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	8/31/21 - 710 ESPN KIRO AM Seattle announces a new on-air lineup effective next Tuesday, September 7, adding a welcome back to Mike Salk in morning drive. Meanwhile, Danny O'Neil confirms the Danny and Gallant morning show co-hosted by Paul Gallant has ended.  710 ESPN Release  Mike Salk Twitter  Danny O'Neil Twitter  Lance Venta, RadioInsight  Gallant Goodbye Video
	8/31/21 - Veteran Root Sports anchor/ reporter Angie Mentink joined play-by-play announcer Aaron Goldsmith for the MLB game between Seattle and Houston last night. They claimed on air it was a first for the regional sports network. Mentink was an All American in softball and played minor league baseball.  Twitter Announcement
	8/31/21 - Veteran Vancouver broadcaster Jon McComb, who retired as morning host at CKNW AM 980 Vancouver in December 2019 after 36 years with the station, is back. Starting this weekend he will host The Announcers on stations across Canada. Each week he will sit down with two of Canada's brightest and most opinionated talk radio hosts to discuss the major stories of the week.  Twitter Announcement
	8/30/21 - CFUV-FM 101.9 Victoria has received national recognition at the National Campus/ Community Radio Association’s annual Community Radio Awards in Broadcast and Online. Twelve submissions were nominated as finalists in various categories, with five winners.  Puget Sound Radio
	8/28/21  - The Canadian Media Producers Association (CMPA) has announced Raila Gutman as Director, Member Development, BC Producers Branch. She has previously served as a Marketing Director at Corus Entertainment. She’ll be based out of the CMPA’s Vancouver office.  CMPA Release
	8/27/21 - The Life and Times of Warren Barker looks back at the successes of the legendary CKNW AM 980 News Director, who built a news dynasty that all the competitors tuned into. He passed away June 15 at age 92. A celebration of Barker’s life will be held Thursday, September 23 from 1-4 p.m. at the Burnaby Mountain Golf Course Clubhouse, 7600 Halifax Street.  Rod Mickleburgh
	8/27/21 - Sinclair Broadcast Group and Dish have agreed to a further short-term extension of their carriage agreement until mid September. If the companies fail to reach an agreement, Dish subscribers will lose access to over a hundred broadcast stations via their satellite service, including KOMO-TV Seattle.  Michael King, The Streamable
	8/27/21 - Journalist Johna Baylon joins the copy editing desk at CBC Vancouver. She has most recently worked as an editor in Hong Kong.  Twitter Announcement
	8/27/21 - The Abbotsford Canucks have yet to announce a radio partner. It seems unlikely that Sportsnet 650 CISL Vancouver will pick up the team's broadcasts due to a number of factors.  Ben Lypka, Abbotsford News
	8/26/21 - After filling in for six months on The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver, host Emily Czerwinski moves back to her own show with some new times. She'll host weekends 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. and adds Wednesday-Friday 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.  Twitter Announcement
	8/26/21 - In recognition of its 20th anniversary, Global’s flagship news program Global National, will air a one-hour documentary special Disruption: 20 Years of Global National on September 10. It will be hosted by current Anchor and Executive Editor Dawna Friesen and former Global National Chief Anchor Kevin Newman. Global National airs daily from the Global BC studios in metro Vancouver.  Global News Release
	8/26/21 - Sportsnet 650 CISL AM Vancouver PD Craig MacEwan is leaving Rogers Sports & Media to join the Vancouver Canucks as its Communications Director. MacEwan has been in his current position since 2017.
	8/24/21 - Former Spirit 105.3 KCMS-FM Seattle Marketing Director Lisa Keil has been named the new Events Manager at Christian Music Broadcasters. CMB specializes in bringing Christian media from around the world together.  CMB Release
	8/23/21 - Earlier this year, C89.5 KNHC-FM Seattle celebrated its 50th anniversary. It's one of the longest-running high school stations in the US, and one of the most prolific talent producers. As we emerge from a year-plus of COVID-19 lockdowns, normal life is resuming at the station.  Matt Pentz, Seattle Times
	8/23/21 - This month marks 30 years since the death of Vancouver sports radio legend, Al Davidson at age 65. "Big Al" was with CKNW Vancouver from 1958-87, and became Sports Director in 1963. Davidson was a prominent figure covering the Vancouver Canucks and BC Lions, and was inducted into the BC Football Hall of Fame in 2011.  Brandon Yip, The Other Press
	8/23/21 - Two talk shows have come to an end on CKNW AM 980 Vancouver. According to an 'NW insider, both Money Talks with Michael Campbell and the Charles Adler show were cancelled by Corus Radio's National Director of Talk Radio Larry Gifford, with more programming changes expected in the next few weeks.  Michael Campbell Farewell
	8/22/21 - It's the end of era as the Georgia and Cardero White Spot in downtown Vancouver has now been demolished to make way for new developments. The popular restaurant was frequented by numerous local radio personalities, and has been the venue for Red Robinson's twice yearly RPM (Radio Performers Membership) Lunches for more than a decade. The restaurant closed its doors for the last time on 11/28/20.  White Spot Photo  Demolition Photo  Redevelopment Backgrounder
	8/22/21 - On July 14 the FCC granted Bustos Media a change of Community of Licence for KZTM-FM 102.9.  The COL change re-licensed the prior Centralia station to McKenna, WA. Bustos acquired the former KFNY outlet for US $3 million back in 2019 in the Ocean State Trust II divestiture process. Bustos Media's full intentions became public on August 11, when the corporation filed a modification to move the transmitter site to the Olympic Peninsula, co-located with the proposed KJET Union buildout. The new location will provide a 60 dBu contour over much of King County including all of Seattle, far better than their current location. (The KZTM move application is currently in "pending" status.)  2021 Allocation Study  2020 Study
	8/21/21 - Former Seattle broadcaster Drew Bland has returned to his radio career, re-joining Country KMLE-FM 107.7 Phoenix as Local Brand Manager and Executive Producer. He has been Vice President of Promotion for Monument Records in Nashville since April 2020, after leaving his PD position at The Wolf KKWF-FM 100.7 Seattle.  All Access Music Group
	8/20/21 - Veteran STAR 101.5 KPLZ-FM Seattle personality and PD Kent Phillips has announced he has cancer. He appears optimistic, as it was screened early. Phillips has been with STAR 101.5 since 1986.  Facebook Posting
	8/19/21 - Recent BCIT Journalism graduate Jayden Jhutti is the newest and youngest to join the newsroom at Global BC. He enters the newsroom as a writer. Jhutti served as an intern earlier this year at CBC Vancouver.  Twitter Announcement
	8/19/21 - Farah Jadran and Niko Tamurian begin new positions in Seattle. Jadran joins KING 5 as a reporter and weekend morning anchor. Tamurian starts with KOMO 4 as Sports Director and sports anchor. The two have held positions at CNY Central in Syracuse NY.  CNY Central News
	8/18/21 - A new radio show Unmute the Voices hosted by Dr. Quinton Morris, a gifted concert violinist and chamber musician on Classical KING-FM 98.1 Seattle, sheds light on BIPOC (Black, Indigenous and People of Color) artists in classical music. It highlights and celebrates classical composers, musicians and singers of color.  Angela Poe Russell, KING 5  KING-FM Info
	8/17/21 - Sinclair Broadcast Group and Dish have agreed to a short-term extension of their carriage agreement hours before it was set to expire. If Sinclair and Dish fail to reach a retransmission agreement, Dish subscribers will lose access to 108 broadcast stations via their satellite service, including KOMO-TV Seattle.  Jon Lafayette, Broadcasting+Cable
	8/17/21 - KOMO-TV Seattle has won a 2021 Edward R. Murrow Award in the Large Market TV category for The Boy Who Loves Cars.  Eric Johnson, KOMO News Backgrounder  Full list of winners
	8/17/21 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Kamil Karamali is returning to the west coast to join Global BC as a reporter. He was a reporter for CBC Vancouver from 2013-17 before moving to Calgary and then Toronto, where he reported for Global TV for just under four years.  Twitter Announcement
	8/17/21 - Former CBC Vancouver journalist Roger Mossop died in Brantford ON August 11 at age 87. He started his broadcast career at CBC Vancouver, then moved to Toronto to work in the Corporation's national radio newsroom. He covered some of the most important events of the 60s, 70s and 80s. A family service was held on August 14.  Sun/ Province Obituary
	8/16/21 - Long time Seattle broadcaster and WSU communications graduate Susan Mason Moussette is named morning host at Hot 93.3 KLIF-FM Dallas, effective August 23. She most recently hosted afternoons at MOViN 92.5 KQMV-FM Seattle, leaving after 13 years in May 2020.  InsideRadio
	8/15/21 - Global BC anchor/ reporter Neetu Garcha spreads some joy in a Bhangra dance with Gurdeep Pandher. Pandher is a dancer and teacher based in Dawson City, YT who has gained a massive following on social media with his Punjabi dance moves.  Global BC Video
	8/13/21 - Sonia Beeksma is a well-known broadcaster, formerly with CTV Vancouver and now based in Toronto, working nationally on Etalk and Your Morning. Beeksma was the name she inherited after marriage. No longer married, she’s bringing back her birth name, Mangat.  Amir Ali, Daily Hive
	8/13/21 - Shanté Sumpter, who we announced on July 1 was joining KING 5 Seattle as a morning traffic reporter, has released a YouTube presentation video. She was most recently at WACH-TV Columbia, SC.  YouTube Video
	8/13/21 - Elizabeth McSheffrey is the successful candidate for the B.C. online journalist job at Global BC. She comes from Global Halifax, where she's worked as a digital broadcast journalist for almost three years. McSheffrey has been recognized for her reporting on the Tainted Water series, and an investigative series into chronic health and safety risks on construction sites called Behind the Fences. She joins on September 7, but will be working with the national federal election team covering the Indigenous beat for her first couple of weeks until voting day.
	8/13/21 - Marina Resto, who runs the @Dating_in_Seattle Instagram account, talks to radio co-hosts Carla Marie and Anthony about starting their own show on Twitch and how their friendship turned into romance. The pair hosted shows on Seattle radio from 2016-20.  Seattle Times
	8/13/21 - Former KING 5 Seattle intern Megan Abundis leaves her current position as reporter for KOB-TV Albuquerque after three years. The 2016 Washington State University Edward R. Murrow College of Communication graduate interned at KING during the summer of 2015.  Twitter Announcement
	8/12/21 - CHEK-TV Victoria reporter Veronica Cooper has announced her retirement after 37 years -- her entire broadcast career. She has worked in a number of positions at CHEK over the years, including News Editor, Archivist and Researcher, Weather Host, CHEK Around co-host, and Education and Health Reporter.  Twitter Announcement
	8/12/21 - radioCount has been selected to provide radio audience measurement for some of the Canadian radio diary markets previously served by Numeris. Starting next month, radioCount will begin measuring over 20 markets across Canada with a Fall 2021 survey release to be made available in late November. Locally, Chilliwack will be one of the markets.  Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
	8/12/21 - KING 5 Seattle news producer and writer Elizabeth Smith has announced her departure after two years with the station.  Twitter Announcement
	8/12/21 - Andy Cole aka A-Dog, who was released from TSN 1040 CKST when it dropped its sports format in February, has found a new home. Starting Saturday, he's back in the old TSN 1040 (Bell Media) building producing The Sport Market and Seahawks games on BNN Bloomberg 1410 AM CFTE.  Twitter Announcement
	8/11/21 - Audacy Alternative RVP/ Programming/ Brand Manager Leslie Scott will be moving to a newly-created position as VP/ Audacy Exclusive Stations. She's based at Alternative The End KNDD-FM 107.7 Seattle and oversees company stations in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland and Sacramento.  All Access Music Group
	8/11/21 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive July PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets.  All Access Music Group
	8/11/21 - Intelli LLC has applied to the FCC for a Special Temporary Authority to operate KKOL AM 1300 Seattle at reduced power due to possible blanketing interference to homes surrounding the station's transmitter site. The STA requests the right to operate at a power as low a 3.2 kW, but also at varying powers to determine what level is triggering the interference.  All Access Music Group  FCC Data
	8/10/21 - Jawn Jang, host of The Weekend Shift on CKNW AM 980 Vancouver, will be moving to join the new Jas Johal p.m. drive show as a show contributor when it premieres August 23.  Twitter Announcement
	8/10/21 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 moves up into first place in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma July 2021 PPM 6+ ratings with a 7.8 share. Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 moves up to second with 6.8. Rock KISW-FM 99.9 is third with a 6.5 share.  Radio Online
	8/10/21 - Veteran Pacific Northwest promotion rep Stan Foreman has passed away. He worked in Top 40 radio from 1960-75 and was involved with concert promotion and dances. Foreman entered the record business in 1975, working at ABC Records & Tapes in Seattle, and then joined Capitol Records Hollywood, where he spent the next 22 years as a promotion and marketing executive.  All Access Music Group
	8/10/21 - Shelby Goff shares another update on her father John Goff, Western Regional Digital Director at Sinclair Broadcast Group in Seattle. After suffering a stroke on  May 12, he has now been moved to acute rehab and is expected to be discharged in the next two weeks.  Facebook Posting
	8/10/21 - Curt Kruse is returning to STAR 101.5 KPLZ-FM Seattle in morning drive this Wednesday, August 11. Cruse, along with co-host Corine McKenzie and producer Leonard Barokas, were released in March due to budget cuts.  All Access Music Group
	8/09/21 - KOMO-TV Seattle and 111 other television stations across the US are likely to be dropped by DISH Network August 16, when a retransmission agreement between them expires. KOMO-TV will remain accessible via other providers or via over-the-air antenna reception.  KOMO News
	8/09/21 - Former KING 5 Seattle anchor Dennis Bounds and former New Day NW host Margaret Larson join current host Amity Addrisi Tuesday morning at 11. Bounds started with KING in 1991 and accepted a retirement buy-out in 2016. Larson retired at the end of July 2020 after ten years hosting the show.  Twitter Announcement
	8/07/21 - Spirit 105.3 KCMS-FM Seattle is moving Erica Parkerson and Steve Sunshine from afternoons to morning drive, beginning Wednesday, September 8. Current morning show host Sam Kelly debuts a new afternoon show from 2-6 p.m.  Radio Ink
	8/06/21 - News 1130 CKWX Vancouver reporter/ producer Jon Szekeres has announced his departure to pursue an opportunity behind the scenes in Vancouver's film industry. The 2012 BCIT Journalism graduate has been there since December 2017. His last day on air will be August 14th.  Twitter Announcement
	8/05/21 - The Board of Directors of the Radio Malaspina Society is seeking the approval of its members to obtain a loan of up to $25,000 to replace the CHLY-FM 101.7 Nanaimo transmitter. The strong recommendation to replace it comes from Volunteer Technical Director Kam Abbot who has kept the station on the air since its inception.  CHLY News
	8/05/21 - Hayley Woodin has left her Executive Editor position with Business in Vancouver and her business segment on Global News Morning. She will remain with BIV in a part-time capacity as she heads to New York City to pursue a Masters Degree in Journalism at Columbia Journalism School. Woodin formerly was the co-host and co-producer of the Business in Vancouver Show on the now silent CIRH-FM 98.3.
	8/05/21 - Kyle Donaldson is leaving his position as Supervising Producer for CityNews Vancouver. His last day is August 13. He has has been with CityNews since 2007, serving as an anchor and host on Breakfast Television for a decade and then Supervising Producer of the show, before assuming his current role in 2017.
	8/05/21 - Jesse Wilson has been named Local Sales Manager at KING 5 Seattle. He will be responsible for training, managing and supporting a team of KING 5 account executives. He's been an account executive with KING 5 Media Group since May 2018.  KING 5 Release
	8/05/21 - Crystal Laderas joins CityNews Vancouver as a Video Journalist. She has been with CityNews Calgary since 2018.  Kyle Donaldson, Twitter
	8/04/21 - KGHP-FM 89.9 Gig Harbor General Manager Spencer Abersold has been informed by the Peninsula School District that the local community radio station is at risk. An appraisal and educational assessment has been commissioned to consider its options as a school district and as a radio station owner. KGHP provides live-action radio coverage of a number of local sports teams.  Lisa Bryan, Key Pensula News
	8/04/21 - Multi-award-winning KNKX-FM 88.5 Tacoma-Seattle reporter Paula Wissel, is retiring. She's been with the station for more than 30 years, starting as the All Things Considered host in 1989, back when the call letters were KPLU.  KNKX News
	8/04/21 - Darcy Matheson, Editor-In-Chief at Daily Hive Vancouver, has announced that veteran journalist and News 1130 CKWX Vancouver anchor Amanda Wawryk will be joining the online newspaper as City Editor next month. Wawryk announced her departure last week from News 1130, effective September 3rd.  Matheson Tweet
	8/04/21 - Seattle meteorologist Cliff Mass is in the spotlight again. This time it's for his controversial views on the heat wave and climate change. His long-running segment Weather with Cliff Mass was dropped by KNKX-FM 88.5 a year ago when the station said his post on his personal blog on recent events in Seattle were sensationalized and misleading.   Hal Bernton, Seattle Times
	8/03/21 - Well known former KING 5 Seattle news personality and NBC correspondent Margaret Larson has announced a new position as a part-time media mentor with Mentorcam. She retired from KING in July 2020 after more than ten years as host of New Day Northwest, following a journalism career of more than 38 years.  Twitter Announcement
	8/03/21 - Jas Johal will be the new afternoon drive host with The Jas Johal Show, debuting August 23rd on Vancouver market CKNW AM 980. He brings over 20 years of experience as a reporter in BC for Global News, and as a bureau chief in China and in India. More recently, Johal spent time in industry and in government as an MLA.  Global News
	8/02/21 - Brent Alberts aka Big Wally Londo, who worked at KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle back in 1977, has announced his retirement from radio. He steps down after 53 years in the business at numerous stations from Miami to Seattle, most recently as Brand Manager at Townsquare Media stations in Lansing MI.  All Access Music Group  KISW Aircheck

	7/31/21 - Friends of Daryl Summers, who passed away February 23rd at age 50, are invited to a Celebration of Life on Saturday, August 7. It will be hosted by her husband and radio friends at 19846 101st Ave NE in Kirkland. Summers hosted shows on Seattle radio stations from 1999-2012 before joining the Sinclair Broadcast Group as a producer in 2016.  John Carlson KVI Tribute
	7/31/21 - KOMO-TV Seattle news producer Shelby Flick has announced her departure. She says, "It's time to focus on my mentals and take time to figure out what's next." Flick has been at KOMO since May 2016.  Twitter Announcement
	7/30/21 - News 1130 CKWX Vancouver morning anchor Amanda Wawryk is leaving the station on September 3 and getting out of radio. She joined in 2007 and has done everything from traffic reporting to producing. The award winning anchor spent 2-1/2 years as a p.m. drive co-anchor before moving to mornings in January 2019.  Twitter Announcement
	7/30/21 - The August 2021 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 record breaking heat and its affect on broadcasting, the devastation of a whole town in BC, a burned transmitter in WA and much more.  August Clay's Corner
	7/29/21 - Emily Lazatin makes the transition from radio to TV as a reporter/ anchor for Global BC. The 2015 BCIT Broadcast and Online Journalism graduate has been a reporter/ anchor for sister station CKNW AM 980 Vancouver since 2015.  Twitter Announcement
	7/29/21 - Vista Radio has appointed Robin Ram General Manager & General Sales Manager, Vancouver Island and BC Coast. He was previously with Vista from 2014-19, as GM/GSM of the company’s stations in Yellowknife and Hay River, NT.
	7/29/21 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Bro Jake Edwards will host a new podcast with former Calgary broadcaster Gerry Forbes on DeanBlundell.com Forbes and Edwards were both inducted into the Canadian Broadcast Industry Hall of Fame in 2019. Edwards officially retired from TSN 1040 CKST-AM Vancouver in 2019 after a career that included 17 years in mornings at Rock 101 CFMI-FM. Blundell Release
	7/29/21 - KIRO-TV Seattle consumer investigator Jesse Jones returns to the air today after going back to work a couple of weeks ago. He's been off since early April following quadruple bypass surgery.  Twitter Announcement
	7/29/21 - Former JACK CJAX-FM 96.9 Vancouver morning host Jeff Brown will helm morning drive on Surge 105 CKHY-FM 105.1 Halifax. He worked at JACK Vancouver from 2018-20, until getting caught up in layoffs in November. His first day on air will be Monday, August 9.  Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
	7/27/21 - KOMO 4 Seattle Sports Director Mike Ferreri has decided to not seek a new contract. His last day is Friday after 21 years.  Twitter Announcement
	7/27/21 - Chelan Valley Media Group is buying KOZI AM & FM and Z-Country KZAL-FM in the Chelan area from Icicle Broadcasting Company. Chelan Valley Media Group is a partnership made up of former Seattle-area media and marketing professionals with ties to the Chelan Valley. Veteran Seattle broadcast executive Karen Heric will take over as President and GM.  KOZI News
	7/27/21 - Recent BCIT Radio Arts & Entertainment graduate Jonathan Chung joins CKNW AM 980 as a chase producer. He was one of the successful students who had their COVID-19 PSAs air on The Lynda Steele Show last August. Chung's first day will be August 3.
	7/27/21 - Global BC Senior Production Editor Brett Follis is officially retiring on July 30. He started in 1979 as a part time computer graphics operator, climbing up to his current position in 2002. Follis has also been a member of the news marketing department for the last ten years.
	7/27/21 - Janella Hamilton has joined CBC Vancouver as a reporter and video journalist. The 2013 BCIT Broadcast & Online Journalism graduate has been a reporter at CTV Saskatoon since 2016.  Twitter Announcement
	7/26/21 - After two years, Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle Meteorologist Grace Lim departs "to take some time to enjoy married life in Oregon".  Twitter Announcement
	7/25/21 - Friday was the last day for Christian Hall at X-92.9 CFEX-FM Calgary. He was the founding PD of the station in 2006 and National Program Director of Harvard Broadcasting since 2011. As announced on 5/19, next month he will join the radio division of Rogers Sports & Media as National Content Director, JACK and Content Director for Rogers' Vancouver FM stations. Hall will be based in Vancouver.  X-92.9 Audio  Broadcast Dialogue Backgrounder
	7/25/21 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Alex Carr, who has worked at both CFOX-FM 99.3 and more recently at The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7, has gone full circle back to X-92.9 CFEX-FM Calgary, where he worked back in 2016-17. He's re-joined CFEX in middays.  Twitter Announcement
	7/24/21 - An obituary has been published for veteran Vancouver broadcaster Wilf Ray, who died July 11 at age 94. He started his radio career in 1944. A small private, going home service will be held August 6 in West Vancouver, with a Celebration of Life to follow at a later date.  Sun/ Province Obituary
	7/24/21 - Sadie Chung joins Bianca Rego (7/22 below) as new part-time anchor/ reporters on All Traffic CHMJ AM 730 Vancouver. Both are BCIT Journalism students heading into their second year in the Fall, and both received the Alexis Mazurin Award for Radio Documentary in their first year.
	7/24/21 - Former CBC performer and broadcaster Georges La Fleche died July 9 at age 85. Since the 1950s he had various Radio and TV Shows in Calgary, Edmonton and Vancouver. He then began his non-performing chapter at CBC Vancouver as a Sports Writer and TV Sports Anchor, retiring as Director of Television for Western Canada.  Sun/ Province Obituary
	7/22/21 - The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver has now announced 6-10 a.m. August 9 for the debut of its new The Early Show with Charis and Jeremy. Charis Hogg has held several positions on local radio since 2004 and Jeremy Baker moves from p.m. drive on CFOX-FM 99.3.  Twitter Announcement
	7/22/21 - Recent BCIT Broadcast and Online Journalism graduate Cory Letendre has joined CKNW AM 980 Vancouver as a chase producer.  Twitter Announcement
	7/22/21 - Corus Entertainment is bringing featured podcasts to radio in a new weekly national show debuting Saturday, July 24. The Curiouscast Podcast Hour, hosted by Corus’ Director of Streaming and Podcasting Chris “Dunner” Duncombe, will feature a different podcast episode each week. It will be heard at 8 p.m. Saturdays on CKNW AM 980 Vancouver and other Corus stations in Canada.  Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
	7/22/21 - Bianca Rego joins All Traffic CHMJ AM 730 Vancouver as a traffic reporter. The current BCIT Broadcast Journalism student was most recently an English second language teacher at miniMinds English Learning Centre in Hong Kong.  Twitter Announcement
	7/21/21 - FTVLive reports Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle has cut two popular local shows from its lineup. Washington’s Most Wanted hosted by main anchor David Rose and The Divide hosted by political reporter Brandi Kruse are going on immediate “pause.” The announcement comes as Q13 is running a major deficit in both producers and desk staffers.
	7/21/21 - Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle News Director Erik Breon, who was placed on administrative leave in March, has announced his mutual departure from the station. He is facing some health issues which led to a prolonged absence. He has been with Q13 since March 2020.  Facebook Announcement
	7/20/21 - KING 5 Seattle news producer Rebecca Perry has transitioned over to the New Day Northwest team as a producer. Today was her first day. Perry has been with KING since 2013.  Twitter Announcement
	7/20/21 - John Goff, Western Regional Digital Director at Sinclair Broadcast Group in Seattle suffered a massive stroke in May. He is still in rehab at a skilled nursing facility but is making good progress.  Shelby Goff, Facebook
	7/18/21 - The FCC has granted an FM translator construction permit for current K288GG 105.5 Mt. Vernon to relocate to Anacortes and transmit on 105.1. The new call sign is K286DA which will broadcast with 15 watts vertically polarized using a Scala FMVMP-1 antenna attached to a tower on Mt. Erie. The translator  is owned by Pacific Public Media and will rebroadcast KNKX Tacoma.  FCC Data
	7/16/21 - Pioneer Vancouver broadcaster Wilf Ray passed away July 11th at age 94. He started his lengthy radio career at CKMO in 1944. Ray later hosted a Sunday night gospel program from 1965 to 2008, first on CJOR, then on CJJR-FM and later on CKBD, making him one of the longest running broadcasters in Canadian radio. He also served as Director of Corporate Communications for the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group from 1966-80.
	7/16/21 - KIRO-TV Seattle Assistant News Director and Managing Editor Lisa Blegen leaves to join Cox sister stations WJAX-TV/ WFOX-TV Jacksonville FL as News Director. She's been with KIRO since 2015 and was previously Managing Editor at WFTV Orlando from 2012-15.  FTV Live
	7/15/21 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive June PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets.  All Access Music Group
	7/15/21 - Contemporary Christian Spirit 105.3 KCMS-FM Seattle debuts “Afternoons with Erica & Steve,” featuring Erica Parkerson and Steve Sunshine. Sunshine previously hosted a syndicated morning show for Spirit 105.3.  All Access Music Group
	7/14/21 - The British Columbia Association of Broadcasters (BCAB) has announced a new executive and board of directors. Rob Germain, GM of CHEK Media Group, has been named President for a two-year term. Rob Bye, GM of Pattison Media Vancouver Island will serve on the board executive as Past President. Jasmin Doobay, PD of Pattison Media, Prince George, has been named Vice President. New elected directors are Shusma Datt, owner of i.t. Media Broadcasting and Megan Milne PD of Vista Radio Duncan.  BCAB Release
	7/14/21 - Rock KISW-FM 99.9 moves into first place in a tie with All News KOMO AM 1000 with 6.5 shares in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma June 2021 PPM 6+ ratings. It's a big jump up for KOMO. News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 slips to third with a 5.9 share.  Radio Online
	7/14/21 - KIRO-TV Seattle consumer investigator Jesse Jones is back at work. He's been off since early April after undergoing quadruple bypass surgery.  Twitter Announcement
	7/14/21 - Long time Vancouver broadcaster and BC Institute of Technology instructor Bill Amos is retiring after a 46-year career. He was a reporter for CBC Montreal during the 1980s, CBC Vancouver during the '90s and has been a broadcast journalism instructor at BCIT since 1989.  Twitter Announcement
	7/12/21 - Ted Huang, veteran television news photographer and one of the first employees to work for CTV News Vancouver, died Sunday night at age 79. He worked for numerous television newsrooms in the Vancouver market starting in the 1980s, shooting thousands of local stories to run on evening newscasts.  Ethan Faber, CTV News
	7/09/21 - A celebration of life was held today for veteran CBC broadcaster Cam Cathcart, who for the past 18-years had been the host of Vancouver’s Remembrance Day ceremonies. He passed away June 5 at age 83.  Global BC Video
	7/09/21 - Staff at KTUL-TV Tulsa give a look back to News Director Phil Bruce as he moves to take over the newsroom at KOMO-TV Seattle.  FTV Live
	7/09/21 - The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver midday host Jason Manning extends his greetings to new morning hosts Jeremy Baker and Charis Hogg, who join in mornings and to Angela Valiant in afternoons. The new positions were announced in May.  Manning Tweet  Broadcast Dialogue Backgrounder
	7/09/21 - Further details on the recently granted change of transmitter location and community of license to Kent for KKDZ AM 1250. The new transmitter location is the old KMIA AM 1210 night site just east of Auburn. The site was purchased last year by Sukhdev Dhillon, who also purchased the transmitter site for KMIA. The KMIA Site was approved by the FCC for the new location of KZIZ AM 1560, which will be diplexed with KMIA. According to Dhillon, he plans to construct the 1250 and 1560 facilities at the same time.
	7/09/21 - With the CRTC approval of Durham Radio Inc. acquiring Roundhouse Radio and its 98.3 frequency in Vancouver, the company has announced it will be called WAVE 98.3, as it works towards the launch of "Vancouver's Smoothest Groove!"  WAVE Announcement
	7/08/21 - The CRTC has approved an application by Durham Radio Inc. for authority to change the ownership and effective control of Roundhouse Radio, the licensee of CIRH-FM 98.3 Vancouver, which went off the air May 6, 2018. The Commission has also approved Durham’s request to replace CIRH-FM’s spoken word programming with a rhythmic soft contemporary jazz format.  CRTC Release
	7/07/21 - Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle Assistant News Director Sean Kennedy, who has recently been guiding the newsroom, has left the station. Jake Wiederrich, Executive Producer at sister station KTVU-TV San Francisco has been named Acting Assistant News Director.  FTV Live
	7/07/21 - Former KING 5 Seattle meteorologist Jeff Renner, now consulting on weather issues, talks high heat, climate change, and what's ahead. He left KING in a buyout in 2016.  KING 5 News
	7/06/21 - Beginning with the August 6th season opener in Saskatchewan, all BC Lions games will be broadcast on AM730 CHMJ Vancouver with play-by-play broadcaster Bob “The Moj” Marjanovich and analyst Giulio Caravatta returning to the booth. The Lions Radio Network returns across the province, which includes CFAX AM 1070 Victoria.  BC Lions Release
	7/05/21 - Anna McMillan joins CTV Vancouver Island as an anchor and reporter, focusing on social welfare. She joins Jordan Cunningham, co-anchoring the CTV News at 5. McMillan has most recently been a digital journalist with Global Saskatoon.  Twitter Announcement
	7/04/21 - Mountain FM CISQ-FM 107.1 Squamish/ CISW-FM 102.1 Whistler Promotions Director Max Sheppard joins CFOX-FM 99.3 and Rock 101 CFMI-FM Vancouver as Promotions Coordinator. The 2015 BCIT Radio Arts & Entertainment graduate joins after five years at Mountain FM, where he was running the promo department, doing on-air shifts and covering for announcers.
	7/03/21 - KIRO-TV Seattle broadcast engineer Chris Donhou has announced his departure after just under 12 years. He will join the ABC bureau in DC as a computer broadcast systems engineer in early August.  LinkedIn Announcement
	7/02/21 - Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle anchor/ reporter Ali Bradley, who announced in early May that she was off air but would be back soon, has posted an update on her departure. She says she can now spend more time with family and be able to focus on her health and well-being.  Twitter Announcement
	7/01/21 - Shanté Sumpter joins KING 5 Seattle as a traffic reporter. She left her position at WACH-TV Columbia, SC at the end of May, where she has worked as a reporter, anchor and host since January 2019.  Facebook Announcement
	7/01/21 - South Sound Broadcasting, LP is selling K271BS 102.1 Auburn and South Sound Broadcasting, LLC is selling K259BG Chehalis to David Hartman and Gregory Smith's H&S Partners for $100,000. Both are licensed to operate at 250 watts. The primary station is News KOMO-FM 97.7 Oakville, which is in the process of being sold to Lotus Communications.  All Access Music Group

	6/30/21 - The FCC has granted a change of transmitter location and community of license for KKDZ AM 1250 from Seattle to Kent. It will continue to operate with 5 kW non-directional day and 5 kW directional night at 47-18-01 122-11-19.  FCC Data
	6/30/21 - Christy Moreno has been named President and GM at KING 5 Seattle effective August 2. She will be responsible for overseeing the station’s operations across all platforms. Moreno joins KING from WHAS-TV TEGNA’s ABC affiliate in Louisville, KY, where she served as President and GM since 2018.  TEGNA Release
	6/30/21 - CBC-FM 105.7 Vancouver & 92.1 Victoria are broadcasting Randy Bachman's last Vinyl Tap in a special three hour show from 3-6 p.m. on Canada Day, July 1st. Bachman has recorded the show from his studio on Salt Spring Island since the summer of 2005 for broadcast on Saturday nights.
	6/30/21 - KIRO-FM 97.3 Seattle morning news anchor and host Colleen O'Brien has announced she is taking a medical leave and will return August 2nd.  Twitter Announcement
	6/29/21 - Former Seattle programmer Drew Bland will be departing his VP/ promotion position with Monument Records on July 2 for a new opportunity TBA. He left his position with The Wolf KKWF-FM 100.7 in 2020 after three years.  All Access Music Group
	6/29/21 - The July 2021 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 record breaking heat and climate change, Seattle as a new market for Lotus, the 2021 NAB Show and much more.  July Clay's Corner
	6/29/21 - Retired KUOW-FM 94.9 Seattle arts and culture reporter Marcie Sillman has teamed up with prominent Seattle arts advocate Vivian Phillips to produce the DoubleXposure podcast. The first two episodes were released June 25.  Jade Yamazaki Stewart, Seattle Times
	6/28/21 - Recent BCIT Radio, Television and Digital Communications graduate Phil Figueiredo has accepted a position as technical producer with CKNW AM 980 Vancouver.  Twitter Announcement
	6/28/21 - Katelin Owsianski returns to Global BC as a full time traffic reporter on Global News Morning after leaving in March 2020 as a temporary for Kaitlyn Herbst, who was on maternity leave. Herbst left in March to pursue real estate.
	6/28/21 - Puget Sound Radio presents an interview with veteran Vancouver broadcaster Doc Harris by Susan Einarsson. Harris entertained at several Vancouver stations from 1973 to 2008, including CKLG from 1973-83.  Doc Harris Interview
	6/26/21 - Greg Bowman joins News 1130 CKWX Vancouver as a weekend anchor/ reporter. He arrives from Moose FM CFXN-FM 106.3 North Bay, ON.  Twitter Announcement
KRPA AM 1110	6/26/21 - KRPA AM 1100 Oak Harbor has been on and off the air over the last few days as it tests its new day and night signals per a Program Test Authority granted by the FCC on June 16. The new daytime power of 9 kW is reportedly strong in the southern reaches of Metro Vancouver. The former daytime-only station is also authorized to operate with 2.5 kW at night.  FCC Data/ Coverage Map
	6/26/21 - An obituary has been published for former CKNW AM 980 Vancouver News Director Warren Barker, who passed away June 15th. He was ND from 1959-91, when the station was located on McBride Boulevard in New Westminster. A Celebration of Life will be held when provincial health restrictions are lifted.  Sun/ Province Obituary
	6/26/21 - Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle has acquired anchor/ reporter Chynna Greene. She most recently spent the last three years at KEZI-TV Eugene, OR. Twitter Announcement  Meanwhile, reporter/ anchor Ali Bradley has noted on her LinkedIn page that she is no longer at Q13 and lists herself as "journalist". She previously announced in early May that she was off air but would be back soon.
	6/25/21 - Veteran retired CBC reporter/ host Lisa Cordasco has joined the Vancouver Sun and Province as a legislative reporter. She was most recently Senior Reporter/ News Director at listener supported CHLY-FM 101.7 Nanaimo after retiring from CBC Radio CBCV-FM 90.5 Victoria in 2015. Meanwhile, CHLY has hired Paula Zerpa as Sales and Outreach Coordinator along with Elijah Robinson and Joe Pugh as junior reporters.  Jesse Woodward, CHLY-FM Update
	6/24/21 - CKNW AM 980 Vancouver Talk and Talent Director Kathryn Stewart lands the position of PD at CKNW and sister station All Traffic AM 730 CHMJ.  Larry Gifford Twitter
	6/24/21 - Five-time Emmy-award winning KING 5 Seattle meteorologist Craig Herrera joins Fox Weather as a co-anchor of the platform’s key programming blocks. He joins five other new hires at Fox News Media’s new streaming weather service.  Twitter Announcement  Mark K. Miller, TVNewsCheck
	6/24/21 - CHEK-TV Victoria journalist Ben Nesbit, who announced his departure last week, has joined CTV Vancouver as a multi-skilled journalist. He has been at CHEK since November 2019.  Twitter Announcement
	6/23/21 - Salem Media Group has agreed to re-acquire  KKOL AM 1300 Seattle from Tron Din Doh’s Intelli LLC for $500,000. KKOL has been operating mostly under STA since it was acquired by Intelli and is currently operating with its 3.2 kW nighttime power all day due to interference being caused by its licensed 50 kW daytime operation.  RadioInsight
	6/23/21 - KING 5 Seattle has won a 2020 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
	6/22/21 - KING 5 Seattle reporter/ story teller Brit Moorer has announced her departure to try something new after close to ten years in broadcasting and two years at KING. She'll be staying in Seattle.  Twitter Announcement
	6/22/21 - With DJs having the freedom and responsibility to curate their own shows, KEXP-FM 90.3 continues on a ratings roll in Seattle.  InsideRadio
	6/22/21 - Elizabeth Wiley has been named Digital Director at KING 5 Seattle, effective August 9. She will be responsible for managing the digital content team in both news and local programming. Wiley joins from WFAA-TV, TEGNA’s ABC affiliate in Dallas, where she’s been Digital Director since 2019.  KING 5 News
	6/21/21 - Award winning journalist David P. Ball joins CBC Vancouver as a reporter. He's previously been a reporter for The Tyee and Star Metro Vancouver and most recently has been a radio host and reporter for The Pulse on Co-op Radio CFRO-FM 100.5 Vancouver.  Twitter Announcement
	6/21/21 - Tributes have been coming in for CBC Vancouver news editor Brian Dance, who retires from the Corporation after 51 years in broadcasting. He has been weekend radio news editor at CBC Vancouver since 1997. The award winning reporter has held a number of positions with CBC since 1976.  Charlie Smith, Georgia Straight  CBC Video
	6/20/21 - Former KING 5 Seattle producer Matt Elias, who left the station early this month to move to the Tri-Cities, has joined KAPP-TV Yakima/ KVEW-TV Kennewick in the same position.  Twitter Info
	6/19/21 - An obituary has been published for long-time CBC Vancouver broadcaster Cam Cathcart, who died at home June 5 at age 83. He was the MC of the Remembrance Day ceremonies at Victory Square for the last 18 years.  Sun/ Province Obituary
	6/18/21 - Ben Nesbit, multimedia journalist at CHEK-TV Victoria, has announced his departure. He's been at CHEK since November 2019 and was previously a video journalist and weekend sports anchor at Global Thunder Bay.  Twitter Announcement
	6/18/21 - Rogers Communications has reapplied to remove the CKKS-FM 107.5 Chilliwack simulcast on CKKS-2 104.9 Vancouver and replace it with locally produced programming. Under the proposed arrangement CKKS 107.5 Chilliwack and CKKS-1 92.5 Abbotsford will become a new station focused on the Fraser Valley, while CKKS-2 104.9 in Vancouver will focus on the Vancouver market.  Canadian Radio News
	6/18/21 - Phil Bruce, who has been News Director for Sinclair's KTUL-TV Tulsa for five years, moves to take over the newsroom at KOMO-TV Seattle. Bruce replaces Bill Dallman, who left at the end of May to become GM at KARE-TV Minneapolis.  Rick Gevers News
	6/17/21 - KUOW-FM 94.9 Seattle has announced a large-scale initiative to expand and innovate local content offerings, including the development of a new project led by Bill Radke, new local podcast pilots and a re-imagining of its flagship local news show The Record with a new format and a new host this fall.  KUOW Release
	6/16/21 - Delilah, who enters her 25th year of radio syndication, is interviewed by Radio Ink, as it names her MIW 2021. She is the most listened to woman on radio in America, heard on over 130 stations reaching 10 million monthly listeners. Delilah can be heard locally on The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1 Seattle.  Radio Ink
	6/16/21 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive May PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets.  All Access Music Group
	6/15/21 - Former KKNW AM 1150 Seattle personality Barbara Blake, who later hosted Smooth Jazz Sunday Brunch on The Wave KTWV-FM 94.7 Los Angeles, died June 10 in Santa Monica after a brief illness. She was 80 years old. After she left KTWV she did online shows and formed citizenplanet.com.  Ramp Obituary
	6/15/21 - Legendary Vancouver news reporter Warren Barker passed away at 10 a.m. today at age 92. His daughter Karen says he had been in generally good health until recent weeks, when he was not eating properly. Barker was on air at CKNW from 1952 until retirement in 1991. He served as News Director at 'NW from 1959 until retirement, setting the standard for newsroom operation in British Columbia.  Global BC News/ Video
	6/15/21 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 moves up into first place in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma May 2021 PPM 6+ ratings with a 6.6 share. Rock KISW-FM 99.9 slips to second with 6.4. KUOW-FM 94.9 climbs into third with a 6.0 share.  Radio Online
	6/15/21 - Former KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle host Joe Jeetz Reder joins “Terry Boyd’s World,” mornings at Audacy classic rock KGON-FM 92.3 Portland as co-host. He was laid off by KISW at the end of March 2020.  Radio Online
	6/15/21 - The application for Sinclair Radio Seattle stations KVI, KOMO and KPLZ-FM to Lotus Seattle Corp. for $18,058,604 has been filed, showing that the deal does not include the KOMO AM and KOMO-FM call letters and all programs and programming material associated with the calls.  All Access Music Group
	6/14/21  - Former Kelowna, Vancouver, Chilliwack and Victoria radio personality David Larsen lost a battle with cancer June 11 at age 62.  Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
	6/14/21 - Former KIRO 7 Seattle Executive Producer Erin Newnam has resurfaced as Managing Editor at WSMV-TV Nashville. She started as Morning Executive Producer at KIRO in June 2016.  Facebook Announcement
	6/14/21  - Former Seattle broadcaster Bryant “Ryder” Konold joins 92.9 The Bull KDBL-FM Yakima Brian, Reesha & Ryder morning show effective June 21. Konol co-hosted Fitz in the Morning at The Bull KNUC-FM 98.9 Seattle before it ended last year. He also will be the station’s Brand Manager.  InsideRadio
	6/14/21 - After another lackluster showing in the most recent PPM, Rogers Radio has scaled back the CHR format on KiSS RADiO CKKS 104.9 Vancouver (92.5 Abbotsford and 107.5 Chilliwack) to more of a Hot AC approach.  Canadian Radio News
	6/14/21 - FTVLive reports KIRO-TV Seattle reporter Jessica Oh has left the station and is headed to KTTV Los Angeles. She grew up in Southern California and has been at KIRO since October 2017.  FTVLive
	6/12/21 - Jolynne (Jo) Benson, who was responsible for Traffic Control for The Beachcombers CBC TV series in Gibsons, passed away in North Vancouver May 26 at age 64. A private family Celebration of Life was held June 1 at St. Paul's Indian Catholic Church. A replay Podcast viewing is available here.  Legacy Obituary
	6/12/21 - Western Regional Digital Director at Sinclair Broadcast Group in Seattle, John Goff, who suffered a massive stroke on May 12, is continuing to improve. He has now been transferred to a skilled nursing facility in Edmonds.  Shelby Goff, Facebook
	6/11/21 - Seattle market Warm 106.9 KRWM-FM has announced the promotion of morning host Seth Hughes to Music Director. He joined Warm in April 2019 and has now signed a contract extension.  Lance Venta RadioInsight
K280FF	6/11/21 - Hillsboro OR-based Gospel Echo Inc. is closing down its operations and requesting the shut down of translator K280FF 103.9 Chehahis, along with five others in Oregon.  Gospel Echo Letter  FCC Data
	6/11/21 - Q13 KCPQ-TV Seattle Meteorologist Tim Joyce has found a new home at WGN-TV Chicago as the weekend morning news weather anchor. He's been with Q13 for nearly ten years.  WGN News
	6/10/21 - David Bray of Bray and Partners Communications breaks down the most recent Numeris PPM ratings for Vancouver and four other Canadian PPM markets.  David Bray Release
	6/09/21 - The FCC has granted a request by Skagit Valley College for KSVU-FM 90.5 Hamilton to extend the "Silent STA" period, originally granted on November 2, 2020, to September 5, 2021, as a result of the termination of the station’s transmission site lease. A resolution to allow resumption of broadcasting from a new site has yet to be reached.  FCC Data
	6/09/21 - KING 5 Seattle won more 58th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy Awards than any other media organization in the region. In all, KING 5 took home 16 awards from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Northwest Chapter.  KING 5 Release
	6/09/21 - News/ Talk CKNW AM 980 continues in first place in the Numeris Vancouver 12+ PPM for March 01 - May 30, 2021 with a 13.6 share. CBC Radio One CBU AM 690/ FM 88.1 continues in second place with 10.5. Rock 101 CFMI-FM 101.1 is third with 8.3.  Numeris Release
	6/09/21 - Global BC producer Claire Fenton joins the morning team at News 1130 CKWX Vancouver. She's been at Global since 2016.  Twitter Announcement
	6/08/21 - David Bray of Bray and Partners Communications breaks down the most recent Numeris Diary ratings for Victoria and four other Canadian radio markets.  David Bray Overview
	6/06/21 (Updated) - Former Vancouver broadcaster Cam Cathcart died Saturday afternoon at his home at age 83. He was with CBC for 25 years as a reporter, foreign correspondent, producer and host, later becoming a Senior Associate with media communications company Stanton Associates. Cathcart was very active in the community, including serving as Chair of the Vancouver Remembrance Day Committee for 15 years. He received several awards for his service.  CTV Vancouver News  Karin Larsen, CBC News
	6/06/21 - KING 5 Seattle Editor/ Photojournalist Gloria Angelin gets a new role as Editor/ Photographer for New Day Northwest starting this month. She's been with KING 5 since March 2020.  LinkedIn Video
	6/06/21 - Retired CBC Cameraman/ Producer/ Director Rick Rice passed away in Victoria on May 17 at age 87. During his career he was a cameraman in Vancouver, Edmonton and Toronto, progressing to producer and director of The National and Hockey Night in Canada, retiring to Victoria in 1989.  Times Colonist Obituary
	6/05/21 - The NATAS 58th Annual Northwest Regional Emmy™ Awards have been announced with Seattle stations well represented.  Host Chris Cashman Video  Full List of Winners
	6/05/21 - Award-winning Seattle news anchor Elisa Jaffe has been inducted into the Silver Circle by the NW Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. She currently anchors p.m. drive on KOMO Radio, but previously held several positions with KOMO-TV from 1987-2015.  Twitter Announcement
	6/05/21 - Cody Miller has joined KING 5 Seattle as a digital content producer. He moves from KOMO-TV and was previously with the Sinclair Broadcast Group in Las Vegas.  LinkedIn Announcement
	6/04/21 - KACS-FM 90.5 Chehalis has filed with the FCC to keep its translator K293AY 106.5 Enumclaw in silent STA status. According to the May 31 filing, the receive antenna on the translator was destroyed during a recent storm.
	6/04/21 - NEWS 1130 CKWX Vancouver, along with the other Rogers Sports & Media news radio stations, will rebrand under CityNews this fall. This is a name change only, not affecting content or on-air personalities. As part of the rebrand, CityNews will launch a centralized website and app where users can find their local news for Vancouver or other Canadian cities.  NEWS 1130 Release
	6/04/21 - Vancouver broadcasting icon and Rock & Roll Hall of Famer Red Robinson reflects on his legendary life. He finally hung up his mic in 2017 from CISL AM 650.  Thor Diakow Video
	6/04/21 - KACS-FM 90.5 Chehalis has filed to upgrade from a Class A to C2 with the projected contour covering most of Olympia.  It was accepted for filing by the FCC on May 2.  Allocation Study
K292HN	6/04/21 - Sunnylands Broadcasting LLC, owner of several translators in the Puget Sound area, is donating K292HN 106.3 Centralia to Iglesia Pentecostal Vispera Del Fin, valuing the assets at $30,000. The Sunnylands co-located K259BG remains on the for-sale market, currently relaying KOMO-FM.
	6/03/21 - The Numeris Spring 2021 Radio Diary 12+ ratings have been released for Victoria. CBC Radio One CBCV-FM 90.5 leads with a 21.7 share, Rock CKKQ-FM 100.3 is second with 14.1 and News/ Talk CFAX AM 1070 is third with 9.8.  Numeris Release
	6/03/21 - Tyler and Lynch (Tyler Middleton and Chris Lynch) are heading to afternoon drive at CFOX-FM 99.3 Vancouver following the cancellation of their morning show on The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 in March. They replace Jeremy Baker, who moves to The Peak morning show.  Twitter Announcement
	6/03/21 - Long-time CTV Vancouver reporter Sheila Scott, who announced her departure from the station in April, joins the Burnaby RCMP in a civilian role as a Communications Strategist. She had been with CTV since 2013.
	6/03/21 - Two KING 5 Seattle producers leave the station. Matt Elias has been at KING since 2004 and is relocating to the Tri-Cities to explore new opportunities. Executive Producer Ruben Villaescusa leaves after four years.  Twitter Announcement
	6/03/21 - Angeli Kakade recently joined KING 5 Seattle as a reporter and multi-skilled journalist. She joins from WISH-TV Indianapolis.  KING 5 News
	6/03/21 - Sinclair Broadcast Group is getting out of the radio business with its TV division selling the stations it acquired in the acquisition of Fisher Broadcasting. KOMO AM & FM, KVI AM 570 and STAR 101.5 KPLZ-FM Seattle go to Lotus Communications for $18 million in cash and other considerations.  All Access Music Group
	6/02/21 - Charmaine de Silva adds News Director of 660 News CFFR/ Citytv Calgary to her current duties as ND of News 1130 CKWX/ Citytv Vancouver. Twitter Announcement
	6/02/21 - Nadia Stewart moves from her videojournalist/ reporter position, which she has held with Global BC since 2014, to assume the position of Media and Communications Manager with Union Gospel Mission Vancouver. She also changes her name to Nadia Tchoumi.  Instagram Announcement
	6/01/21 - Bailey Martens joins the CBC Vancouver newsroom next week. She has held several positions with the Ubyssey Publications Society since 2019 and most recently has been a features editor.  Twitter Announcement
	6/01/21 - News 1130 CKWX AM Vancouver anchor/ producer Yasmin Gandham has announced that Sunday will be her last shift. The BCIT 2020 Broadcast Journalism grad is moving into a new role as a full-time Video Journalist, anchoring and reporting with Global Okanagan CHBC-TV in Kelowna.  Twitter Announcement
	6/01/21 - Veteran Vancouver broadcaster Jody Vance will be hosting 3 - 6 p.m. Monday to Thursday on CKNW AM 980 for the next three weeks, the time slot formerly held by Lynda Steele, who did her final show on Friday.  Twitter Announcement

	2/27/21 - The March 2021 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 Rush Limbaugh, the Mars landing, misinformation, the Coronavirus and much more.  March Clay's Corner
	2/26/21 - The front pages of both the Vancouver Sun and Province this morning feature a tribute to the numerous people who sustained Team/ TSN 1040 CKST Vancouver over the last 20 years. The item also pays tribute to the late Paul Carson, the principal founder of the sports station. Carson died in North Vancouver December 21, 2010 at age 60.  Paul Chapman, Twitter
	2/26/21 - Traffic anchor Kaitlyn Herbst signed off from Global News Morning for the last time today after ten years in the position and five more as a helicopter reporter for Canadian Traffic Network. She has announced a new path as a realtor with MRKT. Real Estate Group.  Global News/ Video  Instagram Announcement
	2/26/21 - Long-time Vancouver personality Doc Harris comments on the passing of Rick Honey and "Daryl B" Burlingham, who both passed away 20 years ago this week.  Red Robinson, Facebook  A rare recording of Daryl B at CHUM Toronto can be heard here.
	2/26/21 - Veteran rock programmer Dave Richards has been appointed Senior VP of Programming by Entercom. He has been overseeing rock KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle for the past 19 years, and serves as Senior VP, Programming, Entercom Seattle.  Inside Radio
	2/26/21 - Sinclair Seattle VP & GM Chad Conklin advises that colleague Daryl Summers (Svardh) passed away Tuesday morning.  He calls her, "A great broadcaster, a treasured member of the KVI team and a wonderful person who will be missed by all..."  Puget Sound Media
	2/25/21 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Reshmi Nair will co-host CP24 Tonight, which premiers on CP24 Toronto Monday at 7 p.m. ET. The 2005 Columbia Academy graduate was a reporter at News 1130 CKWX Vancouver from 2005-08 and a writer/ reporter for CTV Vancouver from 2008-09, before moving to Toronto.  Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
	2/25/21 - The CRTC has granted Pushor Family Holdings of Kelowna, owners of CIRH-FM 98.3 Vancouver, a short term renewal until August. The station, formerly branded as Roundhouse Radio, has been off air since May 2018, after a deal with South Fraser Broadcasting, owner of Pulse CISF-FM 107.7 Surrey, to purchase the station fell through.  Canadian Radio News
	2/25/21  - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive January PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets.  All Access Music Group
	2/25/21 - Alanna Kelly, reporter/ weekend anchor at CTV Vancouver Island until being laid off three weeks ago, has joined Glacier Media as a reporter, based on Vancouver Island.
	2/25/21 - Sportsnet 650 CISL AM producer/ host Justin Morissette, whose leg was broken during an altercation with a street preacher in Vancouver's West End last summer, is now suing the preacher, an evangelical ministry, the City of Vancouver and the Vancouver Police Department.  David Molko, CTV News
	2/24/21 - 14-year veteran journalist Megan Batchelor leaves her TV job to join Vancouver International Airport as a communications specialist. She's been a reporter for CBC Vancouver since 2015 after several years working in Winnipeg.  Twitter Announcement
	2/24/21 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 continues in first place with a 7.4 share in the Nielsen Audio Seattle-Tacoma January 2021 PPM 6+ ratings. News/ Talk KUOW-FM 94.9 is still second with an increase in share to 7.3. Rock KISW-FM 99.9 climbs up to third with 6.2.  Radio Online
	2/24/21 - Former Kelowna broadcaster and freelancer Darren Worts has announced his return to the air in mid March. He will be hosting the afternoon show on 98.3 Star CKSR-FM Chilliwack and middays on Ocean 98.5 CIOC-FM Victoria.  Twitter Announcement
	2/23/21 - 710 ESPN KIRO AM Seattle football writer/ reporter and former ESPN NFL insider John Clayton adds duties as Senior Broncos Writer for the website of The Fan KKFN 104.3 Denver. He will continue covering football for KIRO.  All Access Music Group
	2/22/21 - Twenty years ago this week, two prominent Vancouver personalities died just three days apart. Rick Honey died in Vancouver February 24, 2001 at age 53 and "Daryl B" Burlingham passed away in Winnipeg February 27, 2001 at age 58. Daryl B was on air at both CKLG and CFUN, while Honey entertained at CKLG before hosting p.m. drive for over two decades at CKNW.  Red Robinson, Facebook
	2/21/21 - Connie Thiessen, Editor and Podcast Host at Broadcast Dialogue, interviews former Vancouver broadcaster Nails Mahoney who now runs talent coaching business OnAir Coach with partner Tracey Lee.  Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
	2/19/21 - Mary Cranston returns to the Rogers Media family of News 1130 CKWX and CityNews Vancouver after being released by the company last November when it cancelled Breakfast Television on Citytv. She had been a host and producer of the show.  Kyle Donaldson Tweet
	2/18/21 - Veteran radio personality Chris Coburn has officially retired. He was morning p.m. drive host at CJJR-FM Vancouver from 1993-2008, a.m. drive host at CKPK-FM Vancouver from 2008-12 and most recently morning host at CKQC-FM Abbotsford from 2012 until now. Coburn's radio career spanned just under 40 years, beginning in Ontario in 1982.  Twitter Announcement
	2/18/21 - Long-time TSN 1040 CKST Vancouver broadcaster Rob Fai, who is among those without a position after the sports format was cut from the station last week, has joined forces with Hubcast Media to do a post-game Vancouver Canucks show on YouTube, Twitch, Facebook Live and Vimeo. Meanwhile, the B.C. Lions signed a five-year deal with TSN 1040 in January 2018 and now play-by-play of both Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps games are uncertain following the changes.  Steve Ewen, The Province
	2/17/21 - KING 5 Seattle news anchor and content creator Michelle Li has been hired by KSDK-TV St. Louis as its newest multi-skilled journalist, to start in early April.  She has been with KING since 2016 and has earned numerous awards, including nine regional Emmy Awards, four national Edward R. Murrow Awards, and seven regional Murrows during her 18 years in broadcast journalism.  KSDK Release
	2/17/21 - Travis Prasad returns to CTV Vancouver as a reporter after 3-1/2 years at Citytv.  The 2016 BCIT Broadcast and Online Journalism graduate was previously a freelance writer/ reporter with CTV before joining Citytv.  Twitter Announcement
	2/16/21 - Variety – the Children’s Charity Show of Hearts Telethon returns in an all-new format this year to help raise more money for B.C.’s kids with special needs. The three-day event starts Thursday, February 18th on Global BC.  Amy Judd, Global News
	2/16/21 - Safeeya Pirani joins Vancouver market CKNW AM 980 as a reporter/ anchor. The 2016 BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate has been the News Director and morning show host at Spice Radio CJRJ AM 1200 for the last four years.  Twitter Announcement
	2/13/21 - Frances Yap joins News 1130 CKWX Vancouver as anchor/ reporter. She will be on air in the coming weeks. Charmaine de Silva Tweet
	2/13/21 - Maura Dooley has announced she has produced her last Wyman and Bob Show on 710 ESPN KIRO Seattle with Dave Wyman and Bob Stelton. However, she will now produce the morning Danny and Gallant show starting Monday. Mike Lefko takes over as producer of Wyman and Bob.  Twitter Announcement
	2/13/21 - KING 5 Seattle takes an internal look at racial bias in its newsroom and on its airwaves. KING 5 and its parent company, TEGNA, have launched several initiatives to diversify recruitment, hiring and content at the station.  KING 5 News/ Video
	2/13/21 - Kirk LaPointe, Publisher and Editor in Chief at Business in Vancouver Media Group and former morning talk show host, expresses his views on the sudden shuttering of sports on CKST AM 1040.  BIV Commentary
	2/12/21 - Funny 1040 debuted at 7 a.m. today on CKST AM Vancouver following the sudden demise of its  previous all-sports format on Tuesday. Deposed host Don Taylor talks about the all-sports radio wars and his broadcasting future.  Steve Ewen, The Province
	2/11/21 - Long-time Vancouver broadcaster Riaz Meghji has released his new book Every Conversation Counts on how to overcome loneliness and isolation and build extraordinary relationships. He was the Host and Producer of Breakfast Television Vancouver for over a decade prior to announcing in July 2019 that he was leaving the show.  Twitter Announcement  Global News/ Video
	2/11/21 - KOMO AM 1000 Seattle adds the syndicated The Jim Bohannon Show. The show can now be heard on over 275 stations nationwide and airs on KOMO from 12-2 a.m.  Lance Venta, RadioInsight
	2/11/21 - Salem Spanish Religion Radio Luz KNTS AM 1680 Seattle has flipped to Regional Mexican as La Patrona 1680.  All Access Music Group
	2/11/21 - Former Seattle market public radio producer/ host Ariel Van Cleave returns to WBEZ-FM 91.5 Chicago in her previous role as Senior Editor/ Audio News. She was Morning Edition Producer/ Weekend Edition Saturday Host at KNKX-FM 88.5 from 2015-19.  All Access Music Group
	2/10/21 (Updated) - The list of popular personalities who were displaced yesterday by Bell Media's format change and dropping of sports on CKST AM 1040 Vancouver includes Matt Sekeres, Blake Price, Don Taylor, Bob Marjanovich, Mike Halford, Jason Brough, Jeff Paterson, Rick Dhaliwal, Brook Ward, Rob Fai, Shantelle Chand, Aneesa Heatherington, Andrew Wadden, J.D. Burke, Jay Kroeker, Iain McLetchie, Ryan Henderson, Andy Cole and Tom Mayenknecht. Also laid off were a number of off-air technicians, sales people Lisa Letwin, Mike Longridge and Christina Papadimitriou, managers and more. CKST will become Funny 1040 at 7:00 a.m. Friday. To those laid off, it is not at all funny.
	2/10/21 - The CRTC has ruled that the market of Salt Spring Island could sustain a radio station at this time. No parties other than Gulf Islands Community Radio Society have expressed an interest in serving the market so the Commission considers that publishing a call for applications is not necessary.  CRTC Release
	2/09/21 - KING 5 Seattle reporter John Sharify and photojournalist Joseph Huerta have won a 2021 Alfred I. duPont-Columbia University Award, which honors excellence in broadcast and digital journalism in public service. The award is for "Bob's Choice", a one-hour documentary which profiled Bob Fuller, a Seattle man who chose to end his life under Washington's Death With Dignity Act following a terminal cancer diagnosis.  KING News/ Video
	2/09/21 - Puget Sound Radio reports further Bell Media layoffs in Victoria with the release of CFAX AM 1070 and Virgin Radio CHBE-FM 107.3 PD Chris Donnelly and APD/ midday host Ceara Kavanagh, along with an unnamed technician. It reports both stations are now being run by Kelowna-based Group Program Director Boyd Leader.  PSR News
	2/09/21 - The FCC has announced an upcoming FM broadcast frequency auction for July 27th.  Included in the auction is an allotment for a Class A station to be situated at Coupeville on Whidbey Island at 101.1 MHz. The station will have to be highly directional to protect co-channels Vancouver market CFMI-FM and a placeholder Industry Canada allocation for River Jordan on Vancouver Island.  FCC Info
	2/09/21 - Bell Media has pulled the plug on its sports talk programming on CKST AM 1040 Vancouver. The station is currently running music with announcements that a new format is coming at 7:00 a.m. Friday. According to an internal email sent to staff from Bell management and obtained by Postmedia, the station will re-launch Friday under the “Funny” format. CKST was also the radio broadcast partner of both the Canadian Football League’s B.C. Lions and Major League Soccer’s Vancouver Whitecaps, with the future of those rights now not known.  Scott Brown, Patrick Johnston, The Province  Rob Williams, Daily Hive  Twitter Feed
	2/07/21 - KIRO-TV Seattle announced this morning on its Facebook page that it is back on AT&T and DIRECTV.  KIRO and 13 other Cox Media Group stations were pulled off the service last Tuesday due to a carriage dispute. The two sides have signed a new multiyear agreement.
	2/06/21 - NEWS 1130 CKWX AM Vancouver celebrates 25 years as an all-news station on Monday, February 8. It switched from its long-time format as Super Country to all-news, using an hourly news wheel, at 8 a.m. February 8, 1996.  NEWS 1130 Release  Peter Wagner and John Ackermann Update
	2/06/21 - KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle morning host John Richards teams up with Naturopathic Doctor Amy Lindsey to host a new podcast titled The DR & the DJ. The podcast about the power of music, health, and community debuts February 26th.  Radio Ink
	2/05/21 - TEGNA Inc. announced today that KOMO News Seattle News Director Bill Dallman has been named President and GM of KARE-TV Minneapolis effective June 1. He replaces John Remes, who retired at the end of 2020. Dallman has been ND at KOMO since 2018.  TEGNA Release
	2/05/21 - Following a ban by music outlets in the U.S., Country singer Morgan Wallen’s music has been pulled from B.C. radio stations, after a recording that surfaced this week of the American musician using a racial slur.  Aleesha Harris, The Province
	2/05/21 - Additional Bell Media staffers who have been released in the latest round of layoffs include CTV Vancouver Scheduling Manager/ Training Coordinator Shelly Donovan, Senior Graphic Designer Simon Clarke, Producer Alicia Doyle, Video Editor Dylan Baker, Senior Director Charles Wright, Don Kurek and receptionist Jasmine Khalil.
	2/05/21 - After nearly four decades in the business, longtime Global BC cameraman Karl Casselman is retiring.  Global News/ Video
	2/04/21 - CTV Vancouver videographer Nic Amaya has been laid off by Bell Media. He's been with CTV since November 2017, but also has 15 years of experience with CBC Television Vancouver and operates his own company, Nic Amaya Media Productions.  Twitter Announcement
	2/04/21 - A yearlong 50th anniversary celebration for KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle begins February 12. The special programming will include stories and memories from the station’s alumni, local civic, sports and business leaders, as well as bands and artists from both Seattle and around the world.  Radio Online
	2/04/21 - CTV Vancouver Island has released reporter/ weekend anchor Alanna Kelly and has cancelled its weekend newscast. She has been with the station since July 2019. 200 employees have been cut in Canada during further restructuring by Bell Media.  Alanna Kelly Tweet   Carla Wilson, Victoria Times Colonist
	2/03/21 - Listener-supported KING-FM 98.1 Seattle is taking steps to address issues of equity and inclusion in its classical music programming. The station is committing to an action agenda for change in recognition of the lack of diversity in its field. KING-FM Release
	2/03/21 - Former KING 5 Seattle intern Helen Smith is returning to the station. The Pacific Lutheran University Communication and Media Studies BA has been a digital producer at KREM-TV Spokane since October 2019.  Twitter Announcement
	2/01/21 - KIRO 7 Seattle is in a carriage dispute with AT&T/ DIRECTV. Negotiations continue, but if a successful outcome isn't achieved soon, KIRO-TV, along with 13 other Cox Media Group stations will likely go dark overnight. Soon after midnight February 2nd, that is what happened. TV Answer Man  KIRO Update
	2/01/21 - Michael Foster, script writer and host for the CBC Schools’ Broadcast series Pictures in the Air, produced in Vancouver, died January 14 at age 91. He was a full professor at UBC in the Education Department and often taught his art program at UVic in the summers.  Sun/ Province Obituary
	2/01/21 - Sinclair Broadcast Group’s Seattle radio cluster is now part of the roll-out of its STIRR XT digital audio service using the ATSC 3.0-based digital TV transmission standard. The company hopes the ATSC 3.0 radio broadcasts will entice automakers to include 3.0 receivers in future models.  InsideRadio

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