FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle reporter/ anchor Ali Bradley, who left the station in June 2021 and now works for NewsNation, has been named part of a pre-debate show team in Texas on Sept. 30 because of her SW border assignment. TVNewsCheck
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9/21/22 - Former KMTT-FM 103.7 Seattle (now Hot 107.3 KHTP-FM) personality Cory Edmondson joins Froggy 98 Country KFGE-FM 98.1 Lincoln NE as APD/MD/midday host. He worked in Seattle back in 2007-09. All Access Music Group
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9/20/22 - On its Facebook page August 29th, FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle promoted the start of a new lifestyle show with Liz, Brian, and Mireya to start Sept. 12 called Studio 13, airing from 10-11 a.m. That program has not yet debuted. A FOX 13 spokesperson says Studio 13 is still going to launch, but has not released a date.
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9/17/22 - KING 5 Media Group has announced plans to live broadcast four pre-season Seattle Kraken
games in September and October on KONG-TV. This is the second straight
season KONG-TV will broadcast Kraken games, after airing four preseason
games in 2021. KONG Release
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9/17/22 - Threshold Communications sells the tolled CP for KVNW-FM 92.9
Napavine/ Centralia to Premier Broadcasters, Inc. for $250,000. The
KVNW CP has been tolled since 2015 due to a pending legal appeal by
Premier to their petition for reconsideration over the grant of the
CP. Radio Insight
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9/16/22 - Veteran TV producer Alicia Doyle leaves her position with Global BC after a year and a half. She's held positions in the past with CTV Vancouver and CBC in several locations. Twitter Announcement
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9/14/22 - The Summer 2022 PPM ratings released last week by Numeris
in Canada included a note stating “Effective the start of the 2022-23
broadcast year (August 29, 2022), the Radio Topline Reports will no
longer be produced. The final report will encompass the period ending on
August 28, 2022.” Discontinued are Vancouver and the other four PPM
markets released quarterly, the twice yearly diary surveys in twenty one
markets, and all national weekly ratings reports for television. RadioInsight
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9/12/22 - KING 5 Seattle Sports Director Paul Silvi has announced that Seahawks radio play by play announcer and former player Steve Raible will join The Fifth Quarter post-game show beginning Sunday, Sept. 18. The segment will take the place of Clayton's Corner, which was hosted weekly by the late John Clayton. Silvi paid tribute to Clayton on Sunday night's season debut program.
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9/08/22 - KONG-TV Seattle makes its final tech run through before the debut of the new season-long Thursday Seahawks Central show live tonight at 9:30 p.m. The Seahawks first regular season game airs at 5 p.m. Monday, Sept. 12 on ABC/ KOMO-TV and on the Seahawks Radio Network from Seattle Sports KIRO AM 710. Twitter Announcement
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9/08/22 - KOMO-TV Seattle Meteorologist Kristin Clark
posted a tweet yesterday that said the Mt. Rainier volcano appeared to
be “venting”, which went viral. The National Park Service quickly issued
a news release stating, "A new vent has NOT opened on the volcano." It
added, "The USGS seismic network does not show any unusual levels of
activity coming from Mount Rainier." National Park Service Release Kristin Clark Tweet
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9/08/22 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive August '22 PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group
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9/08/22 - Numeris PPM 12+ ratings for May 30 - August 28, 2022 have been released for Vancouver. News/ Talk CKNW AM 980 continues to lead with a 12.5 share. Country CJJR-FM 93.7 is second with 11.0. CBC Radio One CBU-FM 88.1/ AM 690 is third with 9.8. Radio West
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9/08/22 -
Vancouver country musician and broadcaster Elmer Tippe died September 7
at age 89. He hosted shows at CJJC Langley from 1969-75 and at Super
Country CKWX from 1975-91. Tippe was inducted into the Western Swing
Hall of Fame in Sacramento in 1993, the Canadian Country Music Broadcast
Hall of Fame in 2002 and received seven Country Music Broadcaster
Awards. Facebook Announcement Hall of Fame Biography
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9/07/22 - Classic Hits KJEB-FM 95.7 moves up into first place in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma August 2022 PPM 6+ ratings with a 6.6 share. AC KSWD-FM 94.1 makes a big jump up to second with a 6.3 share. All Sports KIRO AM 710 is third with 6.2. (Normally top three News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 slips to fourth with a 6.1 share.) Radio Online
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9/07/22 - Seattle Sports KIRO AM 710 returns its weekly Hawks Live
show to live broadcasts before an in-person audience at Bellevue
Square’s Center Court for select shows this year for the first time
since before the pandemic. The show is hosted by Seahawks broadcasters
and former players Michael Bumpus and Paul Moyer. KIRO Release
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9/02/22 - A
celebration of life has been announced for long time CHAN-TV Vancouver
(now Global BC) reporter/ Camera Assignment Manager Dale Hicks, who
passed away September 25, 2021 at age 78. It will be held Wednesday,
September 7 from 1 to 4 p.m. at the Marine Drive Golf Club, 7425 Yew
Street, Vancouver. Online Announcement Obituary
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9/01/22 - Gabe Mercer joins The Morning Wolfpack with Matt McAllister morning show as co-host on The Wolf KKWF-FM 100.7
Seattle. She will be heard weekdays from 5:00 to 10:00 a.m. beginning
September 6. Mercer, originally from Wenatchee, will continue in her
midday slot 10 a.m. to noon. RadioInsight
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