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9/15/21 - 710 ESPN KIRO AM Seattle will continue as the flagship radio station for Mariners baseball with a new multi-year extension. The Mariners have been broadcasting on 710 ESPN since its transition to an all-sports format in 2009, and KIRO AM was the team’s home from 1985-2002. 710 ESPN Release
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9/14/21 - Recent BCIT Radio Arts and Entertainment graduate Jaxon McNulty has landed a position with Canadian Traffic Network/ AM730 Traffic CHMJ Vancouver and Global BC
as weekend helicopter reporter. He's been a volunteer radio host and
content producer for Abbotsford's Campus and Community Radio Station CIVL-FM 101.7 since 2017.
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9/14/21 - The FCC
has cancelled the Sinclair Radio of Seattle License to Cover for
KOMO-FM1 97.7 Tukwila. The permit has been cancelled and callsign
deleted. FCC Release
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9/14/21 - Thomas Lawnsby has been named Assistant News Director at KING 5 Seattle. He's been with the KING 5 Media Group for 19 years and Senior News Producer since 2019. Producer Keely Walker moves into the Senior Producer role. Julie Wolfe, Linkedin
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9/14/21 - The 2021 edition of the Broadcast Dialogue
Canadian Radio Awards, presented by HD Radio, is now open for
submissions. Due to an overwhelming number of entries in talent and
production categories, they have expanded to 22 awards this year. There
were a few high profile local winners last year including Ronnie Stanton
(PD of the Year, Large Market) and Simi Sara (Best On-Air Team or Host,
Large Market). Broadcast Dialogue Release
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9/14/21 - 55 Promotion
has named Rachel Hammons Manager, National Promotion. She began
managing social media and email marketing in 2020 before being elevated
to this new position. Hammons was with Spirit 105.3 KCMS-FM
Seattle for a few years in promotions and social media marketing before
joining 55 Promotion and remains based in Lake Stevens, WA. CMB Release
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9/14/21 - Former KING 5 Seattle anchor Natasha Ryan has been posting 'kindness videos' and this shout out goes to another former KING reporter Roberta Romero.
Ryan is now Director of Communications & Business Development at
Premier Risk Solutions and Romero is now Development Manager at Peer
Seattle. LinkedIn Post Feed
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9/12/21 - Atlanta-based Cox Media Group has sold its Third and Broad KIRO
studios near downtown Seattle to San Mateo, CA-based Essex Property
Trust. The deal was finalized September 10th and is valued at $52.5
million. Meghan Hall, The Registry
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9/11/21 - The
Celebration of Life for legendary CKNW AM 980 News Director Warren
Barker, originally scheduled for September 23 at the Burnaby Mountain
Golf Course Clubhouse, has been postponed indefinitely by the family.
They say the risks are too great in the golf course reception
area. Barker passed away June 15 at age 92.
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9/09/21 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 remains in first place in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma August 2021 PPM 6+ ratings with a 7.3 share. Rock KISW-FM 99.9 moves back up to second with a 6.4 share. News KOMO AM 1000 is third with a 5.8 share. Radio Online
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9/09/21 - Former Vancouver radio personality Kelsey Lehman joins KiSS 92.5 CKIS-FM
Toronto and becomes National Music Curator for Rogers Sports &
Media’s CHR/ HOT AC brands. She was on air/ Music Director/ APD at KiSS RADiO CKKS-FM 104.9 Vancouver from 2015-17 and most recently APD/ MD/ Middays at KiSS 91.7 CHBN-FM Edmonton. Twitter Announcement
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9/09/21 - Long-time Seattle sports writer/ broadcaster Danny O'Neil, who was released from his position at 710 ESPN Seattle KIRO AM last month, writes about how "hosting a radio show in Seattle has been life-changing". Danny O'Neil Blog
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9/08/21 - KING 5 Seattle meteorologist Craig Herrera says goodbye today as he hosts his last weather report. As previously reported, the five-time Emmy-award winning meteorologist joins the new streaming service Fox Weather as a co-anchor of the platform’s key programming
blocks. Mark Wright Tweet
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9/08/21 - Long-time Vancouver radio and TV broadcaster Jody Vance has landed a position with Al Jazeera English TV. Her first assignment is to cover the Canadian federal election September 20 in Ottawa. Jon McComb Tweet
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9/07/21 - Former KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle Producer & Project Manager Kelsey Brannan has been named GM for University of Wisconsin station WSUM-FM 91.7 Madison, which is the country’s largest college radio station. She was with KEXP from 2018-19. WSUM Release
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9/07/21 - Veteran Seattle sports writer/ broadcaster Jim Moore explains his thoughts on the shakeup at 710 ESPN Seattle KIRO AM. He was a host at the station for 10 years before being laid off and is now writing for the Tacoma News Tribune. Moore was a sports columnist for the Seattle Post-Intelligencer from 1983-2009. Tacoma News Tribune
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9/06/21 - Vancouver-based CTV National News Bureau Chief Melanie Nagy
is taking a compassionate care leave to care for her ailing mother. Her
last day is today. Nagy has been with CTV News since 2012 and has
covered stories both domestically and internationally for the
network. Twitter Announcement
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9/03/21 - Effective Wednesday, September 15, 710 ESPN KIRO AM Seattle adds The Matt Hasselbeck Show as a weekly one-hour program each Wednesday at 9 a.m., joining morning host Mike Salk. Hasselbeck played for the Seahawks from 2001-10, including leading the team to its first ever Super Bowl appearance in 2005. 710 ESPN Release
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9/02/21 - Jodesha Broadcasting has filed an application with the FCC to downgrade KJET-FM 105.7
Union to a Class C3 (from C2) with 510 watts at 626.7 meters HAAT with a
1-element antenna mounted on an existing tower atop North Mountain. The
new pattern is slightly better towards Olympia but substantially pulls
back from the Kitsap Peninsula. Allocation Study
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9/02/21 - Long-time KING 5 Seattle staffer Evonne Benedict
has announced her retirement. She's held a number of positions with the
KING 5 Media Group since 1983 and most recently Director Of Digital
Media since 2017. Twitter Announcement
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9/02/21
- Starting October 18, Rogers Sports & Media news radio stations in
Vancouver, Toronto, Calgary, Kitchener, and Halifax, will re-brand to CityNews. CKWX AM 1130 Vancouver will become CityNews 1130. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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9/02/21 -
Vancouver entertainer Carol McCracken passed away August 7 at
Shorncliffe Village Care Home in Sechelt, BC. at age 77. She worked as a
dramatic actress on CBC radio, stage, and ultimately into movies at the
rebirth of the Canadian produced feature film business in
Vancouver. Sun/ Province Obituary
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9/01/21 - The September 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 Hurricane Ida, more COVID-19, the continuing drought, soil conductivity and much
more. September Clay's Corner
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