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9/30/23 - Louie Tran joins the KIRO 7 Seattle newsroom. He has most recently been a weekend evening anchor/ reporter at WXII-TV 12 Winston-Salem, NC. He holds a Bachelors Degree in Business Administration at the University of Washington. X Posting
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9/30/23 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Ted Farr
has been diagnosed with esophageal cancer. He was the Program Director
at CKWX/ KISS FM from 1981-91 and for the past five years has been News
Director and morning news anchor at CKFR AM 1150 Kelowna. Facebook Announcement
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9/30/23 - C-FUN
Vancouver DJ Red Robinson struck back after popular Vancouver Sun
columnist Jack Scott infuriated radio listeners with comments in his
September 2, 1964 column. Scott ran Robinson's retort in full in his
September 29 column. Ironically, Scott had defended Elvis Presley in
1956 following comments by another popular Sun columnist, Jack
Wasserman. John Mackie, The Sun
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9/28/23 - The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) has established the Roy Hennessy Achievement Award for Excellence in Broadcasting.
Each year, the top student in BCIT's Broadcast Radio program will
receive a $1000 scholarship award. Hennessy started his career at CKOK
Penticton in 1962, then entertained at CKLG and CKLG-FM/ CFOX-FM
Vancouver from 1964-79 before moving to management positions in Alberta,
Manitoba and Ontario. He later returned to Vancouver as the Chairman of
Shore Media Group (CHHR-FM) from 2008-10. He passed away June 7, 2022
at age 80.
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9/27/23 - KING 5 Seattle Emmy award-winning reporter Maddie White
is credited with saving a life last night while on the job. She
administered Narcan to revive a man who had overdosed out on the
street. Jake Whittenberg, X Video
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9/26/23 - A new marketing campaign from KING 5 Seattle features viewers who have a strong relationship with the station’s morning newscast. KING’s marketing director Jay Yovanovich says the viewers used in the testimonial campaign reached out to the station to say they love watching the morning news. Paul Greeley, TVNewsCheck
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9/25/23 - With some grant money from the Community Radio Fund of Canada's Local Journalism Initiative, listener-supported CHLY-FM 101.7 Nanaimo is re-starting a non-profit newsroom. Lauryn Mackenzie hosts and produces Midcoast Morning. Former Assistant News Director Mick Sweetman returns as local news reporter. CHLY Announcement
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9/23/23 - Long
time Vancouver broadcaster and later video and film producer Jim
Morrison passed away today at age 80. He had been treated for bladder
cancer, which returned. Early in his career he was noted for his
reconstruction of Vancouver Mounties baseball away games on CKWX. He
later held positions at several other Vancouver stations and also worked
at CBC in Calgary before becoming a video and film producer &
owner/ manager of Morrison Productions. Facebook Posting
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9/23/23 - Chris Nunley has announced he has joined KTUL-TV Tulsa as its Chief Meteorologist. He left his position at KING 5 Seattle last month to "handle some difficult family health issues". X Posting
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9/21/23 - After taking a summer break, CityNews Vancouver and Calgary Director Charmaine de Silva
has announced she is leaving journalism & media. The 2007 BCIT
Broadcast Journalism graduate has been with Rogers since 2018. She
hasn't yet announced her next position. X Posting
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9/21/23 - CBC Vancouver producer Dan Getz has been appointed Associate Dean, Broadcast and Media Communications at BCIT.
He has been with CBC for 20 years and was previously an instructor at
BCIT's School of Business and Media for 10 years, teaching Media Law,
Writing for the Media, and Advanced Journalism. LinkedIn Announcement
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9/21/23 - Veteran Vancouver broadcaster Rob Fai begins hosting weekend mornings on CKNW AM 980 effective October 7th. He fills the slot formerly hosted by Stirling Faux, who recently moved to p.m. drive at Wave CIWV-FM 98.3.
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9/19/23 - Global BC anchor/ producer Julie Nolin
is undergoing chemotherapy to treat triple positive, invasive ductal
carcinoma, an aggressive form of breast cancer. She is doing her best to
stay working and intends to be a more active voice in the early
detection of the desease. X Announcement
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9/14/23 - David Bray,
President of Bray & Partners Communications, looks at the latest
Numeris ratings for Vancouver and the four other Canadian PPM radio
markets covering May 29 to August 27. David Bray Overview
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9/12/23 -
Tributes continue to pour in from colleagues, friends, family, listeners
and viewers for Vancouver broadcaster Kuljeet Kaila, who died Sunday
from brain cancer. She was 46. CBC News/ Video Dan Burritt, CBC Video
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9/12/23 - Robyn Crawford has accepted the position of Assistant News Director at CityNews 1130
CKWX Vancouver. The 2017 BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate has been a
producer, anchor and news manager there since March 2021. X Posting
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9/10/23
- Well known Vancouver broadcaster Kuljeet Kaila passed away this
morning at Surrey Memorial Hospital after undergoing treatment for an
aggressive form of brain cancer. She had worked at a number of local
radio and TV stations since 1998 and most recently had been a reporter
and anchor with CBC Vancouver. Connie Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue Daily Hive
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9/10/23 - The
CRTC has approved an application by Four Senses Entertainment Inc. to
operate a new commercial FM radio station in Squamish. It will operate
at 99.7 MHz with a maximum ERP of 5,000 watts at -349.9 metres EHAAT
with a album-oriented alternative and rock format. CRTC Release
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9/10/23 - KOMO-TV
Seattle signed on for the first time on December 10, 1953, now
approaching its 70th anniversary. For the rest of this year KOMO will be
producing stories that take viewers back in time to revisit the people
and events that have defined the station. Eric Johnson, KOMO News/ Video
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9/10/23 - Former Canadian blind Paralympic Games swimmer Donovan Tildesley,
who was unfortunately kicked off a Virgin Voyages Caribbean cruise last
November, has now been contracted to Virgin as an accessibility
consultant. In late August, he was invited on board Virgin Voyages 50th
anniversary VIP cruise, where he met Virgin founder Sir Richard Branson.
Tildesley is a past owner and co-founder of Whistler FM CKEE 101.5. Shannon Paterson, CTV News/ Video
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9/08/23 - Legislative Bureau Chief Bhinder Sajan, who recently left her position at CTV Vancouver is now the Deputy Director of Communications at the Office of the Premier of British Columbia. She had been in the position at CTV since 2015.
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9/07/23 - Country The Wolf KKWF-FM 100.7 continues its lead in the Nielsen Seattle-Tacoma August 2023 PPM 6+ ratings with a 7.9 share. KUOW-FM 94.9 moves up to second with 6.8. Classic Hits The Jet KJEB-FM 95.7 is third with a 5.9 share. Radio Online
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9/06/23 - Former Vancouver news personality Scott Hurst has left his current position at CP24 Toronto, where he has worked since April 2022. He was an anchor reporter for CTV Vancouver for 9-1/5 years before departing for Toronto last year. Hurst becomes a correspondent for CTV National News. X Posting
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9/02/23 - The Sound KSWD-FM 94.1
Seattle showed impressive growth from June to July moving 25-54
from 12th-ranked to sixth. The Sound's music is primarily 80s with the
mix spanning from the occasional 60s-70s track to more recent
hits. InsideRadio
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