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9/24/20 - Brad McDonald retires from the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group. He has been an account manager with the company since 1994, most recently with JR Country CJJR-FM 93.7 and The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver.
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9/22/20
- Intelli LLC has applied to the FCC for an STA to operate KKOL AM 1300
Seattle with its nighttime power of 3.2 kW during daytime hours to get
back on the air before its permit expires. The station has been dark
while dealing with complaints of blanketing interference from
neighbors. All Access Music Group
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9/21/20 - Former KING 5 Seattle news anchor Natasha Ryan guest hosts on Tuesday's edition of New Day NW, as more personalities sit in before a new permanent host is announced. Twitter Announcement
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9/20/20 - KING 5 Seattle traffic, news and weather anchor Stephen Kilbreath will host New Day
at 11 a.m. Monday. The program has been guest hosted by a number of
personalities as KING has yet to announce a new permanent host to take
over from Margaret Larson, who retired at the end of July. Facebook Announcement
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9/19/20 - Former CFAX Radio reporter and Victoria City Council alderman Mary S. Johnston (Suzanne Hansen) died September 15 in the palliative care unit of Saanich Peninsula Hospital. She was 77. No service is planned due to current conditions. Times Colonist Obituary
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9/16/20 - CKNW AM 980 Vancouver reporter Erin Ubels moves to weekday afternoon anchor. The 2016 BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate has been at 'NW since May 2017.
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9/16/20 - Jacques
Baillaut, former Manager of Communications for Radio-Canada French radio
and TV in Vancouver died August 17 at age 96. He played a major role in
the preparation of the inauguration in September 1976 of Radio-Canada’s
French TV station CBUFT-TV Vancouver. Because of the Covid pandemic, a
commemorative ceremony will be held at a later date. The Canadian Obituary Dignity Obituary
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9/15/20 - Long time Vancouver broadcaster Martin Strong returns to the airwaves this coming Saturday as host of Vancouver Consumer on CKNW AM 980. The Vancouver Institute of Media Arts (VanArts) Department Head was most recently on air at the now defunct Roundhouse Radio CIRH-FM 98.3.
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9/15/20 - Bonneville Seattle has named Jim Richmond as Director of Sales effective September 16. He replaces Cathy Cangiano
who was recently promoted to the role of SVP and Market Manager.
Richmond was most recently General Sales Manager at Entercom in San
Francisco. Radio Online
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9/13/20 - Former
Vancouver Province journalist and CBC-TV panelist Kay Alsop died
September 6 in West Vancouver at age 100. She was a staff reporter for
The Vancouver Province from 1968-79 and was seen on local screens as a
frequent guest panelist on nationally televised CBC shows Front Page Challenge and Flashback. At her request there will be no funeral. John Mackie, Vancouver Sun Sun/ Province Obituary
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9/12/20 - CHEK-TV Victoria weekend news anchor Kori Sidaway
has made international news after she went on social media to defend
herself from an email critical of the outfit she wore on camera. CBC News
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9/12/20 - Former Vancouver radio personality Alex Carr has announced on his Facebook page that he will be hosting weekend evenings on Sonic 102.9 CHDI-FM Edmonton. He hosted middays at CFOX-FM 99.3 Vancouver from 2017-19 before moving to host mornings with his sister Ruby at The Edge CFNY-FM 102.1 Toronto. The pair were released in January after just one year.
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9/12/20 - Mike Curto, the voice of the Tacoma Rainiers
has been stuck in his own version of limbo as the baseball season ticks
away. The Rainiers have been silenced this season, a victim of the
COVID-19 pandemic that resulted in the cancellation of the minor-league
season. Larry Stone, Seattle Times
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9/11/20 - CKNW AM 980 Vancouver has announced new program hosts: Mo Amir, host and producer of the Vancolour podcast, will provide weekly commentary. Former Sportsnet 650 personality Jawn Jang begins hosting a live weekend edition of The Shift on the Global News Radio network tonight. Also, Alarm Force creator and former CEO Joel Matlin joins CKNW’s weekend line-up with a live, nationwide program called Joel Matlin’s Entrepreneur Show. Corus Release
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9/10/20
- Entercom is going through another round of staff reductions. Affected
in Seattle are: Alek Halverson, Interim PD, MD/ afternoon host at
Country KKWF-FM 100.7; Alyssa Boccuzzi, Midday Host and Music Director at Alternative KNDD-FM 107.7; Walt Flakus, APD/ Afternoon Host at KNDD and Tim Taylor, Afternoon Host at AC KSWD-FM 94.1. All Access Music Group
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9/08/20 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Karl Douglas, who has been working in Edmonton since 2013, most recently at Up! CIUP-FM 99.3, advises that his position has been eliminated. He was on air at a number of Vancouver and Victoria stations from 1991-2007.
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9/07/20 - Bob
Robertson, the legendary former voice of WSU Cougars football, died
Sunday at his home in University Place at age 91. He
held the play-by-play title from 1964-2011 before moving into an
analyst role for the final seven seasons of his Hall of Fame career.
Robertson retired on October 18, 2018. Seattle Times Seattle PI AP News Larry Stone, Seattle Times Tribute
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9/05/20 - KBCB-TV
Bellingham is running a, "This channel is available for lease" notice
on its 24.2 channel. It was most recently running a shopping network
service. KBCB Screen Shot
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9/04/20 - (updated) Vancouver broadcaster/ journalist Rick Ouston died August 31 at age 64.
He was a TV reporter and assignment editor with CBC, convergence editor
with Global TV, assignment editor with The Vancouver Sun and was
also a teacher of journalism at Langara College in Vancouver. Sun/ Province Obituary
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9/03/20 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive August PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group
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9/02/20 - KING 5 Seattle re-aired the final episode of New Day Northwest hosted by Margaret Larson
this morning. She retired from the program at the end of July after
more than ten years hosting the show and over 35 years of work in
television. A number of personalities are appearing on the show vying
for a chance at taking over as the new host, which KING is expecting to
announce by next month.
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9/02/20 - The purchase price for KTDD-FM 104.9 Eatonville by Worship 24/7 is $320,000. The group's PR says KTDD reaches Olympia, which is outside the station's 60 dBu service contour,
but there is good coverage into Tacoma's suburbs. Worship 24/7 paid
$175,000 for KURT-FM 93.7 Prineville OR last year only to have the same
broker sell a better local signal there to a competing group.
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9/02/20 - OMNI Television
launches new Filipino and Arabic newscasts today, supported by 25 new
editorial, digital and videojournalist positions. The daily, 30-minute OMNI News: Arabic Edition and OMNI News: Filipino Edition
will feature local, national, and international news, and are being
produced in-house at OMNI’s studios in Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, and
Edmonton. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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9/01/20 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 continues its position in first place in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma August 2020
Portable People Meter 6+ ratings with a 7.1 share. Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 continues in second place with a 6.9 share. Rock KISW-FM 99.9 moves up to third with 5.7. Radio Online
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9/01/20 - 247 Media Ministries, the parent organization of the Worship 24/7
radio network, has reached an agreement to acquire KTDD-FM 104.9
Eatonville from iHeartMedia’s Ocean Station Trust. The transaction still
requires FCC approval. KTDD will be the second station airing the
Worship 24/7 network, which launched in June 2019. Lance Venta, Radio Insight
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