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12/01/22 - The two KIROs switch places in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma November 2022 PPM 6+ ratings. News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 moves up to first place with a 7.0 share. All Sports KIRO AM 710 slips to second with a 6.6 share. Classic Hits KJEB-FM 95.7 continues in third place with a 5.6 share. Radio Online
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12/01/22 - STAR FM CKSR-FM 98.3 Chilliwack moved to all Christmas music as Chilliwack's Christmas Music Station at 9 a.m. today.
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12/01/22 - FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle teams up with Les Schwab Tire Centers for its annual toy drive. FOX 13 Info
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11/30/22 - Emil Moffatt has joined Seattle market Public Radio KNKX-FM 88.5 as a reporter and All Things Considered host. He arrives from WABE-FM 90.1 Atlanta. Twitter Announcement
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11/30/22 - After 20 years in journalism, with the last ten in Seattle, reporter Hanna Scott has announced her last day at KIRO Radio will be Dec. 9. The multiple Edward R. Murrow award winner has also reported for KOMO Radio. Twitter Announcement
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11/30/22 - KING 5 Seattle lays claim to having Western Washington's most watched morning news. Twitter
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11/30/22 - Monika Coen, Regional Senior Manager of Marketing and Promotions for Global BC
& Global Okanagan has been awarded the Gina Steeves Award, given
every year to a Corus employee who goes above and beyond in supporting
the CKNW Kids’ Fund. So far this year the fund total is $2,752,168. Twitter #1 Twitter #2
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11/30/22 - KOMO 4 Seattle along with its radio cluster and the Salvation Army is underway with its toy drive to directly help families in western Washington. KOMO Release
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11/28/22 - Kevin Callahan, most recently Audacy Western Region Programming VP (10/26/22), returns to Albany, NY-based Pamal Broadcasting as Corporate Director of Operations and Programming. At Audacy, he oversaw The Wolf KKWF-FM 100.7 Seattle and stations in San Diego, Kansas City, Portland, Riverside and Phoenix. All Access Music Group
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11/27/22 - The University of Washington Society of Professional Journalists invites students to a tour of KING 5.
The first tour will be held Saturday, Dec. 3, 2022 at 10 a.m. with the
possibility of multiple tour groups at later times. UW Tweet Interest Form
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11/26/22 -
Retired CBC Vancouver reporter/ executive Joan Andersen passed away Nov.
9 at age 73. She began her career in journalism in Vancouver, which
spanned 35 years with CBC. Andersen moved to Toronto and Washington, DC
before returning to Vancouver as Director of Radio and Director of
Programming from 1999-2009. Sun/ Province Obituary
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11/25/22 - KING 5 Seattle reporter Kalie Greenberg
has announced her last day today to explore opportunities out of news.
She's been at KING since Mar. 2019 when she arrived from Madison,
WI. Twitter Announcement
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11/25/22 - In case it's going unnoticed, a Christmas music reminder has appeared on the highway.
Theron Zahn Tweet
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11/25/22 - After playing some Christmas selections over the last 10 days, PRAISE 106.5 KWPZ-FM Lynden went all Christmas at 6 p.m. Nov. 24 with Joy to the World by Aretha Franklin.
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11/25/22 - The British Columbia Association of Broadcasters
has announced winners in its BCAB Awards of Excellence. Locally, Best
Commercial Creative - Radio - Large Market goes to Rock 101/ CFOX and
CKNW Vancouver. Best Commercial Creative - TV - Small Market goes to
CHEK-TV Victoria. Facebook Posting
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11/25/22 - Northern Native Broadcasting has until August 31, 2023 to get its new 9,000 watt Aboriginal station CJNY-FM 106.3
Vancouver on the air. Due to financial and COVID issues, NNB had
originally abandoned plans for the new station this past Spring with the
construction permit expiring in June. Since then economic conditions at
NNB have drastically improved and they now wish to proceed with the
project. Canadian Radio News
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11/24/22 - Margaret Gallagher takes over the province-wide CBC weekend morning show North by Northwest starting Jan. 7. The award-winning reporter and host of CBC Radio One's longest running radio program Hot Air, is replacing longtime host Sheryl MacKay, who is retiring from her role on Dec. 31. CBC Release
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11/23/22 - Home
Team Harvest, Washington State's largest annual food drive, is on with a
target of 21 million meals. Jake Whittenberg and Mimi Jung host a
one-hour Home Team Harvest broadcast special on KING 5 at 10 a.m. Dec. 3. KING 5 Release
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11/22/22 - Longtime KOMO-TV and radio reporter Bryan Johnson
recalls his coverage of the news the day that President John F. Kennedy
was assassinated 59 years ago. Johnson covered numerous memorable
stories during his time as a Seattle broadcaster. He joined KOMO in 1959
and retired 53 years later. Feliks Banel, KUOW
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11/21/22 - JACK CJAX-FM 96.9 Vancouver morning host Drex
continues to recover from a heart attack Friday evening. He received a
stent in his artery within the first hour of reaching hospital, with a
second one in a different artery expected later this week. Drex is
expected to be off work for the next four to six weeks. Nikitha Martins, Daily Hive CityNews
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11/21/22 - Seattle market KIXI AM 880 has now added all Christmas songs to its music playlist.
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11/20/22 - CBS
has reversed its decision to pause Twitter posting because of concerns
about the social media platform under new ownership. After a 40-hour
pause, the directive to stations is over, but no specifics have been
offered. The decision would affect CBS-owned KSTW-TV Seattle. CBS News Release Axios Release
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11/19/22 - CBS-owned
stations across the U.S. have been told by the network to pause
Tweeting while it monitors the social media site following the takeover
by Elon Musk. This would affect KSTW-TV
Seattle, which has not tweeted since Friday night. The network itself
has also paused activity. The directive presumably would not affect CBS
affiliates owned by other companies, such as KIRO 7 Seattle. FTV Live
The confusion comes with CBS O&Os like KSTW, which does not run CBS
programming, and is an affiliate of the CW, owned by Nexstar.
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11/19/22 - JACK CJAX-FM 96.9 Vancouver morning host Drex suffered a heart attack yesterday evening. He says he is doing OK but will require installation of a stent. Twitter Announcement
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11/19/22 - The FCC has granted KKOL AM 1300
Seattle a license renewal and transfer to Inspiration Media of
Seattle. The renewal comes with an STA order to decrease power from 50
kW to 35 kW and requests a permanent reduction in power to that new
level. The Bainbridge Island community fought hard against interference
issues, but only got a partial victory. FCC Filing FCC Letter Radio Insight
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11/18/22 - Move 103.5 CHQM-FM joined the ranks at 4:03 p.m. today as "Vancouver's Christmas Music Station" with All I Want for Christmas is You by Mariah Carey. Move 103.5 Audio
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11/18/22 - Spirit 105.3 KCMS-FM Seattle switched to all Christmas music on Wednesday Nov. 16 at 7:05 am.
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11/18/22 - A new podcast aimed at seniors has launched on the Salem Media Group Senior Resource website. It's hosted by CEO Suzanne Newman who also hosts Answers for Elders Radio on The Answer KKOL AM 1300 Seattle. All Access Music Group
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11/18/22 - Plans for the CBC Radio
Vancouver 35th annual Open House and Food Bank Day are underway for
Friday Dec. 2. There will be special programming for Vancouver and
Victoria. Last year the annual event raised over $2.9 million for
local food banks across BC. CBC Release
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11/18/22 - Two-time Peabody Award-winning KING 5 Seattle multimedia journalist Taylor Mirfendereski takes pride in being an official Trust Indicator Ambassador for The Trust Project,
an international consortium of news organizations collaborating to use
transparency to build a more trustworthy and trusted press. Twitter Posting
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11/17/22 - Seattle sports media TV and radio host and Washington Huskies sideline reporter Elise Woodward comments on Washington Athletics' female student-athletes and local professionals meeting to further celebrate 50 years of Title IX. Woodward was the first woman to do play-by-play for Washington football. Twitter Posting
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11/17/22 - Former CTV Vancouver executive Les Staff
has joined his wife's company Corry Staff Financial Group. He started
at CTV as an executive producer in 2007, and was most recently Director
of News and Information from 2012 until his departure in Jan.
2021. News Release
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11/16/22 - Delilah kicks off Christmas music on The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1 Seattle. The Sound Release
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11/15/22 - Former Seattle market KNKX-FM 88.5 Content Director Matt Martinez has been named by CNN Audio as showrunner for the new weekly podcast "The Assignment with Audie Cornish", which premieres Thursday Nov. 17. He served at KNKX from 2015-21. All Access Music Group
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11/14/22 -
Former CBC Vancouver executive Eric Gee passed away in Banff on October
25 at age 95. He was Assistant to the Regional Director for the Province
of B.C. in the 1950s and later served with the National Film Board of
Canada. Times Colonist Obituary
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11/11/22 - We
salute Remembrance Day in Canada and Veterans Day in the US on November
11, remembering all of our military, past and present. You have our
undying support. Thanks for what you have already done and will continue
to do to protect us.
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11/11/22 - Christmas music starts this weekend on The Breeze CHLG-FM 104.3
Vancouver. Holiday classics will be played non-stop from Nov. 12 to
Dec. 27, when the station switches tunes back to "Relaxing
Favourites". Amir Ali, Daily Hive
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11/11/22 - Former KIRO 7 Seattle Meteorologist and Content Creator Kelly Franson
has some good news following removal of a benign brain tumor 12 years
ago. She reported weather for KIRO from 2014-17 and is now Public
Relations Manager for St. Luke's Health System in Twin Falls ID. Facebook Announcement
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11/10/22 - Broadcast Dialogue has unveiled the winners of its 2022 Canadian Radio Awards. Simi Sara at CKNW AM 980 Vancouver has been named Best Major Market On-Air Host (News/Talk/Sports); SONiC CKKS-FM Vancouver gets the nod for Best Major Market On-Air Promotion for its Stunt Against The Machine; Kerrylee Manuel at Rock 101 CFMI-FM Vancouver gets Major Market Best Performance in a Commercial and Corus Radio Vancouver
scored for Major Market Best Achievement in Engineering. A number of
entries in our coverage area were also named runners-up in several
categories. Full list of winners
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11/10/22 - With the Seattle Mariners reaching the playoffs this year for the first time since 2001, the team remembers veteran broadcaster Dave Niehaus,
who passed away 12 years ago today at age 75. He was the Voice of the
Mariners from the first game on April 6, 1977 until his passing in
2010. He broadcast 5,284 of the 5,385 regular season games played in
Club history. Mariners Video
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11/10/22 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Jennifer Burke has joined Pivotal Media in Toronto, the communications firm started by Marisa Thomas,
after leaving CTV News Channel in August. Burke had been with the
network for 13 years, following a media career in Vancouver from
1988-2008. Thomas was a reporter for Global BC from 2001-12.
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11/08/22 - Former News 1130
CKWX Vancouver anchor Andy Walsh passed away over the weekend at age
90. He spent 65+ years in radio, with the last 20 at CKWX, until
retirement in 2017. Walsh began his radio career at CKSF Cornwall, ON in
1951. John Ackermann, Twitter Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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11/08/22 - Tori Dunn, who was marketing director at The Bull KNUC-FM 98.9 Seattle from 2018-20 when she was released during cuts at the station, has found a new position. She joins Kissin Country 92.3 KIZN-FM Boise as Director of Marketing and midday host. Inside Radio
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11/07/22 - KIRO Radio 97.3 Seattle takes a lighthearted look with their promotion of Tuesday's US election night coverage. KIRO Video
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11/05/22 - Pablo Gaviria, who left his position as multimedia journalist at Univision Seattle KUNS-TV after nine years, has joined KIRO 7.
He was reporting in Spanish, but regards the move as, "An opportunity
to highlight some of the stories of an underrepresented community in
Seattle for a larger public." Twitter Announcement
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11/05/22 - Nine time Emmy and Murrow Award winning KING 5 Seattle sports anchor/ reporter Chris Egan has some advice for new reporters moving to the rainy Pacific Northwest. He says to bring Ziploc bags. Twitter Post
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11/04/22 - KING 5 Seattle news anchor Steve Bunin has left his position. While details of his departure will not likely be made public, he has stated on his Facebook page, "I'm still in Seattle, but no longer at KING 5. Hopefully, you'll find me on another TV station in town soon."
Following his arrival from ESPN in Houston in 2016, Bunin co-anchored
mornings on KING, but later moved to noon with a.m. appearances.
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11/04/22 - KING 5 Seattle weekend evening anchor/ reporter Madison Wade hosts the station's new offering Unsolved Northwest.
She and her team will go through KING 5 archives and talk to victims'
families and investigators to try to uncover the truth on some of
Washington's nearly 3,000 unsolved homicide cases, and will also branch
out to Oregon and BC. The new segment airs Thursdays at 6:30 and 11
p.m. KING 5 Video
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11/03/22 - Matty B McIntyre has been named Content Director for Ocean CIOC-FM 98.5
Victoria. He’ll also host afternoons starting next month. McIntyre is
currently Content Director for Rogers Media stations in Lethbridge and
Canmore AB and has formerly been on air in the Vancouver market.
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11/02/22
- Former CBC Vancouver staffer René Proulx passed away suddenly in
Ottawa on Oct. 27 at age 73. He worked for more than 35 years at the CBC
before retiring in 2011. He began his career in Vancouver and was soon
working for CBC National News as an editor. From there, he was
transferred to the Parliamentary Bureau in Ottawa, where he worked until
he retired. Arbor Memorial Obituary
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11/02/22 - KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle Live from Argentina kicked off with a searing performance by Lucy Patané on the station's first remote in Buenos Aires. KEXP Video
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11/01/22 - After yesterday's announcement between the Canucks and Rogers, Sportsnet 650 CISL Vancouver has officially released the broadcast team. It includes play by play announcer Brendan Batchelor, analyst Randip Janda and pre and post game hosts Dan Riccio, Satiar Shah and Bik Nizzar. Twitter Announcement
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11/01/22 - All Sports KIRO AM 710 continues in first place with a 7.6 share in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma October 2022 PPM 6+ ratings. News/ Talk KIRO-FM 97.3 moves up to second with a 7.1 share. Classic Hits KJEB-FM 95.7 is third with a 6.4 share. Radio Online
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11/01/22 - Former FOX 13 KCPQ-TV Seattle reporter Tatevik Aprikyan who has left Newsy
tells us, "I have since left that position recently for a new
opportunity and will make that announcement when I am able to." She
joined Newsy in Sept. 2021 with her first show airing in January.
Meanwhile Newsy is going to re-brand as Scripps News beginning Jan. 1, 2023.
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