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5/13/21 - Veteran Vancouver newscaster Mike Killeen
has announced his departure from CBC Vancouver News at 6, effective May
21, and is leaving broadcasting after four decades. He has been
co-anchoring CBC’s 6 o’clock newscast with Anita Bathe since 2018. Bathe
will continue to host the program. Vincent Plana, Daily Hive
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KRPA
AM 1110
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5/13/21 - KRPA AM 1110 Oak Harbor continues to update its transmitter per the recent FCC Construction Permit, which authorizes 9 kW day and 2.5 kW night. Transmitter photos can be viewed here.
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5/13/21 - The ZooTunes concert series at Woodland Park Zoo is returning for a 37th year. KEXP-FM 90.3
Seattle will select this year’s lineup, which will be focused only on
local musicians in support of local communities during the
pandemic. KIRO-TV News
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5/11/21 - Osiris Media has formed a joint venture with Audacy that will result in a podcast that will benefit from the broadcaster’s portfolio of rock stations. Breaking Waves: Seattle
will offer an oral history of the emergence and growth of grunge and
alternative music in the city in the 80s and 90s. Audacy owns rock KISW-FM 99.9 and alternative 107.7 The End KNDD-FM in Seattle and the podcast series will leverage content from both stations. InsideRadio
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5/11/21 - Former Northwest Cable News Executive Producer and KOMO-TV Seattle News Writer/ Producer Emily Cantrell has started a new position as Vice President of Operations and Strategy for Greater Seattle Partners.
She worked has a TV producer in Seattle from 2004-12. GSP is a
data-driven economic development organization created to ensure economic
growth in greater Seattle. LinkedIn Posting
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5/11/21 - X92.9 CFEX-FM Calgary midday host Angela Valiant has announced she is moving to p.m. drive at The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver. Her last day in Calgary will be June 24th. Facebook Announcement
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5/11/21 - Former KING 5 and KONG-TV Seattle President and GM Jim Rose has been appointed Vice President and General Manager of the Nexstar Media
Broadcast and Digital Operations in San Francisco. He announced his
departure from the Seattle stations last month after 21 years and GM
since 2016. Business Wire Release
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KMIA AM 1200
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5/10/21 - Seattle market KMIA AM 1210 Auburn-Federal Way is now called Amor 1210,
running Spanish Christian and promoting their 27,500 watt daytime
power. The station returned to the air in March after going silent
in April 2020, "Due to health considerations and economic conditions."
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5/10/21 - KING 5 Seattle reporter and Multimedia Journalist Vanessa Misciagna
has announced her departure from the station effective May 16th. She
announced a move in March from weekends to join the morning news team as
a reporter. Misciagna is joining Scripps National in Denver after a three year run at KING. Twitter Announcement
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5/08/21 - An
obituary has been published for Vrlak Robinson Advertising co-owner and
CKNW and CJOR Vancouver sales representative Steve Vrlak, who passed
away May 2 at age 78. A celebration of life will take place when it is
safe to do. Sun/ Province Obituary
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5/08/21 - A semi-trailer wrapped with the logo of The Bull KNUC-FM 98.9
Seattle was one that was demolished in an early morning, multi-vehicle
pileup on I-5 Friday. The crash, which blocked all the northbound lanes,
tragically included a pedestrian fatality. The truck was one of the
station's "Meat Fleet" of wrapped semis, which it launched as
promotional vehicles in 2020. All Access Music Group KIRO News
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5/07/21 - Blake Price is the new television play-by-play announcer for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on TSN. He is a long serving TSN employee on both TV and radio prior to TSN 1040 shutting down sports radio in February. Paul Dolan
will continue his role as analyst on the broadcasts with Price handling
play-by-play starting this Saturday for the Whitecaps match versus CF
Montreal. Tyler Green, Daily Hive
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5/06/21 - Peter Schaad has left TSN after being the longtime Vancouver Whitecaps FC
TV play-by-play announcer. He started calling games for the team in
2002 and also hosted a daily Whitecaps show on CFTE AM 1410 Vancouver. Corey Basso and Colin Miller, who were formerly with TSN 1040 CKST AM, have been enlisted by new broadcast partner Corus Entertainment to call upcoming games on AM730 CHMJ. J.J. Adams, The Province
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5/06/21
- KING 5, KOMO 4 and Q13 KCPQ Seattle have won RTDNA Edward R. Murrow
Awards in the Large Market Television category. KNKX, KOMO Radio and
KUOW are winners in the Large Market Radio category. CTV Vancouver and
News 1130 CKWX are winners in International categories. RTDNA Winners List
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5/06/21 - The CRTC
will hold a hearing on July 8 to consider an application by Gulf
Islands Community Radio Society to operate a community FM station on
Salt Spring Island. It would operate at 107.9 MHz with a maximum ERP of
850 watts, with an EHAAT of 219.8 metres. A translator would operate at
102.1 MHz with a maximum ERP of 18 watts. CRTC Release
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5/06/21 - Former KING 5 Seattle anchor Michelle Li has found out that a podcast she created, Monetary Li Speaking with her mobile phone, won a regional Murrow at the station. She announced in February that she had been hired by KSDK-TV St. Louis. Twitter Announcement
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5/06/21 - Following reports of the Bill and Melinda Gates’ divorce, KING 5 Seattle anchor/ reporter Mimi Jung has opened up about her own divorce. Twitter Video
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5/05/21 - Award-winning broadcaster Lynda Steele is leaving CKNW AM 980 Vancouver at the end of the month. She has been hosting The Lynda Steele Show since
2015. The announcement was formally made during her show today. Steele
is taking time off to spend with her ailing father, who lives in long
term care and suffers from dementia and Alzheimer’s disease. Darcy Matheson, Daily Hive
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5/05/21 - The CRTC has approved an application by Fairchild Radio (Vancouver FM) Ltd. to change the authorized contours of CHKG-FM 96.1
Vancouver, by decreasing the average ERP from 46,000 to 44,333 watts
(no change to maximum ERP), increasing the EHAAT from 567.0 to 589.2
metres, and by amending existing coordinates of the transmitter site.
All other technical parameters will remain unchanged. CRTC Decision
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5/04/21 - KING 5 Seattle has been nominated for a Peabody Award in the Public Service category for Facing Race, the 13-week original series that tackled the difficult topic of systemic racism in the Pacific Northwest. KING 5 News
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5/04/21 - Long-time KOMO News Seattle anchor Bill Brubaker
died over the weekend at age 85. He worked at KOMO from the 1960s to
'80s. In June 2000, he was inducted into the National Academy of
Television Arts and Sciences' Silver Circle. KOMO News
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5/04/21 - Delilah Rene,
the Premiere Network's radio host who resides in Port Orchard, is
buying KDUN AM 1030 Reedsport, OR. The price for the 50 kW day/
630 watt night station is $60,000. She started at KDUN as a
teenager. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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5/04/21 - CHEK-TV Victoria video journalist Rebecca Lawrence
has announced her departure from the station. The 2020 BCIT Broadcast
and Online Journalism Program graduate is moving into the insurance
business effective May 10th. Before joining CHEK last year she was a
mobile auto insurance agent in Victoria. Twitter Announcement
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5/02/21 - Steve
Vrlak, who was a former ad agency partner with Vancouver broadcaster Red
Robinson, has passed away. During his career, he was in sales at CJOR
and CKNW, along with other credits, including Vrlak Robinson
Advertising. Further details when available. Red Robinson Facebook
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KBCB-TV
Bellingham
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5/02/21 - KBCB-TV Bellingham has changed its main 24.1 programming to TCT Network. 24.2 picks up Sonlife Broadcasting Network.
24.3 and 24.4 are now dark. The station was recently sold to Marion,
Illinois-based Tri-State Christian Television for $7.74 million.
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