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3/04/21 - KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle has promoted Ryan Castle to Brand Manager and Taryn Daly to Assistant Brand Manager effective immediately. Castle was Assistant Brand Manager and Daly has hosted nights and has been Assistant MD and the station’s Digital Captain since 2015. All Access Music Group
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3/03/21
- KVI AM 570 Seattle hosts pay tribute to long-time broadcaster and
talk show producer Daryl Summers. She passed away February 23rd,
believed to be in her early 50s. KVI Tribute Kirby Wilbur tribute
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3/02/21 - KING 5 Seattle Meteorologist/ Reporter Jordan Wilkerson has announced she is transferring to sister station WTLV/ WJXX Jacksonville FL to co-host First Coast Living, its version of New Day NW. Her last day at KING 5 is Sunday, March 14th and her first day at FCL is March, 22nd. Wilkerson has been with KING since 2017. Facebook Announcement
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3/02/21 - Gunter Mende, former
CBC Vancouver Sound & Lighting Technician passed away from heart
complications February 5 at age 85. He retired from the Corporation in
1997.
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2/27/21 - The March 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 Rush Limbaugh, the Mars landing, misinformation, the Coronavirus and much more. March Clay's Corner
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2/26/21 - The
front pages of both the Vancouver Sun and Province this morning feature a
tribute to the numerous people who sustained Team/ TSN 1040
CKST Vancouver over the last 20 years. The item also pays tribute to
the late Paul Carson, the principal founder of the sports station.
Carson died in North Vancouver December 21, 2010 at age 60. Paul Chapman, Twitter
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2/26/21 - Traffic anchor Kaitlyn Herbst signed off from Global News
Morning for the last time today after ten years in the position and
five more as a helicopter reporter for Canadian Traffic Network. She has
announced a new path as a realtor with MRKT. Real Estate Group. Global News/ Video Instagram Announcement
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2/26/21 -
Long-time Vancouver personality Doc Harris comments on the passing of
Rick Honey and "Daryl B" Burlingham, who both passed away 20 years ago
this week. Red Robinson, Facebook A rare recording of Daryl B at CHUM Toronto can be heard here.
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2/26/21 - Veteran rock programmer Dave Richards has been appointed Senior VP of Programming by Entercom. He has been overseeing rock KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle for the past 19 years, and serves as Senior VP, Programming, Entercom Seattle. Inside Radio
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2/26/21 - Sinclair
Seattle VP & GM Chad Conklin advises that colleague Daryl Summers
(Svardh) passed away Tuesday morning. He calls her, "A great
broadcaster, a treasured member of the KVI team and a wonderful person
who will be missed by all..." Puget Sound Media
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2/25/21 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Reshmi Nair will co-host CP24 Tonight, which premiers on CP24 Toronto Monday at 7 p.m. ET. The 2005 Columbia Academy graduate was a reporter at News 1130 CKWX Vancouver from 2005-08 and a writer/ reporter for CTV Vancouver from 2008-09, before moving to Toronto. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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2/25/21 - The CRTC
has granted Pushor Family Holdings of Kelowna, owners of CIRH-FM 98.3
Vancouver, a short term renewal until August. The station, formerly
branded as Roundhouse Radio, has been off air since May 2018, after a deal with South Fraser Broadcasting, owner of Pulse CISF-FM 107.7 Surrey, to purchase the station fell through. Canadian Radio News
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2/25/21 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive January PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group
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2/25/21 - Sportsnet 650 CISL AM producer/ host Justin Morissette,
whose leg was broken during an altercation with a street preacher in
Vancouver's West End last summer, is now suing the preacher, an
evangelical ministry, the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Police
Department. David Molko, CTV News
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2/24/21 - 14-year veteran journalist Megan Batchelor leaves her TV job to join Vancouver International Airport as a communications specialist. She's been a reporter for CBC Vancouver since 2015 after several years working in Winnipeg. Twitter Announcement
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2/24/21 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 continues in first place with a 7.4 share in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma January 2021 PPM 6+ ratings. News/ Talk KUOW-FM 94.9 is still second with an increase in share to 7.3. Rock KISW-FM 99.9 climbs up to third with 6.2. Radio Online
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2/24/21 - Former Kelowna broadcaster and freelancer Darren Worts has announced his return to the air in mid March. He will be hosting the afternoon show on 98.3 Star CKSR-FM Chilliwack and middays on Ocean 98.5 CIOC-FM Victoria. Twitter Announcement
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2/22/21 - Twenty
years ago this week, two prominent Vancouver personalities died just
three days apart. Rick Honey died in Vancouver February 24, 2001 at age
53 and "Daryl B" Burlingham passed away in Winnipeg February 27, 2001 at
age 58. Daryl B was on air at both CKLG and CFUN, while Honey
entertained at CKLG before hosting p.m. drive for over two decades at
CKNW. Red Robinson, Facebook
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2/18/21 - Veteran radio personality Chris Coburn
has officially retired. He was morning p.m. drive host at CJJR-FM
Vancouver from 1993-2008, a.m. drive host at CKPK-FM Vancouver from
2008-12 and most recently morning host at CKQC-FM Abbotsford from 2012
until now. Coburn's radio career spanned just under 40 years, beginning
in Ontario in 1982. Twitter Announcement
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2/18/21 - Long-time TSN 1040 CKST Vancouver broadcaster Rob Fai,
who is among those without a position after the sports format was cut
from the station last week, has joined forces with Hubcast Media to do a
post-game Vancouver Canucks show on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook Live and
Vimeo. Meanwhile, the B.C. Lions signed a five-year deal with TSN 1040
in January 2018 and now play-by-play of both Lions and Vancouver
Whitecaps games are uncertain following the changes. Steve Ewen, The Province
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2/17/21 - KING 5 Seattle news anchor and content creator Michelle Li has been hired by KSDK-TV
St. Louis as its newest multi-skilled journalist, to start in early
April. She has been with KING since 2016 and has earned numerous
awards, including nine regional Emmy Awards, four national Edward R.
Murrow Awards, and seven regional Murrows during her 18 years in broadcast journalism. KSDK Release
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2/17/21 - Travis Prasad returns to CTV Vancouver as a reporter after 3-1/2 years at Citytv.
The 2016 BCIT Broadcast and Online Journalism graduate was previously a
freelance writer/ reporter with CTV before joining Citytv. Twitter Announcement
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2/16/21 - Safeeya Pirani joins Vancouver market CKNW AM 980 as a reporter/ anchor. The 2016 BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate has been the News Director and morning show host at Spice Radio CJRJ AM 1200 for the last four years. Twitter Announcement
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2/13/21 - Maura Dooley has announced she has produced her last Wyman and Bob Show on 710 ESPN KIRO Seattle with Dave Wyman and Bob Stelton. However, she will now produce the morning Danny and Gallant show starting Monday. Mike Lefko takes over as producer of Wyman and Bob. Twitter Announcement
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2/13/21 - KING 5 Seattle
takes an internal look at racial bias in its newsroom and on its
airwaves. KING 5 and its parent company, TEGNA, have launched several
initiatives to diversify recruitment, hiring and content at the
station. KING 5 News/ Video
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2/12/21 - Funny 1040
debuted at 7 a.m. today on CKST AM Vancouver following the sudden
demise of its previous all-sports format on Tuesday. Deposed host
Don Taylor talks about the all-sports radio wars and his broadcasting
future. Steve Ewen, The Province
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2/11/21 - Long-time Vancouver broadcaster Riaz Meghji has released his new book Every Conversation Counts on how to overcome loneliness and isolation and build extraordinary relationships. He was the Host and Producer of Breakfast Television Vancouver for over a decade prior to announcing in July 2019 that he was leaving the show. Twitter Announcement Global News/ Video
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2/11/21 - Salem Spanish Religion Radio Luz KNTS AM 1680 Seattle has flipped to Regional Mexican as La Patrona 1680. All Access Music Group
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2/10/21
(Updated) - The list of popular personalities who were displaced
yesterday by Bell Media's format change and dropping of sports on CKST
AM 1040 Vancouver includes Matt Sekeres, Blake Price, Don Taylor, Bob
Marjanovich, Mike Halford, Jason Brough, Jeff Paterson, Rick Dhaliwal,
Brook Ward, Rob Fai, Shantelle Chand, Aneesa Heatherington, Andrew
Wadden, J.D. Burke, Jay Kroeker, Iain McLetchie, Ryan Henderson, Andy
Cole and Tom Mayenknecht. Also laid off were a number of off-air
technicians, sales people Lisa Letwin, Mike Longridge and Christina
Papadimitriou, managers and more. CKST will become Funny 1040 at 7:00 a.m. Friday. To those laid off, it is not at all funny.
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2/10/21 - The CRTC
has ruled that the market of Salt Spring Island could sustain a radio
station at this time. No parties other than Gulf Islands Community Radio Society
have expressed an interest in serving the market so the Commission
considers that publishing a call for applications is not
necessary. CRTC Release
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2/09/21 - KING 5 Seattle reporter John Sharify and photojournalist Joseph Huerta
have won a 2021 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, which
honors excellence in broadcast and digital journalism in public service.
The award is for "Bob's Choice",
a one-hour documentary which profiled Bob Fuller, a Seattle man who
chose to end his life under Washington's Death With Dignity Act
following a terminal cancer diagnosis. KING News/ Video
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2/09/21 - Puget Sound Radio reports further Bell Media layoffs in Victoria with the release of CFAX AM 1070 and Virgin Radio CHBE-FM 107.3
PD Chris Donnelly and APD/ midday host Ceara Kavanagh, along with an
unnamed technician. It reports both stations are now being run by
Kelowna-based Group Program Director Boyd Leader. PSR News
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2/09/21 -
The FCC has announced an upcoming FM broadcast frequency auction for
July 27th. Included in the auction is an allotment for a Class A
station to be situated at Coupeville on Whidbey Island at 101.1 MHz. The
station will have to be highly directional to protect co-channels
Vancouver market CFMI-FM and a placeholder Industry Canada allocation
for River Jordan on Vancouver Island. FCC Info
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2/09/21 - Bell Media has pulled the plug on its sports talk programming on CKST AM 1040 Vancouver. The station is currently running music
with announcements that a new format is coming at 7:00 a.m. Friday.
According to an internal email sent to staff from Bell management and
obtained by Postmedia, the station will re-launch Friday under the
“Funny” format. CKST was also the radio broadcast partner of both the
Canadian Football League’s B.C. Lions and Major League Soccer’s
Vancouver Whitecaps, with the future of those rights now not known. Scott Brown, Patrick Johnston, The Province Rob Williams, Daily Hive Twitter Feed
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2/07/21 - KIRO-TV Seattle announced this morning on its Facebook page
that it is back on AT&T and DIRECTV. KIRO and 13 other Cox
Media Group stations were pulled off the service last Tuesday due to a
carriage dispute. The two sides have signed a new multiyear agreement.
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2/06/21 - KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle morning host John Richards teams up with Naturopathic Doctor Amy Lindsey to host a new podcast titled The DR & the DJ. The podcast about the power of music, health, and community debuts February 26th. Radio Ink
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2/05/21 - TEGNA Inc. announced today that KOMO News Seattle News Director Bill Dallman has been named President and GM of KARE-TV
Minneapolis effective June 1. He replaces John Remes, who retired at
the end of 2020. Dallman has been ND at KOMO since 2018. TEGNA Release
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2/05/21 -
Following a ban by music outlets in the U.S., Country singer Morgan
Wallen’s music has been pulled from B.C. radio stations, after a
recording that surfaced this week of the American musician using a
racial slur. Aleesha Harris, The Province
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2/05/21 - Additional Bell Media staffers who have been released in the latest round of layoffs include CTV Vancouver Scheduling Manager/ Training Coordinator Shelly Donovan, Senior Graphic Designer Simon Clarke, Producer Alicia Doyle, Video Editor Dylan Baker, Senior Director Charles Wright, Don Kurek and receptionist Jasmine Khalil.
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2/04/21 - CTV Vancouver videographer Nic Amaya has been laid off by Bell Media. He's
been with CTV since November 2017, but also has 15 years of experience
with CBC Television Vancouver and operates his own company, Nic Amaya
Media Productions. Twitter Announcement
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2/04/21 - A yearlong 50th anniversary celebration for KISW-FM 99.9
Seattle begins February 12. The special programming will include
stories and memories from the station’s alumni, local civic, sports and
business leaders, as well as bands and artists from both Seattle and
around the world. Radio Online
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2/03/21 - Listener-supported KING-FM 98.1
Seattle is taking steps to address issues of equity and inclusion in
its classical music programming. The station is committing to an action
agenda for change in recognition of the lack of diversity in its field. KING-FM Release
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2/03/21 - Former KING 5 Seattle intern Helen Smith is returning to the station. The Pacific Lutheran University Communication and Media Studies BA has been a digital producer at KREM-TV Spokane since October 2019. Twitter Announcement
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2/01/21 - KIRO 7
Seattle is in a carriage dispute with AT&T/ DIRECTV. Negotiations
continue, but if a successful outcome isn't achieved soon, KIRO-TV,
along with 13 other Cox Media Group stations will likely go dark overnight. Soon after midnight February 2nd, that is what happened. TV Answer Man KIRO Update
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2/01/21 - Michael Foster, script writer and host for the CBC Schools’ Broadcast series Pictures in the Air,
produced in Vancouver, died January 14 at age 91. He was a full
professor at UBC in the Education Department and often taught his art
program at UVic in the summers. Sun/ Province Obituary
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2/01/21 - Sinclair
Broadcast Group’s Seattle radio cluster is now part of the roll-out of
its STIRR XT digital audio service using the ATSC 3.0-based digital TV
transmission standard. The company hopes the ATSC 3.0 radio broadcasts
will entice automakers to include 3.0 receivers in future models. InsideRadio
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