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- 12/31/05 - The Reverend Art Hives died December
15 in Victoria at the age of 80. He hosted a Saturday afternoon jazz program on CKMO
Vancouver from 1947 to the early 1950s, narrated CBC-TV Vancouver productions Skidrow
in 1956 and The Heart of the Thing in 1962 and hosted meditation interludes on
CFMI-FM Vancouver in the 1970s. A memorial service will be held Saturday, January
14, 2006 at 2 p.m. at St. Mary's Kerrisdale Anglican Church at 37th & Larch in
Vancouver. Sun/Province
obituary
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- 12/30/05 - Legendary KJR, KOL and KYYX-FM Seattle
DJ Lan Roberts died this morning in Bonham TX from complications associated with lung
cancer. Following his Seattle gigs, he jocked in Honolulu, Taipei and San
Francisco. He is survived by his daughter Jodi Lipford Smith and her husband Stan,
who host mornings at Miss 98 WWMS-FM 97.5
Oxford (Tupelo) MS. Lan Roberts' website
Background/audio Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 12/28/05 - An advance copy of the January 2006
edition of Clay's Corner, prepared for the Seattle Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers Newsletter The
Waveguide is offered here
as a courtesy to our readers.
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- 12/28/05 - The Mike Webb blog indicates that the KIRO AM 710 Seattle talk show host has exited the
station. Webb has been off his show since last week, after being charged with
insurance fraud (Seattle Times 12/22/05 link below). Christine
Clarridge, Seattle Times. Meanwhile, Adam Carolla moves to mornings at The
End KNDD-FM 107.7 starting January 3.
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- 12/23/05 - South Asian Broadcasting's new
Vancouver FM station has started transmitter testing on 93.1, identifying as CKYE, Red
FM coming soon. The station's website lists the call letters as CFMW-FM, however the Industry Canada database
confirms the CKYE-FM calls.
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- 12/21/05 - The CRTC has approved application by
South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc. to increase the average ERP from 2,800 to 4,200
and decrease the HAAT of its newly licensed Vancouver ethnic FM station CFMW-FM 93.1. CRTC details
Meanwhile the Commission has received application by Rogers Broadcasting
Limited to increase ERP from 720 to 17,700 watts and decrease HAAT to 99.6 meters of its
channel 21 Victoria rebroadcaster of OMNI.10 CHNU-TV/66
Fraser Valley. CRTC details
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- 12/12/05 - CBUT-DT/58
Vancouver began testing its new digital transmitter at noon today with regular
transmission sheduled to begin in two weeks. Photos can be viewed at Digital Home Forums.
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- 12/09/05 - CBUT-DT/58
Vancouver is scheduled to begin testing its new digital transmitter Monday, December 12.
Regular transmission should begin within two weeks. Authorized power is 30,500 watts
at 616 meters HAAT from the CBC's Mount Seymour tower at 49-21-12 122-57-18.
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- 12/07/05 - A strategic industry alliance has been
announced to roll out HD radio, which now is being broadcast by more than a dozen Seattle-Tacoma FM
stations. Radio Ink
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- 12/05/05 - Vancouver Fall 2005 BBM 12+ ratings
have been released. News/talk CKNW AM 980
increases its lead with a 14.8 share, AC QM/FM CHQM-FM
103.5 is second with 8.8 and Jack CKLG-FM
96.9 is third with 7.3. Of note is CBC Radio One, which dropped
considerably in both Vancouver and Victoria. Puget Sound Radio details
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- 12/05/05 - Despite takeover rumors, Jim Waters
says there are no plans to sell CHUM Ltd. after
the death this weekend of his father Allan Waters. CHUM owns seven radio and TV
stations in Vancouver and Victoria. Grant
Robertson, The Globe & Mail
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- 12/03/05 - The transmitter for The Wolf KQBZ-FM 100.7 Seattle underwent some engineering
adjustments yesterday to restore high frequency response, which had been rolled off to
accomodate its previous talk format.
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- 12/03/05 - Canadian broadcast pioneer Allan
Waters died early this morning in hospital in Toronto. Waters, the founder of
CHUM Ltd. was 84. He began his career in 1954 with the purchase of CHUM radio in
Toronto, which grew to 33 radio, 12 TV and 21 specialty channels, including CFUN, CKST,
CHQM-FM and CKVU-TV Vancouver and CFAX, CHBE-FM and CIVI-TV Victoria. The
Globe & Mail
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- 12/02/05 - The CRTC has approved application by
Multivan Broadcast Corporation for an extension of the time limit to Dec. 3, 2006 to start
operation of its new Victoria rebroadcaster of CHNM-TV/42
Vancouver. The new Victoria station is to operate on channel 29 with an ERP of 3300
watts. CRTC
decision The Commission also has approved application by B.C.I.T. Radio Society
for an extension to June 30, 2006 to start operation of its new campus station in Burnaby
to operate on 107.9 MHz with an ERP of 12 watts. CRTC decision
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- 12/01/05 - KUOW-FM
94.9 Seattle is taking HD radio multicasting to new levels by running three HD program
streams, all of them talk programming. This is in addition to the station's regular
analog FM signal. On multicasting-ready HD radios, the streams read out as KUOW-HD1,
KUOW-HD2 or KUOW-HD3.
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- 12/01/05 - Canada's Yodeling Cowboy Eric
Edwards, aka Alberta Slim died November 25th in
Surrey BC at the age of 95. He performed at stations in Regina and Saskatoon in the
thirties and forties before landing a morning gig at CKNW New Westminster in 1947. Sun/Province
obituary
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- 11/30/05 - After a monotonous countdown for
several hours, The Buzz KQBZ-FM 100.7
Seattle became The Wolf at noon with a
Country format and 10,000 songs commercial free.
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- 11/30/05 - KISW-FM
99.9 Seattle has announced that BJ Shea will replace Howard Stern mornings, beginning
January 3. Ricker moves up to mid-days and The Men's Room moves from The
Buzz KQBZ-FM 100.7 to afternoon drive.
Meanwhile, KQBZ-FM 100.7 continues
stunting, which started earlier this morning, with a countdown to 12 noon. At that
time it is scheduled to flip to Country as The Wolf. Lisa Wood Blog details
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- 11/30/05 - U.S. analog TV transmitters will go
dark in 2009 with subsidies available for converters. Charles Pope, Seattle P-I
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- 11/29/05 - A live press conference is scheduled
for Wednesday, November 30 at 11 a.m. to announce the replacement for Howard Stern on KISW-FM 99.9 Seattle.
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- 11/28/05 - Seattle-Tacoma Arbitron Fall '05 P1
ratings have been released. R&R
details
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- 11/26/05 - Clear Channel is now multicasting the
HD digital signals of KUBE-FM 93.3 and KJR-FM 95.7 Seattle. KUBE-FM HD2 is carrying a
jukebox-type music feed and KJR-FM HD2 is simulcasting KJR AM 950.
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- 11/25/05 - Reports have been received that
newscasters Mike Cleaver and Drew Snider have been released from Vancouver market CKNW AM 980. Cleaver had anchored news at prominent
stations such as CHUM, CFRB and CFTR in Toronto prior to starting with 'NW in 2001.
Snider had hosted and anchored at several stations in western Canada, including Vancouver
and Victoria, before joining the station in 2004.
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- 11/24/05 - Actor and movie reviewer John
Procaccino fills in, as KIRO AM 710 Seattle looks for a replacement mid-morning host.
Bill Virgin,
Seattle P-I
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- 11/16//05 - Bob Gibbons died November 13th at his
home in suburban Victoria at age 62. He was a radio announcer for 30 years at CJCA
Edmonton during the 1960s and in Calgary, Saint John NB, Winnipeg, Montreal, North Bay,
and CKDA Victoria. Times-Colonist
obituary
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- 11/10/05 - Broadcasts of next season's Sonics
basketball and University of Washington football and basketball games are still
undecided. Christmas music is on the horizon. Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 11/09/05 - The FCC has granted a construction
permit to Venture Technologies Group LLC for a new low-power TV station on channel 38 in
Bellingham. K38JH
will operate with a power of 30 kW at 48-40-45 122-50-31.
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- 11/08/05 - Call letters for South Asian
Broadcasting Corporation's new ethnic station in Vancouver will be CFMW-FM 93.1. The station, which is currently
hiring, received CRTC
approval on July 21, 2005.
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- 11/07/05 - Canada's commercial radio stations are
fighting a multimillion-dollar decision by the federal copyright regulator to increase the
amount broadcasters must pay musicians for the right to play their songs. Grant
Robertson, The Globe and Mail
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- 11/04/05 - Management has been shuffled and two
positions have been cut at KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle in
addition to programming ending on KXOT-FM
91.7 Tacoma. No announcement has been made on what will replace its signal on
91.7. Bill Virgin,
Seattle P-I
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- 11/04/05 - The FCC has granted application by EBC
Seattle Inc. to move KUSE-LP/58 to channel 30 with an increase in power to 125 kW.
Transmitter location is unchanged at 47-36-17
122-19-16
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- 11/04/05 - The FCC has granted involuntary
transfer of control of KBRD AM 680 and KLDY AM 1280 Lacey from Skip Marrow to Norma Jean
Hissong. The previous owner of the stations, Skip Marrow died March 13th 2005 at age
68 after a two year battle with lung cancer.
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- 11/02/05 - Based in Vancouver, CBC Radio 3 will operate as a 24-hour music station
that plays independent Canadian artists across all genres, from rock and hip-hop to
electronica and alt-country. It will be available to satellite subscribers across
North America when Sirius Canada begins
offering its services next month. Alexandra
Gill, The Globe and Mail
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- 11/01/05 - The Jim Pattison Broadcast Group and Island Radio Ltd. have announced that Island
Radio Ltd. of Nanaimo has agreed to sell its six radio stations (and related assets) to
the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group. Paul
Larsen will continue to lead the Island Radio team and all of Island Radio’s staff
members will be offered positions with the Pattison Group. The sale is subject to
CRTC approval. Island Radio release
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- 11/01/05 - CBC
Radio One is revamping its afternoon programming starting Monday with more pop music
and news updates and Freestyle, a new prerush-hour show broadcast nationally from
Vancouver. Guy
Dixon, The Globe and Mail
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- 10/27/05 - A judge has upheld his earlier ruling
that required talk-show hosts Kirby Wilbur and John Carlson to report their on-air support
for Initiative 912 as campaign contributions. Chris McGann, Seattle P-I
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- 10/26/05 - Three Infinity owned FM stations in
the Seattle area, KMPS-FM 94.1, KZOK-FM 102.5 and KBKS-FM
106.1, are the latest to add a second channel of HD Radio. Country KMPS adds
Classic Country to HD-2 and Classic Rock KZOK has added the programming of Progressive
Talk KPTK AM 1090 to its HD-2 channel. The stations join KPLU-FM 88.5 and KUOW-FM
94.9, which are already airing two channels of HD.
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- 10/24/05 - CBC Radio 3 personality Alexis Mazurin
died Thursday evening (October 20) in Vancouver at the age of 27. He had been
attending the annual Burning Man art festival in Nevada's Black Rock Desert in early
September when he suffered a massive heart attack in his sleep. The Penticton BC
born Mazurin was rushed to hospital in Reno where he fell into a coma, then was
transferred to Vancouver's St. Paul's Hospital in mid-September. CBC
News
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- 10/21/05 - Country KMPS-FM
94.1 slips slightly, but retains first place in the Arbitron 12+ Summer '05
Seattle-Tacoma radio ratings. R&R
details
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- 10/20/05 - All radio licenses in Washington
expire February 2, 2006 and now is the time for public comment. Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 10/17/05 - Commercial-free KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle has embraced technology to overcome a
limited signal and emerge as a national tastemaker in indie music, enjoying a
word-of-mouth-fueled popularity boom. KOMO News Gene
Johnson A/P USA Today
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- 10/16/05 - CHMZ-FM
90.1 Tofino has signed on with continuous music. "Chimz" is a local
aboriginal word for the station slogan The Bear. Programming and local
personalities are set to be introduced in the near future.
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- 10/15/05 - It isn't local, but it is of local
interest. Radio Revolution: The Rise & Fall of the Big 8, the history
of CKLW Windsor ON, which dominated the Detroit airwaves during the 1960s and 70s, was
aired in April 2004 on History Television Canada, but was unavailable to viewers south of
the border. The Gemini Award winning feature length documentary is now available on
DVD for shipment to both the U.S. and Canada at Radio Revolution DVD.
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- 10/15/05 - The Vancouver Sun
(subscriber-only link to story) reports that Rafe
Mair's departure from CKBD AM 600 was mutual, and
due to the program no longer generating the revenue required to pay for itself. The
73 year old Mair's annual salary was over $200,000 and he will be paid until his contract
expires in August, 2006. He continues with editorials three times a week on
Vancouver market OMNI.10 CHNU-TV/66, but
plans to take a vacation, then find another radio position.
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- 10/14/05 - Talk show host and former lawyer and
Social Credit MLA, Rafe Mair has left his program
at CKBD AM 600 Vancouver after two years with the
station. Mair was fired in the summer of 2003 from CKNW
AM 980 after 19 years in the host's seat because of accusations that he had been
harassing a female co-worker, using foul language and making critical comments about the
station's owner, Corus Entertainment. Global
Television reported Thursday that Mair's on-air ratings had plummeted by nearly 60 per
cent since he first went on the air at 600 AM.
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- 10/14/05 - The CRTC has announced application by
McBride Communications & Media Inc. to operate an FM commercial station in Ucluelet on
99.5 MHz with an ERP of 180 watts CRTC details; application
by Douglas Malcom McLeanto to operate a community-based campus station in
Abbotsford on 88.5 MHz with an ERP of 300 watts CRTC details;
and by Multivan Broadcast Corporation to operate a multilingual ethnic digital TV station
in Vancouver associated with its existing station CHNM-TV/42
on channel 20 with an ERP of 1,354 watts CRTC details.
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- 10/13/05 - Industry Canada has assigned call
letters CJRJ for the new ethnic station recently approved
to operate at 1200 kHz in Vancouver. The station will operate with 25,000 watts
day/night at 49-11-00
123-03-44.
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- 10/13/05 - News and current day photos of several
DJs from the heyday of Top Forty radio at CFUN Vancouver and KJR Seattle are featured at
the Red Robinson website.
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- 10/13/05 - KUOW-FM
94.9 Seattle has acquired KVSN AM 1340 Tumwater and
will convert it, beginning today, to a simulcast of news, information and National Public
Radio programming. KUOW will manage the station pending FCC approval of the sale at
a price of $500,000. Call letters will change to KUOW AM. Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 10/12/05 - CBU-FM-7
99.9 Chilliwack, which repeats CBU-FM 105.7 Vancouver, began regular CBC Radio Two
service to Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley today at 6 a.m. This follows over seven
weeks of test programming and non-stop classical music from the Galaxie network, due to
the now resolved CBC lockout. The station operates with 790 watts at 218.4 meters
HAAT at 49-06-36 121-50-47.
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- 10/11/05 - The CRTC
has denied application by Channel M CHNM-TV/42
Vancouver to replace the restriction on the number of hours of programs it may broadcast
in South Asian and Chinese languages with a restriction on the number of hours of programs
it may broadcast in any one third-language. CRTC decision
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- 10/10/05 - On November 29, legendary band leader Dal Richards will receive Vancouver's highest
honor, the Freedom of the City Award. The 87 year old Order of Canada
and Order of B.C. award winner has played every New Years Eve in the city since
the 1930s and plans to do so again this year. He continues to host Dal's Place weekly on CKBD AM 600.
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- 10/10/05 - Canadian broadcasters have asked the CRTC to postpone its review of conventional radio in the
wake of new technologies. Simon
Tuck, Globe and Mail
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- 10/05/05 - Seattle-based Fisher Communications has announced the appointment of
Colleen B. Brown as President and CEO effective October 10, replacing Benjamin W. Tucker,
Jr., who will leave the Company to pursue other interests. Fisher
news release
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- 10/05/05 - The CBC is expected to be in full
operation by October 11, with some members returning to get Hockey Night in Canada on the
air by this Saturday. Terry
Weber, Globe and Mail
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- 10/04/05 - A wake is scheduled for Wednesday (10/05)
at 1 p.m. at Andy's Diner, 2963 4th Ave. S. in Seattle, to celebrate the life of DJ Jerry
Kay, who died September 24 at his home in Seaside, OR at age 67. Renowned
broadcasters Pat O'Day, Mike Phillips, Dan Holiday and many others are expected to attend.
January 1985 Jerry
Kay aircheck at KHIT-FM from Puget Sound
Radio
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- 10/03/05 - After a dismal 2004, six new TV series
shot in B.C. have premiered or will debut this fall, with the potential to employ as many
as 1,200 people full-time. Marke
Andrews, Vancouver Sun
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- 09/30/05 - The Province radio columnist presents his
third annual Traffie Awards to Vancouver broadcasters. Joe
Leary, The Province
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- 09/29/05 - Shock talk host Tom Leykis hosts an
evening of comedy performances at the Paramount Theatre; more on the passing of Jerry Kay;
Tony Ventrella leaves KIRO AM 710 following the
departure of Allan Prell. Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 09/27/05 - The FCC has accepted for filing,
involuntary transfer of control of KBRD AM 680
and KLDY AM 1280 Lacey from Skip Marrow to Norma
Jean Hissong. The previous owner of the stations, Skip Marrow died March 13th 2005 at age
68 after a two year battle with lung cancer.
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- 09/26/05 - Early 1960s KOL and KJR Seattle DJ Jerry
Kay has died at his home in Seaside OR, following a lengthy illness. Kay (also
spelled Kaye) moved on to PD at KNEW Spokane before heading to WLS Chicago, later
returning to the all night show at KJR. Early KJR photo
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- 09/23/05 - BC's first daily prime-time current
affairs television program interlaced with spirituality will launch on OMNI TV CHNU-TV/66 Fraser Valley starting Monday, September 26th
at 9 p.m. The Standard, hosted by long-time News1130 CKWX Vancouver reporter/anchor Andrew Dawson, will
feature seven commentators, including popular local broadcaster Rafe Mair. OMNI TV release
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- 09/23/05 - Country KMPS-FM
94.1 continues to hold the lead, as news KOMO AM
1000 moves up from fourth to third in the Arbitron Summer '05 P2 12+ Seattle/Tacoma
ratings. R&R
info
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- 09/22/05 - The BBM Summer 2005 12+ ratings have been
released for Vancouver, with news/talk CKNW AM 980 holding its lead over A/C CHQM-FM 103.5
and Radio One CBU AM 690. Puget Sound Radio details
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- 09/22/05 - Owners of the Jack trademark in
Vancouver and Nashville are tracking down infringements, including three current disputes
with Clear Channel stations. Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 09/21/05 - The FCC has accepted for filing,
application by Jodesha Broadcasting Inc. for a new station to operate at 1140 kHz in
Aberdeen. If approved, the station will operate with 5 kW day/2.5 night, directional
night only, at 46-58-19
123-46-18.
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- 09/21/05 - An audio clip of the September 2nd flip
of CJAV-FM 93.3 Port Alberni from AM can be heard at BroadcastWest.ca The site also features
dozens of excellent quality photos of Island Radio
group stations.
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- 09/21/05 - Award winning Spokane journalist Ross
Woodward, whose many accomplishments included reporting on the UN Habitat Conference in
Vancouver in 1976, died September 10th at the age of 78. He was born in Cardston AB,
worked at stations in Boise, Yakima and Portland, and is survived by several relatives in
the Seattle area. Spokesman-Review
obituary
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- 09/15/05 - Geico is currently the top advertiser
nationally on radio, but recently got edged out in the Seattle market by the Puyallup
Fair. Bill
Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 09/14/05 - Bryan Lowe, 26-year station veteran
and former announcer who helped launch online broadcasts at KING-FM
98.1 Seattle, has been named Operations/Program Director. KING-FM press release
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- 09/11/05 - This week, multi award winning
broadcaster Tony
Parsons celebrates 30 years as host of BCTV News on Global BC CHAN-TV/8 Vancouver.
His career began in radio in 1957 at age 17 in Stratford ON. He moved to television
as the late evening news anchor at CFTO-TV Toronto in the late 1960s, becoming the west
coast correspondent for CTV National news in 1974. His 6 p.m. show is the most
watched English language newscast in Canada. Parsons is also vice-president of news
and public affairs at the station.
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- 09/09/05 - Cabinet has upheld a CRTC decision to
issue two satellite radio licences in Canada after the applicants agreed to increase
Canadian content and French-language service. CP/Globe
and Mail
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- 09/08/05 - ABC
Radio Networks will produce and distribute the Jack-FM format to US markets ranked
41st or smaller through an exclusive agreement with SparkNet Communications.
SparkNet was formed in July 2005 by Vancouver-based Bohn
& Associates Media and Nashville-based Wall Media to manage growth of the format.
Katy
Bachman, Mediaweek
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- 09/08/05 - The successor to the annual Electronic
Equipment Expo, Sea-Con 2005 will showcase the
latest equipment and technologies of interest to professionals in the broadcast, recording
and multimedia presentation industries from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. September 15 at the Boeing Museum of Flight, Boeing Field. SBE16 info
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- 09/08/05 - Three "do-it-yourself" radio
programs air in Seattle. KPTK AM 1090 shuffles weekday programming to focus on West
Coast hosts. Bill
Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 09/07/05 - IBOC or HD Radio looks favorable on FM,
but not so on AM and HD has only one car maker on board so far. Most Seattle FM
stations are now running RDS. September Clay's Corner
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- 09/07/05 - A seven-person ad hoc cabinet committee
has decided to do nothing about an appeal against the CRTC ruling to approve satellite
radio in Canada. But there are still other options prior to the September 14 cut-off
date. Simon
Tuck, Globe and Mail
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- 09/06/05 - Both Sirius Canada and Canadian Satellite
Radio (XM) have filed commitments with the CRTC to each include eight Canadian produced
channels -- four of them French language. CNW Group: Sirius
Canada Canadian
Satellite Radio
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- 09/05/05 - KCTS-TV/9
and KOMO-TV/4 Seattle join together for a 90-minute
fundraising telethon Tuesday, September 6 from 7:30-9 p.m. to aid victims of Hurricane
Katrina. KCTS info
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- 09/05/05 - NOWTV CHNU-TV/66 Fraser Valley has rebranded as OMNI.10 (10
signifies its cable TV position). Meanwhile, it's new transmitter, CHNU-TV-1
Victoria is in operation on channel 21.
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- 09/05/05 - CJAV-FM
93.3 Port Alberni officially signed on at 9:33 a.m. Friday, September 2 as The
Peak with music of the "70's, 80's, 90's and now". The station
received CRTC
authorization April 18, 2005 to move to FM with simulcasting on its old AM 1240
position for a period of three months.
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- 09/02/05 - After 28 years on local airwaves, the
final edition of Sports Page will air tonight at 11 on CH CHEK-TV/6 Victoria. The popular
program began on CKVU-TV/10 (now called Citytv)
Vancouver when it was an independent local station operating on UHF channel 21. The
show moved to CH in September 2001 following ownership and network shuffles at
several Vancouver area TV stations. Over the years it was hosted by some of the best
known local and national sportscasters including Paul Carson, Craig MacEwen, Barry
MacDonald, Blake Price, Dave Randorf, John Shorthouse and Don Taylor.
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- 09/02/05 - KIRO AM
710 Seattle reporter Chris Sullivan provides updates on Huricane Katrina's aftermath
in the Gulf as sister station WWL AM 870 New Orleans
feeds live Internet coverage.
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- 09/02/05 - Hall of Fame DJ Red Robinson will feature One Hit Wonders
on his weekly program noon-4 this Sunday, September 4 on Vancouver market CISL AM 650. Programming can be heard world-wide
via the station's website.
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- 09/01/05 - Veteran broadcaster and Sounds Like
Canada host Shelagh Rogers visits locked out CBC colleagues in Victoria. Louise
Dickson, Times Colonist
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- 08/29/05 - A study commissioned last month by Sirius
Canada revealed 76% of Canadians support the CRTC's decision to approve satellite radio in
Canada. CNW
Group
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- 08/26/05 - Veteran DJ China Smith died Monday at age
61 following a heart attack. Prior to entertaining Los Angeles audiences for most of
his 30 years there, he jocked at KING radio in Seattle in 1970. R&R details
Photo courtesy LARadio.com 1986 aircheck
from LARadio
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- 08/26/05 - Country KMPS-FM
94.1 still leads in the Summer '05 P1 Arbitron 12+ Seattle-Tacoma radio ratings, but
with a slightly reduced margin. R&R
details
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- 08/26/05 - The CBC has applied to the City of
Vancouver to add two high-rise residential towers to its building. Globe
and Mail
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- 08/25/05 - The FCC has accepted for filing
applications to move KLSY-FM 92.5 and KWJZ-FM 98.9 to a nearby tower on West Tiger Mountain.
The changes will result in slightly lower elevation, different ERP's and omni vs.
current directional antennas. The stations are expected to be in the new site by
early 2006. With a CP issued and moving shortly to the same site from Cougar
Mountain is KJAQ-FM 96.5. FCC data: KLSY-FM
KWJZ-FM
KJAQ-FM
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- 08/21/05 - CBU-FM-7 99.9 Chilliwack, which will
rebroadcast CBC Radio Two CBU-FM 105.7
Vancouver, has begun testing. Regular programming will start at the end of the test
period. The CRTC approved
the new station on September 7, 2004 to operate with 790 watts at 218.4 meters HAAT at
49-06-36 121-50-47.
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- 08/18/05 - The CRTC
has ruled that CFAX AM 1070 Victoria breached the
provision of the Radio Regulations that prohibits the broadcast of abusive comment,
following a listener complaint concerning a segment of the open-line program Talk Radio
broadcast on September 27, 2004. The Commission has required the licensee to develop
guidelines for open-line programming to be submitted within three months. CRTC ruling
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- 08/17/05 - CTV Inc.
has announced that virtually every hour in prime-time in the 2005-06 season will be
broadcast in High Definition on CTV HD East Toronto and CTV HD West (CIVT-DT/33) Vancouver. Broadcaster
Magazine
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- 08/17/05 - More than 90% of independent Canadian
artists support licensing of satellite radio in a survey which comes as the Federal
Cabinet is considering appeals from various special interest groups. Broadcaster
Magazine
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- 08/15/05 - The FCC has granted a construction permit
to KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle to increase power from 3300 to
4700 watts at its existing HAAT of 211 meters. FCC
info
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- 08/13/05 - KEXP-FM
90.3 Seattle leads the way with podcasts and says it will become the first to make
live radio broadcasts suitable for cellphones and handheld organizers. Dina
Bass, Seattle Times
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- 08/12/05 - Canada's national public broadcaster, the
CBC has given lockout notice to 5500 Canadian Media Guild
employees, which could go into effect at 12:01 a.m. ET Monday. The action could have
a significant impact on program schedules, particularly radio and online coverage. Broadcaster
Magazine CBC
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- 08/12/05 - Already on air, the official start-up
date for Clear Channel's new KMNT-FM 104.3 Chehalis is next
Tuesday, August 16 at the Southwest
Washington Fair. The station brings the second country format to the market.
CP for the new station was granted in mid-June for a non-directional antenna with
an ERP of 2.35 Kw at 322 meters HAAT at 46-33-18
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- 08/11/05 - Updates on national items with local
interest: Payola probe continues and Clear Channel reports on its "less is more"
campaign. Bill
Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 08/10/05 - The controversy continues in Seattle
between hot talk and political advertising. KING5.com
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- 08/09/05 - It has been confirmed that CFCP Radio Ltd. Courtenay/Campbell River/Powell
River/Port Hardy, which was recently sold to a Calgary group headed by Margot Micallef, is
Vista Broadcast Group, owner of Sun FM CJSU-FM
89.7 Duncan. Today, it was announced that Vista also has purchased Cariboo Central Interior Radio Inc., the holder of
eleven licenses in Prince George, Quesnel, Williams Lake, 100 Mile House, Smithers, Burns
Lake and Vanderhoof in the B.C. interior. The acquisitions are subject to CRTC
approval.
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- 08/09/05 - Early 1990s CKLG Vancouver jock turned
voice-over talent, David Kaye has signed a
lucrative deal as the voice of FSN, Fox Sports Network. Broadcaster
Magazine
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- 08/08/05 - CJAV-FM 93.3 Port Alberni started signal
testing this morning. CJAV AM 1240 was given
the nod by the CRTC April 18th to move to the FM band. The station expects to be
operating from its new studio in the next couple of weeks.
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- 08/02/05 - The New VI ages, as CIVI-TV/53 Victoria rebrands itself today as A-Channel.
Also re-branding are its CHUM Limited
counterparts in Ottawa/Pembroke, London, Windsor, Wingham and Barrie ON.
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- 08/01/05 - According to redrobinson.com, John Ashbridge, long-time news
announcer at Vancouver market CKNW AM 980 has tendered
his resignation. Other than a couple of stints away from the station, Ashbridge has
been with 'NW since 1965 and is one of seven to win RTNDA (Canada) lifetime achievement
awards for 2005. He will continue as the PA announcer at Vancouver Canucks home
games. This news follows the announcement Friday that Dr. Sport, Greg
Douglas was stepping down as Sports Director of JRfm CJJR-FM 93.7 / CKBD AM 600
Vancouver, a position he has held since the early 1990s. Douglas was the Canucks PR
Director and Assistant GM before breaking into radio sports in the early 1970s.
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- 07/30/05 - CFCP
Radio Ltd. Courtenay/Campbell River/Powell River/Port Hardy has been sold to a Calgary
group, headed by Margot Micallef, who is also behind the recent purchase of B-K Radio in Castlegar/Nelson/Trail B.C. Coast
Radio CFCP was founded in 1959 by Billy Browne, the son of broadcast pioneer William
J. Billy Browne and operated by his wife Norma after the death of Billy Jr. on
April 10, 1990. CFWB Campbell River was added in 1963 and CFNI Port Hardy in
1979. CFCP Radio acquired CHQB Powell River from Sunshine Coast Broadcasting in
1997. The purchases are subject to CRTC approval. Comox
Valley Record
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- 07/28/05 - Country KMPS-FM
94.1 pulls further ahead of the pack in the Spring '05 Arbitron 12+ Seattle-Tacoma
radio ratings. R&R
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- 07/27/05 - The FCC has granted assignment of license
for KNTB AM 1480 Lakewood and KBRO AM 1490 Bremerton from FTP Corporation to Seattle
Streaming Radio LLC. Sale of the two stations for $900,000 was announced in March.
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- 07/21/05 - The CRTC has approved application
by South Asian Broadcasting Corporation Inc. for a new commercial specialty FM (ethnic)
station directed at South Asian audiences in Vancouver to operate at 93.1 MHz with an
average ERP of 2,800 watts. CRTC Decision
Application
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- 07/21/05 - The CRTC has approved application by I.T.
Productions Ltd. for a new ethnic station directed at South Asian audiences in Vancouver
to operate at 1200 kHz with a power of 25,000 watts. CRTC Decision
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- 07/20/05 - CHFR-FM 96.5 Hornby Island is expected to
be on the air by this fall. The new 5 watt Hornby Community Radio Society station
was originally licensed to operate at 91.5 MHz. Comox
Valley Record
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- 07/20/05 - The FCC has granted a construction permit
to Grays Harbor LPFM for a new low power station in Hoquiam at 98.5 MHz. The station
will operate with 100 watts at 3.2 meters HAAT at 46-58-22
123-51-10.
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- 07/19/05 - The CRTC has approved application by Aboriginal Voices Radio for its fourth
extension to December 5, 2005 for implementation of its previously approved Aboriginal
language stations in Vancouver and Abbotsford. CRTC Decision
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- 07/13/05 - CHUM and Canadian Satellite Radio trade
remarks in press releases following notification of an appeal by CHUM/Astral Media to set
aside the recent CRTC satellite radio licensing decision. Broadcaster
Magazine Appeal
Notice CSR
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- 07/12/05 - CHUM and Astral Media are filing an
appeal to set aside the recent CRTC decision to license satellite broadcasters Canadian
Satellite Radio (XM) and Sirius Canada. CP/Globe
and Mail
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- 07/09/05 - Canadians are listening to radio less
than a decade ago, with British Columbia the lowest in the country. CP/Globe
and Mail
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- 07/07/05 - Thurston County Superior Court has ruled
that there is a price attached to political talk. Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 07/05/05 - Paxson Communications Corporation has rebranded its
primary TV network from PAX TV to i. Paxson's locally owned and
operated station is KWPX-TV/33
Bellevue. According to a company release, the new i brand
"reflects the company's strategy to provide an independent broadcast platform for
producers and syndicators who desire to reach a national audience".
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- 07/05/05 - In what is being
reported as a cost cutting measure, Vancouver market leader CKNW
AM 980 will drop its eye-in-the-sky traffic plane July 15. Numerous
well known Vancouver broadcasters filed regular traffic reports from the plane dating back
to the 1970s.
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- 06/30/05 - Country KMPS-FM 94.1 continues to hold a commanding lead in the
Arbitron 12+ Spring '05 P2 Seattle-Tacoma radio ratings. Details
from R&R
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- 06/30/05 - Vancouver area
NOWTV CHNU-TV/66 is to be rebranded as OMNI TV
British Columbia. Rogers Media has appointed Terry Mahoney as the new GM of the
recently acquired station effective July 1. Approval was given last month to add a
transmitter at Victoria on channel 21. Broadcaster
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- 06/29/05 - The FCC has
accepted for filing license to cover application by Educational Media Foundation for KLOP-FM 88.1
Ocean Park. The station is licensed to operate non-directional with a power of 550
watts.
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- 06/29/05 - CJAV AM 1240 Port Alberni is expected to sign on at 93.3
FM by mid August as The Peak with a classic hits format from the 70s, 80s, 90s
and today. The CRTC approved the
station's conversion to the FM band on April 18.
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- 06/27/05 - A coalition of
arts, labor and lobby groups is asking the federal cabinet to overturn a CRTC decision
allowing satellite broadcast operators to bring pay-radio to Canada. CP/Globe
and Mail The other point of view. The
Province
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- 06/26/05 - Radio pioneer
Harold Warren, founder of CJAV Port Alberni in 1946, died on June 22, just a month short
of his 91st birthday. Over the years he established a chain of six movie theaters on
Vancouver Island and became owner and oversaw the expansion of Alberni Cable Television
Ltd. A Memorial Service and Celebration of Life will be held at 2 p.m. on Saturday,
July 2nd at Trinity Anglican Church in Port Alberni. Sun/Province
obituary
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- 06/24/05 - SFU, UBC and TWU have announced a two-year agreement with MOJO Sports
Radio CHMJ AM 730 Vancouver to broadcast Canada West football and basketball plus a two-hour
magazine-style show focusing exclusively on university, amateur and high school athletics.
SFU
Clan release
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- 06/23/05 - KGHO-LP 94.3 Aberdeen is the latest low-power FM to be
heard on a translator in Seattle (K225AX 92.9 White Center).
Ailing former KJR jock Bwana Johnny could use some email support. Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 06/19/05 - With the owner/call letter/format change
of KDDS-FM 99.3 Elma to LaGranD regional Mexican, KBKW
AM 1450 Aberdeen has dropped its evening hispanic music, which was provided by Bustos Media. Effective June
13 KBKW is News/Talk 24/7.
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- 06/18/05 - With the recent approval of satellite
radio in Canada, broadcasters are expected to lobby the CRTC for looser Canadian content
rules. Steven
Chase, Globe and Mail Meanwhile, there will be at least one appeal against the
Commission's ruling. Canadian
Press
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- 06/16/05 - The two satellite applicants for
subscription radio in Canada are upbeat, but CHUM Ltd., which pitched a land-based system
is "surprised, a little stunned, and certainly disappointed". Globe
and Mail
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- 06/14/05 - The FCC has granted construction permit
for a new Citicasters
station in Chehalis. It will operate at 104.3 MHz non-directional with an ERP of
2.35 Kw at 322 meters HAAT at 46-33-18
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- 06/10/05 - CRTC chairman Charles Dalfen has
announced that the commission will rule on subscription radio in Canada next Thursday. Two
applications are for satellite delivery partnered by XM and Sirius in the U.S. The third
is from CHUM Ltd. and Astral Media for a terrestrial delivered system. Globe
and Mail CNW Group
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- 06/09/05 - Plans are in place to give Seattle market
KDDS AM 1210 new call letters and a new format called Magia, "adult
contemporary, more older-skewing and female oriented" than the LaGranD
format. The vote to decertify AFTRA as the union representing employees at KIRO AM 710 and KTTH AM
770 was tied with the National Labor Relations Board
to rule on three disputed ballots. Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 06/07/05 - KAYO-FM 99.3 dropped its country format just before 7:00
p.m. today, simulcast Seattle market KDDS AM 1210 until 7:30, then moved to its own
Spanish language regional Mexican programming. The new owner, Bustos Media has applied to the FCC for the call
letters KDDS-FM.
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- 06/07/05 - Bustos Media has agreed to purchase country KAYO-FM 99.3 Elma from South Sound Broadcasting for $20
million. The station will change formats and become La GranD, featuring a
regional Mexican format. R&R release
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- 06/06/05 - A memorial service
for Don McGaffin, who died May 29, will be held June 10. Seattle
Times obit
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- 06/02/05 - Seattle's top two
conservative talk stations are involved in initiative campaigns. Bill Virgin, The P-I
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- 05/27/05 - The CRTC has
approved application by Rogers Broadcasting to
increase average effective radiated power of Clear FM CKCL-FM-2 104.9 Vancouver 14,100 to 16,100 watts.
Technical changes to the antenna system will improve service in downtown Vancouver.
CRTC
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- 05/20/05 - Brian
"Frosty" Forst, legendary CKNW AM 980
Vancouver morning host since 1973, said his last goodbyes this morning. CKNW
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- 05/13/05 - CTV British
Columbia began testing its new digital signal Wednesday on channel 33 and will continue
over the next couple of weeks. CIVT-DT/33 is on
the first adjacent to the station's analog channel 32.
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- 05/13/05 - A petition to
change Cancon
regulations to benefit up-and-coming musicians has garnered interest from broadcasters,
record labels and regulators, but what if you're a classic rock station? Guy
Dixon, The Globe and Mail
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- 05/08/05 - After almost 50
years of continuous service, CHUM Satellite Services
(formerly Q Music) has phased out the use of SCA (subcarrier) on CHQM-FM 103.5 Vancouver to deliver background music to
clients. Services are now being delivered by a satellite based delivery system.
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- 05/07/05 - KOMO AM 1000 Seattle will continue its news feed online
whenever a Seattle Mariners game airs Monday to
Friday between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. Online streaming is scheduled to begin Monday.
R&R
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- 05/07/05 - In line with its
flip to JACK last month, official call letters for KRQI-FM 96.5 Seattle become KJAQ-FM.
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05/06/05 - A
campaign is underway to reform Canadian radio content regulations (CANCON)
to bolster play of lesser known artists. A group of indie musicians is asking the CRTC to create an incentive-based system to measure
Canadian radio content. Current regulations require stations to play 35% Canadian
music. Globe
and Mail Let's Fix CANCON
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- 05/05/05 - Robin Erickson,
morning co-host at KQBZ-FM 100.7 Seattle,
has sued her employer on charges of gender discrimination and creating a hostile work
environment. Bill
Virgin, Seattle P-I
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- 05/04/05 - Former NBC foreign
correspondent Philip Till will take over mornings at CKNW
AM 980 Vancouver at a date to be determined by outgoing host Frosty Forst. Elliott
Pap, Vancouver Sun
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- 05/03/05 - Legendary CKNW AM 980 Vancouver morning host Frosty Forst is
retiring. Forst moved to 'NW from CFUN in 1963, becoming the morning host ten years
later. His show will be replaced by CKNW morning news with Philip Till.
CKNW
release
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- 05/02/05 - On air since 1971,
one of the longest running dance stations in the U.S., C89.5 KNHC-FM Seattle has moved to less repetitiveness, less
R&B and Rap, and more live remotes. The Nathan Hale High School student-run
station is airing its Spring pledge drive this week.
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- 05/02/05 - After running
jockless and without commercials since flipping formats March 25, Country 107.1 CKQC-FM Abbotsford
went live this morning. New jocks include morning man Doug Kirkwood, Susan Sierra
midmornings and Terry Chan in afternoon drive.
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- 04/29/05 - Music stations, led
by Country KMPS-FM 94.1, hold down the five top
positions in the Arbitron Winter '05 Seattle-Tacoma radio ratings. R&R
info
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- 04/28/05 - Veteran Vancouver
talk show host Fanny Kiefer is recovering from surgery for an aneurysm on April 22.
She hosted shows at CJOR during the late seventies and eighties, moving to CKNW, CBC and
has hosted Studio 4 on Shaw Cable
since 2001.
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- 04/28/05 - Seattle-based
Fisher Communications Inc. has posted a reduced first-quarter loss with lower broadcasting
revenue. Seattle
P-I Seattle
Times
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- 04/21/05 - The CRTC has
approved application by Global Communications
Limited to operate a transitional digital television on channel 22 with an average ERP
of 4,300 watts. Except for 14 hours per week, the station will simulcast the
programming of Global Television CHAN-TV/8 Vancouver. CRTC Release
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- 04/20/05 - The CRTC has
approved application by Westwave Broadcasting Inc. to operate a new commercial FM station
in Sechelt on 91.7 MHz with an average ERP of 600 watts. The applicant has proposed
a format of music from the 60’s, 70’s and 80’s. CRTC Release
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- 04/18/05 - Seattle's Super
CFL KCFL-LP 104.5 Fall City officially signed on this
morning with long-time radio host Kacie Sommers.
A Seattle translator on Capital Hill is scheduled to begin operation in early May.
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- 04/18/05 - The CRTC has
approved application by Island Radio Ltd. to convert CJAV
AM 1240 Port Alberni to FM. The new station will operate at 93.3 MHz with an
ERP of 6,000 watts and will feature a mix of contemporary music from the past and present
with local news, weather, sports and community information. CRTC Release
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- 04/17/05 - Industry Canada has
released call letter changes for the following: CFSR-FM 107.1 Abbotsford which flipped
formats last month becomes Country 107.1 CKQC-FM, CKGO-FM 100.5 Hope gets the
CFSR-FM call and the new developmental community station at 91.5 on Hornby Island is
assigned CHFR-FM.
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- 04/12/05 - As a cost-cutting
measure, the CBC is laying off 35 employees, mostly
publicists, based in Vancouver, Toronto and Halifax. Much of the publicity for radio
and TV will be outsourced to independent public-relations firms. Gayle
MacDonald, The Globe and Mail
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- 04/01/05 - Country KMPS-FM 94.1 continues in number one spot in the Arbitron
Winter '05 P2 Seattle-Tacoma market ratings. R&R
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- 03/31/05 - Aboriginal Voices Radio Inc. has applied to the
CRTC for an extension of time limit to begin operation of new stations in Vancouver and
Abbotsford. AVR indicated that the extension of time was necessary in order to apply
for an alternate frequency to serve Vancouver. CRTC details
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- 03/30/05 - The FCC has
approved applications by College Creek Broadcasting for construction permits for new
stations at Ocean Shores at 93.5 MHz and Westport at 101.3 MHz. Both stations will
operate with directional transmitters at 46-53-4 124-00-44 with 6 kW at 69 meters HAAT.
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- 03/30/05 - Tickets are still
available for KZAM's 30th Anniversary Party + Benefit Saturday, April 2 at the Columbia
City Theatre/Tutta Bella Restaurant in Seattle. KZAM began entertaining the
Northwest with its eclectic mix on April 1, 1975. Susan Paynter, Seattle
P-I KZAM.net info
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- 03/27/05 - Funeral services
have been announced for CKNW radio pioneer Erm Fiorillo, who died last Sunday in
Vancouver. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at Corpus Christi Church, 6350
Nanaimo Street, Vancouver on Monday, March 28th at 11 a.m. Internment will follow at
Ocean View Cemetary, Burnaby. Obituary
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- 03/25/05 - STAR 101.5
KPLZ-FM Seattle is mildly dabbling with the JACK format
by adding "and whatever WE want" to its current "the best mix of the 80's,
90's and today" slogan.
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- 03/25/05 - CFSR-FM 107.1 Abbotsford has flipped from The
Valley's Lite Rock to Today's Country Favourites, running without DJs and
commercials. Sister station CKSR-FM 98.3
Chilliwack continues as STAR FM The Valley's Lite Rock.
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one of the earliest employees of Vancouver market CKNW AM 980, Erm Fiorillo died early
Sunday morning at the age of 88. He was a former CKNW Comptroller and Director and
Administrator of the Orphans’ Fund for 30 years. CKNW
News
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- 03/19/05 - MOJO Sports Radio CHMJ AM 730 Vancouver has announced that it will carry
play-by-play of all Seattle Seahawks games with
Steve Raible and Warren Moon.
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- 03/19/05 - The
Lounge CHPQ-FM 99.9 Parksville, which has
been running non-stop adult standards since February 11, will begin regular programming
March 28. Patrick Nicholson is the new morning show host.
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- 03/18/05 - Buddy Webber,
longtime afternoon DJ at KVI AM 570 Seattle, died March 11 of lung fibrosis. He was
82. A memorial will be held on April 2 at 2 p.m. at the Northshore Senior Center,
10201 E. Riverside Drive, Bothell. John Iwasaki, Seattle P-I
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- 03/17/05 - Bryan Suits returns
to KVI AM 570 Seattle after his Iraqi military duty.
More on ex-Seattle DJ Tommy Vance, who died earlier this month. Bill Virgin's Radio Beat,
The P-I
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- 03/15/05 - CHUM Limited plans to rebrand The New VI CIVI-TV/53 Victoria as A-Channel this fall.
The company also will make the change to several of its eastern Canadian TV
stations. CHUM release
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- 03/15/05 - Skip Marrow, the
eccentric owner of Olympia area radio stations KBRD and KLDY, died Sunday at age 68 after
a battle with lung cancer. In lieu of services, a celebration to honor his life will
be held at 2 p.m. April 2 at Priest Point Park rose garden, located at 2600 East Bay Drive
in Olympia. Jim
Szymanski, The Olympian
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- 03/10/05 - Morning host since
1977, Matt Riedy leaves KWJZ-FM 98.9 Seattle for Los
Angeles. KBRO AM 1490 Bremerton/KNTB AM 1480 Lakewood flip to satellite fed Spanish
language religious. Bill Virgin's Radio Beat,
The P-I
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- 03/07/05 - British DJ Tommy
Vance has died at the age of 63. He jocked at KOL Seattle in the 1960s before moving
to KHJ Los Angeles and then returning to Britain in early 1966 for a lengthy career. Times Online Obituary
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- 03/04/05 - According to Radio & Records, KBRO AM 1490 Bremerton and
KNTB AM 1480 Lakewood have been sold by FTP Corporation to Seattle Streaming Radio LLC for
$900,000. R&R details
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- 03/04/05 - Country KMPS-FM 94.1 continues to hold onto the number one spot in
the Arbitron Winter '05 P1 Seattle-Tacoma market ratings. R&R
details
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- 03/03/05 - Two Seattle
stations make adjustments to meet competition from new technologies. Bill Virgin's Radio Beat,
The P-I
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- 03/02/05 - All Access Music Group (sign-up required) reports
that STAR 101.5 KPLZ-FM Seattle has unveiled
a plan to put more emphasis on personalities, local content, and contesting to protect the
station "from satellite competitors". Current afternoon host Curt Cruze
and longtime morning personality Corine McKenzie will team up on afternoon drive starting
March 14th and the John Tesh radio show will debut
evenings starting March 28th. Additional traffic reporters and contests also will be
added.
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- 02/28/05 - Eight applicants
are scheduled to appear before the CRTC starting today for new stations in Vancouver.
Seven are promising to broadcast in multiple languages. Michael
McCullough, The Sun
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- 02/27/05 - Although still
routinely identifying as KMNT, call letters have officially changed to KNBQ-FM 102.9 Centralia. The station's
website also continues to show the old call. FCC data
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- 02/25/05 - KEXP-FM 90.3 Seattle advises that the station is now
broadcasting with its new 3.3 kW transmitter, an increase from its previous 720 watts.
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- 02/17/05 - KLSY-FM
92.5 Seattle continues to look for a replacement morning team. Sens. Maria
Cantwell, John McCain and Patrick Leahy have reintroduced a bill designed to accelerate
the licensing of low-power FM stations. Bill Virgin's Radio Beat,
The P-I
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- 02/17/05 - Michael Dennistoun, who died at age 47
in a fire at his Lake City home in late January, was once was named "the best voice
in Seattle". He had been a DJ at KNHC and KEZX Seattle. Mike Barber,
Seattle P-I
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- 02/16/05 - Application has been made to the CRTC by Société
radio communautaire Victoria to start a French-language FM community radio station in
Victoria on 107.9 MHz with an ERP of 250 watts. The application will be heard April
18. CRTC
info
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- 02/11/05 - Lunch time launch of The Lounge at
12 noon in Parksville/Qualicum Beach, as Island
Radio Ltd. has dropped its simulcast of The Wave CKWV-FM 102.3 Nanaimo. The old AM call
letters CHPQ have been resurrected as CHPQ-FM 99.9 with an adult standards format.
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- 02/07/05 - A consortium including Rogers, Bell
Globalmedia, and CTV has won the television rights for the 2010 Winter Olympics in
Vancouver. The deal includes rights to the 2012 Summer Games. CTV
News Bell
Release News1130
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- 02/07/05 - A $1000 reward has been offered for
information leading to the return of a Siberian Husky, missing in the Port Angeles area
since December 13. The red and white dog answers to the name of Ernie,
weighs about 80 pounds and has blue eyes. He is thought to have been picked up by a
broadcast transmission tower worker sometime after December 13 near Port Angeles.
Contact John Partch (360)452-3069 Photo
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- 02/02/05 - Liberal talker Ed Schultz, who has jumped from two radio outlets
to 77 in the past year, has taken over noon to 3 p.m. on KPTK AM 1090 Seattle. Joel Connelly, Seattle P-I
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- 02/01/05 - Snohomish County's environmental impact
statement has been released saying the impact of the planned KRKO AM 1380 Everett transmission towers south of
Snohomish is primarily aesthetic. KRKO GM Andy Skotdal says he hopes the project to
erect the towers and increase the station's power to 50 kW can move forward with
construction beginning by July. Jennifer Warnick,
HeraldNet
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- 01/31/05 - Bill Shadel, broadcast pioneer and
retired University of Washington communications professor, has died in Renton at the age
of 96. He was the last living moderator of the third presidential debate between
John Kennedy and Richard Nixon in 1960. David
Postman, Seattle Times
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Limited is one of several applicants vying for a multicultural/multi-ethnic station in
the Vancouver market. CHUM is pitching a modern global format, a collage of
different types of popular music from Canada and around the world, to operate on 93.1 MHz.
If approved, the station will be known as The Planet, Vancouver’s
Modern Global Music Station with call letters CKMG-FM. Applications will be heard by
the CRTC in Vancouver starting on February 28. PlanetRadio website CRTC application info
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- 01/27/05 - MobilTrak has deployed several units in
the Seattle area to track radio listening habits on the road. Bill Virgin's Radio Beat,
The P-I
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- 01/25/05 - A memorial service for Don Poier will be
held Monday at 3 p.m. at Calvin Presbyterian Church, 18826 3rd Ave. N.W. in Seattle, where
he and his wife were married. Jim Moore, Seattle P-I
Sun/Province
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Grizzlies and its predecessor the Vancouver Grizzlies, has been found dead in his Denver
hotel room. He called the games on CKNW from 1995-2000 and CISL during the 2000-01
season. Memphis
Grizzlies ABC
Memphis
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- 01/20/05 - Skip Marrow is setting up a non-profit
organization to ensure his two Olympia area radio stations "go on forever".
Bill Virgin's
Radio Beat, The P-I
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- 01/19/05 - Central Island Broadcasting Ltd. has
changed its corporate name to Island Radio Ltd.
President and GM Paul Larsen announced that with expansion north and west on Vancouver
Island, 'Central Island' no longer reflected the company's geographic presence.
Island Radio owns and operates six stations in Nanaimo, Parksville/Qualicum Beach,
Courtenay/Comox, and Port Alberni. Island
Radio release
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- 01/14/05 - Long time radio personality, talk show
host and PD Don Porter died Monday, January 10 in Portland at the age of 83. Don was
born in Victoria, but worked at stations in several cities on both sides of the border
including KGW, KXL and KEX Portland. He was a talk show host at CKWX and newsman at
CHQM in Vancouver in the early 1970s before heading back to Portland as talk show host at
KPOJ. Additionally, he voiced numerous national radio and TV commercials for the
Government of Canada. Funeral arrangements are pending.
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- 01/13/05 - The loss of classic country and business
news formats from Seattle airwaves has spurred the most feedback. Bill Virgin's Radio Beat,
The P-I
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- 01/04/05 - Former KBSG-FM
97.3 Seattle Program Director Jay Kelly assumes the same role at KJR-FM 95.7, while KBSG picks up San Francisco
broadcaster Brian Thomas as its new PD.
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