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12/10/19 - Former Seattle broadcasters John Erickson and Bruce Murdock are retiring from their morning show at K103 KKCW-FM 103.3 Portland effective December 20th. The duo worked at KING AM 1090 Seattle in the 1980s. Radio Online
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12/09/19 - The Bull KNUC-FM 98.9
Seattle exceeded its first-year goals with St. Jude Children’s Research
Hospital in the station’s Country Cares for St. Jude Kids Radiothon
event on December 5 and 6. Radio Ink
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12/08/19 - Kerry Proudfoot (aka Kerry Grace) has retired as afternoon drive host on The Drive CHWK-FM 89.5 Chilliwack following a 32-year broadcasting career. John Vosper, afternoon host and Promotions Director at The Peak CJAV-FM 93.3 Port Alberni, takes over p.m. drive in early January. Broadcast Dialogue
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12/07/19 - KOMO-TV Seattle morning Weather Anchor Seth Wayne
leaves after seven years. He's taking a position with Holland America
Line at the end of the month. His last day at KOMO is December 27th. Facebook Announcement
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12/06/19 - After 25 years evening host Michael King is leaving KING 5 Seattle. He’s joining Boeing as an Engineering and Innovation Communicator. His last day hosting 'Evening' is December 6. KING 5 News
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12/06/19 - Numeris has released a Revised copy of its Fall Radio Diary 12+ Survey for smaller Canadian markets. The revised copy can be viewed here.
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12/05/19 - The Numeris Victoria Fall Radio Diary 12+ Survey puts CBC Radio 1 CBCV-FM 90.5 in first place with a 20.0 share, Rock The Q CKKQ-FM 100.3 is second with 15.0 and News/Talk CFAX AM 1070 is third with 11.7. Diary numbers have also been released for Abbotsford and Chilliwack. See Revision Above
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12/02/19 - Former Vancouver radio and TV broadcaster Bridgitte Anderson
is the first female CEO of the Vancouver Board of Trade in its 132-year
history. She was a reporter for CKWX AM 1130 from 1988-95 and anchored
TV news in Vancouver from 1995-2004. Denise Ryan, The Sun
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12/02/19 - KIXI AM 880 Seattle moved to all Christmas early Saturday with, "Music as festive now as it was then". Additionally, 98.5 Ocean CIOC-FM Victoria moved to all Christmas programming on Friday.
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100
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12/01/19 - Today
marks 100 years of radio broadcasting in North America. XWA Montreal
signed on one hundred years ago today. XWA, which became CFCF,
carried on for many decades before giving over to FM. KDKA Pittsburgh
was second on the air November 2, 1920. KJR Seattle, which had been
operating as experimental station 7XC, was the first in the Pacific
Northwest to be licensed in 1921. XWA History KDKA History KJR History
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