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7/02/20 - Legendary Vancouver Province sports writer and columnist Tony Gallagher
is being inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame as the 2020 media
honouree and recipient of the Elmer Ferguson Memorial Award for
journalism excellence. Gallagher also hosted his own sports talk show on
CKWX in 1989 and since 2001 has been a prominent voice on TSN 1040
CKST. Ben Kuzma, The Province
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6/30/20 -To commemorate and celebrate Seafair 2020 amid their cancelled events due to COVID-19, KING 5
Seattle has partnered with the legacy summer festival to produce two
special programs to air on KING 5. They include a July 4 fireworks
special and an August 1 hydroplane special. KING 5 News
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6/30/20 - KHHO AM 850 Tacoma changes its format to the newly launched BIN: Black Information Network,
described as “the first and only 24/7 national and local all news audio
service dedicated to providing an objective, accurate and trusted
source of continual news coverage with a Black voice and perspective.”
The new iHeartMedia network is running on fifteen stations across the
country as well as HD Radio subchannels in other markets. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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6/28/20 - The July 2020 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 the demonstrations in Seattle and other cities, more COVID-19
and its effect on broadcasting, cancellation of the EAS National
Periodic Test this fall and much more. July Clay's Corner
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6/27/20 - Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle said goodbye this week to Chief Meteorologist Walter Kelley
who put in his last day Thursday. After 23 years, he is moving to
Arizona for family reasons. Kelley was part of the original news team at
Q13, helping launch the news operation back in 1997. Q13 News
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6/26/20 - Robin Anderson has stepped away from radio just two months short of 16 years on air and leaves her position as Executive Producer of The Mens Room on KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle. She managed the launch and ongoing service for 20 affiliates at KISW. Jason Remington, Puget Sound Media
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6/25/20 - Scott "Scooter" Shantz is back on the air doing summer fill-in on The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver. He was part of the Z95.3 CKZZ-FM morning show until March when Kid Carson and Vancouver actor/ comedian Jordan McCloskey became the new hosts.
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6/25/20 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Crystal Darche leaves her position at The Chuck CKNG-FM 92.5 Edmonton after a five year run. She hosted middays at JR Country CJJR-FM 93.7
Vancouver from 2001-13 before doing duties at a couple of other
Vancouver stations and moving to Edmonton in 2015. Darche is moving to
Kelowna to be with family.
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6/24/20 - CKNW AM 980 Vancouver late night talk show host Justin "Drex" Wilcomes
has announced his departure from Corus Radio to pursue other
opportunities. He doesn't elaborate except to say one of them is working
on a docuseries about collectors. Drex has been with 'NW since 2014 and
late night on the Corus Network nationally since 2018. Twitter Announcement
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6/24/20 - Entercom
President and CEO David Field says the company is restoring full salary
for employees starting with the July 25th paycheck. He notes
that "advertising has improved significantly in recent weeks since
bottoming out in April and we are cautiously optimistic about the months
ahead." Entercom has five FM stations in the Seattle market. All Access Music Group
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6/21/20 - Former
CBC Vancouver staffer Sid Kozak died June 13 at age 77. He was
Casting Director with CBC in the mid to late 1980s and by 1990 was Head
of Casting for Western Canada. Among the innumerable programs which
benefited from his skill in matching actors and roles were The Beachcombers (1985-1989), Liar, Liar (1993), Northwood (1991-1994) and Little Criminals (1995). A celebration of life will be held in the future. Arbor Memorial Obituary
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6/21/20 - Miles Ramsay, well known Vancouver singer and jingle, TV and movie theme producer died Friday
at age 79. Notable compositions were the Great Root Bear theme for
A&W and his portrayal as "Mr Chevron" in TV commercials. Radio West Announcement Hall of Fame Bio 1988 YouTube Video
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6/21/20 - Former
Victoria, Vancouver and Radio Luxembourg personality Ray Orchard died
June 19 at age 89. In later years he and his wife hosted an annual lamb
barbecue for Victoria and lower mainland broadcasters. Ron Robinson, Puget Sound Radio
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6/19/20 - Jet FM CFCP-FM 98.9 Courtenay switches its brand to say thank you to B.C’s provincial health officer. Its
name changes to “98.9 Doctor Bonnie Henry FM” to show appreciation for
the hard work she has been doing to help limit the spread of COVID-19 in
British Columbia. Milkman Unlimited
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6/19/20 - KIRO-TV Seattle has now officially announced that after 38 years Steve Raible
will sign off next week. KIRO will look back at Raible’s 38-year career
with a week of celebration, which will conclude with a 30-minute
special at 7 p.m. on June 25. KIRO 7 News Chris Talbott, Seattle Times
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6/18/20 - Margaret Larson, host of New Day Northwest on KING5
Seattle has announced her retirement effective July 30th. She says, "We
are moving to North Carolina to be near (her son) Kyle for a while,
then who knows? We might well wander back this way eventually but we're
pulling the rip cord for now!" She has hosted New Day Northwest since 2010. FTVLive
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6/18/20 - Former Victoria broadcaster Daryl Holien has retired from his position as GM of Harvard Broadcasting Red Deer, AB after ten years. During his career, which began in Regina, he held Production Manager positions at CKDA and The Ocean in Victoria.
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6/17/20 - Skyview Networks has partnered with The Bull KNUC-FM 98.9 Seattle host Bryan “B-Dub” Washington
for a multi-year syndication and development venture beginning in July.
It will include a re-brand of his current syndicated weekend show, Buckwild Saturday Night, which will change to B-Dub Radio Saturday Night. All Access Media Group
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6/17/20 - The
C-FUN AM 1410 building on 4th Avenue in Vancouver is being demolished to
make way for a new complex. The lobby of the new building will feature
the best of the radio station. C-FUN occupied the premises from 1959-93
and in recent years it was a Salvation Army thrift store. Red Robinson Facebook Building Backgrounder
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6/15/20 - Retired
CBC Vancouver staffer Serafine Crawley passed away June 5 at age 76,
ending a brief battle against an aggressive cancer. She joined the CBC
Finance Department in 1975, transferring to Audience Relations in 1997,
where she remained until her retirement in 2002. There will be no
funeral service or Celebration of Life per her request. KORU Obituary
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6/15/20 - Jodesha Broadcasting News Director and Technology Manager Dave Haviland has been appointed to a vacant seat on the Aberdeen City Council. He has been with the six-station cluster since 2007. Dan Hammock, The Daily World
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6/12/20 - KIRO-TV Seattle reporter/ anchor Rob Munoz
has announced he is leaving the station. He says he has a job that will
allow him to sleep in for the first time in years. Munoz has been with
KIRO since March 2014. Twitter Announcement
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6/12/20 - Emmy award winning KOMO-TV Seattle news anchor Molly Shen
is recuperating at home after undergoing surgery this week to treat
thyroid cancer. She expects to return in a few weeks following a full
recuperation. Shen has been with KOMO News since 1997. KOMO News
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6/11/20 - Kim Bolan,
a longtime investigative reporter with Postmedia, has been awarded the
Canadian Journalism Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award. The award
recognizes those who have made outstanding lifetime contributions to
journalism in Canada. Besides her 36 years as a newspaper reporter,
Bolan was briefly with BCTV Vancouver in the 1980s and has been a regular contributor to CBC Radio Vancouver. Postmedia News
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6/11/20 - Sinclair Broadcast Group
has now closed a $6.75 million deal to buy KOMO-FM 97.7 Oakville from
South Sound Broadcasting. The deal also includes the Redmond-licensed
K249DX at 97.7. Sinclair acquired the option to buy the station as part
of its 2017 deal to buy Fisher Broadcasting’s radio-television
operation. The signals have been operated under a local marketing
agreement by Sinclair which relays KOMO AM 1000 for improved coverage in Tacoma and Olympia. InsideRadio
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6/10/20 - Former broadcaster and more recently conference facilitator Greg Simpson
died Tuesday at University Hospital in London, ON following a massive
stroke several days earlier. He was 71. His earlier on-air work was in
Ontario, but he has been a conference facilitator for Canadian Music
Week and owner of Greg Simpson Music Services in the Vancouver area
since 1993. FYI Music News JJ Johnston Backgrounder
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6/10/20 - The End KNDD-FM 107.7
Seattle is selling face masks to raise money for nurses. The machine
washable masks feature the station's blue, white and green color scheme
and logo and includes a pocket for a filter. A portion of the proceeds will to the Washington State Nurses Association. The End Info
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6/09/20 - Several Vancouver and Victoria radio and TV stations and their staffers have been acknowledged in the 2020 RTDNA Canada National and Network Awards. RTDNA Canada
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6/09/20 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 continues its position in first place in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma May 2020
Portable People Meter 6+ ratings with a 7.2 share. Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 continues in second place with a 6.6 share. CHR KQMV-FM 92.5 continues in third with 6.2. Radio Online
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6/09/20 - RTDNA Canada has given West Region Lifetime Achievement Awards to Vancouver broadcasters Gord Macdonald and Ed Watson.
Macdonald has been a radio journalist for 45 years, including over 30
at CKNW and Watson's career spans over 30 years. Release #1 Release #2
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6/09/20 - The Jet KJR-FM 95.7 Seattle has launched 95.7 The Jet Mornings with Jodi & Bender. Bender previously worked mornings on KISS KBKS-FM 106.1. Jodi has worked in Seattle for over 20 years and on The Jet since 2011. Radio Online
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6/09/20 - A number
of Seattle stations have been running on a temporary antenna from West
Tiger Mountain since the antenna fire in November 2018. The temporary
antenna is now being replaced with a new permanent one. Some stations
have lower power auxiliary facilities on Cougar Mountain, which they
will be transmitting from until the antenna work is completed.
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6/09/20 - CTV News at Six Vancouver is the 2020 winner of the RTDNA Canada
award for Best Local Newscast – Large Market. It was picked the third
time by the awards committee over other RTDNA regional best newscast
award winners in Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Toronto, Ottawa and
Montreal. CTV News
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6/08/20
- Former CBC Vancouver staffer and Vancouver Cablevision Program
Manager David Liddell died May 24 in North Vancouver following a
two-month illness and two strokes. He was 85. He was with CBC for a
number of years before introducing innovative and lasting concepts to
Community Television in Canada. Sun/ Province Obituary
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6/04/20 - Former
CBC Vancouver staffer Alan Gadsby died March 16 at age 84. He was with
the staff of CBC Vancouver from the early 1960s to the early '80s. He
began as a Clerk in TV Traffic, rising to TV Traffic Manager and then TV
Production Unit Manager. A celebration of life will be held at a later
date. Sun/ Province Obituary CBC Release
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