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8/31/22 - Vancouver alt-rock station The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 HD2 has joined CBC Radio and other Canadian stations which have pulled Montreal indie group Arcade Fire
music from their playlists. The move follows recent sexual misconduct
allegations against the band's lead singer Win Butler. Daily Hive
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8/31/22 - Mario Magańa has left his position as Chief Engineer with KOMO 4/ KUNS-TV and the Lotus Communications Corp. Seattle radio group. He has accepted the position of Senior Broadcast Engineer for T-Mobile. Magańa has been an engineer for several Seattle stations since 2000. LinkedIn Announcement
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8/29/22 -
Tacoma born singer/ actor Helen Grayco, wife of Spike Jones, died August
20 at age 97 at her home in Los Angeles. She began performing on a
Tacoma radio station at age four, moving on to a variety show on KHJ Los
Angeles, and then to another variety show in Seattle. AB-TC Obituary
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8/29/22 - Former KIRO 7 Seattle reporter/ anchor Patranya Bhoolsuwan has started a new media project, the Entrepreneur Showcase Series. The three time Emmy award winning journalist was at KIRO from 2016-19 before heading to Las Vegas. Twitter Announcement
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8/29/22 - Former KOMO-TV Seattle weekend sports anchor Femi Abebefe teams up with Wes Reynolds from 9 p.m. - midnight ET weekdays to guide active sports bettors with VSiN Live Bet Tonight. Abebefe announced last September that he was joining VSiN following his departure from KOMO in March 2021. TVNewsCheck
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8/28/22 - A
celebration of life has been announced for former CBC Vancouver staffer
Alan Walker, who passed away May 19 at age 83. He joined CBC in 1958
where he progressed to a coordinating producer. He left the Corporation
in 1973, becoming a lawyer, specializing in wills and estate planning.
Walker's “Retirement Party” will be held at the ANZA Club, 3 West 8th
Avenue, Vancouver from 2 to 5 p.m. Friday, September 9th. Anyone
planning to attend is asked to confirm here. Obituary
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8/27/22 - After five years with Global BC, weather host Kasia Bodurka has announced her departure this weekend. She is moving on to, "new and exciting adventures". Twitter Announcement/ Video
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8/26/22 - KRKO Everett
officially turned 100 years old on August 25. It was first commercially
licensed on August 25, 1922 as KFBL. Governor Jay Inslee made a visit
to offer his congratulations and sign an official State of Washington
Proclamation. Marcee Maylin, Everett Post
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8/26/22 -
Olympia was home to one of the first licensed commercial radio stations
in the US. Father Sebastian Ruth began operating a wireless station with
the call sign 7CM, later changed to 7YS, which the federal government
assigned the call letters KGY on April 4, 1922. Dick Pust, HistoryLink.org
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8/26/22 -
Longtime British Columbia newscaster David Biro died peacefully at home
in Victoria on Tuesday, August 23rd at age 70 after a long bout with
cancer. During his career he worked at radio stations in the Okanagan
and Fraser Valley and at radio and TV stations in Vancouver and
Victoria. Biro received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the
Radio-Television News Directors Association in 2011. The family will
hold a private celebration of life. Times Colonist Obituary
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8/25/22 - Longtime Seattle sports broadcaster Mitch Levy,
who lost his job at KJR in 2017 following his arrest in connection with
a prostitution sting, is returning to the air. He will appear on the BJ and Migs morning show on KISW-FM 99.9 beginning Thursday Sept. 8 at 7:15, and then every morning following a Seahawks game. Levy has most recently been operating the Mitch Unfiltered podcast. Twitter Announcement
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8/24/22 - Alison Mullock, who left her FM Promotions Specialist position at Corus Vancouver's CFMI-FM 101.1 and CFOX-FM 99.3 last week, has joined Nicola Wealth as its Social Media Content Producer.
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8/24/22 - Greg Bowman, who left his anchor/ reporter position at CityNews 1130
CKWX Vancouver a couple of weeks ago to join Narcity Canada as its
Vancouver page Associate Editor, has moved along. He says, "the job just
wasn't the right fit" and he is already on the lookout for something
else. Twitter Announcement
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8/24/22 - The Brock & Salk show returns to mornings on Seattle Sports KIRO AM 710 three years after pivoting to a weekly podcast. Puyallup native and University of Washington graduate, Brock Huard earned numerous accolades as a football standout. The show will make its full return Tuesday, Sept. 6. Seattle Sports Release
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8/23/22 - Friends
and family are mourning long time Vancouver broadcaster Ian Power, who
passed away this afternoon at Richmond General Hospital at age 63. He
had been suffering from Glioblastoma, a particularly aggressive brain
cancer, and complications were created when he suffered a fall last
evening.
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8/23/22 - Former CTV Vancouver news anchor Scott Roberts joins Global Edmonton to co-anchor its News Hour at 6. The award-winning investigative journalist will anchor with Carole Anne Devaney on the news desk starting September 1. Roberts was part of a layoff of Vancouver broadcasters by Bell Media in March. Global News
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8/23/22 - Seattle Sports KIRO AM 710 host and former NFL and UW quarterback Brock Huard will be paired with FOX Sports play-by-play announcer Jason Benetti
for select games this season. They will kick off FOX Sports’ 2022 live
college football coverage with a special Week 0 matchup direct from
Ireland, when Nebraska takes on Northwestern from Dublin at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday, August 27 on FOX 13 KCPQ-TV. FOX Sports Release
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8/22/22 - Former KCPQ-TV Seattle reporter/ anchor Ali Bradley,
who left her position in June 2021 to become an independent journalist,
has joined national news and entertainment cable network NewsNation.
The 2007 Washington State University Edward R. Murrow College of
Communication Broadcast Journalism BA will be based in Phoenix as a
Southwest Correspondent. Nexstar Media Release
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8/22/22 - After 12 years at CityNews 1130 CKWX AM Vancouver, Thursday will be the last day for Denise Wong.
The 2008 BCIT journalism gratuate was a web editor/ anchor from 2010-12
and more recently Digital Managing Editor. She is moving on to an
opportunity outside of journalism. Twitter Announcement
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8/22/22 - Long time Vancouver broadcaster Ian Power is suffering from brain cancer at the Salvation Army Hospice in Richmond. He was an on air host at CKBD/ CJJR-FM for over 15 years and more recently at CKNW for seven more.
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8/19/22 - CityNews 1130 CKWX Vancouver morning anchor Randene Neill has departed, effective today. She was a news reporter/ anchor at Global BC for 18 years before taking on a couple of other positions and subsequently joining CityNews 1130 last fall. Ryan Lidemark Tweet
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8/19/22 - KOMO 4 Seattle Meteorologist Rebecca Stevenson returns to the screen Saturday after a bout of COVID. Twitter Announcement
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8/19/22 - Today is the final day at Corus Vancouver for CFMI-FM 101.1 and CFOX-FM 99.3 Promotions Coordinator, Alison Mullock.
The 2014 Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT) Radio and
Television Broadcasting Technology/ Technician graduate has decided to
move on to another opportunity.
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8/19/22 - The BC Hockey League has renamed its Broadcaster of the Year award the Jim Hughson Award. The 65-year-old Hughson, who retired last September, worked Vancouver Canucks
games on radio from 1990-98, on TV from 1999-2007 and was a
play-by-play broadcaster for Hockey Night in Canada, where he worked
from 2005-21. He currently serves as chairman of the board for the BC
Hockey Hall of Fame. Nick Greenizan, Peace Arch News
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8/18/22
- Former BCTV (now Global BC) producer/ director Allan Myers died
suddenly in Toronto on August 10 at age 59. The BCIT graduate started
his career at BCTV, moving to roles at Al Jazeera, WUSA-TV Washington
DC, Temple Street Productions and TVO, among other freelance work. He
also worked as a producer/ director for National Geographic Canada.
Myers was most recently the Senior Director of CTV National News. SNBC News
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8/18/22 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Buzz Bishop, now morning host at CFXL-FM 103.1 Calgary, has published a children’s book he wrote with his son. My First Book of Sharks explores fun facts about sharks around the world. Bishop hosted shows at Z95.3 CKZZ-FM Vancouver from 1993-2007.
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8/18/22 - Sher E Punjab CKSP AM 600
Vancouver talk show host Paul Brar has been suspended for comments he
made while discussing a case of domestic violence out of New York that
has garnered international attention. CBC News
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8/17/22 - All Traffic CKGO AM 730 Vancouver reporter/ anchor Sadie Chung
is leaving as of next Sunday. The award-winning 2022 BCIT Broadcast
Journalism graduate has been at AM 730 since July 2021. Her next gig has
not yet been announced.
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8/17/22
- Ian Speckman, a face and voice very familiar to TV and radio
consumers, died August 3 in Kelowna. He was 60. Speckman was a celebrity
businessman from Maple Ridge, who produced and starred in his own
commercials for his car dealership. His ads played during such
high-profile events as the Stanley Cup Playoffs and the World Series. A
celebration of life will be held at noon August 27 at the Evangel Church
in Kelowna. Neil Corbett, Maple Ridge News Sun/ Province Obituary Perry Lefko Backgrounder
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8/16/22 - John Fisher leaves his morning position at The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1 Seattle as station owner Audacy
cuts expenses after disappointing second quarter earnings. He joined
the station in January 2018 after previously spending over two decades
as morning host on The Mountain KMTT-FM 103.7 from 1992 until the station flipped in 2013. RadioInsight
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8/16/22 - After 9-1/2 years, CTV Vancouver anchor/ reporter Julie Nolin is moving over to Global BC. She previously worked as a technical producer at Global from 2009-12 and was an anchor, producer & reporter at CHEK-TV Victoria from 2006-09.
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8/16/22 - Ellen Meny, reporter, producer and content creator for KING 5 Evening
in Seattle, has left her position after four years. She currently lists
herself as a freelance communications consultant with the American
Tinnitus Association, but also says she is "open to work". Facebook Announcement
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8/15/22 - The work of writing and now promoting his new book Pleasant Good Evening – A Memoir. My 30 Wild and Turbulent Years of Sportstalk has veteran Vancouver sportscaster Dan Russell itching to work again. John Ackermann, CityNews 1130
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8/15/22 - Max Gross has accepted the position of producer for the Jason Rantz Show on KTTH AM 770 Seattle. Gross comes from KCD Enterprises Inc. in Bartlesville OK, where he has been working since May 2017. Twitter Announcement
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8/12/22 - The FCC
has granted an NCE construction permit to Community Sustaining Fund of
Olympia for a new 70-watt ERP station at 89.7. It will have McCleary as
its community of license. The proposed directional signal emanating from
Capitol Peak points away from the Olympia-Tumwater area, leaving only
Elma and McCleary inside the 60 dBu contour. FCC Data
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8/12/22 - The FCC
has granted a construction permit to Oakridge Community Radio (Eugene)
for a 500-watt ERP NCE directional station on 89.5 in Taholah, near the
Quinault Reservation. The group originally had plans for a 330-watt ERP
signal on the same frequency/ tower as the winning Aberdeen proposal
below. FCC Data
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8/12/22 - The FCC
has granted a construction permit to First Baptist Church of Riverview
(Pasco) for a 100-watt ERP NCE station on 89.5 in Aberdeen. The grant is
substantially scaled back from an original 5 kW ERP proposal. The 60
dBu contour will cover the Hoquiam-Aberdeen areas. FCC Data
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8/12/22 - The
licenses of KNTB AM 1480 Lakewood and KARR AM 1460 Kirkland will be
surrendered to the FCC to make way for a frequency change for KBRO AM
1490 Bremerton to 1480, if approved by the Commission. FCC Data
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8/10/22 - KIRO 7 Seattle morning Meteorologist Nick Allard
will be off work again to recover from back surgery last Thursday. He
took time off earlier this year, which he says, "didn’t work and things
continued to get worse". Facebook Announcement
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8/10/22 - Allan Fee and Patrice Valentine join veteran KAFE-FM 104.1 Bellingham morning host Dave Walker beginning Monday, August 15. Former co-host Mandy Richards announced at the end of May that she was leaving the morning show after 10 years for new opportunities. Facebook Video Mandy's Announcement
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8/10/22 - A familiar face on Victoria television for many years is getting promoted in her current position. On October 1st Dana Hutchings will transition from Chief Operating Officer to Co-CEO with Jason Cole at Power To Be Adventure Therapy. Hutchings was a news anchor / reporter and Assistant News Director at CHEK-TV until her departure in 2016. LinkedIn Announcement
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8/10/22 - Natalie Swaby is the new Chief Reporter at KING 5 Seattle. She was previously a general assignment reporter at KING before replacing Chris Daniels, after he left in June for Sinclair Broadcast Group's national investigative team.
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8/09/22 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 continues in first place in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma July 2022 PPM 6+ ratings with a 6.7 share. All Sports KIRO AM 710 moves up to tie with Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5, each with 5.8 shares. Five HD2 stations are now showing up in the monthly numbers. Radio Online
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8/08/22 - As announced on 7/07, Bridget Chavez has joined KIRO 7 Seattle from FOX 12 KPTV Portland. She makes her on-air debut tonight at 11. Twitter Announcement
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8/06/22 - Former CKNW AM 980
Vancouver sports personality Ron Barnet is making slow progress at
Cartier House in Coquitlam. His daughter advises that he is on a
waiting list to get into a home in Chilliwack and despite his health
issues is amazingly optimistic, is always happy and positive, and is in
no pain. The 82 year old continues to recover from a hip replacement
last December.
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8/06/22 - Salem Media Group is selling two of its AM stations in Seattle. Catholic network operator Relevant Radio has purchased KLFE AM 1590 for $500,000. Baaz Broadcasting will acquire Regional Mexican La Patrona 1680
KNTS Seattle for $225,000. In the sale filings, Salem requests a waiver
as KNTS is the expanded band replacement for KLFE. Rather than
deactivate the operating expanded band station and turn in its license
as the FCC rule would require, Inspiration seeks to sell that station to
a minority-controlled buyer at a below market price. RadioInsight
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8/05/22 - Legendary Seattle broadcaster Pat O'Day is remembered by KING 5 sports anchor/ reporter Chris Egan as the Seafair 2022
show will air live on KONG TV from 1-5 p.m. Sunday. O'Day, who passed
away August 4, 2020, served as race announcer and commentator during
Seafair for various radio and TV stations from 1967 to 2013. Twitter Announcement
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8/05/22 - Jodesha Broadcasting, Inc. is selling KBKW AM 1450 Aberdeen and its associated translator K278CU 103.5 to Sacred Heart Radio, Inc. FCC Data
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8/04/22 - KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle celebrates 50 years with a free community concert
Saturday, August 6. The event, which will include food trucks and a
beer garden, will begin at noon at Seattle Center, 427 First Ave. North
in Seattle. KEXP Release KING 5 News
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8/04/22 - What happened to KOMO 4 Seattle sportscaster Mike Ferreri?
The National Edward R. Murrow award recipient was a sports anchor then
Sports Director at KOMO for 21 years before leaving in August 2021. He
made the transition into real estate and is now a realtor for the
Seattle-Wedgwood office of Windermere Real Estate. KOMO Backgrounder
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8/03/22 - CityNews 1130 CKWX Vancouver anchor/ reporter Greg Bowman
will be leaving following his upcoming weekend shifts. He joined the
station from Ontario in June 2021 and now is moving on to an undisclosed
opportunity next week. Twitter Posting
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8/02/22 - With the move of Conservative Talk The Answer
to KKOL AM 1300 Seattle yesterday, KLFE AM 1590 has picked up Catholic radio programming from Relevant Radio which originates from studios in Green Bay, WI.
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8/02/22 - Long time Seattle radio personality Spike O'Neill debuted yesterday on KIRO Nights on News Radio KIRO-FM 97.3. He replaces Jack Stine, who has chosen to move to California to pursue other projects. O'Neill was "Co-Host and Tailgunner" on the Bob Rivers Show from 1989-2018. KIRO Welcome Audio
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8/02/22 - Three times Emmy winning Kelly Hanson, KING 5 Seattle Production Manager and host of the YouTube Series Local Lens Seattle, is one of the 425 Magazine Women to Watch: 2022. Amity Addrisi, host of KING 5’s New Day Northwest, will return to emcee the 2022 event September 20 at the Woodmark Hotel in Kirkland. 425 Magazine Release
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8/01/22 - Salem Media has moved Conservative Talk The Answer
KLFE AM 1590 to KKOL AM 1300 Seattle. Blanketing interference
complaints received from nearby residents are holding up KKOL's license
renewal and sale approval from Intelli LLC to Salem. RadioInsight
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7/29/22 - KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle kicks off Radio Week July
30th to August 5th, a week-long celebration in conjunction with the
station's 50th birthday, focusing on what makes the station
special. KEXP Release/ Video
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7/28/22 - KING 5 Seattle anchor/ reporter Madison Wade has announced a new Seahawks show with sports anchor Paul Silvi coming up in the near future on KONG-TV. Twitter Announcement
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7/28/22 - Reporter Travis Prasad has left CTV Vancouver to join Global BC.
The 2016 BCIT Broadcast and Online Journalism graduate has been with
CTV since March 2021 and was previously a video journalist for Citytv Vancouver. Joseph Planta, Twitter
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7/28/22 - Veteran CHEK-TV Victoria senior producer Richard Konwick is retiring. He has been at CHEK for the past 21 years. Joe Perkins, Twitter Hudson Mack, Facebook
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7/28/22 - Joanne Dzierza has been given the added position of Assistant Program Director at The Wave CKWV-FM 102.3
Nanaimo. She has been an on-air personality with the Pattison Nanaimo
stations since 2015 and also serves as The Wave’s Music Director.
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7/28/22 - Mercer Island School District high school station The Bridge KMIH-FM 88.9 returns to broadcasting the Seattle Seafair after a two year hiatus. The Bridge will provide radio coverage of this year’s premier Seafair events on August 5th, 6th and 7th. News Release
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7/27/22 - Former long-time local news anchor Norma Reid, who left her position with CTV Vancouver at the end of June, has joined Global Calgary
as a Community Reporter. She joined CTV Vancouver in 2010, having
previously worked at CTV stations in Saskatoon, Regina and Prince
Albert, SK.
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7/27/22 - The CRTC finds that the market of Squamish,
BC can sustain an additional radio station. The Commission will publish
an application by Four Senses Entertainment Inc. for a new
English-language commercial FM radio station to serve the market
following an upcoming public hearing. CRTC Release
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7/27/22 - Brock Huard, co-host of Brock and Salk on Seattle Sports KIRO AM 710, will team up with Jason Benetti,
the play-by-play voice of NBC Sports Chicago’s White Sox broadcasts.
They will be the network’s No. 2 college football broadcast team. There
appears to not yet be a formal announcement, but Huard is expected to be
back on the Seahawks pre-season TV game on FOX 13 Seattle. Doug Greenberg, Front Office Sports
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7/26/22 - Although
this event happened in a market not generally covered by us, it should
come as an eye opener that reporters are facing increased risks while on
the job. A KGW-TV Portland photojournalist was assaulted Monday morning while shooting video for a story. KGW is where former CTV Vancouver senior reporter David Molko landed after leaving in January. John Tierney, KGW News
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7/26/22 - KIRO 7 Seattle will launch a new weekday newscast from 4-5 p.m. KIRO 7 News at 4
will debut Monday, September 12, and air live on broadcast and
streaming platforms. The expansion will be supported by a larger
newsroom and six new hires. TVNewsCheck
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7/25/22 - 102.7 FM NOW!radio
is the “evolution of radio” in Vancouver according to a news release,
and it kicks off today at 1:02 p.m. The new format replaces The Peak
which won’t be on the 102.7 main channel anymore, but will be available
on 102.7 HD2. A news release suggests that moving it to HD2 will give The Peak more freedom with its playlist. Pattison Media is hoping to repeat the success of the NOW!radio format in Edmonton. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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7/23/22 - The CRTC has given Rogers Radio until August 28, 2023 to implement a technical change
at CFUN-FM 104.7 Sechelt. The transmitter will be relocated with
EHAAT rising from -718 to -143.1 meters. Power will remain at 350 watts.
CFUN simulcasts programming originating at CISQ-FM 107.1 Squamish. Canadian Radio News
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7/23/22 - The Seattle Seahawks hosted a celebration of life Friday for John Clayton.
The Hall of Fame football journalist passed away March 18 following a
50-year career in sports media that included covering the Seahawks and
hosting sports radio shows on Seattle Sports KIRO AM 710 for the past 14 years. Mike Sando, Twitter
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7/22/22 - Alternative Rock The Peak
102.7 Vancouver is moving to HD2 on Monday, July 25 with no planned
programming changes. Meanwhile, a CKPK-FM rebrand announcement is set
for Monday at 1:02 p.m. that is anticipated to include Christy Farrell and Fraser Tuff, who on July 11, announced their relocation to Vancouver from Calgary. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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7/22/22 - Former KING 5 /NWCN Seattle morning meteorologist Monica McNeal is currently producing Minute with Monica on Black History. Now living in Little Rock, AK, her latest video is about a visit to the National Museum of African American History in DC.
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7/21/22 - FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle is expanding the weekday edition of Good Day Seattle by one hour from 10-11 a.m. beginning September 12. It will be called Studio 13 and will include celebrity interviews, lifestyle segments and food and beverage demonstrations.
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7/21/22 - Retired KING 5 Seattle Broadcast Engineer Leonard Hanson has passed away. He worked for KING for 44 years. Twitter Announcement
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7/21/22 - Seattle women's professional soccer team OL Reign
(formerly Seattle Reign FC) has announced a new partnership with FOX 13
that will include local broadcast rights to four OL Reign matches in
2022. OL Reign Release
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7/21/22 - Friday July 22 marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Chris Wedes, longtime star of the J.P. Patches program on KIRO-TV Seattle. His program ran on KIRO from 1958-81, one of the longest-running children shows on local TV anywhere in the US. Feliks Banel, KIRO NewsRadio
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7/21/22 - Veteran
KPUG AM 1170 Bellingham sportscaster Dick Stark died Tuesday, July 19 at
age 88. He worked his entire career from 1962 until 2018 at KPUG, where
he was also an advertising sales executive and account manager. Stark
was an inductee in several local halls of fame. Services have been
scheduled for 11 a.m. August 6 at Cordata Presbyterian Church in
Bellingham. Robert Mittendorf, Bellingham Herald
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7/20/22 - Former Seattle news leader Jacques Natz has been terminated from his position as GM of News 12 New Jersey
cable news channel following employee accusations of micromanagement
and bullying leadership. No specific reason for his firing has been
given. Natz was News Director at KOMO 4 Seattle from 1992-96. Michael Stahl, TVNewsCheck
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7/20/22 - THE PEAK CKPK-FM 102.7
Vancouver, which recently added HD to its signal, has now added an HD2
channel. So far it is carrying the same programming as its main HD1, but
has drop-in announcements that the station is making improvements to
its transmitter.
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7/20/22 - We've learned that a former TV news anchor at two Seattle stations has changed careers. Mark Wright, who retired from KING 5 earlier this year, has joined Cross Country Mortgage in Seattle. Wright worked at KCPQ-TV in the market for more than 8 years before moving to KING, where he worked for more than 11.
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7/19/22 - Things weren't so cool this morning for WAVE 98.3 CIWV-FM
Vancouver morning host Tara Jean Stevens as she was about to start her
second show. The elevator was broken, so she started her show from the
car. She later Tweeted that the elevator was fixed and she was back in
the studio. Twitter Announcement
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7/19/22 - Last night's debut of Seattle Now News at 10 on CW11 KSTW-TV Seattle featured only about ten minutes of actual local news anchored by Anne Makovec (from KPIX San Francisco). Former KING 5 weather freelancer Darren Peck did weather. Anthony Monzon (KIMT, Rochester, MN) did the lead package on King County COVID. Key names included Tom Hanson and Charlie Walter and others mainly from Dallas and San Francisco. There was no news about the second place finish by Julio Rodríguez in the Home Run Derby.
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7/18/22 - There's another departure from Seattle television, as KOMO 4 Seattle news anchor Suzanne Phan ends her six year run on July 26th. She's headed south to unite with husband Ryan Yamamoto in San Francisco. He left last November to join the KPIX-TV evening anchor team after five years at KOMO. Twitter Announcement
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7/17/22 - Long-time The Drive CHWK-FM 89.5 Chilliwack weekend host Trevor McDonald, who lost his position when the station recently changed to 89.5 JR Country, has found a new gig. He will now host Saturday mornings on Star FM CKSR-FM 98.3 beginning July 30 with a program called Then and Now. FVN News
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7/16/22 - Long time Vancouver broadcaster Ed Garcia lands a new position as afternoon host at Power 97 CJKR-FM 97.5 Winnipeg. The 2008 BCIT Radio, Television, and Digital Communication graduate has worked at a number of Corus Radio stations, beginning as a traffic reporter for AM 730 Traffic (now CKGO) in 2007 and an announcer at CFOX-FM 99.3 since 2015. Garcia starts in Winnipeg July 19th. Nicole Welsh Twitter Announcement
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7/16/22 - Former FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle reporter/ anchor Ali Bradley, who left last September to become an independent journalist, reunites on screen with ex-colleague Marni Hughes, who is now a weeknight anchor at News Nation. Hughes was an anchor reporter at KCPQ for eight years until her departure in 2019. Twitter Announcement
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7/16/22 - Former FOX 13 KCPQ-TV
Seattle reporter Brandi Kruse, who struck out on her own to pursue a
path as an independent journalist last November, has wound up for a day
in Facebook jail. She says Facebook has not explained why. Twitter Announcement
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7/16/22 - Seattle market KSTW-TV will resume newscasts for the first time since 2005 under the name Seattle Now News at 10 on CW11 beginning
Monday. New newscasts for non-CBS affiliated stations that CBS owns
will appear under the common brand name “Now” and will share production
between stations. NewscastStudio News
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7/15/22 - Rock 101 CFMI-FM 101.1 Vancouver p.m. drive host Dean Hill says goodbye during his final show today starting at 2 p.m. He retires after more than 26 years at Rock 101 and nearly half a century in radio.
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7/15/22 - Pat John, the actor who played Jesse Jim on the local CBC production The Beachcombers, died Wednesday at age 69. The series earned an international audience during its
19 season run, making it the second longest-running Canadian television
drama ever. The first of 350+ episodes aired in October 1972. This fall
marks its 50th anniversary. Jenna Benchetrit, CBC News
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7/14/22 - There are a number of recent additions to Seattle area TV subchannels. KING adds QVC2 on channel 5.5; KIRO 7.4 is Telemundo; KQAH (Maltby) 10.1 is Jewelry TV and 10.4 is Diya TV; KSTW 11.3 is FAVE TV; KZJO 22.5 is LIVENow and KWPX 33.8 is HSN.
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7/14/22 - Vancouver broadcaster Jonny Staub, who left his position with Virgin Radio CFBT-FM 94.5 after
nearly 25 years working in radio, is leaving the business. He wants to
become a firefighter and has succeeded in passing the necessary
tests. Amir Ali, Daily Hive
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7/13/22 - CKNW AM 980 Vancouver Financial Analyst Michael Levy
is retiring after being a regular contributor for three decades. He got
his start in 1986 at CJOR where he hosted an evening show called LevyLine and has appeared on CJOR, CKO, CKNW, CTV Vancouver, Global BC, and CBC News. Levy will turn 80 years old on October 15. Victoria Levy, The Province
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7/13/22 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 continues in first place in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma June 2022 PPM 6+ ratings with a 7.3 share. Classic Hits The Jet KJEB-FM 95.7 is second with an unchanged from last month 6.3 share. Classic Rock KZOK-FM 102.5 moves up to third place with a 5.5 share. Radio Online
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7/13/22 - Former Seattle anchor and current auctioneer Matt Lorch reports almost $1.7 million raised and counting at Jungle Party for Seattle's Woodland Park Zoo. The reception portion was joined by FOX 13 Seattle morning news anchor Liz Dueweke. Lorch anchored news at KCPQ-TV from 2011-21. LinkedIn Announcement
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7/12/22 - Dean Hill is retiring after 27 years on Rock 101 CFMI-FM 101.1
Vancouver and almost 50 years in Canadian radio. He started at CKDA
Victoria with stops in Calgary and Toronto before returning to the west
coast at CFOX-FM 99.3 and host of the Morning Zoo at CKLG. He has some tips for future radio DJs and plans to move to Nanaimo. Brendan Kergin, Vancouver is Awesome
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7/12/22 - FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle morning meteorologist Brian MacMillan gives us a look at CPR and AED training day at the station. Twitter Announcement
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7/12/22 - Former Seattle TV sales executive Greg Obata
has been named Market Manager and General Sales Manager for the Horizon
Broadcasting Group cluster in Bend, OR. He served as GSM for KCPQ-TV for seven years back in the 1990s. RadioInsight
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7/11/22 - Today Radio CKCE-FM 101.5 Calgary hosts Christy Farrell and Fraser Tuff of the Christy and Fraser morning show have announced they are moving to Vancouver. The duo, who have been at Today Radio since its former branding of Kool 101.5 in 2016, have announced they are moving for an opportunity within Pattison Media, which owns two Vancouver stations, JR Country CJJR-FM 93.7 and The PEAK CKPK-FM 102.7. A format change could be in sight for The PEAK as Pattison owns the domain name 1027nowradio.ca. Facebook Announcement
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7/10/22 - Vancouver's newest station WAVE 98.3 CIWV-FM launches Monday, July 18 with Tara Jean in the Morning. Tara Jean Stevens
is a two-time winner of the BC Association of Broadcasters’ “Performer
of the Year” award and was most recently afternoon host at KISS Radio CKKS-FM 104.9, before it made a format change last month. Wave Release
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7/10/22 - Katie Summers of the Katie and Ed morning show on Z95.3 CKZZ-FM Vancouver has announced her departure on maternity leave. The Night Show with Katie and Ed, which runs on several stations in Canada, is reportedly going into reruns.
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7/08/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle anchor Lori Matsukawa, who has ties to Japan and was recently awarded the Order of the Rising Sun
to recognize her efforts to promote relations between the U.S. and
Japan, reacts to the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister
Shinzo Abe. YouTube Video
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7/08/22 - AJ Ashley Pirhonen, who announced her departure from Move CJMG-FM 97.1
Penticton in early May to take a weekend position at The River CKKN-FM 101.3 Prince George, is moving again. She will be joining newly reformatted 89.5 JR Country CHWK-FM Chilliwack in afternoons beginning next month. Twitter Announcement
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7/08/22 - Z95.3 CKZZ-FM Vancouver has made some adjustments to its on-air lineup. Midday host Race has been gone from the schedule since Monday. Vanessa Newman is split from her teammate Sutto and is now listed as midday host. Sutto, without Vanessa, is still on from 2-7 p.m. On-Air Schedule
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7/07/22 - After just under six years, KING 5 Seattle Director Of Market Development Alysse Bryson
has announced her departure. She says, "I’m ready to pivot into a new,
adventurous chapter of life and leave the world of media behind (for
now)." By our count, she is the 80th departure from the four major
Seattle TV stations since midsummer 2019. Facebook Announcement
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7/07/22 - FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle veteran newsroom leader and morning anchor Liz Dueweke rolls out the welcome mat for Mireya Garcia, who is departing her position from FOX 25 KOKH-TV Oklahoma City. Garcia has been an anchor and consumer/ investigative reporter with FOX 25 for eight years. Twitter Announcement
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7/07/22 - Former longtime KUOW-FM 94.9 Seattle host and reporter Steven Scher has written a children's book The Moon Bear,
put out by Clyde Hill Publishing. He was at KUOW from 1986-2014 and is
currently an instructor at the University of Washington. Facebook Announcement
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7/07/22 - Legendary B.C. businessman and philanthropist Jim Pattison, still going strong at age 92, discusses his long career with no desire to retire. His Pattison Group
has 30 operating divisions, including the auto, grocery, media and
entertainment industries. Pattison Media owns 48 radio and three TV
stations in Canada, which includes JR Country CJJR-FM 93.7 and The Peak CKPK-FM 102.7 Vancouver. Peter McCully, Today in BC
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7/05/22 - KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle has announced the lineup for its upcoming Live From Argentina
program which will take place from Argentina on-air and online
September 19-23. KEXP has been traversing the globe to broadcast and
record live sessions for over a decade. KEXP Release
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7/05/22 - CHEK-TV Victoria is the 2022 Bill Good Award recipient from the Jack Webster Foundation.
The award recognizes a B.C. individual or organization that makes a
significant contribution to journalism in the province. Print journalist
Stephen Hume is the 2022 Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award
recipient. Awards will be presented at the September 20th in-person
reception when the finalists for the 2022 Webster Awards will be
announced. Webster Foundation Release
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7/05/22 - Cole Stefiuk is leaving his position as afternoon host at Mountain FM CISQ-FM 107.1/ CISW-FM 102.1 Squamish/ Whistler. He's been at Mountain FM since July 2019 and his last day is Thursday. Facebook Posting
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7/05/22 - Following yesterday's announcement that KXRO AM 1320/ FM 101.7 Aberdeen/ Hoquiam News Director Daniel Hargrove is leaving, Program Director and morning show host Kyle Pauley will be serve as both ND and PD in the interim.
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7/04/22 - News Radio KXRO AM 1320/ FM 101.7 Aberdeen/ Hoquiam News Director Daniel Hargrove has announced
he is stepping away from radio. He
has served as ND since 2015. Hargrove will be taking the role
of Communications
and Public Relations Specialist for the Lewis County Public Utility District.
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7/03/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle news anchor Lori Matsukawa
received the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays during a
small ceremony hosted by Japan's consul general in Seattle. Matsukawa
received the award in recognition of her contribution to improving the
understanding of Japanese-Americans in the United States. KING 5 News/ Video
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7/02/22 - Rob
Berridge has retired after 17 years with Rogers Radio BC as a commercial
writer and 39 years in the industry, which included on-air, voice work
and production. He worked on air in Squamish and at several Vancouver
stations beginning in 1984 before joining Rogers in 2005. Also retired
is long-time Rogers producer Mike Sherlock with 36 years in radio. His
legacy includes hiring and mentoring dozens of producers, launching and
imaging countless Rogers formats and producing thousands of commercials.
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7/01/22 - Jon McDaniel leaves after 32 years as PD at Nathan Hale High School Home for Dance C89.5 KNHC-FM
Seattle. He took over programming duties in May 1990 after previously
being one of the station’s student DJ’s in the mid 80s. McDaniel oversaw
the station’s transition to Dance in the 1990s. RadioInsight
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7/01/22 - Former Seattle radio programmer Becky Brenner has been inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame. She spent a combined 26 years at KMPS (now The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1)
Seattle, where she handed everything from on-air, promotions,
programming and director of operations duties. Brenner is currently a
Consulting Partner with Albright & O'Malley & Brenner Consulting. Jessica Nicholson, Billboard
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7/01/22 - Radio business researcher and programming consultant Sean Ross is heaping kudos on Rogers Radio for its KISS Radio CKKS-FM
Vancouver stunt playing Rage Against the Machine’s “Killing in the
Name,” in preparation for a segue to Alternative and the Sonic brand. He
also looks at its positioning against market competitors CFOX and The Peak CKPK. Sean Ross, RadioInsight
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7/01/22 - BCTV/ Global BC
Technical Engineer Gerry Persoon retires after 46+ years. Among his
responsibilities since joining the station in 1975 was the maintainance
of set studios and digital newsroom system in Burnaby, the digital and
analog transmitters on Mount Seymour and numerous rebroadcast
transmitters. Career Backgrounder
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6/30/22 - Mel Warner, host of Caribbean Sounds on Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO-FM 100.5 for the last 30+ years, has been inducted as a pioneer into the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame.
The ceremony was held June 23 at the Commodore Ballroom. Warner has
introduced acts from Shaggy and Ziggy Marley to Sean Paul and Chronixx
to local fans. Kyle Balzer, TriCity News
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6/30/22 - Former CBC-TV Vancouver news anchor Andrew Chang, more recently a co-anchor of The National in Toronto, will be leaving that position to host a new free, ad-supported streaming channel in August. Twitter Announcement CBC Release
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6/30/22
- As we pass the 100 year mark since radio first arrived in Western
Washington, research on the early days is being published more
frequently, including the following at HistoryLink.org Early WA Radio KVOS Radio
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6/30/22 - Former News 1130 CKWX Vancouver news anchor Reaon Ford has joined podcast producer JAR Audio as a Senior Producer. He anchored newscasts, including morning drive, at News 1130 (now City News 1130) from 2002-18 and has continued as a freelance commercial voiceover artist. Twitter Announcement
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6/30/22 - Following the demise of its KISS Radio brand and programming Tuesday, Rogers Sports & Media expands its SONiC RADiO
brand with an alternative format to 104.9 Vancouver, 107.5 Chilliwack,
and 92.5 Abbotsford. The new talent lineup includes Angela Valiant in
a.m. drive, Alex Carr middays, Carly Meyers and Jay Brody in afternoon
drive and Marc Michaels and Katlynn Millions in evenings. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue Rogers Radio Release
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6/29/22 - KIRO AM 710 Seattle became the first 50 kW station in the region 81 years ago today - June 29, 1941. The station
flipped the switch on the brand new transmitter on Vashon Island,
significantly increasing its coverage in the Pacific Northwest and
providing a nighttime signal through much of the western US. Felix Banel Tweet
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6/29/22 - Following the cancellation of Kevin and Sonia's morning show and Tara Jean Stevens' afternoon show Tuesday, KISS Radio CKKS-FM 104.9 Vancouver is now stunting with a loop of Killing In The Name Of by Rage Against The Machine. A new format appears to be imminent. Megan Devlin, Daily Hive
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6/29/22 - The current five-year deal between the Vancouver Canucks and Sportsnet 650
CISL will soon expire with still no word on what station will get the
nod. A deal was supposed to be struck months ago but has since been
tabled for several reasons. Tyler Green, Daily Hive
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6/28/22 - There's another departure at KISS Radio CKKS-FM 104.9 Vancouver as afternoon host Tara Jean Stevens
announced that today's show was her last. However, she says, "I can’t
wait to share the news of my exciting, new opportunity in the coming
weeks." Stevens has been doing the show for three years. LinkedIn Announcement
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6/28/22 - Ethan Raup has been selected as President and CEO of KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle following the recent departure of longtime CEO and Executive Director Tom Mara. Raup will be elevated to the position after serving as Chief Operating Officer at KEXP since 2016. KEXP Release
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6/28/22 - Following her announcement last week that she was leaving CTV Vancouver to be closer to family in Calgary, news anchor Norma Reid says an emotional goodbye on her final newscast Monday. She's been with CTV Vancouver since 2010. Weekend anchor and former CityTV newscaster Mary Cranston will take over the 11:30 p.m. weekday newscasts. CTV Video
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6/28/22 - Kevin Lim and Sonia Sidhu have announced that they have done their last morning show at KISS Radio CKKS-FM 104.9 Vancouver, with the station making programming changes. The duo has hosted the show for 5-1/2 years. Megan Devlin, Daily Hive
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6/27/22 - Following a short stay in hospital, former Vancouver radio broadcaster Michael Morgan
reports that he has been declared cancer free and will only require
annual checkups. He has hosted shows in the past at CKLG and CFUN, and
since 2008 has been on the Communications Advisory Board of SuperChefs Entertainment Inc. Facebook Posting
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6/26/22 - Long time Seattle news manager Bill Kaczaraba joins KIRO News Radio
97.3 as anchor and producer of its early morning newscasts. He has
formerly been Executive News Director at Northwest Cable News,
News Director of KCPQ-TV and most recently President & Chief Creative Officer at production and marketing company Esperance. LinkedIn Announcement
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6/26/22 - Former KOMO 4 Seattle reporter Shomari Stone, now a correspondent for CNBC in Washington, DC collects three Emmy Awards for reporting on the January 6 Capitol Under Siege. He's now a 7X Emmy Award winner. Stone reported for KOMO from 2009-11. LinkedIn Announcement
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6/26/22 - Mark Briggs, former KING 5
Director of Digital Media and Innovation, weighs in on his attendance
at the Investigative Reporters and Editors conference in Denver. He
worked at KING from 2010-17 and is currently Vice President at Smith
Geiger Group in the Seattle area. LinkedIn Announcement
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6/26/22 - Former KOMO 4 Seattle multimedia journalist Nick Popham, who left for Florida early this month, has announced his new position. He joins Spectrum Bay News 9 in Tampa. Twitter Announcement
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6/24/22 - KING 5 Seattle Multimedia Marketing Producer Joshua Padilla has won a gold Promax Local Award in the Special News Report or Event Programming category.
The legally blind TV producer has been with KING since March 2021. The
awards are given for promotion, design, and marketing by a company or
individual that is broadcast, published, or released in their respective
markets. LinkedIn Announcement List of Winners
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6/24/22 - KING 5 Seattle reporter Taylor Mirfendereski is attending the Investigative Reporters and Editors
(IRE) conference in Denver. On Saturday she will be co-hosting a panel
sharing the best tips for finding, cultivating and protecting sources.
Mirfendereski is a two-time Peabody Award-winning multimedia journalist
at KING 5, specializing in investigative reporting, longform
storytelling and digital special projects. Twitter Announcement
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6/23/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle reporter Joe Fryer, now a news anchor/ correspondent for NBC News in New York since 2013, has been named NLGJA’s
Journalist of the Year. The award, presented by The Association of
LGBTQ Journalists, pays tribute to “an LGBTQ journalist whose
exceptional abilities, integrity and distinctive work brought honor to
the profession within the past year.” A.J. Katz, TVNewser
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6/23/22 - CBC Vancouver-based news anchor Ian Hanomansing has been named the permanent host of CBC Radio’s Cross Country Checkup, in addition to his duties with The National. He has been filling in as a guest host when Duncan McCue went on sabbatical. McCue, who was based in Vancouver before moving to Toronto, will be the host of a new weekly program on CBC Radio One this fall, which will showcase the best of audio documentary storytelling.
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6/23/22 - Seattle Times reporter Scott Greenstone leaves the paper after five years to join KNKX-FM 88.5. He earned a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism at the University of Oregon in 2016 and starts his new position at the end of next month. Twitter Announcement
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6/23/22 - Julie Calhoun joins KING 5 Seattle as a reporter. For the past four years she has been an anchor/ reporter for WBTW-TV Myrtle Beach, SC. LinkedIn Announcement
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6/22/22 - Cox Media Group has signed a deal to become Telemundo affiliates in Seattle and Jacksonville, FL. In Seattle, Telemundo will be carried on KIRO-TV
channel 7.2. Telemundo is an American Spanish-language terrestrial
television network owned by NBCUniversal Telemundo Enterprises, a
division of NBCUniversal, which in turn is owned by Comcast.
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6/22/22 - CTV Vancouver breaking news/ late night news anchor Norma Reid
announced last night that next Monday will be her last show. She and
her family are moving to Calgary. Reid joined CTV Vancouver in 2010,
having previously worked at CTV stations in Saskatoon, Regina and Prince
Albert, SK.
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6/20/22 - KIRO 7 Seattle Morning Meteorologist Nick Allard
has announced, "COVID round 2. I’m out for the week. See you all next
week!" He previously announced that he was taking some time off at the
end of January. Facebook Announcement
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6/20/22 - Chris Daniels, who announced his departure from KING 5 Seattle last week, is joining Spotlight on America, which is Sinclair Broadcast Group's national investigative team, producing reports that air on several networks. Twitter Announcement
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6/19/22 - KING 5 Seattle Multimedia Marketing Producer Erin Liu
leaves the station to join Stealth Wellness Startup as Director of
Creative Services. The Emmy-winning producer has been with KING since
October 2019. LinkedIn Announcement
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6/18/22 - Wave CIWV-FM 98.3
Vancouver has begun testing with instrumental and vocal jazz and
frequent test annoucements. Studio is located at 555 West Georgia, where
equipment is being installed. Transmitter is located at West Georgia
and Burrard. The station is expected to be officially on air next month.
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6/17/22 - Former Seattle TV producer Amber Benson is leaving her Video Strategist position with WE Communications after four years and eight months to join Brooks Running as Sr. Video Producer of its YouTube content. She was the producer for Consumer Investigative Reporter Jesse Jones, first at KING 5 and then at KIRO 7, when he moved there in 2014.
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6/17/22 - Long time Vancouver sportscaster and Broadcast & Journalism Hall of Famer Rob Fai has been added to the roster on CKNW AM 980
from 10 to midnight starting next week. He says he is, "Just pinch
hitting where needed as I continue to focus on my other
commitments". Twitter Announcement
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6/17/22 - Following speculation of his departure from KING 5 Seattle, chief reporter Chris Daniels
has made it official. He's leaving after 18-1/2 years, but hasn't
disclosed his next position, other than to say he's staying in
Seattle. Facebook Posting
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6/17/22 - After 35 years in the industry, KIRO News Radio 97.3 Seattle Edward R. Murrow award winning early afternoon talk show host Dori Monson says he’ll continue with his gig as long as he has "a functioning voice and brain". Jim Cryns, Barrett Media
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6/16/22 - Beginning next Monday, Michael Bumpus joins Stacy Rost, replacing Jake Heaps on the Bump and Stacy show, middays on Seattle Sports KIRO AM 710. Heaps
has left to coach former Seahawks and now Denver Broncos QB Russell
Wilson. Bumpus has been a sports analyst for Root Sports Northwest/
Seattle Seahawks since January 2018. Seattle Sports Release
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6/16/22 - Tracy Houston
has joined WAVE 98.3 FM Vancouver as the station’s first sales and
marketing executive. She has more than 20 years of media sales
experience, most recently spending seven years in Toronto.
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6/16/22 - Danny Mags
will be joining Durham Radio’s new Vancouver station, WAVE 98.3 FM
CIWV-FM, set to launch in July. Mags, who’ll be hosting afternoons, is
most recognizable from his time on Family Channel’s Life with Derek. He was most recently heard on The Wolf CFWF-FM 104.9 Regina before stepping away from radio to focus on his trivia and events company, BINGPOT! Trivia.
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6/15/22 - After four years with Seattle Sports KIRO AM 710, Jake Heaps will be leaving the Jake & Stacy
show to pursue a once in a lifetime opportunity to be Russell Wilson's
full-time personal QB coach. His final show will be tomorrow, during
which a new co-host will be announced at 1:30. Seattle Sports Release
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6/15/22 - Global BC sportscaster Asa Rehman is the new radio play-by-play voice for the Vancouver Whitecaps FC on AM730 CKGO. No reason has been given for the departure of Corey Basso,
who made the move to AM730 after the Corus-owned station secured the
radio broadcast rights in April 2021. Rehman gets a two-game trial
culminating Saturday against FC Dallas. Tyler Green, Daily Hive
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6/15/22 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive May '22 PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group
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6/14/22 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 moves back into first place in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma May 2022 PPM 6+ ratings with a 6.9 share. AC Warm KRWM-FM 106.9 and Classic Hits The Jet KJEB-FM 95.7 are tied for second with 6.3 shares. Radio Online
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6/14/22 - Veteran KIRO Radio 97.3 Seattle broadcaster Dave Ross is among 24 nominees chosen by the Radio Hall of Fame
Nominating Committee for induction into the 2022 Radio Hall of Fame.
The top six nominees will be inducted by vote June 22 to July 8, with
two more selected by the Radio HOF Nominating Committee. RadioInsight
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6/14/22 - It's the last day today for CKNW AM 980 Vancouver senior producer Alan Regan.
He's taking the summer to recharge and catch-up with friends and family
in Ireland and Vancouver and will be open to jobs and collaborations
again in the fall. Twitter Announcement
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6/13/22 - Recently retired from their morning show on JR Country CJJR-FM 93.7 Vancouver, Clay St. Thomas and Karen Daniels have both been awarded "Country On Air Personality of the Year" by the BC Country Music Association. Twitter Announcement
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6/13/22 - The FCC has granted a major upgrade for KACS-FM 90.5
Chehalis, taking the station from Class A to Class C2. It will
broadcast with 570 watts ERP at 656 meters HAAT from Capitol Peak. Engineering paperwork FCC Data
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6/13/22
- The FCC has granted a 180-day STA for KARR AM 1460 Kirkland to
operate day/ night at 250 watts using a 31-meter long wire mounted 10
meters above ground. The authorized lat/ lon is 47-37-43.357, -122-10-14.443 (NAD83 converted). This corresponds to the Vetco Electronics building based on a NAD27 to NAD83 conversion. FCC Data
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6/13/22 - Jake Chapman joins KIRO 7 Seattle. He comes from CBS 42 WIAT-TV Birmingham AL, where he has been a reporter for the last two years. Twitter Announcement
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6/12/22 - It's the last day today for CityNews 1130 CKWX Vancouver reporter and web editor Katarina Szulc. As reported on 6/02, she is moving to CBC Edmonton at the end of the month. Twitter Announcement
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6/10/22 - KING 5
Seattle staffers were saddened today with a reminder of the passing of
Investigative Photojournalist Adam Thompson, as his Murrow Award was
delivered for his part in the News Series Ticket to an Autopsy. Thompson died a week ago from brain cancer. Chris Ingalls, Twitter
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6/10/22 - As The Steele and Vance Show is set to launch this fall on CHEK-TV Victoria, radio and television veterans Lynda Steele and Jody Vance
give a behind-the-scenes look at the development of the new show. It
will Thursday nights at 8 p.m. starting September 8. Broadcast Dialogue Podcast
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6/09/22 - KING 5
Seattle lays claim to winning more than any other local media
organization by taking home 15 awards from the National Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) Northwest Chapter. The Regional Emmy Awards recognize television excellence in Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. KING 5 News
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6/09/22
- An obituary with accompanying guest book has been released by Turner
& Porter Funeral Directors for Roy Hennessy, who passed away June 7
at age 80. Cremation will take place and a private family gathering will
be held in Vancouver at a later date. Turner & Porter Obituary
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6/09/22 - Former Sportsnet 650 CISL Vancouver sportscaster Scott Rintoul joins Coldwater Communications as a podcasting consultant. He hosted The Scott Rintoul Show
on Sportsnet from 2017-21 before being part of layoffs last September.
Rintoul will script the Coldwater podcast, working closely with
Everything Podcasts.
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6/09/22 - Former CTV Vancouver weather and morning traffic anchor Sonia Mangat (then Sonia Beeksma) has departed from her position at CTV Your Morning in Toronto. She was with CTV Vancouver for three years before heading back east in January 2020. Facebook Video
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6/08/22 - Numeris PPM 12+ ratings for February 28 - May 29, 2022 have been released for Vancouver. News/ Talk CKNW AM 980 continues to lead with a 13.2 share. Country CJJR-FM 93.7 climbs up to second with 12.1. CBC Radio One CBU-FM 88.1/ AM 690 is third with 11.6. Numeris Release
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6/08/22 - KITZ AM 1400
Silverdale has filed FCC paperwork for a "Silent STA". The station lost
its leased tower site and is looking for a new site and interim lower
power options. FCC Data
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6/07/22 -
Long-time Vancouver radio personality Roy Hennessy passed away at 11:30
p.m. ET today. He suffered a stroke in Toronto on May 27th and had been
admitted to palliative care. In addition to hosting a very highly rated
morning show at CKLG back in the 1960s and '70s, he held a number of
management positions on the Prairies, Toronto and then back in Vancouver
as President of Shore 104. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue Bray & Partners Biography
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6/07/22 - AM 730 CKGO Vancouver traffic anchor Alex Carrigan, who announced his departure from the station on 5/21, has now revealed his new position. He's joining Mainroad Group
as its new Social Media and Communications Coordinator. Carrigan has
also stepped away from his positions as Assistant Technical Producer for
the BC Lions Football Club and the Vancouver Whitecaps FC. Twitter Announcement
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6/06/22 - A
long-time contributor to this website has compiled a list of 75 Seattle
TV broadcasters who have left their positions at KING, KOMO, KIRO and
KCPQ since the summer of 2019. The List
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6/05/22 - Paul Larsen, former President of Island Radio Ltd. overseeing six radio stations on Vancouver Island, is interviewed by Broadcast Dialogue editor and podcast host Connie Thiessen about being a stand-alone owner in a highly competitive small market. Larsen is now owner of The Lake CKOV-FM 103.9 Kelowna, which just celebrated one year on air. BD News/ Podcast
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6/04/22 - About 90
Vancouver radio people got together May 31 at the River Rock Casino to
celebrate the recent 85th birthday of veteran broadcaster Red Robinson, and to revive a long tradition of semiannual lunches. The lunches have been on hold since 2019 due to the pandemic. John Mackie, The Province Dee Lippingwell Photo
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6/03/22 - Former CityNews 1130 CKWX anchor and current Daily Hive Vancouver City Editor Amanda Wawryk
gets promoted to Managing Editor, overseeing day-to-day editorial
across the country. She joined the online news service just last year
after 14 years at News 1130. Twitter Announcement
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6/03/22
- KING
5 Seattle Investigative Photojournalist Adam Thompson took a sudden and
dramatic turn for the worst on Wednesday and passed away early this
morning in hospital. His diagnosis was Glioblastoma, which is an
extremely aggressive and unpredictable form of brain cancer. He got
married just two weeks ago to KING video editor Amber Litz. Facebook Announcement
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6/02/22
- (Correction) Numeris Spring diary ratings have been released for
Victoria and four other Canadian markets. In Victoria CBC Radio One leads with a 24.6 share. The Q CKKQ-FM 100.3 is second with 13.5. News/ Talk CFAX AM 1070 is third with 9.8. David Bray, Broadcast Dialogue
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6/02/22 - After three years, multimedia journalist Nick Popham leaves KOMO 4 Seattle. Today is his last day, as he heads to Tampa FL at the end of the month to join an, as yet unspecified station. Twitter Announcement
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6/01/22 - Former KIRO 7 Seattle Meteorologist/ content creator Kelly Franson is leaving her current position with KOAT-TV
Albuquerque, where she has worked since April 2019. She hasn't
disclosed her new position away from television. Franson was with KIRO
from 2014-17. Facebook Posting
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6/01/22 - Tracy Taylor,
who recently left her positions after nearly two decades of Seattle
traffic reporting, has announced she has accepted a position in the
communications department for the City of Kent, working with the communications team in the office of Mayor Dana Ralph. Facebook Posting
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6/01/22 - CHEK Media
Victoria has revealed a refreshed look as it announces several new
local programs coming to the station this fall. CHEK General Manager Rob Germain said at a time when other media companies are facing cutbacks, CHEK is doubling down on local programming. CHEK Release
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6/01/22 - After suffering a stroke in Toronto, former Vancouver broadcaster Roy Hennessy
has taken a turn for the worse. He is entering palliative care/ hospice
in the next day or so. It turns out that the stroke was bleeding in the
brain, caused by a very fast spread of colon cancer, only diagnosed a
month ago. He is awake but not able to verbalize. Hennessy was
President of CHHR-FM 104.1 (now CHLG-FM) when it swapped frequencies
with KAFE-FM 104.3 Bellingham in January 2010, which reduced
interference with KMCQ-FM 104.5 (now KLSW-FM) Covington.
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6/01/22 - Prominent Vancouver broadcasters Lynda Steele and Jody Vance will team up for a weekly one-hour talk show, the Steele and Vance Show, Thursdays at 8 p.m. starting September 8 on CHEK TV Victoria. Steele hosted a popular consumer investigation segment at CTV Vancouver and more recently hosted the Lynda Steele Show on CKNW AM 980.
Vance is a trusted broadcaster across multiple media platforms,
currently serving as a freelance journalist for Al Jazeera English and
is the lead fill-in host on CKNW. CHEK Release
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6/01/22 - An Ottawa viewer saw the perfect tie for his upcoming wedding, worn by Vancouver-based CBC The National news anchor Ian Hanomansing.
He contacted him to find out where he could purchase one like it.
Hanomansing went above and beyond and sent the actual tie to the viewer,
who was able to tie the knot exactly as he wanted. Brendan Kergin, Vancouver is Awesome
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5/31/22 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Roy Hennessy
has had a stroke. He’s recovering at Toronto Western Hospital's Stroke
Centre. Hennessy's Vancouver connection included two decades at CKLG AM
& FM, before landing executive positions on the Prairies and then
Hennessy & Bray Communications Toronto President from 1995-2008.
Further details on his condition when they are available. Facebook Posting
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5/31/22 - KING 5 Seattle co-workers Adam Thompson and Amber Litz
were married Saturday. Adam is the KING 5 Investigators photojournalist
who was recently diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor. His bride,
Amber Litz is a KING 5 video editor. Facebook Announcement
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5/28/22 - Vancouver-based Nick Logan leaves his position as producer for Global National.
He is moving on to another, as yet undisclosed, position. Logan has
been with Global's early evening national newscast since April
2013. Twitter Announcement
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5/26/22 - KAYE AM 1450 Puyallup (now Radio Hankook
KSUH) is a small radio station that has at times taken the national
stage. From its start in 1951, it has attracted a string of owners, none
from large media networks. This local focus has led to individualistic
programming choices ranging from early Buck Owens recordings to high
school basketball games to Tacoma City Council, to Korean-language
programming. Lane Morgan, HistoryLink Part 1 Part 2
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5/26/22 - The June 2022 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 winter damage to the NOAA Weather Radio Transmitter in
Portland, normal drought forecast for western WA this year, historic
tape recorders and much more. June Clay's Corner
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5/26/22 - Former MOViN KQMV-FM 92.5 Seattle afternoon host Dan "Huggie" Amsden has landed in the same position at WIXX-FM 101.1 Green Bay WI. He starts his new gig June 20. Inside Radio
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5/26/22 - After 42 years, CHEK-TV Victoria commercial writer/ producer, and most recently Director of Creative Services, Michael Woloshen
is retiring. During his career he received awards from the BC
Association of Broadcasters and the Canadian Television Program
Festival. His last day at CHEK is Friday. CHEK Release
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5/25/22 - KING 5 Seattle Investigators photojournalist Adam Thompson
has been diagnosed with a malignant brain tumor. Doctors at Swedish
Cherry Hill have removed a large amount of the mass and cancer treatment
is getting underway. Co-workers have launched a GoFundMe to help alleviate unexpected costs. Facebook Posting
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5/24/22 - The CRTC
has officially closed the file on an application by Northern Native
Broadcasting for CJNY-FM 106.3 Vancouver. Canadian Radio News
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5/24/22 -
Continental Broadcasting has applied to the FCC for a Minor Modification
of License Facility of a Low Power FM Station for KWJZ-LP 107.3 High
Rock. The application is to increase ERP to 100 watts non-directional
from its current 17 watts at 47°54'52.0"N 122°02'13.2"W. FCC Data
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5/24/22 - KING 5 Seattle morning photojournalist Jim Scott is leaving to join WTSP-TV
Tampa Bay/ St. Petersburg effective June 6th. His last day at KING will
be Friday. He's been with KING since 2009 following a few months at
Northwest Cable News. Twitter Announcement
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5/22/22 - Retired KING 5 Seattle reporter Glenn Farley
is inducted into the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences 2022 Silver Circle. Also inducted from
Seattle are KING 5 photographer Dave Wike and Seattle Channel producer/ host Nancy Guppy. Induction ceremony will be held June 3rd at Fremont Studios in Seattle. Twitter Announcement Full Inductee List
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5/21/22 - Retired Vancouver sports icon Dan Russell covers a lot of broadcasting history in his new book, Pleasant Good Evening — A Memoir: My 30 Wild and Turbulent Years of Sportstalk. An
excerpt from Russell's memoir, which recounts the highs and lows of
hosting a call-in radio sports show in Vancouver for three decades has
been published in The Province.
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5/21/22 - AM 730 CKGO Vancouver traffic reporter Alex Carrigan is moving on to an unspecified position in communications, but outside of radio. He is also a producer for the BC Lions and Vancouver Whitecaps FC
and says his future with them is still undecided. The 2014 BCIT Radio
and TV graduate has been a traffic reporter with AM 730 since
2017. Twitter Announcement
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5/20/22 - Family
and former broadcast industry colleagues gathered Thursday (5/19) at the
Burnaby Mountain Golf Club for a celebration of life for Warren Barker.
Lots of former CKNW Vancouver people were there to pay tribute to the
news director who created the leading radio newsroom in Western Canada.
Barker died June 15, 2021 at age 92.
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5/19/22 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Jasmin Doobay is leaving her current position with Pattison Media in Prince George to move into the role of PD at the company's Country 95 CHLB-FM 95.5 and B-93 CJBZ-FM 93.3
Lethbridge AB. The 1992 BCIT Radio and Television Broadcasting
Technology graduate worked at several Vancouver stations from
1993-2001. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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5/18/22 - Ed Ronco leaves Seattle market KNKX-FM 88.5 on Friday to join Interlochen Public Radio
as News Director. IPR operates six NPR stations in northern Michigan.
Ronco has been with KNKX since October 2013, when it was KPLU, and has
been a host on All Things Considered since May 2015. Twitter Announcement
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5/17/22 - AC Warm KRWM-FM 106.9 moves up to first place in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma April 2022 PPM 6+ ratings with a 7.8 share. News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 slips to second with a 6.3 share. Classic Hits The Jet KJEB-FM 95.7 moves up to third with a 5.7 share. Radio Online
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5/17/22 - An
obituary has been published for Canadian radio icon Charles “Chuck”
Camroux, who died May 11 at age 81. Most of his career was in Ontario,
but he had local ties, including the 1987 purchase of 25% of Capital
Broadcasting System, owners of CKDA/ CFMS-FM Victoria. Essentials Obituary
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5/16/22 - Madison Wade joins KING 5
Seattle next month as weekend evening anchor/ reporter. She has most
recently been the 5, 6:30 and 11 p.m. anchor & multi-skilled
journalist at ABC10 KXTV Sacramento. Twitter Announcement
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5/16/22 - In addition to her previously announced emcee position at Kilbreath Auctions, veteran Seattle traffic reporter Tracy Taylor
is working part time as Social Media Manager at Greene Realty Group and
is now on the board of the Seattle Animal Shelter Foundation. Facebook Announcement
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5/15/22 - Veteran Vancouver sportscaster Dan Russell has completed his Pleasant Good Evening – a Memoir,
which he has been working on for two years. It's scheduled for release
this week, with many behind the scenes stories. Russell hosted Sportstalk on several Vancouver stations from 1984 to 2014, with CKNW AM 980 being the longest run. Twitter Announcement Global BC Video
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5/14/22 - Former FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle Meteorologist M.J. McDermott
has completed chemotherapy #2 and gives an update. She retired from FOX
13 last October after 19 years and was diagnosed with classical Hodgkin
lymphoma in April, which is curable. Facebook Posting
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5/13/22 - FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle Sports Director Aaron Levine points out that even though the Seattle Seahawks recently announced a new multi-year partnership with KING 5 to become the team’s official local television partner, 13 Seahawks games will be televised on FOX 13 this season. Twitter Announcement
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5/12/22 - Alex Moore has joined KING 5 Media Group as a digital video producer. Moore has been a digital intern at KING since last August.
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5/12/22 - Former JACK CJAX-FM 96.9 Vancouver morning host Paul Brown is taking over as host of the morning show on Hamilton ON market The Grand CHTG-FM 92.9. He hosted at JACK from 2016-20.
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5/12/22 - Veteran
broadcaster Chuck Camroux, who earlier worked for CKDA/ CFMS-FM Victoria
owner David Armstrong, passed away May 11. Later on he established
CJRT-FM 91.1 Toronto as Canada's only 24-hour, all-jazz radio station in
2001. Puget Sound Radio
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5/11/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle Director of Local Programming Lindsay Sieverkropp
has started her new position as Senior Product Marketing Manager at
Amazon, working on the Onsite Experience, Deals and Events team for
Amazon Devices. LinkedIn Announcement
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5/10/22 - Former KING 5 Media Group Seattle Environment Reporter/ Multimedia Journalist Michael Crowe,
who left his position in February, recently started a freelance
business. He says he's busy and booked up into the summer. Twitter Post
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5/10/22 - Tyler Green, who has hosted soccer shows on Vancouver radio and was earlier Production Manager at CKST AM 1040, is starting a new position as Business Development Manager at Commissionaires BC. LinkedIn Announcement
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5/10/22 - On this day in 1972, KEXP-FM 90.3
(then KCMU) went live on the Seattle airwaves as a college radio
station started by four University of Washington students with a desire
to learn the art of broadcasting. Twitter Slide Show
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5/10/22 - Long time Vancouver broadcaster Phil Evans
has been named Promotion Manager for Durham Radio, which is getting
ready to launch its new station on 98.3 this summer. Evans has been on
air and mostly in promotions at several Vancouver stations for two
decades. Announcement
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5/10/22 - The Seattle Seahawks have announced a new multi-year partnership with KING 5
to become the team’s official local television partner starting with
the 2022 season. KING was most recently the Seahawks’ television partner
from 2004-11. Per the new agreement, KING will have exclusive local
broadcast rights for Seahawks preseason games and weekly shows. KING 5 Release Seahawks Release
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5/09/22
- Fred Cole, longtime chief engineer at Victoria radio stations CKDA
and CFMS from 1967 to 1995, died earlier today in hospital after a
several months-long illness. He was 87. Cole began his career in Toronto
AM radio working for legendary broadcasters Jack Kent Cooke and Ted
Rogers, before coming west to work for David Armstrong.
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5/09/22 - Former Vancouver broadcaster James Lewis has been promoted to Supervising Producer at CTV Toronto. The 2012 BCIT Broadcast & Online Journalism graduate was a reporter/ anchor at CKNW AM 980 from 2010-12, then a producer at Global BC before heading to Toronto in 2017.
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5/08/22 - Vanessa Doban, who just days ago announced her departure from CityNews 1130 CKWX, is joining CTV Vancouver as Associate Producer of Morning Live. Twitter Announcement
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5/07/22 - KING 5 Seattle has announced, "A new era begins on KING 5 Sports Tuesday morning at 6:00 a.m." Chris Egan Tweet New Day NW Tweet
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5/07/22 - KIXI AM 880
Seattle, which sits very low in the Seattle-Tacoma ratings (0.3 share
in the March PPM), has recently added business programs to its otherwise
mostly nostalgic music format. Bloomberg Radio is now heard 7-9 a.m.
and 4-6 p.m. and The Del Walmsley Show runs weekdays 9 a.m.-10 a.m. and Saturdays 11 am.-12 p.m.
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5/06/22 - The FCC has granted a power increase for KGRG AM 1330 Enumclaw. Daytime power will increase to 770 watts and nighttime power will increase to 210 watts, both non-directional. FCC Data Application Details
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5/06/22 - CityNews 1130 CKWX Vancouver anchor/ reporter Vanessa Doban has announced she's departing on May 11th after three years. As yet, she hasn't disclosed her next position. Twitter
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5/04/22 - Ria Renouf, who stepped away from her position as video journalist and host at Citytv Vancouver in February, is launching her new project, New West Anchor, featuring news and events curated by New Westminster locals. It will run twice weekly beginning the week of May 16th. Twitter Announcement
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5/02/22 - After joining KIRO 7 Seattle in March, Niku Kazori is the new morning traffic anchor, replacing Tracy Taylor. Kazori most recently worked at KENS 5 San Antonio TX before departing a year ago for Okinawa, Japan. Twitter Announcement Mike McGuff Backgrounder
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5/01/22 - A memorial for long-time CKNW Vancouver broadcaster Bill Hughes
was held Saturday at the Vancouver Golf and Country Club in Coquitlam.
Over 100 family and friends and former colleagues heard reminiscences
from his sons, granddaughter, and long time 'NW investigative reporter
George Garrett. More than a dozen former staffers attended to mark the
passing of their former General Manager and host of the legendary Roving Mike broadcast, that ran for more than 15,000 shows. Hughes passed away November 15, 2021 at age 96. 15,000th Roving Mike audio courtesy Radio West Facebook Photo
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5/01/22 - Veteran retired Seattle radio personality Bob Rivers,
now operating his own blog and taking a medical leave, announces he has
had his diagnosis, chemo and radiation, recovery, and surgery prep over
the last four months, and is being well cared for by the surgical teams
at Virginia Mason Medical Center. Known for his Twisted Tunes,
Rivers had a 25 year run in Seattle beginning at KISW-FM in 1989, then
at KZOK-FM from 2001-10 and finally at KJR-FM from 2011-14. Bob Rivers Announcement |
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4/30/22 - CBC News BC
is adding a permanent videographer/ reporter in the city of Nanaimo.
Name of the new add is not yet announced. It's part of an expansion of
local coverage, with the hiring of 14 journalists in different regions
of Canada. Twitter Announcement
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4/30/22 - Since its founding in 1972, KEXP-FM 90.3
Seattle has grown from KCMU, a DIY project by four frustrated
journalism students at the University of Washington, into a cultural
force with a global audience and an annual budget hovering around $11
million. Brendan Kiley, Seattle Times
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4/29/22 - Retired KING 5 Seattle news anchor Lori Matsukawa
has been awarded the Order of the Rising Sun, Gold and Silver Rays in
recognition of her contributions in promoting friendly relations between
Japan and the United States. She was a news anchor for KING 5 for 36
years before retiring in June 2019. Consulate-General of Japan Release
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4/29/22 - CityNews 1130 CKWX Vancouver digital producer Lasia Kretzel departs today to take on a new role with the digital team at Global BC. She'll be off for a few days before starting her new position. Kretzel has been with CKWX since 2016. Twitter
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4/29/22 - Fill-in CFOX-FM 99.3 Vancouver midday show host MK Bowyer did her last day today. For the past year she has been filling in for Carmen Cruz, who has been on maternity leave and is returning to the air. Bowyer will be the new swing announcer for The Edge CFNY-FM 102.1 Toronto. Twitter
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4/29/22 - Today is the last day for KIRO 7 Seattle traffic anchor Tracy Taylor. Her broadcast career spans 25 years, with KIRO since 2017 and KING 5 for seven years before that. Facebook
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4/29/22 - Former KIRO 7 Seattle main anchor/ investigative reporter Dave Wagner has emerged at Tampa Bay market WTSP-TV. He was at KIRO from 2015 until late last year. FTVLive
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4/28/22 - The May 2022 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 Nielsen, EAS Tones, broadcast station totals and much more. May Clay's Corner
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4/28/22 - KOMO 4 Seattle South Sound Bureau Chief Keith Eldridge retires Friday. He's been with KOMO since 1983. Eric Johnson, KOMO News/ Video
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4/28/22 - KING 5 Seattle has won a 1st place National Headliners Award for the series "Skagit: River of Light and Loss." Susannah Frame, Facebook Winner's List
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4/27/22 - Long time Seattle rock programmer Carey Curelop returns to radio as PD for classic rock 101 The Fox KCFX-FM 101.1 Kansas City. He spent more than two decades programming classic rock KZOK-FM 102.5 Seattle under several owners from 1998 to 2019. Inside Radio
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4/26/22 - The FCC has granted a Special Temporary Authority to AKAL Media for KKDZ AM 1250
Seattle (Kent) to operate from an alternate site location for which it
has obtained a construction permit. However, the Commission has limited
the daytime non-directional power to not exceed 2.5 kilowatts. FCC Info
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4/26/22 -
Vancouver singer/ songwriter Susan Jacks passed away Monday at age 73.
She was prominent on the CBC-TV Vancouver production of Let's Go in the 1960s, prior to becoming an international star as a member of The Poppy Family with husband Terry Jacks. Susan Jacks was inducted into the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame in 2004. CTV News Burton Cummings Twitter John Mackie, The Sun
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4/26/22 - KUBE-FM 93.3 call letters have changed to KJR-FM as part of the iHeartMedia station shuffle in Seattle. It is expected that the KUBE call will resurface elsewhere. FCC Data
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4/25/22 - KBCB-TV PSIP channel 24 (RF ch 19) Bellingham is adding three new channels to its lineup. 24.3 will be Newsmax, 24.4 is now running Shop LC and 24.5 is displaying "New Channel Coming Soon".
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4/23/22 - Renowned
Northwest philanthropist and conservationist Harriet Stimson Bullitt
died this morning near Leavenworth at age 97. She was the daughter of King Broadcasting founder Dorothy
Bullitt, and was briefly in charge of the company with her sister, when
their mother died in 1989. In 1999 Harriet Bullitt formed the Icicle
Broadcasting Company, with stations in Leavenworth and Lake
Chelan. Mike Carter, Seattle Times
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4/23/22 (Updated) - The Jet KJR-FM 95.7 Seattle has been assigned new call letters KJEB-FM. FCC Data
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4/23/22 - KOMO 4 Seattle news photographer Brad Baker retires after 38 years. He won a regional Emmy Award at KOMO in 1993 and has been nominated with reporter Tammy Mutasa this year for the news feature Stand Your Ground. Tammy Mutasa Tweet
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4/23/22 - The BC Junior Hockey League has banned Alberni Valley Bulldogs analyst Bruce MacDonald from any future broadcasts. He was pulled off the playoff broadcast vs the Langley Rivermen on The PEAK CJAV-FM 93.3 Port Alberni Friday after he made a racial slur against a rival team player. Susie Quinn, Victoria News CHEK News
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4/22/22 - Former Seattle personality Jordin Silver has been rehired for middays by Alternative ALT 96.5 KRBZ-FM
KansasCity after being let go as part of a widespread consolidation in
2020. Silver, who will do the show from Los Angeles, hosted nights at The End KNDD-FM 107.7 Seattle from 2006-09. All Access Music Group
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4/22/22 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive March '22 PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group
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4/21/22 - Former CityTV Vancouver Breakfast Television Live Eye reporter Zain Meghji has landed a new position as Senior Audience Development Manager at BBTV Vancouver. He was the Head of Video Content at Daily Hive until last October.
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4/21/22 - A
Celebration of Life has been announced for former CBC Vancouver staffer
Alan Gadsby, who died March 16, 2020 at age 84. He was with CBC
Vancouver from the early 1960s to the early '80s. The Celebration of
Life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 7 at 3255 Edgemont Blvd. in
North Vancouver. Masks will be required at the service. Obituary
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4/20/22 - Former Seattle broadcaster Tony Russell has joined The Ranch KFWR-FM 95.9 Dallas-Fort Worth in mornings. He was morning co-host at The Bull KUPL-FM 98.7 Portland from 2017-20, when he departed due to pandemic-related staff cuts. Russell co-hosted The Fitz Show at KKWF-FM 100.7 Seattle from 2005-15. All Access Music Group
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4/20/22 - News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 is unchanged in first place with a 7.4 share in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma March 2022 PPM 6+ ratings. AC Warm KRWM-FM 106.9 moves up to second with a 6.3 share. News/Talk KUOW-FM 94.9 is third with 5.9. Radio Online
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4/20/22 - Following the recent installation of a new GatesAir transmitter, STAR KPLZ-FM 101.5 Seattle added HD Radio. It has now added KNWN News on HD2 and KVI AM 570 on HD3.
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4/20/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle Primetime Meteorologist Rhonda Lee
has announced she is the new Chief Meteorologist for Spectrum News New
York State, leading a world class group based in Syracuse. Lee was with
KING from 2016-18. LinkedIn Announcement
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4/19/22 - Former
KING 5 Seattle Senior Marketing Executive Cheryl Stewart has died from
cancer. Since retirement in April 2016, she had been living in Whitefish
MT after 25 years of service at KING. Mike Albright, Facebook
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4/19/22 - Luisa Alvarez, who was laid off from her position as a traffic reporter and segment host on Morning Live at CTV Vancouver in March, has landed a new position. She is now Communications Manager at UrbanLogiq. The 2017 BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate had been with CTV for 2-1/2 years. Twitter Announcement
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4/19/22 - Crista Media has promoted three employees to strengthen its operational leadership for Spirit KCMS-FM 105.3 Seattle, Religious Talk KCIS AM 630 Seattle and Praise KWPZ-FM 106.5 Bellingham. Receiving promotions are Channah Hanberg, Amanda Schneider and Scott Brockett. All Access Music Group
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4/19/22 - Veteran Seattle broadcaster Steve Oshin passed away Sunday, April 16 following a long battle with cancer. He managed The Wolf KKWF-FM 100.7 and The Mountain
KMTT-FM 103.7 prior to leaving in February 2008 and later ran the
Radiothon program at Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. All Access Music Group Facebook Posting
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4/17/22 - Legendary Vancouver Sun columnist, and for a short time also broadcaster, Jack Wasserman penned his first column on April 16, 1952. He became so popular that he also landed a talk show on CJOR in 1969 and then hosted Wasserman's World on CKNW in 1970. Wasserman died at age 50 after collapsing during an event at the Hotel Vancouver on April 6, 1977. Bill Mackie, The Sun Wikipedia Biography
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4/16/22 - Retired CBC Vancouver
broadcaster Bill Richardson is happy in his new position stocking
shelves at Whole Foods. The long-time radio host has also just published
a children’s book. He hosted several shows on CBC, where he started in
1984, leading to his retirement in 2013. Marsha Lederman, The Globe and Mail Dana Gee, The Sun
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4/16/22 - Stephen Hegg, Senior Producer at KCTS 9/
Crosscut Seattle is retiring. He's been with KCTS since 1998. He says
he will still be around as an indie producer & involved in the
community. Twitter Announcement
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4/14/22 - A Minute with Bill Good commentary on CityNews 1130
CKWX Vancouver comes to an end. The daily editorial segment has been
running since 2015. Good has been prominent on both radio and TV in the
Vancouver market since the 1960s. Last Minute With Bill Good
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4/14/22 - KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle has announced The Roast of Steve Migs,
co-host of the BJ & Migs morning show" on April 15th at the
Snoqualmie Casino Ballroom. It will feature a number of special guests
including FOX 13 traffic anchor Adam Gehrke. A portion of the proceeds
go to benefit Seattle Musicians Access to Sustainable Healthcare. KISW Release
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4/14/22 - After one year, Mackenzie Read leaves her video journalist position at CTV Regina to join CHEK-TV
Victoria as a multimedia journalist. It's a return to Vancouver Island
for her as she was a news reporter for the Pattison Broadcast Group
Courtenay stations in 2016. Twitter Announcement
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4/13/22 - KIRO 7 Seattle reporter and Executive Producer Deborah Horne has been named a Television Local Honoree in the 47th Annual Gracie Awards. KIRO Radio won Soft News Feature for Figgy Pudding Choir and for Gold Star Moms
in the Public Service Announcement category. The awards are for
exemplary programming created by, for and about women in the
media. Full List of Winners
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4/13/22 - Jim
Hume, who covered politics for the Victoria Times Colonist and its two
predecessor newspapers for decades, died Wednesday morning in hospital
at age 98. He did brief stints with the Capital Regional District as an
information officer and with CFAX AM 1070, then returned to the Daily
Colonist in the early 1970s. Les Leyne, Times Colonist
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4/13/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle news anchor Mark Wright has announced he has tested positive for COVID with cold-like symptoms. He left his position at KING in mid February. Twitter Announcement
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4/11/22 - KOMO 4 Seattle weekend anchor and general assignment reporter Steve McCarron will be joining the ladies of KOMO Morning News as the new Live Desk Anchor. He's been at KOMO since May 2014. Twitter Announcement
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4/11/22 - iHeartMedia has brought its “Patriot” brand to Seattle on KPTR AM 1090. The launch of The Patriot shifts the national sports programming to 950 AM, ending its AM-FM simulcast. KJR’s local programming will be exclusively on 93.3 KJR KUBE-FM. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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4/07/22 - Laurie Carr-Hall retires after over 30 years with CHEK-TV
Victoria. She started in 1989, transitioning into promotions in 1993.
Jessica McCool has been hired as the station’s new Community Relations
Coordinator.
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4/07/22 - Lisa VanderMey, who has had a number of roles, most recently as a Live Newscast Director, has left Global BC
after 20 years. She also freelances with VanderMedia Productions and as
an Associate Director on Vancouver Canucks broadcasts for
Sportsnet. Jordan Armstrong, Twitter
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4/07/22 - KIRO 7 Seattle Meteorologist Nick Allard
returns to the screen Monday. He announced at the end of January that
he was taking some time, "to recharge and spend some quality time with
my family". Twitter Announcement
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4/07/22 - Former Northwest Cable News/ KING 5 Seattle weather anchor Keisha Burns has left broadcasting to become a real estate agent. She was in Seattle from 2009-17 before moving to KXAS-TV Dallas/ Fort Worth, where she stayed until January of this year.
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4/07/22 - A
Celebration of Life will be held for for 35 year BCTV/ Global veteran
Dave Budgell, who started as a cameraman and retired as a technical
director in 2015. It will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 16th at
Riverside Community Church in Port Coquitlam. Budgell passed away April
6, 2020 in Port Coquitlam at age 68. Announcement Global BC Tribute Legacy Obituary
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4/05/22 - KING 5 Seattle traffic reporter Shanté Sumpter takes over the 4:30 a.m. newscast. She's been at KING since July 2021. Twitter Announcement
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4/05/22 - Two CBC Vancouver journalists have won Canadian Screen Awards by The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. Anita Bathe has been named Best News Anchor, Local and Belle Puri has been named Best Local Reporter for 2022. List of Winners
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4/04/22 - In a shuffling of managers, Audacy has extended the responsibilities of Country KMLE-FM 107.9 Phoenix Brand Manager and former Entercom Seattle PD Drew Bland to include The Wolf KKWF-FM 100.7 Seattle. Regional Brand Manager Scott Roddy also adds KKWF to his duties. All Access Music Group
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4/02/22 - Nielsen
has released its revised market rankings, where Seattle/ Tacoma moves
up from #12 to #11, ahead of Miami/ Fort Lauderdale. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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4/02/22 - Just under 20 years since the launch of Mojo Radio CHMJ AM 730 Vancouver, call letters have now changed to CKGO. In November 2006, CHMJ adopted an "All Traffic" format, which is still in effect today.
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4/01/22 - Highly regarded Vancouver news reporter Ted Chernecki is retiring from Global BC,
where he has been working since 1992, when the station was branded as
BCTV. He began his journalism career working for CKX-TV/Radio in Brandon
MB as a technical operator in TV production. More details to follow.
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4/01/22 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Jill Drews moves from her current position as Senior Issues Management Advisor at Translink to join Fortis BC as Major Projects Communications Manager. She was a reporter/ editor with News1130 CKWX from 2011-17. Twitter Announcement
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4/01/22 - Today is the last day for Monika Gul as a reporter on the CityNews 1130
CKWX Vancouver morning show. However, she's staying with the CityNews
team as she moves to the TV side. Her first day as a video journalist is
April 11. Twitter Announcement
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3/31/22 - It hasn't been officially released, but FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle appears to be re-branding its Morning News to Good Day Seattle. Scott Jones, FTVLive
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3/30/22 - It's the last day today for KING 5 Seattle reporter and aviation specialist Glenn Farley. As reported on 1/12, he is retiring after 36 years. Chris Egan, Facebook Posting YouTube Farewell Video KING 5 Video
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3/29/22 - The FCC
has granted a new non-commercial educational station to Calvary Chapel
Pearl Harbor at Hoodsport. It will operate at 90.1 MHz directional with
2.3 kW at -69 meters HAAT at 47 23' 39.0" N / 123 6' 47.0" W. Hoodsport
is located along the Hood Canal, at the intersection of U.S. Route 101
and State Route 119. FCC Data
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3/28/22 - The April 2022 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 New Cold War with a local connection, new uses for shortwave radio, the Las Vegas Convention Center and much more. April Clay's Corner
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3/26/22 - Story Television launches Monday, March 28 on KVOS-TV Bellingham subchannel 12.7 and KFFV-TV
Seattle 44.6. It's a new over-the-air national broadcast channel
devoted to history-based fare and will include off-net series that
originally aired on networks like A&E and History Channel. Michael Schneider, Variety
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3/26/22 - KXPB-FM 89.1
Pacific Beach started out as a pirate station before it became the
first fully licensed low power FM station in Western Washington. The
pirates were brothers Thomas and James Preisinger and their late friend
Kelly Cline. Anne Erickson, KING 5
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3/25/22
- Retired CBC staffer Vera Moss passed away February 27 at Surrey
Memorial Hospital following a short illness. She was with the
Corporation in Vancouver from 1983 until early retirement in 2009,
working as Assistant Director on numerous programs such as Reach for the Top, Pacific Report and Spilled Milk. There will be no service as per her wishes. A celebration of life may be held at a later date.
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3/24/22 - KOMO 4 Seattle reporter Cole Miller
is departing saying he's "looking forward to a much-needed mental
health break". He joined the KOMO News team as a reporter in September
2019. Twitter Announcement
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3/24/22 - Former FOX 13 KCPQ-TV anchor Travis Mayfield
has posted on his LinkedIn page, "I want my own show". He stepped away
from his morning news anchor postion at FOX 13 at the end of October
2021. FTVLive LinkedIn Posting
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3/24/22 - FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle anchor/ reporter Hana Kim
gets promoted to weekday anchor. The award winning journalist will be
anchoring the 4 p.m. & 9 p.m. newscasts Monday to Friday. Twitter Announcement
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3/22/22 - The FCC
has granted a new NCE FM to the City of Ocean Shores for a station to
operate in that community at 88.9 Mhz with 6 kW at 60 meters HAAT at 47
12' 17.0" N / 124 9' 51.0" W. FCC Data
The Commission has also granted a new NCE FM to Cascade Christian
Broadcasting for a station to operate in Aberdeen at 91.5 MHz with 1.8
kW at -40 meters HAAT at 47 2' 39.9" N / 123 51' 48.7" W. FCC Data
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3/22/22 - A staffing shortage last night at KING 5 Seattle resulted in Senior Meteorologist Rich Marriott resurrecting his home studio for his forecast. Twitter Announcement
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3/21/22 - CJAX-FM 96.9
Vancouver HD channels have been off air for a number of days. The
station advises that it is waiting for parts due to supply chain
problems, and will have the problem fixed as soon as they arrive.
Specifically affected are News 1130 CKWX on HD2 and Sportsnet 650 CISL on HD3. Both stations are transmitting normally on their AM frequencies.
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3/21/22 - KOMO 4 Seattle news director Philip Bruce confirms the station "decided to end our employment relationship" with Crime and Justice Reporter Jonathan Choe
today. The termination follows Choe's posts of videos promoting a Proud
Boys march in Olympia, unapproved coverage of the weekend rally and not
meeting KOMO's editorial standards. Rich Smith, Twitter
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3/21/22 - Seattle Sports and Bonneville International have announced the John Clayton Memorial Fund. The fund will benefit the Multiple Sclerosis Society,
an MS research organization supported by Clayton. The fund has received
an initial investment of $10,000 donated by Bonneville, the parent
company of Seattle Sports. Seattle Sports Release
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3/20/22 - "Seattle Sports Radio" 1090 AM KJR has been assigned the new call letters KPTR. Former call letters were KFNQ, which were assigned on 11/14/2012. FCC Data
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3/19/22 - With the
easing of COVID restrictions, plans have been revived for a gathering
in memory of legendary CKNW AM 980 Vancouver News Director Warren
Barker, who passed away June 15, 2021 at age 92. It will be held from 1
to 4 p.m. May 19th at Burnaby Mountain Golf Course in Burnaby. Sun/ Province Obituary
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3/19/22 - Z95.3 CKZZ-FM Vancouver has added Program Director duties for Zach Bedford
to his positions with Stingray. He is also PD at the company's Calgary
stations and National Brand & Content Leader for Stingray’s Hot AC
and CHR stations.
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3/19/22 - Former
Vancouver radio sales staffer and entrepreneur Don Burdeny died March 12
at age 75. He started in broadcast sales in Manitoba before joining
CFUN Vancouver in the same capacity. Burdeny then operated a
do-it-yourself divorce system with Divorcervice in the 1970s followed by a real estate service kit Independent Listing Service. Cremation will take place at Vancouver Crematorium on Friday, March 25. Sun/ Province Obituary
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3/19/22 - Scott Hurst, who recently announced his departure as lead anchor at CTV Vancouver has now left the station and revealed his new position. He's headed to Toronto to join CP24, where he will be working as an anchor/ reporter. Twitter Announcement
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3/19/22 - Durham Radio has hired Geoff Poulton
as Vice President B.C. Operations, as it gets set to launch WAVE 98.3
FM Vancouver this summer. He was formerly VP/ GM - B.C. Radio for Rogers
Broadcasting in Vancouver and President of Vista Radio in Courtenay.
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3/19/22 - Seattle Sports KIRO AM 710 aired a three-hour tribute to John Clayton this morning, hosted by Bob Stelton. A podcast of each hour is available online at Seattle Sports.
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3/18/22 - Hall of
Fame football journalist John Clayton passed away this afternoon at age
67. He had a 50-year career in sports media that included covering the
Seattle Seahawks and hosting sports radio shows on Seattle Sports KIRO AM 710 for the past 14 years. Seattle Sports News
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3/18/22 - There is a proposal to convert the KGY Radio
Olympia site at the tip of the Port peninsula in Budd Inlet into a bar,
restaurant and helicopter pad. KGY has occupied the prominent
waterfront spot since 1960. Rolf Boone, The Olympian
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3/18/22 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Crystal Darche is leaving afternoons at The Lake CKOV-FM 103.9
where she has been hosting p.m. drive for the last year. She is
moving on to a new opportunity outside of radio but will continue doing a
weekend shift. Victoria radio host Susan Knight picks up the weekday position. Darche was prominent at JR Country CJJR-FM 93.7 Vancouver from 2001-13. News Release courtesy Radio West
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3/15/22 - KNKX-FM 88.5
has announced a plan to relocate its Seattle studios into the Madore
Building at 1501 Western Ave. The Madore Building sits between the Pike
Place Market and the re-imagined Seattle Waterfront Park. The new,
larger studio space is nearly 7,900 s.f. and includes a performance
space that is double the size of its current Seattle studio. The move
into the new studios will be by late 2022 or early 2023. KNKX News
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3/15/22 - Jeremy Tubbs has joined the Canadian Traffic Network, reporting for Global BC and Traffic CHMJ AM 730 Vancouver. The 2020 BCIT Radio Arts & Entertainment Program graduate comes from the Vista Radio group in Vanderhoof, Smithers and Prince George.
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month marks 100 years since the first radio stations started
broadcasting in Vancouver. On March 14, 1922 the Vancouver Daily
Province stated that its Station FE (CFCB) had signed on the day before.
The Sun stated on March 15th, "We have been operating for several days"
with station CJCE. CFYC started broadcasting March 23, licensed to
Trans-Canada Radiovox Ltd. On April 20 Radio Specialties Ltd. opened
CFCQ. Station History Newspaper Clips, Radio West
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3/14/22 - CTV Vancouver Island 6 p.m. news anchor and newsroom Managing Editor Andrew Johnson joins CTV Vancouver to co-anchor News at Noon and CTV News at 5, effective March 21st. Current anchor Scott Hurst, is leaving his role to pursue another opportunity within the news arm of the Bell Media network. Amanda Wawryk, Daily Hive Twitter Announcement
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3/14/22 - As Announced on 1/26, Meteorologist Christopher Nunley joins KING 5 Seattle. He comes from KVUE-TV Austin, TX. Twitter Announcement
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3/12/22 - FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle morning news anchor Liz Dueweke
has announced she is taking some time off "to process a tumultuous few
months." She says she will be back in a couple of weeks. Twitter Announcement
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3/12/22 - Corus Entertainment has announced an executive restructuring of its radio division. Brad Phillips moves into the newly created role as Senior Vice-President, Corus Audio, overseeing all audio platforms. Ronnie Stanton takes on the role of Vice President, FM Radio Programming. Both are Vancouver based. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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3/11/22 - After nearly 16 months, Kate DeWeese has come to the end of her fill-in run as Digital Content Manager at Seattle-Tacoma market KNKX-FM 88.5. She has been filling in for Kari Plog while she was on maternity leave. Twitter Announcement
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3/10/22 - Z95.3 CKZZ-FM Vancouver has announced its new morning show hosts Katie and Ed along with producer Melissa (Katie Summers, Ed Plzno and Melissa Buntcake). The new show reportedly begins next Monday, taking over from the recently departed Kid Carson. Amir Ali, Daily Hive
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3/10/22 - Bell Media has laid off four prominent Vancouver broadcasters. They are CTV News at Six anchor Scott Roberts; veteran Move CHQM-FM 103.5 radio host and CTV weather fill-in Olivia Jones; CTV Morning Live traffic reporter and segment host Luisa Alvarez and Virgin Radio CFBT-FM 94.5 morning show executive producer Amy Beeman. Amanda Wawryk, Daily Hive
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3/10/22 - MOViN KQMV-FM 92.5 Seattle has added Ashley Z Elzinga to its on air lineup as evening host. She most recently hosted nights at KISS WAKS-FM 96.5
Cleveland until exiting in January 2020. Ashley takes the nighttime
slot that had been held remotely by Julian Nieh until his move to
afternoons at STAR KPLZ-FM 101.5 last December. Lance Venta, RadioInsight LinkedIn Announcement
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3/10/22 - The Numeris PPM 12+ ratings for November 29, 2021 - February 27, 2022 have been released for Vancouver. News/ Talk CKNW AM 980 continues to lead with a 13.6 share, CBC Radio One CBU-FM 88.1/ AM 690 is second with 12.4 and Country CJJR-FM 93.7 is third with 9.2. Numeris Release
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3/09/22 - KEXP-FM 90.3
and other resident arts organizations are warning that if construction
of the potential site of an underground station along Republican Street
moves forward as currently planned they could be forced out of their
Seattle Center homes. Michael Rietmulder, Seattle Times
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3/08/22 - Former CTV Vancouver senior reporter David Molko joined KGW 8 Portland in January. He now debuts on the anchor desk with Laural Porter. Twitter Announcement
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3/07/22 - Voice artist and former KiSS RADiO CKKS-FM 104.9 Vancouver host Kevin Getz has landed a new position as a producer of the Street Cents reboot for CBC on TikTok. Facebook Announcement Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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3/07/22 - 710 ESPN KIRO AM Seattle has been rebranded to Seattle Sports. There are no lineup changes and there are expectations of Sports KJR AM 950 moving to FM 93.3. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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3/07/22 - Former
CBC Toronto and Vancouver Radio Producer and Executive Producer Digby
Peers passed away February 17 in Vancouver at age 93. He worked at CBC
Vancouver from 1979-82 and later was a volunteer at Vancouver Community
Radio. Sun/ Province Obituary
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3/06/22 - (Updated) In her role as a Foundation Board member of the Alliance for Gun Responsibility, former NWCN and Emmy winning KOMO 4 Seattle news producer Emily Cantrell
announces the passing of SB 5078, addressing firearm safety measures to
increase public safety, after four years of work on her part. She is
currently Vice President of Operations and Strategy at Greater Seattle Partners. LinkedIn Announcement
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3/05/22 - Alison Lukan steps into the broadcast booth alongside John Forslund on ROOT SPORTS NW to fill in for Seattle Kraken TV Analyst JT Brown while he’s in COVID protocol. Twitter Announcement
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3/05/22 - News 1130 CKWX Vancouver web editor/ reporter Lisa Steacy is leaving on March 14 to join the digital team at CTV Vancouver. The 2018 Langara College Journalism graduate has been with News 1130 since June 2019. Twitter Announcement
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3/04/22 - A complaint has been filed with the Canadian Broadcasting Standards Council (CBSC) over comments made by RED FM CKYE-FM 93.1 Surrey talk show host Harjinder Thind. He claimed in Punjabi that there was "breaking news" that numerous South Asian mothers at Surrey Memorial Hospital were giving birth and "abandoning" their babies by giving them up for adoption. Akshay Kulkarni, CBC News
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3/04/22 - KOMO 4 Seattle anchor/ reporter Tyrah Majors has announced she has added a professor position at Seattle University, teaching a new college course that she created. LinkedIn Announcement
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3/04/22 - English Evan Omelia is leaving his position with The Jubal Show on HITS 106.1 KBKS-FM
Seattle in a few months. He says he is leaving to “find happiness”,
stating he fell into radio and wants to seek a position allowing him to
travel and work remotely. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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3/03/22- Vancouver's most celebrated radio news reporter George Garrett, who covered news at CKNW AM 980
for more than four decades, has revealed he has cancer. Garrett, now
87, is dealing with squamous cell carcinoma of the skin and is waiting
to get a scan to figure out how far the cancer has spread, and how best
it can be treated. Martin MacMahon, CityNews
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3/03/22 - Former CTV Vancouver Island anchor/ reporter Alanna Kelly, who joined Glacier Media
as a reporter based on Vancouver Island a year ago, has moved to
Vancouver. She will continue to cover stories across the province for
Glacier Media. Twitter Announcement
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3/03/22 - Sportsnet 650 CISL Vancouver host and CityNews sports anchor Caroline Frolic is the first woman to handle PA duties at Vancouver Canucks games and just the second woman to announce a full NHL game. She’ll be filling in for regular announcer Al Murdoch throughout the season.
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3/03/22 - Former KOMO 4 Seattle reporter Shomari Stone joins CNBC as a reporter for The News with Shepard Smith starting in April. Stone was with KOMO from 2008-11 and is currently a TV reporter for NBC-owned WRC-TV Washington. Twitter Announcement
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3/02/22 - Retired
CBC Vancouver staffer Henry Thompson passed away on February 9 at the
George Derby Centre in Burnaby at age 95. He was with CBC Vancouver from
1982-92. A funeral service will be held at Bernardo Funeral Home in
Toronto, at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, March 5, which can be viewed virtually
via the obituary. Bernardo Obituary
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3/02/22 - Last week KOMO 4 Seattle Crime and Justice Reporter Jonathan Choe
took to Twitter to expose three individuals who allegedly tried to stop
him from filming in front of City Hall. Choe has been leading a weekly
segment called Project Seattle, which reveals the expanse of the
city’s issue of homelessness and attempts to hold leaders and public
officials accountable. Carl Samson, Yahoo! News
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3/02/22 - Pulse CISF-FM 107.7 Surrey broadcaster Scott Scooter Shantz is joining CKNW AM 980 Vancouver to produce The Mike Smyth Show. He
has been behind the scenes or on air in the Vancouver radio market for
the last 15 years, most recently as morning host, producer and
programmer at Pulse.
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2/28/22 - Long time Citytv Vancouver personality Thor Diakow has landed a new position as Media Relations Advisor for Metro Vancouver’s transportation agency Translink. He was with Citytv for 14 years and was Associate Producer of Breakfast Television, before being laid off with several other staffers when the program was cancelled in November 2020. Twitter Announcement
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2/28/22 - The March 2022 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 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Mazda owners' car radios,
Standard General's acquisition of TEGNA and much more. March Clay's Corner
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2/27/22 - Set to expire at the end of this season, the Vancouver Canucks radio rights will remain at Sportsnet 650
CISL for the foreseeable future. A source at the station has given
assurance that it will continue to broadcast games next season, and
beyond. Tyler Green, Daily Hive
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2/25/22 - Joshua Azizi joins Global BC
as a writer on a temporary contract starting Monday. He joins
from Prince Rupert, where he was working for Bell Media, filing stories
for CFTK-TV
Terrace and two Bell radio stations. He's a graduate of the
Master of Journalism program at UBC, with a BA in History. Azizi was
also a contributing producer and writer for UBC Radio CITR-FM 101.9 Vancouver from 2017-20. Twitter Announcement
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2/25/22 - CHEK-TV Victoria weekend anchor and video journalist Jasmine Bala joins Global BC as a content producer beginning March 30th. Previously she was a VJ for Global Lethbridge
and also interned at Global BC. The Ryerson University Journalism BA
has been a multimedia journalist with CHEK since November 2019 and then
an anchor since April 2021. Twitter Announcement
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2/25/22 - On March 1, 1948 the Canadian Red Cross
kicked off its national fundraising campaign. A day earlier, five local
radio stations gave air time to the campaign. CJOR, CBR, CKWX, CKMO and
CKNW all had half-hour Red Cross broadcasts featuring live local
entertainment from local performers. John Mackie, Vancouver Sun Red Cross Poster
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2/24/22 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive January '22 PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group
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2/24/22 - Campbell
River tributes Hugh Smith, who passed away December 14, 2021 at Royal
Jubilee Hospital in Victoria at age 73. He was part of the original crew
to launch CKVU-TV Vancouver in 1976, working in Master Control. Smith
was the Community Program Manager at CRTV in Campbell River for 28
years. Campbell River Mirror Vancouver Island Free Daily Obituary
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2/24/22 - CTV Vancouver Consumer Advocate Ross McLaughlin has announced his retirement. The multiple award winner and host of McLaughlin On Your Side
has been with CTV Vancouver since 2015, after working at a number of
stations in North America since 1985. Earlier in his career he was a
Consumer Investigator at KIRO 7 Seattle from 1996-2002. CTV Video
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2/23/22 - The FCC has granted an application by Bustos Media to upgrade KZTM-FM 102.9
McKenna, which will put most of Seattle within its 60 dBu contour. ERP
will be 95 kW at 615 meters HAAT at 47 19' 12.0" N / 123 20' 44.8" W. FCC Data
Last month the Commission granted a construction permit to Truth Quest
Radio for a new station in Forks. Call letters will be KTQR-FM 88.7, to
operate with an ERP of .9 kW at -33 meters HAAT at 47 57' 13.2" N / 124 23' 24.4" W. FCC Data
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2/23/22 - Former Seattle radio personality and executive Becky Brenner is being inducted into the Country Radio Hall of Fame.
She will be inducted during the annual ceremony scheduled for June 30th
in Nashville. Brenner spent 26 years handling on-air, promotions,
music, programming and Director of Operations at then Country KMPS-FM
(now The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1) before becoming a Consulting Partner with Albright & O'Malley & Brenner Country Radio Specialists. All Access Music Group
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2/23/22 - Now that Christmas programming has passed, News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 moves up into first place with a 6.9 share in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma January 2022 PPM 6+ ratings. AC Warm KRWM-FM 106.9 drops to second with a 5.9 share. News/ Talk KUOW-FM 94.9 climbs to third with a 5.7 share. Radio Online
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2/22/22 - Seattle market KING 5
and KONG-TV owner TEGNA will be acquired by a Standard General
affiliate for an equity value of approximately $5.4 billion and an
enterprise value of approximately $8.6 billion, including the assumption
of debt. The transaction is subject to TEGNA shareholders and
regulatory approvals and is expected to close in the second half of
2022. The company owns 64 television stations in 51 U.S. markets. TEGNA Press Release
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2/21/22 - In six months KRKO
Everett will be celebrating 100 years on air as a licensed station. It
was originally authorized to operate with the call letters KFBL at 1340
kilohertz with its first broadcast on August 25, 1922, following two
years of operation as an experimental station. KRKO management is
looking for former employees to return and share stories by contacting elise.detloff@krko.com Detailed Station History
by Peter Blecha, History Link.org (Note, the history was published in
2010, before KRKO's change of format to Greatest Hits in July 2018.)
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2/21/22 - KING 5 Seattle General Assignment Reporter Amy Moreno has announced her departure after 10-1/2 years. She is taking a job with the State of Washington. She is married to KOMO-TV reporter Joel Moreno. Before KING, she was a reporter at KCPQ-TV as Amy Allen.
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2/20/22 - iHeartMedia has dropped the Hip Hop format on KUBE-FM 93.3
Seattle, stunting with a CHR playlist. Hip Hop can still be heard
online and at 93.3 HD2. A future format and status of current hosts is
not yet known. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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2/19/22 -
Vancouver sportscaster John Shorthouse shared his feelings about working
with sports celebrities and performing with Michael Bublé.
Greg Douglas ‘Dr. Sport’, The Orca
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2/19/22 - KING 5 Seattle looks at KEXP-FM 90.3,
as the station celebrates 50 years on air. It was started by University
of Washington students in 1972 as KCMU-FM 90.5 with ten watts. KING 5 Video KEXP History
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2/18/22
- 78-year-old Steve Armitage will retire at the conclusion of the
Beijing Winter Olympics after a career that spanned into six decades.
It's his eighteenth Olympic Games as a broadcaster. Armitage was with CBC Vancouver from 1979-2014 during his 50 years with the Corporation. TSN News
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2/18/22 - KING 5 Seattle evening news anchor Mark Wright leaves, with his last show at 3 p.m. today. He's been an anchor at KING for over 11 years, with eight years before that at KCPQ-TV. Wright says he's not quite ready to share exact details of what's next.
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2/17/22 - KIRO 7 Seattle General Assignment Reporter Andrew Scheinthal
is leaving the station this Friday. He's been a TV reporter for 10
years at four different stations, but only for the last six months at
KIRO. Facebook Announcment
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2/16/22 - After nearly 25 years in broadcasting, Virgin Radio CFBT-FM 94.5
Vancouver morning show host Jonny Staub is stepping down. He’s going to
be taking some medical and fire courses, but hasn’t completely ruled
out a future in radio. Amir Ali, Daily Hive
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2/16/22 - NATAS NW Foundation
is seeking diverse candidates, with up to $15,000 in scholarships to be
awarded to students studying broadcasting or journalism in Washington,
Oregon, Idaho, Montana and Alaska. KD Hall, LinkedIn
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2/16/22 - Everett Fitzhugh and JT Brown will call the first all-Black TV broadcast in NHL history. Fitzhugh, usually the radio voice of the Seattle Kraken, and Brown, the analyst on the team’s TV broadcasts, will work together in the booth when the Kraken meet the Jets at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg on Thursday. Bob Condor, Seattle Kraken
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2/15/22 - The FCC has granted an application by Kulshan Community Media for a new station in Bellingham. It will operate with 2 kW at 88.3 MHz. Kulshan also owns KMRE-LP 102.3 Bellingham.
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2/15/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle Meteorologist Mary Lee, now at KPIX-TV
San Francisco, received a surprise Valentine's Day marriage proposal
from her longtime boyfriend. She was was taping a segment on the
Northern Lights at the time. Lee worked at KING from 2013-18. KPIX Video
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2/15/22 - Orbyt Media and Corus Entertainment have partnered to launch Randy Bachman's Vinyl Tap on a number of stations across Canada, including Rock 101 CFMI-FM 101.1
Vancouver on Sunday evenings at 9 p.m. beginning March 6. The show
aired on CBC Radio from 2005-21 and was petitioned by fans to return
after its cancellation. Randy Bachman Info
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2/14/22 - Long time Vancouver broadcast executive Treena Wood has joined Teck Resources Limited as a Senior Communications Specialist. The 1995 BCIT Broadcast Communications graduate was most recently News Director at CBC British Columbia, and had previously held several positions with Rogers Communications for 22 years. Wood was an original member of the team that signed News 1130 (CKWX) on the air in February 1996. LinkedIn Posting
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2/13/22 - Former
CBC Vancouver staffer Ann Pollock passed away in Regina January 24 at
age 78. She began her radio career at CFMQ Regina and continued as a
radio producer, sports reporter, and news broadcaster at CBC
Vancouver. Sun/ Province Obituary
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2/12/22 - Former Z95.3 CKZZ-FM Vancouver morning show host Kid Carson,
who was dropped from his show following his controversial rant earlier
this week, is claiming that he gained 30,000 Instagram followers in one
day since he left the station. At $20 per month, Carson is promoting his
podcast in a way that appeals to a global audience. Bob Kronbauer, VIA
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2/12/22 - Highly
respected Canadian TV broadcaster and Order of Canada appointee Don
Brinton passed away February 1 at age 94. He was instrumental in the
launch of four TV stations in Western Canada and in 1988 became the Vice
Chairman of CanWest Global Communications Corp., overseeing the
transition of CKVU-TV Vancouver to CanWest. Sun/ Province Obituary Professional Career
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2/11/22 - Ryan Maguire, former Director of News and Programming at KIRO Radio 97.3 Seattle, takes a new position at Good Karma Brands Milwaukee cluster as Content Director. He worked at KIRO from March 2018 to August 2019. All Access Music Group
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2/11/22 - Farah Jadran is one of many nonwhite journalists who have joined the KING 5
Seattle team in recent years. The hires constitute the next generation
of KING 5 broadcasters of color, one that follows the departure of
several trailblazers who have left Seattle newsrooms in the last few
years. Chris Daniels, Twitter Grace Gorenflo, Seattle Times
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2/10/22 - Longtime Vancouver sportscaster Shanel Pratap left his position at Global BC last December to start his own company, Parlay One Media,
which specializes in sports betting. The 2004 BCIT Broadcast Journalism
graduate had worked at Global for almost 12 years. Rob Williams, Daily Hive
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2/10/22 - Former FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle evening anchor Alyana Gomez has resurfaced as an anchor/ reporter at 6ABC WPVI-TV Philadelphia. She had been an evening anchor at FOX 13 since October 2019. Twitter
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2/10/22 - Liz Brazile has been appointed Deputy Online Managing Editor at KUOW-FM 94.9
Seattle, overseeing the station’s online news coverage and team of
digital journalists. She's been an online editor and producer there
since January 2020. LinkedIn Announcement
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2/09/22 - One year after the demise of TSN 1040
CKST AM Vancouver, most of the personalities who were released have
found positions in other sports media. A few others have left the
business. Matthew Sekeres, Daily Hive
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2/09/22 - Paul Gallant, who departed from 710 AM ESPN KIRO Seattle after two years this past September, has found a new position middays at ESPN 97.5 and 92.5 KFNC-FM Houston. The show, which debuts Monday, will be co-hosted by former KPRC-TV reporter Vanessa Richardson. All Access Music Group
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2/09/22 - JACK CJAX-FM 96.9 morning host Drex and Bob Kronbauer from Vancouver Is Awesome have come up with a plan to allow people to purchase their own piece of the English Bay Barge, which recently ran aground off the shores of Sunset Beach, with proceeds going to charity. Bob Kronbauer, Vancouver is Awesome
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2/09/22 - After over 7-1/2 years as a multimedia journalist and reporter at KING 5 Seattle, Ted Land puts in his last day. After a total of 15 years in the business, he is taking a job outside of news. Twitter Announcement
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2/09/22 - Former Global BC sportscaster Asa Rehman
has returned to the station after a seven year absence working in
Toronto. He's most recently been a digital content specialist. Rehman
was previously on air at Global BC from 2013-15. Twitter Announcement
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2/09/22 - Former The End KNDD-FM 107.9 Seattle staffer Bryce Segall
has exited his current position as Audacy Regional Brand Manager and
national overnighter, based in New York. He was on air and programming
assistant at The End from 2010-13. All Access Music Group
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2/09/22 - A number of Mazda drivers in the Puget Sound area are complaining about their entertainment systems being stuck on KUOW-FM 94.9
Seattle. The recent rollout of 5G technology for smartphones is
suspected. Dealers are fully aware of the problem and are working on a
fix. Casey Martin, KUOW News
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2/08/22 - The FCC
has cancelled the license for KDXB-LP 95.3 Seattle, registered to
kmih.org Radio Booster Club, for failure to file renewal applications or
applications for licenses to cover. It's one of a number of deletions
announced by the Commission. All Access Music Group
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2/08/22 - Veteran broadcaster Terry Chan has been named National Music Curator - JACK at Rogers Sports & Media,
based in Vancouver. He's held numerous positions with the company since
1990, most recently as Programming Assistant for the JACK stations in
Vancouver, Calgary and Victoria.
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2/06/22 - DISH Network Corporation has announced it has reached a new carriage agreement with Tegna Inc. Local stations, including KING-TV
and KONG-TV Seattle, have been immediately restored in time for the
Winter Olympics and Super Bowl LVI. Tegna stations have been blacked out
since last October. Dish Release
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2/06/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle reporter Joe Fryer, who has been a correspondent for NBC News since 2013, has announced he is now officially a member of the Saturday Today Show team. Fryer was a general assignment and special projects reporter at KING from 2010-13. Facebook Announcement
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2/06/22 - Former CKNW AM 980
Vancouver sports personality Ron Barnet is still at Eagle Ridge
hospital in Port Moody, but physio isn’t working and he still isn’t
standing or walking on his own. A process has begun to find him a care
home in the Tri-Cities area. He’s not in any pain and still has a
positive attitude.
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2/06/22 - Veteran
award-winning CBC broadcaster Steve Armitage comes back from retirement
to provide live coverage of speed skating at the Winter Olympics in
Beijing. Beijing 2022 is his eighteenth Olympic Games as a broadcaster.
He was with CBC Vancouver from 1979-2014 during his 50 years with the
Corporation. CBC Release
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2/05/22 - Former KCPQ-TV Seattle morning feature reporter Ellen Tailor,
who left the station in February 2020, is about to start a new podcast.
It is scheduled to debut on February 8th. She has been CEO of Seattle
boutique Charlie Pete since January 2018. Ellen Tailor Website
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2/02/22 - Puget Sound Media points out that FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle evening anchor Alyana Gomez recently left her position, where she has worked since October 2019. She says to stay tuned to find out her next move. Facebook Posting
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2/02/22 - The February 2022 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 our recent fog complete with photos, construction activity on
Cougar Mountain, possible 5G effect on aviation and much more. February Clay's Corner
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2/02/22 - Award winning KING 5 Seattle sportscaster Chris Egan joins the morning show for the next 19 days for the Olympics. Twitter Announcement
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2/02/22 - After close to a century as KOMO Radio, the station started to use its new call letters KNWN overnight, identifying as Northwest News Radio. Sale of the station last May did not include the KOMO calls, which stay with KOMO-TV Seattle. KNWN Video
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2/02/22 - KOMO 4 Seattle Chief Meteorologist Shannon O'Donnell puts out the welcome mat to new hire Rebecca Stevenson. The two weather reporters get to work together once again. Twitter Announcement
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2/02/22 - Contract Photojournalist Matt M. McKnight has joined the staff at Reuters as a video producer, based in Seattle. He will be covering news & feature stories across the Pacific Northwest. Twitter Announcement
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2/01/22 - Seasound
Broadcasting, LLC is selling K253CG 98.5 Redmond to Iglesia Pentecostal
Vispera Del Fin for $650,000. Seasound principals David Hartman and
Gregory J. Smith are also selling K271BS 102.1 Auburn to the same buyer
for $225,000. The primary station for both translators will be Bustos Media Spanish Religion KMIA AM 1210 Auburn-Federal Way, which the buyer programs under an LMA. All Access Music Group
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2/01/22 - KIRO Radio 97.3 Seattle News Director Charlie Harger
says goodbye to the historic KOMO call letters from Seattle radio. The
calls will be gone from radio tomorrow, but will stay on TV screens.
Harger was a reporter/ anchor at KOMO Radio for 19 years before joining
KIRO last October. Twitter Announcement
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2/01/22 - CityNews Vancouver video journalist Ria Renouf
has announced her departure, saying "I need a break". Her last day will
be February 11th. The 2015 BCIT Broadcast and Online Journalism
graduate joined CityNews in May 2021 after 2-1/2 years as an afternoon anchor at CityNews 1130 CKWX. Twitter Announcement
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2/01/22 - CityNews 1130 CKWX Vancouver producer/ anchor Robyn Crawford
has been named to the management team to help oversee weekend radio
programming. The 2017 BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate started at the
station in March 2021. Twitter Announcement
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2/01/22 - Long-time KONP AM 1450
Port Angeles personality and sportscaster, Scooter Chapman is retiring
after 70 years. The multiple Hall of Fame inductee has worked at KONP as
both Sports Editor and Sports Director. January 31 to February 4 has
been declared “Scooter Chapman Week”. Chapman will be on the 8:30 a.m. Morning Scramble each day and will join the 1 p.m. Todd Ortloff Show for a full segment on Wednesday and Thursday. KONP News
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1/31/22 - KIRO 7 Seattle morning meteorologist Nick Allard is taking some time, "to recharge and spend some quality time with my family". He says he will return soon. Twitter Announcement
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1/30/22
- A former Richland businessman, who was convicted of killing former
KIRO 7 Seattle features reporter Larry Sturholm, has died in prison.
William Pawlyk was serving a life sentence without the possibility of
parole for killing Sturholm and Debra Sweger in 1989. Cameron Probert, Tri-City Herald AP Backgrounder
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1/30/22 - The KKDZ
AM 1250 Seattle transmitter has been moved from Pigeon Point (West
Seattle) to the former 1210 night site in Auburn. The FCC granted the
move last June, with a change of COL to Kent. The station is operating
with 5 kW non-directional daytime only at 47-18-01 122-11-19, with the directional night facility to be built later. The FCC grant is set to expire on June 25, 2024. FCC Data
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1/27/22 - The Ratings Experts at Research Director, Inc. provide exclusive Holiday '21 PPM analysis for Seattle-Tacoma and four other radio markets. All Access Music Group
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1/26/22 - Boosted by its all Christmas programming, Warm KRWM-FM 106.9 continues in first place with a 9.6 share in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma Holiday '21 PPM 6+ ratings. News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 is second with 6.6. All News KOMO AM 1000 climbs to third with a 5.5 share. Radio Online
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1/26/22 - KIRO Radio 97.3 Seattle has changed its imaging to Newsradio - Your Northwest News Station.
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1/25/22 - After nearly 14 years as a sports reporter at KJR AM 950 Seattle, Curtis Crabtree is moving to FOX 13 KCPQ-TV
to take the role as Sports Digital Content Creator. He will continue to
have a presence at Seahawks, Mariners, Kraken and Huskies games along
with some other teams in the area. Twitter Announcement
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1/25/22 - Today marks the first day for PJ Randhawa at KING 5
Seattle. As reported here on 1/04, she joins the station's Facing Race
team as an investigative reporter focusing on race and equity issues.
The award winning reporter has worked at KSDK-TV St. Louis since May 2015. Twitter Announcement
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1/24/22 - Former CTV Vancouver Senior Reporter David Molko has arrived to start his new position as News Anchor at KGW-TV
Portland. Before coming to CTV, he held several high profile positions
in the US, including Senior Producer at CNN International in Hong
Kong. Twitter Announcement
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1/24/22 - The CRTC has approved an application by Gulf Islands Community Radio Society
to operate an English-language community FM station and a
rebroadcasting transmitter on Salt Spring Island. It will operate at
107.9 MHz with a maximum ERP of 850 watts at 219.8 meters HAAT. The
translator will operate at 102.1 MHz with a maximum ERP of 18 watts at
635.4 meters. CRTC Release
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1/23/22 - CTV National Vancouver Bureau Chief Melanie Nagy
has returned to her position after taking a compassionate care leave to
care for her ailing mother last September. Sadly, her mother Trish
passed away from cancer in a Kamloops hospice shortly after.
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1/22/22 - STAR 101.5 KPLZ-FM
Seattle has added HD Radio to its signal. As yet there is no HD2 or
HD3. A crew has been working on the installation of a new GatesAir FAX
40 transmitter.
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1/20/22 - Global BC journalist Jordan Armstrong will anchor Global News at 11 Monday through Friday. He's been with Global since 2012, most recently anchoring the Saturday and Sunday editions of Global News at 11. Twitter Announcement
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1/19/22 - Global BC news anchor Paul Haysom
is the latest broadcaster to announce he has been in direct contact
with COVID-19. He has tested positive and is suffering from a bad
headache, sore muscles and chills. Twitter Announcement
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1/19/22 - Today the FCC granted a License to Cover for KJET-FM 105.7 Union. FCC Data Yesterday, the KJET-FM-1 105.7 Aberdeen booster license was cancelled. FCC Data
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1/19/22 - For anyone wondering about Steve Raible following his retirement as a KIRO 7
Seattle news anchor in June 2020, he has visited the station to
announce he is doing well and loving it. During the former Seahawks wide
receiver's broadcasting career, he won five regional Emmy Awards,
including two for "best anchor". Raible continues in his play-by-play
role on Seahawks radio broadcasts. Michelle Millman, Twitter
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1/18/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle anchor Michelle Li is scheduled to appear on The Ellen DeGeneres Show January 19th following her viral video about viewer criticism for talking about a traditional New Year's Day food
for many Koreans. They will be discussing "the good that came out of something ugly". Twitter Announcement
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1/18/22 - Jodesha Broadcasting has flipped News/ Talk KBKW AM 1450/ 103.5 K278CU Aberdeen to a simulcast of Classic Country Timber Country 94.7 K234AU Aberdeen/ KSWW-HD3 Ocean Shores. The local morning talk show Local Matters hosted by Johnny Manson remains in place with Classic Country programming airing at other times. Lance Venta, RadioInsight
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1/18/22 - Vancouver jazz singer and CBC TV show host Eleanor Collins
has been recognized with a stamp. Vancouver’s first lady of jazz lays
claim to be the first Black performer in North America to host a TV
show. The Eleanor Show in 1955 was produced in Vancouver and
broadcast by the CBC Television Network. Canada Post says the
102-year-old music legend will be celebrated at a virtual event Friday
that will reveal the stamp and pay tribute to Collins' life and
career. John Mackie, The Province
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1/17/22 - Audacy has announced its Seattle radio cluster raised more than $1 million for Friends of Fisher House Puget Sound.
The info is contained in its 2021 community service work in a "Social
Impact Report" showing off some of the things the company did in its
"Audacy Serves" initiative last year. All Access Music Group
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1/17/22 - After more than three decades of keeping British Columbians informed of the latest health news, Dr. Art Hister officially called it a career on January 5. Global BC looks back at some of Dr. Hister's appearances that prove laughter is the best medicine. Global BC Video
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1/17/22 - There
was a partial failure of the transmission line going to KBCB-TV (24.1)
and the KBTC-TV translator (28.1) Bellingham shared antenna on Orcas
Island. Both stations were off air for several days, but a KBTC engineer
reports that both stations returned to full service at 4:15 p.m. Sunday
following repairs.
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1/17/22 - Former KING 5/ Northwest Cable News Seattle weather anchor Keisha Burns is leaving her current position as weather anchor/ reporter at KXAS TV
Dallas-Fort Worth after five years. She was on air in Seattle from
2009-17. Her new destination has not yet been released. Twitter Announcement
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1/16/22 - The FCC
has granted a license modification to Jodesha Broadcasting for KJET-FM
105.7 Union. It will operate at .51 kW non-directional at 47-19-12 123-20-44.8 at 627 meters HAAT. The grant is set to expire on 08/09/2022. FCC Data
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1/16/22 - FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle is launching a 6 p.m. weeknight newscast, branded FOX 13 News at 6 p.m. starting Monday. The hour-long show will be hosted by veteran journalists David Rose and Jamie Tompkins and will feature multiple meteorologists and local reporters. FOX 13 News/ Video
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1/15/22 -
Non-commercial KQXI-FM 91.5 Granite Falls and translator K206CJ 89.1
Issaquah, both licensed to Spirit Communications, Inc., have been sold
for $120,000. The buyer is CSN International of Twin Falls, ID.
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1/15/22 - Taylor Pomasl jumps from market 81 to 12, as she joins KING 5 Media Group in Seattle as a Segment and Weekend Producer. For the past three years she has been a news and digital content producer at NBC 15 WMTV Madison, WI., where her last day is February 24. LinkedIn Announcement
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1/14/22 - KOMO 4 Seattle reporter/ anchor Keith Eldridge
will retire in late April after 39 years at KOMO and a total of 50
years in television and radio news. He is also an NTAS Silver Circle
inductee. Eldridge started at KOMO in September 1983. Twitter Announcement NTAS NW News
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1/13/22 - The Mayor and Board of Alderman have declared January 14th PJ Randhawa Day in the city of St Louis. It is also her last day at KSDK-TV as she joins KING 5
Seattle's Facing Race team as an investigative reporter focusing on
race and equity issues. Randhawa is scheduled to start at KING on
January 24th. Twitter Announcement
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1/13/22 - KING 5 Seattle Executive Producer Roberta Romero
shares her journey with alcoholism and recovery and why there is hope
that "we can and do get well." A study published in the Journal of the
American Medical Association found that women increased their heavy
drinking days by 41% during the pandemic. Jessica Janner Castro, Mindful Headlines Podcast
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1/13/22 - Burnaby
sportscaster Nabil Karim has signed a multi-year agreement with Turner
Sports as their new host and reporter for the network’s NBA and NHL
coverage. He formerly anchored SportsCenter at ESPN in the US and
SportsCentre on TSN in Canada. The BCIT Broadcast Program graduate
previously has done work for CBC, Global, CKPG Prince George and CKNW
Vancouver. Rob Williams, Daily Hive
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1/13/22 - Former
CKNW/ CFMI-FM Vancouver Marketing Consultant and General Sales Manager
Severino Gobbato died January 4 at Kelowna General Hospital at age 66.
He later worked in sales at Praise 106.5 KWPZ-FM Lyndon. Gobbato
got his first job as a DJ at CKAY Radio in Duncan. A celebration of life
will be held at a later date. Springfield Funeral Home Obituary
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1/13/22 - John Voiles has been appointed CHEK Media Group
Victoria General Sales and Marketing Manager, effective January 17. The
employee-owned Victoria-based independent broadcaster says the
newly-created position reflects its growth in the local and extended
B.C. market, as well as projected future growth across its platforms.
Prior to joining CHEK-TV, Voiles served as VP of Sales for Western
Canada for Bell Media for eight years. He’ll be based in Vancouver and
support sales teams on Vancouver Island, Metro Vancouver and Toronto.
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1/13/22 - CityNews 1130 CKWX Vancouver Reporter/ Producer Paul James is leaving at the end of the month. He will be taking over the News/ Program Director position at Radio NL
CHNL AM 610 Kamloops in early February. James joined CKWX in August
2019 after 14 years in Beijing where he was a host for China Radio
International. Twitter Announcement
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1/12/22 - After 35 years at KING 5 Media Group in Seattle, Aviation Reporter Glenn Farley
is retiring. In addition to aviation, he has covered science and our
natural disaster risk from earthquakes and tsunamis to wildfires and
major storms. Julie Wolfe, LinkedIn
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1/12/22 - Former KOMO 4 Seattle reporter Patrick Quinn is joining the reporting team at CBS 46 WGCL-TV
Atlanta later this month. He was working at KOMO from 2018 until June
2021 after freelancing as a general assignment reporter for a year in
Seattle. Twitter Announcement
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1/12/22 - Rebecca Stevenson has now confirmed with us that she will begin work as a meteorologist at KOMO 4 Seattle this week, with on-air work most likely on or after January 15. She recently left her position at KING 5 after a three year run.
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1/12/22 - CBS
Stations has announced plans to create a local news innovation lab with
Andrea Parquet-Taylor named Vice President, CW and independent stations
News Director. A number of markets will be served including KSTW-TV
Seattle. Programs will include both hyper-local content that will be
produced by multi-skilled journalists on the ground in each
market. Mark K. Miller, TVNewsCheck
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1/12/22 - CBC Vancouver Associate Producer Kiran Singh
gets a reporter and editor position on a new pop-up bureau in Surrey.
The focus will be community based reporting, and anything and everything
Surrey. Twitter Announcement
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1/11/22 - Aaron Wright has now listed himself on his LinkedIn page as evening anchor at KIRO 7 Seattle. He has been an investigative reporter and anchor at KENS 5 San Antonio for the last four years, departing in mid December. Mike McGuff, McGuff Media
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1/10/22 - CityNews 1130 CKWX
Vancouver anchor Bailey Nicholson has announced that Friday will be her
last day. The 2016 Langara College Journalism graduate says she is
leaving radio news. She joined the station as evening anchor and has
most recently anchored p.m. drive. Twitter Announcement
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1/09/22 - Retired CBC Vancouver staffer Grace Sigmund passed away December 31,
2021 at age 94. She joined CBC in 1962 and retired in 1990. During her
time at CBC, she worked in the TV Programming Department as a costing
clerk assigned to two seasons of The Beachcombers series on location in Gibsons. KORU Obituary
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1/09/22 - Ruth Prins, aka Wunda Wunda, captivated the souls of regional preschoolers over the earliest two decades of Seattle television. Wunda Wunda premiered
on November 9, 1953 and ran for nearly 20 years on KING-TV. Prins died
November 6, 2021 at her longtime home in Magnolia, not two weeks after
she turned, “Wun hundred and Wun.” Clay Eals, Seattle Times
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1/08/22 - Insiders at KING 5 Seattle confirm that meteorologist Rebecca Stevenson has departed the station. Internet reports say she is headed to KOMO-TV, which recently lost Abby Acone to FOX 13 KCPQ-TV. It was Stevenson's second time around at KING.
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1/08/22 - KIRO 7 Seattle has run a story about Daybreak Star Radio Network,
which launched last summer as a project of the Daybreak Star Indian
Cultural Center in Discovery Park. Station manager Sherry Steele says,
“The mission is to get the voices of Native artists and musicians out to
the world, to show the world we’re not extinct, that there is Native
music being made all the time.” Graham Johnson, KIRO 7 News
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1/07/22 - KING 5 Seattle raised more than 21 million meals for Home Team Harvest,
Washington state’s largest annual food drive, in 2021. The campaign
officially raised 21,564,586 meals, exceeding its goal of 21 million
meals. Since 2001, Home Team Harvest has raised more than 79 million
meals. KING 5 News/ Video
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1/06/22 - Roshini Nair
is now working as a digital producer with CBC Podcasts, stepping in for
Fabiola Melendez Carlotti, who is on temporary assignment with the CBC
Content Development Team. Nair has been working with CBC Vancouver in various roles for the past six years.
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1/06/22 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Peter Koveos
moves from TVB Hong Kong to the South China Morning Post. He has been
with the station for the last four years. Prior to heading to Beijing in
2008, Koveos was a producer, reporter and host with Global TV Vancouver
and Team 1040 CKST.
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1/05/22 - STAR 101.5 KPLZ-FM Seattle names Curt Kruse Assistant Program Director, working along side PD Lisa Adams. Kruse has been with KPLZ since 2002 except for a few months in 2021, when he was released due to budget cuts. Radio Online
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1/05/22 - KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle is celebrating its 50th anniversary with special programming all year, beginning with 50 Years of Music.
The special programming will take an in-depth look at each year of its
history from 1972 to 2022. KEXP was founded as KCMU, a 10-watt,
student-run radio station operated by the University of
Washington. KEXP Release
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1/05/22 - Dr. Art Hister,
full time “media doctor” since 1991, has announced his retirement.
During his broadcasting career, he's hosted programs on CBC, BBC, CKNW
and Global TV. Dr. Hister got his MD degree from McGill University in
1970 and practiced as a family doctor in Vancouver from 1971-91. Twitter Announcement
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1/05/22 - Corus Radio has announced that former Global National international correspondent Ben O'Hara-Byrne will host A Little More Conversation with Ben O’Hara-Byrne, airing nationally weeknights from 7-10 p.m. PT. The show will debut January 10 on CKNW AM 980 Vancouver and will be heard on Corus Radio’s seven AM stations. Corus Radio Release
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1/05/22 - Former KIRO Radio 97.3 Seattle Morning News Host and Digital Journalist Linda Thomas,
who has most recently been a Director at Amazon, joins Airbnb next
week. She was with KIRO for four years until December 2013. Twitter Announcement
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1/04/22 - KIRO Radio 97.3 Seattle has launched Leaving a Legacy Podcast, with midday host Gee Scott. He takes listeners on a journey to discover how influential public figures want to leave their legacy on the world. InsideRadio
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1/04/22 - Following the story (1/03) by former KING 5 Seattle anchor Michelle Li receiving
viewer criticism for talking about a traditional New Year's Day food
for many Koreans, which went viral, KING anchors have published an
interview with her. KING Interview
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1/04/22 - Award winning KSDK-TV St. Louis investigative reporter PJ Randhawa will join KING 5
Seattle on January 24th. She will be an investigative reporter focusing
on race and equity issues for KING's Facing Race team. LinkedIn Announcement
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1/04/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle anchor/ reporter Michael Konopasek reports that his news crew at FOX 31 KDVR-TV Denver were threatened during coverage of wildfires in Superior, CO. He was a reporter at KING from 2014-16. Twitter Posting
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1/03/22 - Former CKNW AM 980
Vancouver sports personality Ron Barnet had a successful hip replacement
December 19 at Royal Columbian Hospital. He has now been moved to Eagle
Ridge Hospital to start rehabilitation, where his daughters report that
he is expected to spend a significant amount of time recovering and
with regular physio will regain his mobility.
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1/03/22 (Updated) - Pedal steel guitarist & DJ Ray "Chubby" Howard
passed away December 23 at age 95. He was a DJ in the early 1960s on
KFHA AM 1480 Lakewood WA & also briefly hosted a western music show
on KTVW-TV Tacoma. Howard was also a regular on Channel 13's Country Jubilee. Most recently he had been hosting a weekend vintage country music show on classic country trimulcast Real Roots Radio WBZI, WKFI & WEDI in Ohio. He was probably one of the oldest broadcasters on air prior his passing. Dignity Memorial Obituary Further details at Puget Sound Media
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1/03/22 - KOMO-TV Seattle multimedia journalist Nick Popham returns to duties January 7th after his recent marriage. Twitter Announcement
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1/03/22 - Former KING 5 Seattle anchor Michelle Li, now a reporter/ anchor at KSDK-TV St. Louis, receives some viewer criticism while talking about a traditional New Year's Day food for many Koreans. KSDK News/ Video
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1/02/22 - KOMO AM 1000/ FM 97.7 Seattle will change its call letters to KNWN.
However, as of today at 2 p.m., the station is still identifying with
its current calls. The call letter change is due to the change of
ownership to Lotus Communications. The KOMO calls stay with KOMO-TV.
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1/01/22 - Global BC
News editor Ted Anhorn has concluded a spectacular career spanning more
than 40 years in broadcasting. He has played a pivotal role in shaping
and contributing to many of the station's newscasts. Global News/ Video
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1/01/22 - Radio NL CHNL AM 610 Kamloops PD Howie Reimer, who announced his departure from the station last month, joins the Kamloops Central Business Improvement Association as Executive Director. Before heading to Kamloops in 1993 he hosted evenings and weekends and produced the morning show at Rock 101 CFMI-FM 101.1 Vancouver. Twitter Announcement Victor Kaisar, Radio NL
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1/01/22 - Gary
Spence, son of former CBC Vancouver technical staffer Alf Spence, has
joined forces with Bob Nixon and Colin Preston to digitize a large
collection of old CBC audio tapes. The senior Spence retired from CBC in
1983 and died in 2014 at age 89. John Mackie, Vancouver Sun
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