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NORTHWEST
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AFFILIATES
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The history of Vancouver radio, along with mini bios and photos of
the personalities who made it happen |
ASSOCIATIONS
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Seattle Area Radio Association - Mission is to empower the marketplace with best practices through education and research on how to use Radio effectively. |
CLUBS
DISCUSSION
BOARDS/FORUMS/BLOGS
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The Voice of the Canadian Radio
Industry |
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RadioWest
- Discussion board for radio in the Pacific Northwest and Western Canada with regional
listings, station histories, historical music surveys, promo items and audio archives. |
GUIDES
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pdxradio.com - Portland, Oregon radio - past, present
and future. |
HISTORIES & MEMORIES
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bcradiohistory.com - British Columbia
radio history with lots of photos, nostalgia and audio archives. |
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The Industry - BCIT graduate Mitch Hawes
chronicles the ups and the downs; the
struggles and the achievements; the laughter and the frustration of what it takes to break
into the radio industry. |
Northwest Hall of Radio History
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Dedicated to the media pioneers who
built the region's broadcasting institutions. Through their stories,
the hall interprets the past to inspire others to shape the media of
tomorrow. The hall is curated by Seattle-based radio/TV producer and media historian Feliks Banel. |
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Puget Sound Media - Jason Remington's Seattle radio memories, personalities and listings
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Red
Robinson was spinning the hits on Vancouver’s CJOR while still in high school in
1954 and was the first DJ to play rock’n'roll music on a regular basis in Canada.
He currently hosts the Red
Rock Diner Sundays on CISL AM 650. |
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SPARC is a non-profit organization dedicated
to preserving radio and electronic communications artifacts and history, with an emphasis
on a Canadian perspective |
| VANCOUVER BROADCASTERS |
Listings and broadcast biographies of
radio/TV personalities, plus station history from 1922 to current for Vancouver, B.C. |
| VANCOUVER RADIO MUSEUM |
Over 80 years of Southwest B.C. radio
and television, including a chronological written history, pictures and audio |
INTERNET RADIO
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HouseMusic101.com - Soulful vocals, garage and
other types of pure house music from Seattle |
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Voice
America offers Internet talk radio shows and popular programs on a variety of topics.
Listen to Internet radio broadcasting or host your own Internet talk radio show. |
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WAGRadio - Produced by prominent Vancouver voice over artist, stage and film actor Bill Reiter.
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PUBLIC BROADCASTERS
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Knowledge
Network - British Columbia's Public Educational Television Service, with satellite and
cable feeds and numerous low power translators. |
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National
Public Radio - Based in Washington, DC, NPR is the world's first noncommercial,
satellite-delivered radio system. |
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PBS
- The World Wide Web site for the Public Broadcasting Service. |
RATINGS
SERVICES
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Nielsen - Diary and Portable People Meter ratings for U.S. cities. |
REGULATORY AGENCIES
SCHOOLS
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Broadcast Connection: A music industry talent
placement service with 5,000 students worldwide who train on-site at major radio and TV
stations, recording studios, record labels, film studios and video production companies. |
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Washington
Engineering Institute's Electronics Engineering Technology program trains students to
troubleshoot, calibrate, repair and maintain electronic and electro-mechanical devices.
Students learn DC, AC, SemiConductor, Digital, RF, Troubleshooting, Fiber, Laser, etc.
The instructor has a background in RF.
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SERVICES
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Since 1962 BTS has been involved in
the design and maintenance of radio stations in western Canada. Broadcast Engineer
Dan Roach wrote a monthly column for Broadcast
Dialogue Magazine. His articles are available here. |
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Imagine Words and Music - A creative and
production resource based on Canada's west coast retained by more than 300 radio stations
across North America and offshore |
TRIBUTES
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