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7/21/19
- Publisher, communications consultant and former broadcaster Susan
Fisher Woods died Saturday morning (7/20) at age 66 following a battle
with cancer. She produced and hosted the local history program Remember When
on CFAX Victoria from 2003-10. Prior to moving to Victoria in 1989, she
was an editor for BCTV and a reporter for CKWX and CKVU-TV Vancouver
during the 1970s and '80s. A church service is being planned for early
September.
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7/21/19 - The CRTC
announced on June 27 that it will hold a hearing September 5 in
Gatineau, QC to consider renewal of the broadcasting licences for
CHMZ-FM Radio Ltd. Tofino and CIMM-FM Radio Ltd. Ucluelet. Owner Matthew
McBride has also filed an application for authorization to change
ownership and effective control of the stations to Cameron Randall
Dennison. Nora O'Malley, Tofino-Ucluelet Westerly News CRTC Release
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7/20/19 - Vancouver market CKNW AM 980 will air its 75th Anniversary Broadcast from 6:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. August 15th live on location from Anvil Centre,
777 Columbia St., New Westminster. In addition, the station will hold a
75th Birthday Luncheon August 12th, from 12:00 noon to 1:45 p.m. at Terminal City Club, 837 W Hastings St., Vancouver. Registration by noon August 9th is required for the luncheon. CKNW began broadcasting in New Westminster on August 15, 1944. Event Details
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7/20/19 - A Funeral Service and Celebration of Life have been announced for popular radio veteran John Harada, who died suddenly Monday from a bacterial infection in Coquitlam at age 65. He was primarily an Ontario broadcaster, but for the past eight months had been hosting mornings at The New SRQ WSRQ AM 106.9
Sarasota FL remotely from his home near Vancouver. The service will be
held Wednesday, July 24 beginning with visitation at 10 a.m. at First
Memorial Funeral Services Burkeview Chapel in Port Coquitlam, with a
Celebration of Life at 4 p.m. at Nikkei National Museum & Cultural
Centre in Burnaby. Details Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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7/19/19 - KFNY-FM 102.9 Centralia is now KZTM-FM following the closing of its $3 million purchase by Bustos Media. Bustos has made the station the primary Seattle signal for its Spanish CHR La Z network. La Zeta is
also heard on KZNW-FM 103.3 Oak Harbor and was previously on KMIA AM
1210 Seattle, which has now become the third affiliate of Bustos Media's
Regional Mexican La Pantera network. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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7/17/19 - A
Celebration of Life was held Tuesday for former Seattle radio
personality Frosty Fowler, who passed away in April at age 96. 60 to 70
people were in attendance. Jason Remington, Puget Sound Media
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7/17/19 - KGY-FM 95.3 Olympia personality Steven B. (Stephen Schlenker),
who announced in early June that he would be off air for awhile for
medical reasons, has now confirmed he is retiring, just short of 39
years in the business. Facebook Announcement
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7/15/19 - Canadian Club of Vancouver President Ray Greenwood and former CKNW Vancouver Joy's Journal
host Joy Metcalfe are hosting a Goodbye Gala for former CKNW/CFMI-FM
Promotions Director John Plul, who died July 8th. It is scheduled for 4
p.m. Tuesday July 23rd at Terminal City Club, 837 West Hastings St.,
Vancouver. An RSVP is requested at mr.fireworks@telus.net
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7/13/19 - CHEK-TV Victoria welcomes Joe Perkins,
who begins anchoring the 6 p.m. news on Monday. Also announced is the
expansion of the newscast to one hour, beginning in the fall. Facebook Video
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7/12/19 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive Spring 2019 PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group
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7/12/19 The FCC
has Accepted for Filing an application by Sunnylands Broadcasting, LLC
to relocate KARR AM 1460 translator K253CG 98.5 Redmond from 47° 32' 37.00" 122° 06' 27.00" (Cougar Mountain) directional to 47° 36' 58.00" 122° 18' 28.00"
(Capitol Hill) directional and change Community of License to Seattle.
ERP will remain at 250 watts, but HAAT will change from 383 to 189
meters. FCC Data
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7/11/19 - CHR MOViN KQMV-FM 92.5 moves into a first place tie with Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 with 6.1 shares. News KUOW-FM 94.9
slips to third with a 5.6 share in the Nielsen Audio
Seattle-Tacoma Spring 2019 Portable People Meter 6+ ratings. Radio Online
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7/10/19 - The FCC has granted a Minor Modification to a Construction Permit for KVOS-TV Bellingham. It will operate Post-Transition on transmit channel 14 with an ERP of 780 kW at 799 meters HAAT at its existing transmitter location on Orcas Island. FCC Data
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7/09/19 - Former
CKNW/CFMI-FM Vancouver Promotions Director John Plul died Monday at
Peach Arch Hospital in White Rock. He was hospitalized
in mid May with heart issues and had spent the last two weeks in
palliative care. At his request there will be no service. Radio West News George Garrett Facebook
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7/09/19 - Longtime Citytv Vancouver Breakfast Television host Riaz Meghji
has announced he is leaving the show. He’s been a host weekday mornings
since 2008. Meghji made the announcement on-air this morning, saying he
has done all he can with the show and will spend more time with his family. Daily Hive Story/Video
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7/08/19 - Mike Cherry of Puget Sound Media has released his latest Unofficial “Puget Sound Media” Summer Listening Survey, listing
his picks of local and Internet streaming stations. His picks include
Jazz, News, Country, Oldies and other formats. View his offering here.
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7/08/19 - Anchor/reporters Alexandra Lewis and Nadia Romero, along with reporter Tatevik Aprikyan leave their positions at Q13 KCPQ-TV
Seattle. Lewis has been there since 2015 and leaves at the end of the
month. Romero joined in 2016 and has accepted a position at a network.
Aprikyan joined in 2017. Scott Jones FTVLive
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7/07/19
- Former CBC Vancouver executive Elie Savoie died June 28 at Eagle
Ridge Hospital in Port Moody at age 84. He held a number of positions
with CFCR-TV Kamloops (now CFJC-TV) in the 1960s, then worked briefly as
a Production Assistant for CHAN-TV Vancouver (now Global BC), before
joining CBC Vancouver in 1964. In 1977, Savoie accepted the position of
PD with CBC Regina, returning to CBC-TV Vancouver as PD in 1983, working
with independent producers to develop regional programming. He retired
from CBC in 1987. Sun/Province Obituary
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7/06/19 - Puget Sound Radio reports fourth generation former Vancouver broadcaster Roo Phelps will host evenings across Bell Media’s EZ Rock radio network, originating in Kelowna, effective Monday July 8th. She most recently co-hosted The Casey Clarke Show With Roo Phelps on New Country 100.7 CIGV-FM Penticton/Kelowna and hosted evenings on CJJR-FM 93.7 Vancouver from 2006-12. PSR News
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7/04/19 - Vancouver broadcasters Tara Jean Stevens and Kiah Tucker will do summer fill-in for Kevin Lim and Sonia Sidhu on the KiSS RADiO CKKS-FM 104.9 Vancouver morning show. Broadcast Dialogue
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7/03/19 - KZJO-TV Seattle adds Asian broadcaster AAT TV
to channel 22.5. AAT TV claims to be the only 24-hour Asian TV
Broadcaster in Washington State and Seattle’s DMA. It offers Asian
programming in Mandarin, Cantonese and Vietnamese.
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7/02/19 - KING 5 Seattle reporter/anchor Jenna Hanchard
has announced her resignation from her career in local news and signed
off for the last time this week for a new venture in the Seattle
area. She's been with KING 5 since June 2015. Facebook Announcement
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7/01/19 - A reunion of DJs and station personnel of former Oldies 97.3 KBSG-FM
was held in Everett in late June. Organizers say the next one will be
closer to Tacoma, the birthplace of the legendary station. Puget Sound Media
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7/01/19 - As
expected, KFNY-FM 102.9 Centralia has moved to Spanish language
programming following its acquisition in early May by Bustos Media from iHeartMedia’s
Ocean States Trust. The FCC approved the deal June 19th.
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