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11/13/19 - Former
CBC Vancouver staffer Bill Kyashko died November 4 just a few months
following diagnosis of a brain tumour. He was 87. Kyashko joined
CBC Vancouver in 1954 and rose through the ranks of the Television
Technical Department to become Assistant Manager, TV Technical Services,
retiring in 1992. A Celebration of Life is scheduled for 10:00 a.m.
Saturday, November 23rd at Boal Chapel in North Vancouver. Dignity Memorial Obituary
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11/12/19 - The Breeze CHLG-FM 104.3 becomes Vancouver's first station to move to all Christmas tunes with Vancouver's Christmas Favourites.
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11/11/19 - Two Seattle market stations have made early moves to all Christmas music. Warm KRWM-FM 106.9 made the move just after noon today with All I Want For Christmas Is You by Mariah Carey. Also making the move today is KSWD-FM 94.1 with The Sound of Christmas.
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11/09/19 - AM 730 CHMJ Vancouver anchor/ producer Ryan Lidemark moves to News 1130 CKWX Vancouver as morning traffic anchor beginning next month. He's been with AM 730 since December 2014. Facebook Announcement
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11/09/19 - Global
BC’s television and radio news teams picked up three awards at the Jack
Webster Awards Thursday night. Journalists with CBC British Columbia
took home three awards. Global News CBC News List of Awards
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11/07/19 -
Entercom’s downsizing across the US continues. In addition to Jamie
Tanchyk below, two others have been let go in Seattle. At The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1, APD/ morning co-host Jeanne Ashley departs after joining in October 2018. John Fisher remains solo in mornings. Cody Whistler leaves nights at The End KNDD-FM 107.7.
He joined the station in 2006 in the promotions department, began
working on-air in 2014, and was promoted to nights in 2017. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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11/07/19 - HOT 103.7 KHTP-FM Seattle APD/ MD/ midday host Jamie "Tanch" Tanchyk leaves the station. He's has been there for over five years. All Access Music Group
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11/07/19 - The FCC has denied
an Application for Review filed by Chehalis Valley Educational
Foundation seeking review of the Media Bureau's decision to dismiss the
licensee's request for a change in community of license for KACS-FM 90.5 Chehalis. FCC Release FCC Details
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11/04/19 - Former News 1130 CKWX AM Vancouver news anchor/ producer Adam Cooper,
who moved back to his native New Zealand in August, has quickly found a
new position. He's doing a 10 month maternity leave fill-in as morning
newsreader, sub-editor and chief reporter for Newstalk ZB Wellington.
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11/04/19 - KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle will broadcast live from KEX Hostel in Reykjavik for the 2019 Iceland Airwaves Music Festival.
KEXP’s international broadcast will feature exclusive live performances
Tuesday, November 5th, through Saturday, November 9th. KEXP Release
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11/01/19 - Effective today, CFCP-FM 98.9 Courtenay has returned to its previous on-air branding of Jet FM. It has been branded as 98.9 The Goat since 2014.
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11/01/19 - Retired
CBC Vancouver staffer Rick Staehling died in North Vancouver October 25
at age 73. He worked for several years as a graphic designer at CBC,
later becoming the Afternoon Show's film critic and was on air for 34
years. North Shore News Obituary CBC Obituary
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10/31/19 - The CTV Vancouver Island
studios in Victoria recently went through a complete 16:9 SD to full HD
upgrade. The upgrade included re-wiring the entire station and
replacing the control room switcher and studio cameras. Three new Sony
HXC-FB80 HD studio cameras, along with HXCU-FB80 CCU units are used for
CTV’s 5 p.m., 6 p.m. and 11 p.m. newscasts. SVG News
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10/31/19 - Long-time baseball player and broadcaster Ron Fairly died Wednesday in Indian Wells, CA at age 81. He
spent 14 seasons with the Seattle Mariners as an analyst and occasional
play-by-play voice before retiring from full-time duties in 2006. Ryan Divish, Seattle Times KING5 News
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10/29/19 - The November 2019 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 California wildfires, the change back to PST maybe for the last time, TV channel repack and much more. November Clay's Corner
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10/29/19 - Seattle market KSTW-TV has now added lifestyle channel DABL on channel 11.4. The new multiplatform, advertiser-supported lifestyle network from CBS Television Distribution was announced last month.
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10/29/19 - CHR MOViN KQMV-FM 92.5 retains first place in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma October 2019 Portable People Meter 6+ ratings with a 7.4 share, Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 is second with 6.1 and AC The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1 is in third place with 5.2. Radio Online
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10/29/19 - A
vintage CJOR Vancouver microphone has gone on sale for $2000+. It was
used at the Remembrance Day ceremony at the Cenotaph in 1932. Facebook Marketplace
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10/26/19 - Viewers
are still seeing dropouts and intermittent signals on KVOS-TV
Bellingham following its recent move to RF channel 14. The MeTV website continues to show a notice to viewers that "We will complete additional upgrades to this signal in the weeks ahead."
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10/26/19
- The FCC has granted a minor change to a licensed facility to
Northwest Rock N Roll Preservation Society for KGTK AM 920 Olympia's
translator licensed to Tumwater. Frequency of K289CQ will change from
105.7 to 92.9 with a different directional pattern. FCC Data
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10/24/19 - Former Seattle broadcaster Kwame Dankwa joins WJBQ-FM 97.9 Portland, ME as Brand Manager and afternoons. He was Assistant PD and afternoons on Power 93.3 KPWK-FM (now KUBE-FM) Seattle for most of 2016. Radio Online
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10/24/19 - Former TSN 1040 CKST AM Vancouver morning show rotating co-host Dave Tomlinson returns to the station after being laid off in March. Tomlinson and Jon Abbott
will be the TSN Radio broadcast crew for the 2020 World Junior Hockey
Championships, live from the Czech Republic and will also be hosting
their own weekly hockey show on TSN 1040. Tomlinson will also be on Vancouver Canucks pre and post-game coverage during the NHL season.
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10/23/19 - Eight
of the nine full power Seattle area TV stations successfully made the
transition to new channels during the first two hours of the morning on
Saturday, October 19. One station not making the move was KWDK, which is
still operating on channel 42. Low power KUSE RF channel 46 is gone, but it has a channel 12 CP. Low power KYMU now has two active channels with 6.1 showing Cozi TV in 1080i HD and 6.2 has Light TV in 480i SD. KSTW is adding 11.4 with DABL in 480i SD. The channel is active but no program is being shown as of this writing.
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10/22/19 - Former Vancouver broadcaster and Liberal incumbent Ken Hardie
was re-elected in the riding of Fleetwood-Port Kells in yesterday's
Canadian federal election. He was a producer, operator and weekend host
at CJOR in 1971 and later served as PD and Promotion Director for CHNL
Kamloops. Two other former local broadcasters, Liberal candidate Tamara Taggart and Green candidate George Orr
were unsuccessful in attempts to get elected. Taggart was a long-time
weather, then news anchor at CTV Vancouver and Orr was a reporter at
several TV stations in the 1980s.
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10/21/19 - KRPA AM
1110 Oak Harbor, which has been stunting with an East Indian music
format since September 7, has been off air since October 19. The KWLE AM
1340 Anacortes simulcast is still on air. Licensee New Age Media Ltd.
has an application filed with the FCC for a daytime power boost and to
add a nighttime signal for KRPA. FCC Data An FCC AM and FM Blocked Modification Applications list shows the application as "Hold - Request of Applicant". FCC Release
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10/19/19 - Former
Nanaimo and Vancouver broadcaster Ken Lundgren died October 9 at age
78. He was a copy chief at CKWX Vancouver in the late seventies
and Director of Spoken Word Content at CJAZ-FM Vancouver in 1980. A
Celebration of Life will be announced at a future time. Sun/ Province Obituary
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10/19/19 - Red Robinson has posted on his Facebook Page a medley of classic C-FUN Vancouver jingles as the station's DJs tell the 1410 story. Audio Posting
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10/17/19 - For TV
viewers of over the air TV, a re-scan will be requried on October 19 to
continue watching local channels. That's the date many channels will be
relocating their frequencies to make room for wireless services. Kie Relyea, The News Tribune FCC Info
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10/16/19 - Luisa Alvarez joins CTV Vancouver as a multi skilled journalist. The 2017 BCIT graduate joins from CHEK-TV Victoria, where she has been a video journalist for the past two years.
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10/16/19 - Former
CBC Vancouver staffer Mary Wong passed away in Toronto October 10 at age
60 following a two-year battle with cancer. She joined CBC Vancouver as
a film editor in 1978, moving to Toronto a few years later, where she
did international work with the Corporation, later working with The National, The Fifth Estate, The Nature of Things and Marketplace. There will be a Celebration of Life the New Year. If you wish to be notified, you can fill out this form.
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10/16/19 - Since a
photo of the C-FUN Vancouver DJs was taken on the steps of the
station's building in 1963, the call letters are long gone and sadly,
three of the personalities have passed away. John Mackie, Vancouver Sun
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KKOL AM 1300
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10/16/19 - The FCC
has accepted for filing an application by Intelli, LLC for a Remain
Silent Authority for KKOL AM 1300 Seattle. The reason given is
installation of equipment that will allow for new programming to be
broadcast. FCC Data
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10/14/19 - Former Seattle broadcaster Lisa Adams has been named PD of the newly launched Adult Contemporary format Magic 97.9 KQFC-FM Boise, ID. She will also handle mornings. Adams was most recently Program Director for KNUC-FM 98.9 Seattle. Radio Online
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10/10/19
- CFUN AM 1410 Vancouver alumni were part of a panel discussion
Tuesday, reflecting on the station’s history at the semiannual RPM Lunch
held at the Georgia and Cardero White Spot restaurant. Former CFOX and
JACK FM colleague Larry Hennessey paid tribute to Kerry Marshall, who
passed away in August at age 70. The event was followed with the former
CFUN personalities taking a photo on the steps of the station’s building
at 4th & Cypress, which is slated for demolition in the New
Year. Broadcast Dialogue Andy Hall Radio West Photos Facebook Posting
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10/09/19 - “The Morning Wolfpack with Matt McAllister” on The Wolf KKWF-FM 100.7
Seattle wins Major Market CMA Personality of the Year. Winners of the
CMA Broadcast Awards will be recognized November 13 at “Country Music
Biggest Night.” InsideRadio
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10/08/19 - KOMO-TV Seattle news anchor Mary Nam speaks for the first time about her very personal fight with breast cancer. She underwent mastectomy surgery and it was a resounding success. Doctors
say she will not need chemotherapy or radiation treatment. KOMO News Staff
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KKOL AM 1300
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10/08/19 - The Salem Media Group trade of KKOL 1300 AM Seattle for Intelli, LLC's
KPAM 860 AM in Portland has now officially closed. Radio Online
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10/08/19 - The
youth-produced stories of sixteen teenagers ages 15-18 from across Puget
Sound will air Tuesdays and Thursdays, October 24 - December 19 on KUOW-FM 94.9 Seattle. It's part of the station's All Things Considered program. Radio Ink
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10/04/19 - The Raven CKCC-FM
100.7 Campbell River has put out a hiring call for all positions as it
nears sign-on. It will operate with mostly a Country format. Milkman Unlimited
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10/04/19 - A
ceremony in remembrance of Pierre Martineau will take place today
beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Studio 700 at CBC, 700 Hamilton Street,
Vancouver. The former CBUFT reporter, anchor and host passed away on
September 13 at age 67. CBC Tribute Video
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KKOL AM
1300
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10/02/19 - CHR MOViN KQMV-FM 92.5 is tied with Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 with 6.0 shares in the Nielsen Audio
Seattle-Tacoma September 2019 Portable People Meter 6+ ratings. AC The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1 continues in third place with a 5.5 share. Radio Online
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10/01/19 - KING 5
Seattle took home a National Emmy in the Regional News category at the
40th News & Documentary Emmy Awards given out Tuesday, September 24,
in New York City. The station was recognized with the award for
Outstanding Regional News Story: Investigative Report for Sick and Forgotten at Hanford. KING 5 Release
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10/01/19 - Q13 KCPQ-TV
Seattle begins broadcasting The Star-Spangled Banner at 3:58 a.m. every
morning as part of a broader initiative to bring the National Anthem
back to airwaves across America. It is one of 197 Nexstar TV stations
that will have daily National Anthem broadcasts. Q13 Release
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10/01/19 - Many OTA viewers of KVOS-TV RF channel 35 Bellingham are noting that reception is very weak or non existent. The METV website
notes, "...over the air viewers may be experiencing disruptions in
service due to ongoing transmitter work for many Washington state
stations. Starting October 19, 2019 a rescan of over the air signals
should lead to improved over the air reception." KVOS is currently
running much lower power and will repack to RF channel 14 and back to
full power by approximately that date. FCC STA Info
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10/01/19 - Former KAFE-FM 104.1 Bellingham PD Scott Roddy has been named OM/PD for Country The Wolf KWJJ-FM 99.5 and Hot AC The Buzz KRSK-FM 105.1 Portland. He was PD at KAFE from 2013-16. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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