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10/19/20 - Former Seattle Police Chief Carmen Best joins KING 5
as a law enforcement analyst. Her Seattle Police Department career
began in 1992 and she served as chief of police from 2018-20. Best made
her first appearance on KING 5 News at 4 p.m. today. KING 5 News
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10/19/20 - Yasmin Gandham joins News 1130 CKWX AM
Vancouver as a weekend news anchor. The recent BCIT Broadcast
Journalism graduate is currently hosting her own news talk show at Connect 91.5 CJCN-FM Surrey.
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10/18/20 - KING 5 Seattle lighting designer and technical guru Tim Morris has died of cancer at age 63. He had been with the station for 37 years and was a big part in the success of New Day Northwest when it launched in 2010. Jake Whittenberg, KING 5 News/ Video
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10/17/20 - Former Vancouver and Victoria radio personality Lisa Daigneault has announced she is the new PD at Ocean 98.5 CIOC-FM
Victoria. She has previously been a traffic reporter for the Canadian
Traffic Network in Vancouver and was morning co-host at CIOC from
2015-17. Milkman Unlimited
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10/17/20 - Hits 106.1 KBKS-FM Seattle-based The Jubal Show is entering syndication beginning Monday, October 19 on 98.9 Magic-FM KKMG-FM Colorado Springs, CO and KissFM KZII-FM 102.5 Lubbock, TX. The Jubal Show features Jubal Fresh, his wife Alex Fresh and ‘English Evan’ Omelia. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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10/12/20
- Vancouver entrepreneur Jim Pattison is listed as the ninth richest
person in Canada with a net worth of US $5.4 billion. Among his diverse
holdings, his Jim Pattison Broadcast Group owns 47 radio and three TV stations in Western Canada, including CJJR-FM 93.7 and CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver. Ceoworld Magazine Richest List CRTC Ownership Chart
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10/12/20 - A memo has been sent to KIRO 7 Seattle staff that one of the employees has tested positive for COVID-19 and is seeking medical attention. The
employee came into contact with a small number of KIRO employees inside
the station and had contact with another employee who works outside the
building. FTVLive
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10/11/20 - Photographer, writer, director and cinematographer
Paul Mockler died September 18th at age 76 after a lengthy battle with
cancer. During his career he was an underwater cinematographer for CBC
Television, including work on the local productions of The Nature of Things, Danger Bay, and The Beachcombers. Hamilton Spectator Obituary
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10/10/20 - The 2020 RTDNA National Murrow Award winners have been announced with KING-TV Seattle receiving two awards. KING won in the Large Market Television category for Excellence in Writing for Sharify Stories and News Series for Veterans for Profit. John Sharify is a KING-TV freelance reporter. Overall Excellence went to KMGH-TV Denver, headed by former KOMO-TV Seattle VP and News Director Holly Gauntt. Complete Awards List
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10/10/20 - KIRO 7
Seattle got a taste of the heavy overnight rainfall as some of it came
into the studio through the roof this morning and had to be collected
with trashcans and buckets. Anchor Siemny Kim and Meteorologist Ilona McCauley, along with behind the scenes staffers, joined forces to keep the morning news on air. Siemny Kim Tweet
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10/08/20 - Jesse Johnston has announced he is leaving his position as 'South of the Fraser Reporter' with CBC Vancouver. He has been with the Corporation since January 2014. He says, "I’m just a little burned out and need a change of pace." Twitter Announcement
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10/08/20 - Former BCTV (now Global BC) news anchor Deborra Hope,
who retired in 2014, is now living in a nursing home, suffering from
Alzheimer’s disease. At the early onset she had begun to stumble over
words or names when reading the news. For her BCTV/ Global family, she
was in many ways the life of the station. Clive Jackson and Ian Haysom, Global News/ Videos
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10/07/20
- An obituary has been published for Carole Robinson, who passed away
peacefully in Vancouver on September 30. She married broadcaster Red
Robinson in 1963. Due to the current COVID situation, a private family
service will be held and her cremated remains will be inurned with their
son Jeff, who passed away in 2003. A Celebration of Life will be
announced at a future date. Alternatives Funeral & Cremation Services Obituary
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10/06/20 - The KING 5 Seattle series of half-hour specials on racial inequality and social justice titled Facing Race
is receiving national attention. The 13 half-hour specials began airing
September 13 immediately after Sunday Night Football. Paul Greeley, TVNewsCheck
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10/06/20 - The KZOK-FM 102.5 Seattle 23rd annual Rock The Harvest
radiothon raised over $116,000 to benefit Northwest Harvest, Washington
State’s leading hunger relief agency. The funds were raised during a 12
hour broadcast hosted by The Danny Bonaduce and Sarah Morning Show
on-air personalities. Radio Ink
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10/02/20 - B.C. Association of Broadcasters President Rob Bye
is concerned about the future of broadcasting in the province following
the failure of an Okanagan radio station linked to the COVID-19
pandemic. He's encouraging regulatory reforms and a tax credit, asking
government and other public agencies to dedicate more of their
advertising budgets to local media. Vancouver Sun
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10/01/20 - Broadcast engineer
Takashi "Tak" Negoro died in Vancouver September 19 at age 85. He
graduated from UBC with a B.A.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 1960,
taking over as V.P. of Engineering at BCTV (now Global BC) in 1981. A celebration of life will be held at a later date. Sun/ Province Obituary
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10/01/20 - Carole
Robinson, wife of veteran Vancouver broadcaster Red Robinson, passed
away Wednesday morning at St. John Hospice at the University of B.C. in
Vancouver. She was actively involved in Red's broadcasting work during
most of his career.
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10/01/20 - The CRTC has approved an application by the B.C. Conference of Mennonite Brethren Churches
to change the authorized contours of community-based religious TV
station CFEG-TV Abbotsford, by switching from analog to digital,
changing channel from 19 to 28, increasing ERP from 50 to 475 watts, and
decreasing HAAT from 78.5 to 61.4 meters. CRTC Release
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