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  • 12/27/06 - An advance copy of the January 2007 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.
  • 12/27/06 - Seattle-based Fisher Communications has announced that Joe Lovejoy, VP/100+ Group, has been promoted to Senior VP/Media Operations and Rob Dunlop, VP/Developing Media, has been promoted to Senior Vice President/Developing Media.   Fisher release
  • 12/20/06 - Last week's near-hurricane force winds took their toll on local TV stations, with reported power failures affecting over-the-air transmissions of KHCV-TV/45 Seattle, KUNS-TV/51 Bellevue, along with their digital transmitters, plus KBTC-TV/28 and KWDK-DT/42 Tacoma.  By comparison, Typhoon Frieda, which struck in October 1962, knocked out virtually every radio station north of California.
  • 12/16/06 - The CRTC holds the line on content regulations for Canadian radio stations, but ups the fees for development of artists, while easing the burden on smaller stations.  The amount of domestic content played on jazz, blues and concert music stations will increase.  Grant Robertson, Globe and Mail  Barbara Shecter, Financial Post
  • 12/14/06 - Channel M CHNM-TV/42 Vancouver has applied to the CRTC for licenses to operate multicultural television stations in Edmonton and Calgary.  Broadcaster Magazine
  • 12/10/06 - After 13 years of service, Cathie Valentine-McKinney is stepping down as Executive Director of the Puget Sound Radio Broadcasters Association (PSRBA) at the end of the year.   PSRBA photo & info
  • 12/08/06 - Forty year radio veteran Joe Easingwood has signed a new contract with CFAX AM 1070 Victoria through late summer 2009.  He started in afternoons at the station in 1981 and currently hosts Newsline mid mornings.  Broadcaster Magazine
  • 12/08/06 - Aboriginal Voices Radio spokesman Roy Hennessy reports that CKAV-FM-2 106.3 Vancouver began NAVCOM testing at 2 p.m. Wednesday (12/06) with four-hour loops of music and announcements, after receiving clearance from both Industry Canada and the FCC.   Testing will continue for the next few weeks, before official sign-on.  AVR received CRTC authorization in 2003 for a transmitter to operate at 850 kHz in Abbotsford, but that service will not proceed.  Meanwhile its new Edmonton station, CKAV-FM-4, will likely be up and running in about six weeks.
  • 12/07/06 - Aboriginal Voices Radio CKAV-FM-2 106.3 Vancouver has resumed testing.  The new station conducted tests during the summer but has been silent following objections to the CRTC from adjacent channel Praise KWPZ-FM 106.5 Lynden that its signal would be affected in the Surrey area south of Vancouver.
  • 12/07/06 - Emmy award winning news anchor Christine Chen, who anchored her last newscast on KCPQ-TV/13 November 29, is moving on to marketing and communications consulting.  Melanie McFarland, Seattle P-I
  • 12/06/06 - Tim Shook, KNHC-FM 89.5 Seattle student station manager during the 1975-76 school year, takes a fond look back at the station's roots.  He moved on to Seattle's KEZX-FM and Tacoma's former KBRD-FM and KTNT/KNBQ-FM.  RW Online 
  • 12/02/06 - Coinciding with one of the most severe snow storms in several years, CHMJ AM 730 Vancouver moved last Sunday from Continuous All Day Traffic to All Traffic All the Time.   Exceptions will be Vancouver Giants hockey and Seattle Seahawks football games.
  • 12/01/06 - B.C.'s first private TV station and only the second outlet in the province, CHEK-TV/6 Victoria, now branded as CH, began life with an Indian-head test pattern 50 years ago today.  canada.com backgrounder
  • 12/01/06 - Work begins next week on a new style of hour-long, local news broadcast for CBC TV to begin airing in April on CBUT-TV/2 Vancouver, and will continue to be hosted by Ian Hanomansing and Gloria Macarenko.  The move marks an abrupt turnaround in the reductions in CBC local TV newscasts, particularly in 2000 when local supper-time news shows were cut to 30 minutes from 60.  Guy Dixon, Globe & Mail
  • 11/30/06 - Westwave Broadcasting Inc. has applied to the CRTC for a new commercial FM station in Powell River.  It would operate at 105.3 MHz non-directional with an ERP of 3,000 watts.  A Pop Adult music format is proposed with approximately 40% pre-1980s music.  Westwave operates CKAY-FM 91.7 Gibsons, which signed on last spring.  CRTC Info
  • 11/30/06 - Vista Radio Ltd. has applied to the CRTC to convert CHQB AM 1280 Powell River to FM 94.1 MHz directional with an average ERP of 8,600 watts (45,000 watts peak).  The proposed station would maintain its current adult contemporary music format.  CRTC Info
  • 11/28/06 - Bill Dobson, long-time CBC-TV Vancouver news reporter/editor, died in Princeton, B.C. on November 24 at age 75.  He began his career in 1949 at CHUB Nanaimo, later joining CJVI Victoria.  He was with CKLG North Vancouver from its startup in 1955 until joining the CBC in 1961.  He co-hosted The Best Years series with Joyce Resin starting in 1986, prior to transfering to CBC Radio Vancouver as senior editor, where he retired in 1989.  A memorial service will be announced at a future date.  Photo
  • 11/28/06 - After operating with a temporary 1 kW transmitter since January 2002 from the Coastal Ranger cargo ship in Seattle’s Elliott Bay, KKOL AM 1300 is now 50 kW directional with different constants day and night at 47-14-56 122-24-18.  Salem Communications Corporation issued a press release last month that announced the shutting down of adjacent channel KIKN AM 1290 Port Angeles effective October 18 in preparation for the power increase.   Salem Release  Temporary Site Info
  • 11/27/06 - Seattle's two country FMs maintain top five status in the Arbitron 12+ Fall '06 P1 Seattle-Tacoma radio ratings.  Complete 12+ numbers can be viewed at Radio & Records.   Click on the Ratings tab at the top of the page, then type "Seattle" into the Market Name box.
  • 11/27/06 - The CRTC has approved application by Matthew G. McBride for a new commercial FM station in Pemberton.  CFPV-FM will offer a blend of rock and pop music from the 1970s and 80s, along with news, sports, weather and a weekly open line program.  It will operate at 98.9 MHz with an ERP of 420 watts.  CRTC Decision
  • 11/27/06 - The CRTC has approved application by The Mountain Culture Collective Radio Society for a very low-power developmental community FM station in Whistler.  The station will produce programming in eight languages and feature local and visiting musical talent.  It will operate at 97.9 MHz with an ERP of 5 watts.  CRTC Decision
  • 11/25/06 - Legendary broadcaster Red Robinson, who was born in Comox on Vancouver Island and spent his early years in Fanny Bay, is the first inductee into the Comox Valley Walk of Achievement.  Mark Allan, Comox Valley Record
  • 11/25/06 - The Puget Sound Station as KVI AM 570 Seattle was known in the early days, celebrated it's 80th birthday yesterday (11/24).  The station was at 1280 on the dial at its inception, with 50 watts and studio in Tacoma.  Meanwhile, KING-TV/5 Seattle turns 58 today.
  • 11/24/06 - After transmitter testing since late October, RJ 1200 CJRJ AM 1200 Vancouver officially signs on tomorrow (Saturday, Nov. 25) at 12 minutes to 7 p.m.  The station is targeted to listeners aged 18-44 with a lively mix of Bollywood, hip hop, Indi-pop, rap and bhangra.  It broadcasts in 17 languages with live news, sports and weather hourly with a 30-minute major newscast nightly at 6:30.  Sundays are devoted to 10 languages including Filipino, Farsi and Italian.
  • 11/24/06 - An advance copy of the December 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.
  • 11/24/06 - CanWest Global Communications is proposing that the major Canadian networks charge 50 cents a month per cable and satellite TV viewer for stations which can normally be received over the air.  Grant Robertson, Globe & Mail
  • 11/23/06 - Paul Ski, Vice President/General Manager of CHUM Radio’s Western Operations located in Vancouver, has been appointed President, CHUM Radio.  CHUM Limited release
  • 11/23/06 - Lara Yamada replaces Christine Chen as co-anchor of Q13 Fox News @ Ten on KCPQ-TV/13.  Seattle P-I
  • 11/16/06 - With high ratings in the Sea-Tac radio market, the morning Scott and Sam show on Spirit KCMS-FM 105.3 is catching the attention of other stations.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 11/15/06 - Steve Oshin is returning to Entercom Seattle as VP/GM after two years as director of Online Sales with the Seattle Times.  He is slated to start December 4.  Mike Boyle, R&R
  • 11/14/06 - Two long-time Vancouver broadcast personalities, Fred Latremouille and Wayne Cox, have been awarded a plaque on the Starwalk at the Orpheum Theatre in the city.  RedRobinson.com
  • 11/14/06 - Bill Sigmar has been named senior vice president and director of Sales for CBS Radio’s Seattle cluster.  Keith Berman, R&R
  • 11/09/06 - The FCC has granted a construction permit to KBTC-TV/28 Tacoma to reduce ERP from 676 to 604 kW, with a reduction in HAAT from 232 to 219 meters.   FCC info
  • 11/08/06 - Canada's third largest private company, The Jim Pattison Group is focusing on expanding its radio operations, but is rumored to be a potential buyer of several television stations in the Bell Globemedia takeover of CHUM Ltd.  However, president Rick Arnish says the group is concerned about the outlook for conventional TV in Canada.  Grant Robertson, The Globe and Mail
  • 11/08/06 - TV cameraman Howard Ramaley, whose 33-year career bagan at KMO-TV/13 Tacoma in 1953, has died at the age of 84.  A memorial service is scheduled for December 2 at Southminster Presbyterian Church, 19834 Eighth Ave. S. in Des Moines.  David Bowermaster, Seattle Times
  • 11/07/06 - RJ 1200 CJRJ AM Vancouver continues to test its new 25 kW transmitter in anticipation of a late November launch.   In regard to chosing an AM frequency, station president Shushma Datt said, "There was simply nothing left on the FM dial that provided an unimpaired signal, while the AM dial had some very viable options for a strong, clear signal and the 1200 spot was the best of those available.”  The station's format will be predominantly Bollywood, Bhangra, Hip Hop and Indi-pop, targeted towards young South Asians aged 18-44, with a Sunday line-up featuring international languages including Filipino, Italian and Farsi. 
  • 11/07/06 - Vancouver radio and TV talk show host Vicki Gabereau is one of nine distinguished Canadians to be inducted into The Canadian Association of Broadcasters Broadcast Hall of Fame at the CAB's 80th Annual Convention in Vancouver.  Broadcaster Magazine  Kevin Newman, anchor and executive editor of the Vancouver-based Global National, has been voted "Best News Anchor" for the second consecutive year at the 21st annual Gemini Awards at the River Rock Casino Resort in Richmond.  Broadcaster Magazine
  • 11/02/06 - Fisher Broadcasting's newly acquired KWOG-TV/51 Bellevue has changed call letters to KUNS-TV.
  • 11/01/06 - The FCC has denied an Application for Review by Triple Bogey, further paving the way for the move-in of KMCQ-FM 104.5 The Dalles OR to Covington WA.  To facilitate the move, the FCC granted construction permits in late September to change the frequency of KASB-FM 89.3 Bellevue to 89.9 and to change the frequency of KMIH-FM 104.5 Mercer Island to 88.9.  FCC information
  • 10/31/06 - A memorial service for longtime Vancouver Sun columnist and CJOR sports commentator Denny Boyd will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, November 3 at Mount Seymour United Church, 1200 Parkgate Ave., North Vancouver.  Boyd died Friday at age 76 after a battle with cancer.  Sun/Province obituary
  • 10/30/06 - After getting up early for close to 30 years, The Mountain KMTT-FM 103.7 morning co-host Mike West is hanging up his microphone.  He started his radio career at Nathan Hale's KNHC-FM, with a long run at KISW-FM and KXRX-FM.  Reports indicate that morning show partner John Fisher will be moving to afternoons, with a new a.m. drive team to be announced.  KMTT info
  • 10/29/06 - A memorial for Mike Phillips was held Saturday (10/28) in his hometown of Portland along with a memorial lunch in Seattle on October 26.   He segued from Benson High School's KBPS directly to KISN Portland in 1960.  Next was Top 40 KAYO Seattle in late '61, a short return stint back at KISN, then on to KJR Seattle before moving on to other U.S. cities.  Mike Phillips tribute site   Three early airchecks courtesy Robin Mitchell's rma1.com:  KISN 1961  KAYO 1961   KISN 1962
  • 10/28/06 - Longtime Vancouver Sun columnist Denny Boyd died Friday morning (10/27) from bladder cancer in Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver.  He was 76.  In addition to his many years at The Sun, he wrote several books and was a sports commentator at CJOR Vancouver from 1972-77.  He received the Bruce Hutchison Lifetime Achievement Award in 1997 and was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 2005.  Pete McMartin, Vancouver Sun tribute  OBC biography
  • 10/27/06 - CJRJ AM 1200 Vancouver has begun transmitter testing.  The station operates with 25 kW with slightly different directional patterns day and night.  The CRTC approved application July 21, 2005 by I.T. Productions Ltd. to operate a new ethnic station directed predominantly to Vancouver’s South Asian communities.  I.T. is owned by Shushma Datt, who has operated Radio Rim Jhim to ethnic audiences for the past 18 years via the subsidiary communications multiplex operations (SCMO) of CJJR-FM 93.7 Vancouver.  CRTC approval
  • 10/26/06 - A public service will be held Tuesday, November 7 at 2 p.m. at Christ Church Cathedral, 690 Burrard Street in Vancouver in memory of Daryl Duke, who died Saturday morning (10/21) at his home in West Vancouver.  Province/Sun obituary
  • 10/26/06 - CH CHEK-TV/6 Victoria, the first private TV station in B.C., celebrated 50 years of broadcasting last night with a champagne toast and staff reunion.  Among the attendees were Andy Stephen, Bob Aylward, host of the 1960s dance show Club 6, John Barton of Barton and Company and CHEK-TV co-founder Charlie White.  The station officially went on air December 1st, 1956.
  • 10/26/06 - Radio stations counter listeners' suspicions that their play requests are ignored.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 10/23/06 - Entercom Seattle Corporate Engineer Clay Freinwald will be leaving the company December 31.  He explains in this advance copy of the November 2006 edition of Clay's Corner, prepared for the Seattle Chapter of the Society of Broadcast Engineers Newsletter The Waveguide.  November Clay's Corner
  • 10/21/06 - Multiple award winner Daryl Duke, whose film and TV career spanned five decades in Canada and the U.S., died this morning (10/21) in West Vancouver at age 77.  Dr. Duke was one of the first television producer/directors at CBUT Vancouver in the 1950s and one of the founders of the city's second private television station CKVU-TV, which signed on in 1976.  Website Memoriam  Canada.com   Chad Skelton, Vancouver Sun
  • 10/20/06 - Susan Englebert, a 30-year veteran of CBC Radio, died last night (10/19) at her home in Victoria.  She began her career as a production assistant on The Great Canadian Gold Rush in the 1960s and was Head of CBC Radio 3 and New Media when she retired in May 2002.  CBC obituary
  • 10/20/06 - The Summer '06 12+ Arbitron radio ratings have been released for Seattle with Country KMPS-FM 94.1 back into first place with CHR/Rhythmic KUBE-FM 93.3 second and News KOMO AM 1000 third.   Complete 12+ numbers can be viewed at Radio & Records by clicking on Ratings at the top of their page, then type "Seattle" into the Market Name box.
  • 10/20/06 - Global television news is acquiring a Robinson R44 helicopter for news and traffic coverage beginning November 6, to compete with CTV's Chopper 9.  The addition is part of an airborne fleet expansion that will provide expanded news coverage in Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Toronto and Hamilton.   It also will provide traffic coverage for Vancouver market CKNW AM 980 and its Corus sister stations.  Broadcaster Magazine
  • 10/20/06 - The CRTC has announced that application by CFCP Radio Ltd. to convert CHQB AM 1280 Powell River to 94.1 FM, which was to be heard at a public hearing in Regina SK October 30, has been been withdrawn and will be heard at a later date.  CRTC info
  • 10/19/06 - The FCC has granted construction permit to Grays Harbor Educational Media for a minor change in licensed facilities for KAYO-LP 94.3 Aberdeen.  Transmitter will remain at 100 watts with a move from 46-58-32 123-50-1 south to 46-56-59 123-49-13 with an increase in HAAT from -33.6 to -14 meters.  FCC data
  • 10/17/06 - Veteran broadcaster Mike Phillips died yesterday afternoon (10/16) at his brother's home in Portland, following a battle with pancreatic cancer.  He was 64.  Phillips began his 40-year career at KAYO Seattle in 1961, followed by on-air positions at KISN Portland, KJR Seattle, and at stations in San Francisco, New York and Chicago.  After eleven years at K-EARTH KRTH-FM Los Angeles, he retired as PD in 2001.  He had recently worked with the Oldies channels at Sirius Satellite Radio.  Airchexx airchecks   Rock Radio Scrapbook KJR aircheck
  • 10/11/06 - CHMJ AM 730 Vancouver has tweaked its Continuous Drive Time Traffic format to include Continuous All Day Traffic.  The station now offers continuous traffic reports airing from 6 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.  Included is play-by-play coverage of the Vancouver Whitecaps, Vancouver Giants and Seattle Seahawks.
  • 10/06/06 - Vaugn Bjerre, who was on air at CKMO and CKWX Vancouver during the 1940s, died at Lions Gate Hospital in North Vancouver on September 25th at age 81.  After working at Ontario stations in the 1950s, he was Vice President of CFTR/CHFI-FM Toronto during the 1960s and 70s.  A Memorial Service will be held Friday October 13th at 11a.m. at Sands Funeral Chapel, 1803 Quadra St., Victoria.  Times-Colonist obituary
  • 10/06/06 - CTV morning news anchor and national news correspondent Ravi Baichwal is reported to be moving to the weekend anchor position at WLS-TV/7 Chicago in late November.  He was an anchor/reporter with CIVT-TV/32 Vancouver (then branded as Vancouver Television) from 1999 to 2002 before making the move to Toronto.  Chicago Sun-Times
  • 10/05/06 - Testing is being completed at the new transmitter site for Sumner area KZIZ AM 1560, which will allow the station to move to 24-hour operation.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 09/28/06 - Following the death of the program's founder and host Robert Baron in August, Music With Moskowitz will run for the final time this Saturday on KSER-FM 90.7 Everett.   The station will expand its rockabilly show Pull the String to fill the time slot.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 09/26/06 - Vancouver musician, promoter, and producer Rocket Norton has released his new book, Lost in Space.  The book is mostly a story about how the Seeds Of Time morphed into Prism, with some historic information on the early days of Red Robinson at CJOR, CKWX and CFUN, and the beginning of CKLG-FM, later C-FOX.  Official book release party is at Neptoon Records Tuesday, October 3.
  • 09/26/06 - The FCC has granted construction permits to Bellevue School District #405 to change the frequency of KASB-FM 89.3 Bellevue to 89.9, with an ERP increase from 8 to 60 watts, and to Mercer Island School District #400 to change frequency of KMIH-FM 104.5 Mercer Island to 88.9 with ERP remaining at 30 watts.  FCC KASB data  FCC KMIH data
  • 09/26/06 - Arbitron has announced that effective with the Fall 2006 ratings, non-commercial and public radio stations will be eligible for reporting in their local markets, but reporting of Satellite radio is still on hold pending further study.  Radio Ink   Katy Bachman, Mediaweek
  • 09/25/06 - Both country FM stations are in the top four in the 12+ Arbitron Summer 06 P2 Seattle-Tacoma ratings.  Complete 12+ numbers can be viewed at Radio & Records by clicking on Ratings at the top of their page, then type "Seattle" into the Market Name box.
  • 09/20/06 - An advance copy of the October 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.
  • 09/16/06 - A private VIP reception and show featuring Paul Revere and the Raiders and Bill Medley, along with a number of dignitaries, including Senator Larry Campbell, Coquitlam Mayor Maxine Wilson, Bruce Allen, Wink Martindale, Peter Reveen, Vicki Gabareau, and Rock and Roll Hall of Fame President Terry Stewart was held last night at the new Red Robinson Show Theatre in Coquitlam.   Official public opening is tonight with Little Richard performing.  The show theatre is named for the veteran Vancouver broadcaster.  Canada.com
  • 09/14/06 - Air America spokesperson Jamie Horn responds to rumors of restructuring with, "No decision has been taken to make any filing of any kind."  Radio Ink   R&R
  • 09/13/06 - Reports are circulating that Air America Radio will announce a major restructuring this Friday, which is expected to include a bankruptcy filing.  Air America programming is heard locally on Progressive Talk KPTK AM 1090 Seattle.  Think Progress posting
  • 09/12/06 - KCTS-DT/41 Seattle has been off air over the weekend due to transmitter problems.  Station officials expect the digital signal to return later today. 
  • 09/08/06 - The CRTC has approved application by Powell River Model Community Project for Persons with Disabilities to operate a low-power Type B community FM radio station in Powell River.  The CRTC previously approved a developmental community station, which is in operation.  The station, Jump Radio CJMP-FM, will continue to operate at 90.1 MHz with an ERP of 3.6 watts.  CRTC details
  • 09/07/06 - The CRTC has approved application by UCFV Campus and Community Radio Society for a new community-based campus FM station at the University College of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford.   The new station, CIVL-FM is authorized to operate at 88.5 MHz directional with an average ERP of 92 watts (300 watts peak).  The application was previously approved in part on March 26/06, but the proposed technical perameters were deemed unacceptable.
  • 09/07/06 - The insurance fraud trial for former KIRO AM 710 Seattle talk show host Mike Webb has begun.   KIRO fired Webb after the charges were laid, however his show still airs in syndication on a number of stations.  Paul Shukovsky, Seattle P-I
  • 09/07/06 - Traditional broadcasters are looking at ways to extend their reach by offering live streaming of broadcasts and on-demand podcasts on Cingular Wireless cell phone service.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 09/01/06 - Bell Globemedia Inc. and CHUM Limited have announced that BGM has been successful in its offer to acquire CHUM Limited.  On July 12/06 it was announced that Bell Globemedia would pay C$1.7 billion for CHUM Ltd., in a deal that will see the company merged into a BCE-owned media conglomerate, subject to future CRTC approval.  Locally, CHUM owns Citytv and three radio stations in Vancouver plus A-Channel and two radio stations in Victoria.  Bell Globemedia owns CTV British Columbia in Vancouver.  Bell Globemedia release
  • 08/31/06 - CFCP Radio Ltd. has applied to the CRTC to convert CFWB AM 1490 Campbell River to the FM band.  The new station would operate on 106.1 MHz with an average effective radiated power of 663 watts (peak ERP 5,000 watts).  The station would maintain its current country music format and local programming focus.  CRTC application
  • 08/31/06 - CFCP Radio Ltd. has applied to the CRTC to convert CHQB AM 1280 Powell River to the FM band.  The new station would operate on 94.1 MHz directional with an average effective radiated power of 9,200 watts (peak ERP 45,000 watts).  The station would maintain its current adult contemporary format.  CRTC application
  • 08/31/06 - Clear FM CKCL-FM 104.9 Vancouver has announced that after a seven year hiatus, Fred Latremouille and Cathy Baldazzi are returning to the city's morning radio waves effective Tuesday, September 5 at 5:30 a.m.  The popular duo hosted mornings at CFUN, then CKKS-FM during most of the 1990s.  Latremouille started in Vancouver radio at CJOR in 1962 after a stint in northern Alberta.  Meanwhile Clear FM is running uninterrupted Favourites of Yesterday and Today over the holiday weekend, leading up to the new morning show Tuesday, which will feature sister station CKWX AM 1130 News1130 anchor Don Lehn and Global Vancouver weatherman Wayne Cox.
  • 08/30/06 - An advance copy of the September 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.
  • 08/25/06 - Trinity Broadcasting Network digital KTBW-DT/14 Tacoma has returned to the air after a transmitter failure about two weeks ago. 
  • 08/25/06 - CHR/Rhythmic KUBE-FM 93.3, Country KMPS-FM 94.1 and News KOMO AM 1000 remain the top three listened to stations 12+ in the Arbitron Summer 06 P1 Seattle-Tacoma ratings.   Complete 12+ numbers can be viewed at Radio & Records by clicking on Ratings at the top of their page, then type "Seattle" into the Market Name box.
  • 08/24/06 - KHCV-TV/45 has begun broadcasting Hispanic programming with Azteca America on its analog and 44.2 digital channels.  KHCV President Dr. Kenneth Casey commented, "To do something for the Hispanic community by providing programming for that segment of the Seattle population was something I felt was an obvious course to take.  Azteca America offered everything we were looking for in that regard as we decided to transition and position this station for the future".  Jewelry Television continues on digital channel 44.1.
  • 08/22/06 - The FCC has granted transfer of control of KWOG-TV/51 Bellevue from Christopher J. Racine to Fisher Broadcasting Company.   Sale of the station was announced by Fisher on June 29/06.
  • 08/17/06 - An effort is on to organize a network of non-NPR community radio stations from Alaska to southern Oregon at the Northwest Community Radio Summit in Seattle September 15-17.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I   Reclaim the Media
  • 08/16/06 - KIRO-TV/7 Seattle pays tribute to legendary Northwest broadcaster Pat O'Day for his 40th consecutive Seafair.  View clip (revised link)
  • 08/14/06 - Interference tests along the border are ongoing and expected to be completed in the next couple of weeks for the new Vancouver Aboriginal Voices Radio station to launch on 106.3 MHz.  Tests are to ensure the FCC and Industry Canada that the signal will not illegally interfere with Praise KWPZ-FM 106.5 Lynden.  The CRTC has denied a 7000 signature petition generated by the station opposing use of the 106.3 frequency in Vancouver.  CKAV-FM-2 is expected on air shortly after testing is completed.  AVR's Ottawa station signed on last week and Calgary last month.  To come in the fall are stations in Montreal, Edmonton and Kitchener with applications in for Saskatoon and Regina.
  • 08/13/06 - Long-time CBC staffer Jim King died at Tabor Home in Abbotsford on Thursday, August 10 at age 80.  He joined the CBC in 1955, and during his 30 years there, held positions in Montreal, Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver.  He was a long-standing member of the CBC 20 Year Association.  Jim is survived by his wife of 52 years, Shirley; children Carole, Terry and Jim; and grandchildren TJ and Brody.  A funeral mass will be held on Tuesday, August 15th at 11:00 a.m. at St. Anne's Catholic Church, 33333 Mayfair, Abbotsford.
  • 08/11/06 - Trinity Broadcasting Network KTBW-TV/20 Tacoma has had a failure in its digital transmitter, KTBW-DT/14.  Station officials report that parts are on order but it will be off air for at least two weeks.
  • 07/30/06 - Ronald "Ron" Stiles died at his home in Bellingham on Saturday, July 29 at age 56.  He was part of the 20/20 news team at CKLW Windsor ON before moving to the newsroom at Vancouver market CKNW in the 1970s.  Arrangements are pending with Jerns Funeral Chapel & Crematory in Bellingham.
  • 07/30/06 - An advance copy of the August 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.
  • 07/26/06 - The FCC has granted a change of facilities to Bustos Media of Seattle for KDDS-FM 99.3 Elma.  Power will jump from 41 to 64 kW, HAAT will increase from 620 to 742 meters and TL will move from 47-19-12 123-20-41 to 47-18-46 123-22-15.  Before and after 60 dBu service countour maps show a small increase in signal strength into the Seattle area.  
  • 07/21/06 - The CRTC has approved application by Bell Globemedia Inc. (BGM), on behalf of its licensed subsidiaries, for authority to effect a change in the effective control of BGM.  Currently (subject to future approval of the acquisition of CHUM Limited) the company's only local entity is CTV British Columbia (CIVT-TV/32 and CIVT-DT/33 Vancouver).  CRTC decision   Grant Robertson, Globe & Mail
  • 07/21/06 - Statistics Canada has announced that last year's CBC lockout has caused the public broadcaster's total audience to drop from 11% to 8.8%, moving it from third to fifth place in overall format ranking.  Adult contemporary remains the first choice for Canadians.  Suzanne Ma, Globe & Mail  Broadcaster Magazine
  • 07/19/06 - KTWB-TV/22 Seattle has changed its call letters to KMYQ-TV as part of becoming a MyNetworkTV affiliate effective September 5.   The affiliation agreement was announced May 15th.
  • 07/13/06 - The CRTC will hear the following applications beginning Sept. 11 in Gatineau, Quebec: 0749943 BC Ltd. (Matthew G. McBride) to operate a commercial station in Pemberton with a rock and pop music format on 98.9 MHz non-directional with an ERP of 500 watts at -238 meters HAAT CRTC details; The Mountain Culture Collective Radio Society to operate an FM developmental community radio station in Whistler on 97.9 MHz non-directional with an ERP of 5 watts CRTC details; and the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group to acquire the assets of CKKQ-FM 100.3 and CJZN-FM 91.3 Victoria (sale was announced 05/09/06) CRTC details.
  • 07/12/06 - Bell Globemedia will pay C$1.7 billion for CHUM Ltd., in a deal that will see the company merged into a BCE-owned media conglomerate.  If approved, the CRTC will likely force it to sell several of its television properties in some markets, including Vancouver/Victoria.  Locally, CHUM owns Citytv and three radio stations in Vancouver plus A-Channel and two radio stations in Victoria.  Bell Globemedia owns CTV British Columbia in Vancouver.  Richard Blackwell, The Globe and Mail  CHUM ownership  Bell release  Barbara Shecter, CanWest News
  • 07/11/06 - The CRTC has approved application by Multivan Broadcast Corporation to operate a digital TV transmitter in Victoria to rebroadcast the programming of CHNM-DT/20 Vancouver (approved 3/10/06 and not yet on air).  The new Victoria transmitter will operate on channel 54 with an average ERP of 78 watts.  CRTC decision
  • 07/06/06 - Classic KJR Seattle jingles, jocks and music will be re-lived for five hours starting at 1 p.m. PT this Friday on Sonic Sound Salutes on the 60s on Six on XM Satellite Radio.   Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 07/04/06 - The sign-on of Aboriginal Voices Radio has been delayed once again, this time because of objections to the CRTC from Praise KWPZ-FM 106.5 Lynden that its signal would be affected in the Surrey area.  The CRTC allowed another delay, but AVR chief of operations Roy Hennessy says, "We got a favorable signal last week and the wheels are in motion again."  When the station signs on, it will initially feature prerecorded programming while Industry Canada conducts mandatory tests, which could take 3-6 weeks.  AVR applied to change call letters for all of the stations in Canada and approval has been received to ID as CKAV plus a numerical identifier for each market.   CKAV-2-FM 106.3 for Vancouver.
  • 07/03/06 - The new station on 107.9 MHz in South Bend has picked up the previous 92.5 call letters of KLSY-FM.  The station will operate with 790 watts directional, 276 meters HAAT at 46-41-44 123-46-17.  Meanwhile the FCC has granted volunteer assigment of the construction permit from South Sound Broadcasting, LLC to South Bend Broadcasting, LLC.
  • 07/02/06 - Northwest radio history could have changed in January 1960.  The US Army called and prevented legendary Vancouver broadcaster Red Robinson from starting as afternoon host at KJR Seattle.  View the memo signed by KJR PD John Stone, written on what Red describes as, "The only piece of paper we could find while having dinner."
  • 06/30/06 - An advance copy of the July 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.
  • 06/30/06 - The CRTC has approved application by the CBC to move CBRU AM 1270 Squamish to FM 98.3 directional with an average ERP of 1550 watts (3000 watts peak).  CBRU AM will go off the air on July 24, 2006.  CRTC decision
  • 06/29/06 - Seattle-based Fisher Communications has announced that it has entered into an agreement to purchase the stock of African-American Broadcasting of Bellevue, Inc., licensee of KWOG-TV/51 Bellevue for $16 million.  Fisher intends to provide Hispanic programming on KWOG through a Univision affiliate.  The transfer of control is subject to FCC approval.  Fisher release
  • 06/29/06 - Controversial talk host Mike Siegel returns to the air six months after his departure from Seattle morning-drive radio.  Plans are to re-launch KXOT-FM 91,7 Tacoma August 1 with HD KUOW-2 programming.   Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 06/28/06 - B.C. celebrities, including CBC British Columbia Canada Now anchor Gloria Macarenko, donated their time and talent to read newspaper and magazine articles for VoicePrint Canada’s special 10-hour holiday weekend broadcast on Monday, July 3.  VoicePrint is a specialty media service for the 4.5 million Canadians who can’t access magazines and newspapers due to blindness or other vision restrictions, learning or physical disability, low literacy skills or the effects of getting older.  The Canada Day special will air from 12 noon to 10 p.m. PT July 3 and will be repeated in one-hour installments July 4 to 19 at 4 p.m. PT.  Broadcaster Magazine
  • 06/27/06 - The CRTC has approved application by Jim Pattison Broadcast Group Limited Partnership to acquire the assets of CHWF-FM and CKWV-FM Nanaimo, CIBH-FM and CHPQ-FM Parksville, CKLR-FM Courtenay and CJAV-FM Port Alberni, from Island Radio Ltd.  CRTC decision
  • 06/22/06 - The CRTC has approved use of 106.3 MHz in Vancouver by Aboriginal Voices Radio for its new English and Native language station, which was approved in part by the Commission on June 5, 2001.  CRTC info   The station has announced that it will begin broadcasting June 30 as part of a new national AVR network.
  • 06/10/06 - A Memorial Service for long time CBUT Vancouver weatherman Bob Fortune will be held Sunday, June 18th from 2 to 4 p.m. at the New Horizon Centre on Hornby Island.

  • 06/09/06 - Veteran CBC sportscaster Brian Williams (not to be confused with the NBC news anchor with the same name), who informed the network he would be jumping to rival CTV at the end of the year, has been fired by the corporation.  He is to anchor Olympic coverage of the 2010 games in Vancouver for CTV.  William Houston, Globe and Mail
  • 06/09/06 - A Celebration of Life Service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, June 13th in the Gizeh Temple, 3550 Wayburne Drive, Burnaby for former CHAN-TV Pete's Place host/ventriloquist Peter Rolston.  Sun/Province obituary
  • 06/08/06 - Convention/cruise ship entertainer Peter Rolston died around midnight Tuesday, June 6 at Royal Columbian Hospital in New Westminster. He was the host and ventriloquist of Pete's Place on CHAN-TV Vancouver during the 1960s and '70s.  He was 70.
  • 06/08/06 - Steven B. Williams, who jocked at KYYX-FM Seattle in 1977, was found dead by a passing ship's captain, floating off the coast of Catalina Island.  He was 59.  R&R report   Manny Gonzales, Denver Post
  • 06/07/06 - Robert Fortune died last Saturday (06/03) at the age of 81.  Known on air as Bob Fortune, and reknowned for his soft, mellow voice and signature bowtie, he was the TV weatherman for CBUT Vancouver from 1954-75.  He began his career with CKMO in the late forties, moving to CKWX before starting with the CBC.  He also hosted a number of CBC TV series including Pacific 13 in 1956/57, Pleasure Boating in 1959, Klahanie from 1967-72, Hourglass in the 1970s and The Inventors in 1979.  For the last thirteen years, he lived on Hornby Island, B.C.
  • 06/02/06 - Dan Murphy is the only on-air host to stay, as operations manager, after the flip of KIXI AM 880 Seattle to national syndicated programming.  Weekend specialty shows, including Imagination Theatre, remain the same.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 06/01/06 - An advance copy of the June 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.
  • 06/01/06 - The End KNDD-FM 107.7 Seattle has hired The Buzz KRBZ-FM 96.5 Kansas City program director Lazlo to fill its PD position previously held by Phil Manning.  He starts June 19th.
  • 06/01/06 - KIXI AM 880 Seattle has abandoned its local live and voice tracked programming in favor of the Music of Your Life satellite feed featuring voice tracking by celebrity DJs such as Gary Owens,  Wink Martindale and Peter Marshall.  The change was effective at midnight.
  • 05/31/06 - Seattle-based Fisher Communications has agreed to sell 24 small-market radio stations in Montana and eastern Washington to Cherry Creek Radio LLC for $33.3 million.  The company said it will continue to own three radio stations in Seattle and television stations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.  The sale is subject to FCC approval.  Fisher release  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 05/31/06 - The FCC has granted a construction permit to South Sound Broadcasting, LLC for a new FM station in South Bend.  The station will operate with an ERP of .79 Kw directional at 276 meters HAAT at 46-41-44 123-46-17.
  • 05/31/06 - Spanish language radio continues its growth in the Seattle market with Bustos Media planning to spend another $25 million in the next 12 to 18 months, on top of its investment of $32 million on Washington state radio stations since January 2005.  John B. Saul, Seattle Times
  • 05/31/06 - MOJO CHMJ AM 730 Vancouver will launch Monday at 7:30 a.m. with continuous drive-time traffic and play-by-play Vancouver Whitecaps, Giants and Seattle Seahawks games, as well as delayed CKNW programs hosted by Bill Good, Dan Russell, Charles Adler and Michael Smyth.  Rival Team 1040 CKST program director Rob Gray hints at picking up some of the personalities dumped by MOJO.  Wency Leung, Vancouver Sun  Wendy McLellan, The Province
  • 05/30/06 - It appears that MOJO CHMJ AM 730 has lost the two-way sports format contest in Vancouver to rival Team 1040 CKST.  The station is currently running promos for "continuous drive-time traffic and the best of talk".  Reports indicate that 14 people have lost their jobs, including John McKeachie, Bob Marjanovich, Jeff Paterson, Blake Price and sister station CKNW AM 980 sports director J.P. McConnell.   The new format will begin Monday, June 5.
  • 05/26/06 - All Access Music Group (sign-up service) reports that longtime station manager/PD Phil Manning has resigned from The End KNDD-FM 107.7 Seattle, effective immediately.
  • 05/25/06 - Immediately after the CRTC announced that it had applied for 106.3 MHz in Vancouver, Aboriginal Voices Radio Inc. says it is looking for staff and will begin broadcasting June 30, as part of a new national AVR network.  New stations in Calgary and Ottawa will sign-on the same day with an initial mix of music, talk, news and cultural programming programming from Toronto.  Marke Andrews, Vancouver Sun
  • 05/24/06 - Aboriginal Voices Radio Inc. has applied to the CRTC to use 106.3 MHz for the operation of its Native Type B FM English and Native-languages station in Vancouver, approved in decision 2001-314 on June 5, 2001.  The application was filed in response to the decision, which stated that a license would only be issued to AVR if it submitted an application proposing the use of another suitable FM frequency.  CRTC info
  • 05/21/06 - The first head coach of the B.C. Lions football club, Annis Stukus died May 18 in Canmore AB.   "Stuke", who also did sports commentary work at CFTO-TV in Toronto and CFUN Vancouver, was 91.  He was inducted in the Canadian Association of Broadcasters Broadcast Hall of Fame in 1992.  Canadian Press release  CCF biography
  • 05/20/06 - CKAY-FM 91.7 Gibsons officially signed on at 12:01 p.m. today with an introduction and acknowledgments by President and GM Bob Morris.   Long-time Vancouver broadcaster Jim Fraser will host mornings with Ray Collins in afternoon drive.  The station's signal, which has been testing since March 20, is reaching the Lower Sunshine Coast, Central Vancouver Island and parts of the Lower Mainland.  Audio from RadioWest
  • 05/16/06 - KTWB-TV/22 Seattle is now an affiliate of My NetworkTV, with an upcoming call letter change and programming scheduled to launch on September 5.  Seattle P-I
  • 05/15/06 - Multivan Broadcast Limited Partnership has applied to the CRTC to add a digital TV transmitter, in association with its analog transmitter, in Victoria to broadcast the programming of Channel M CHNM-DT/20 Vancouver.  The transmitter would operate on channel 54 with a maximum ERP of 225 watts.  CRTC info
  • 05/10/06 - Vice President of national CTV News, Tom Haberstroh has been appointed to the position of Vice-President and General Manager for CTV British Columbia CIVT-TV/9 Vancouver.  He moves back to his native Vancouver, succeeding Jim Rusnak, who has held the position since 2003. Rusnak is moving on to another assignment at CTV, which will be announced at a later date.  CTV release 
  • 05/09/06 - O.K. Radio Group Ltd. and the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group have jointly announced the sale of The Q CKKQ-FM 100.3 and The Zone CJZN-FM 91.3 Victoria by O.K Radio to the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group.  Dan McAllister will continue to lead the teams and all of the staff members at both stations will be offered positions with the Jim Pattison Broadcast Group.  The sale is subject to CRTC approval.
  • 05/09/06 - The FCC has granted modification of construction permit to KVOS-DT/35 Bellingham for 580 kW ERP at 799 meters HAAT at 48-40-50 122-50-22.  The station is currently operating with Special Temporary Authority with 12 kW ERP at -42 meters HAAT at 48-44-34 122-28-15.
  • 05/08/06 - The CBC has applied to the CRTC to move its Radio One Vancouver translator CBRU AM 1270 Squamish to FM.  The new station would operate at 98.3 MHz with a maximum effective radiated power of 3,000 watts at -389.53 meters HAAT.  Lease of its AM transmitter site will expire on July 24, forcing the station to shut down at that time.   CRTC info  
  • 05/05/06 - Daystar Television Network station KWDK-T/56 Tacoma has been off air for about a month.   A representative of Daystar advises that network programming has moved to channel 58 (KUSE-LP/58 Seattle).  Meanwhile, digital KWDK-DT/42 is running Daystar Network programming,
    but are identifying as KWBF-TV/42 Little Rock AR.
  • 05/05/06 - Commercial FM radio has exceeded the $1-billion revenue mark in Canada, at a time when the industry is seeking restrictions and changes to ownership rules.  Grant Robertson, The Globe and Mail
  • 05/03/06 - Business news guru Louis Rukeyser, whose friday evening program Wall $treet Week With Louis Rukeyser was a mainstay for over 30 years on KCTS-TV/9 Seattle, died yesterday at his home in Greenwich, Conn. He was 73.  Seattle P-I  NNDB bio
  • 05/02/06 - A close three-way race has formed in the Seattle-Tacoma Winter '06 radio ratings.  R&R details
  • 05/02/06 - Veteran KPLU-FM 88.5 General Manager Martin Neeb is set to retire at the end of May.  Kerry Swanson will serve as interim GM.  Adam Jacobson, R&R
  • 05/01/06 - After an hour of stunting, Seattle market KLSY-FM 92.5 flipped to Rythmic AC Movin 92.5 at noon today.  The station reportedly will run without DJs and will target women 25-44.  Application has been made to change calls to KQMV-FM and to activate a new website at www.movin925.com.  Seattle P-I  Radio Ink
  • 04/29/06 - An advance copy of the May 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.
  • 04/28/06 - Seattle-based Fisher Communications Inc. narrowed its first-quarter loss to $1.7 million, compared with a loss of $5.1 million a year ago.  Revenue rose 9 percent to $33.8 million.  The company credited the improvement to stronger advertising revenue at its ABC affiliates in Seattle and Portland as well as its Seattle radio group.  Fisher release
  • 04/24/06 - The OK Radio Group, whose roster of privately owned stations includes The Q CKKQ-FM 100.3 and The Zone CJZN-FM 91.3 Victoria, has reportedly sold its five Alberta radio stations to Rogers Broadcasting.  Rogers already owns both The Ocean CIOC-FM 98.5 and Jack CHTT-FM 103.1 in Victoria.  CRTC regulations limit ownership to a maximum of two stations in a market.  The sale is subject to CRTC approval.
  • 04/23/06 - The Radio-Info message board, with its Seattle and Canada pages is off-line, possibly to be re-launched under new administrators.   Meanwhile, Lance Venta, one of the main administrators, has launched a brand new site (separate from Radio-Info) called RadioInsight.
  • 04/20/06 - Changes are coming for KKOL AM 1300 Seattle, including a 50 kW power boost by summer.  Robin Erickson and John Maynard are now free from their ties to Entercom.   The tab to change frequencies of high-school stations KMIH-FM 104.5 and KASB-FM 89.3 to accommodate the move-in of KMCQ-FM 104.5 The Dalles OR to Covington will total just over $190,000.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 04/19/06 - The FCC has granted voluntary assignment of license for KMAS AM 1030 Shelton from Sound Broadcasting Inc. to Olympic Broadcasting Inc.
  • 04/18/06 - A Celebration of Life reception for Vancouver broadcaster Tom Peacock will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday April 22 at Hollyburn Country Club, 950 Cross Creek Road, West Vancouver.  Born and raised in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island, he spent the best part of his life working in radio and TV in Nanaimo, Santa Barbara, Seattle and Vancouver.  He is remembered for his years with the Vancouver Canucks, work with the BC Lions and Vancouver Canadians Baseball.  Vancouver Sun obituary
  • 04/16/06 - Former CFUN and CKWX Vancouver DJ Tom Peacock died last night (04/15) at St. Paul's Hospital in the city.  He succumbed to a second stroke following quintuple bypass surgery a few days ago.  He was 67.  Peacock later was Program Director then General Manager of CKWX/CJAZ-FM/CKKS-FM Vancouver during the seventies and eighties.
  • 04/15/06 - Ray Carroll, a member of The Platters during the 1950s, died April 5th at his home in Vancouver.  He was 82.   Carroll hosted a radio show at CJAZ-FM and was the producer of a cable TV soul music show during the 1980s.  He still was active as a producer and agent.  A tribute will be held at Rossini's, 1525 Yew Street in the Kitsilano area, at 2:00 p.m. on April 18th   Sun/Province obituary
  • 04/10/06 - Official 2006 S1 12+ BBM ratings have been released for Vancouver, Victoria and other major Canadian radio markets (pdf format).   A further breakdown of ratings is available from Canadian Broadcast Sales.
  • 04/09/06 - Prayers will be held at Christ the Redeemer Catholic Church at 599 Keith Rd., West Vancouver on Tuesday, April 11th at 6:30 p.m. for Arthur Frederick (Art) Jones, with a Mass of Christian Burial at the same church Wednesday, April 12, 2006 at 10:30 a.m., Father Timothy McCarthy officiating.  Sun/Province obituary
  • 04/08/06 - Vancouver media mainstay Art Jones, who died yesterday, is credited for his many achievements in community service.  Darah Hansen, Vancouver Sun
  • 04/07/06 - Pioneer Vancouver broadcaster Art Jones died April 7 of a massive heart attack at age 80.  He was a boy actor/singer at several Vancouver radio stations during the 1940s and photo journalist for the Vancouver Sun during the '50s, prior to winning the license for Vancouver's second TV station, CHAN-TV/8 in 1960.  He was still active as the producer/host of Art Jones & Company on Shaw Cable TV Vancouver.  Jones was the recipient of the Variety Club Heart Award in 1994 and Pioneer Award in 2001, and Tourism Vancouver's Lifetime Achievement Award in 1996.  VPL biography  History of Vancouver bio  Shaw Cable photo  Press Release
  • 03/29/06 - An advance copy of the April 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.
  • 03/29/06 - Vancouver market CKNW AM 980 has shuffled the weekend deck.  Shell Busey's Home Discovery Show moves to 5-8 a.m. Saturdays, longtime Vancouver radio/TV broadcaster Cameron Bell returns to the airwaves to host his own show Sundays at 8:30 a.m. and movie/media critic Rick Forchuck hosts his own show at 10 a.m.  Gone is Saturday morning host Jim Fraser to weekday mornings at the new CKAY-FM 91.7 Gibsons, which officially signs on May 20.  CKAY has also picked up News1130 CKWX AM 1130 sports announcer Scott Russell for sales and sports.
  • 03/27/06 - The CRTC has extended to June 30, 2006 the deadline for Aboriginal Voices Radio (AVR) to file an application for the use of a frequency other than 90.9 MHz in Vancouver and to commence operation of its previously authorized station to serve the city.  CRTC info
  • 03/26/06 - Channel M CHNM-TV/42 Vancouver has signed on its Victoria translator CHNM-TV-1 on channel 29.  The facility operates with a peak ERP of 8800 watts at 265 meters HAAT.
  • 03/25/06 - Country singer Buck Owens, who played and hosted radio shows at KAYE Puyallup and KTNT Tacoma in the late 1950s, died early this morning at his Bakersfield, CA home at age 76.  He was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1996.  Buck Owens website   Yahoo bio
  • 03/20/06 - CKAY-FM 91.7 Sechelt has begun on-air testing.  The station will officially sign on at noon May 20th and will cover the Lower Sunshine Coast from Egmont to Langdale, Central Vancouver Island and parts of the Lower Mainland.
  • 03/18/06 - Skagit Valley radio icon Dan Bartolovic died in Anacortes January 19th at the age of 60.  Danny B hosted the KAPS AM 660 Mount Vernon morning show from 1989 to 2001, was program director, handled sports play-by-play, was track announcer at Skagit Speedway and public address announcer for the Bellingham Mariners and Tacoma Tigers baseball teams. 
  • 03/16/06 - GreenStone Media hopes to fill a niche with a single source of 24-hour programming with a perspective provided by female hosts and aimed at female listeners.  Haley Jones has been named music director, assistant program director and midday host for Seattle market KMTT-FM 103.7.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 03/15/06 - In a new six-year contract, the NHL Vancouver Canucks are moving to Team 1040 CKST AM 1040 Vancouver from CKNW AM 980, an association which goes back to 1970.   Canucks Vice-President of Broadcast & New Media Chris Hebb says that both sides are working towards bringing play-by-play announcer John Shorthouse and analyst Tom Larscheid along as part of the deal.  Canucks release  Team 1040 release
  • 03/15/06 - After 30 years in news and news director of Q13 KCPQ-TV/13 since September 2002, Bill Kaczaraba is leaving the station next month for a job at a local management consulting firm.  Pamela Sitt, Seattle Times
  • 03/14/06 - The CRTC has approved application by UCFV Campus and Community Radio Society to operate a community-based campus FM radio station at the University College of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford to operate at 88.5 MHz with an average effective radiated power of 92 watts.  However, the Commission has denied the proposed technical perameters.  CRTC decision
  • 03/14/06 - The CRTC has approved application by McBride Communications & Media Inc. to operate a commercial FM radio station in Ucluelet.  The station will operate at 99.5 MHz with an effective radiated power of 180 watts.  CRTC decision
  • 03/10/06 - The CRTC has approved application by Multivan Broadcast Limited Partnership to operate a transitional digital television station in association with Channel M CHNM-TV/42 Vancouver.  The station would operate from the existing CHNM-TV tower on channel 20 with an average ERP of 772 watts.  CRTC info
  • 03/10/06 - Former CBC announcer and program host Stan Peters died suddenly from a heart attack early in the morning last Saturday, March 4 in his 74th year.  A Celebration of Life will take place on Thursday, March 16th at the Royal Canadian Legion in North Vancouver.  CBC Pensioners' Association obituary
  • 03/09/06 - The New York Attorney General's office is suing Entercom, parent of seven Seattle radio stations, following its payola probe.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 03/07/06 - British Columbia Institute of Technology's campus station, Evolution 107.9 CFML-FM Burnaby signed on for its three week test period at noon today.
  • 03/07/06 - At the Canadian Music Industry Awards (CMIA), Chris "Dunner" Duncombe of The FOX CFOX-FM 99.3 Vancouver has received the Major Market Music Director of the Year award.  Broadcaster Magazine
  • 03/01/06 - An advance copy of the March 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.
  • 03/01/06 - Victoria-based 35-year open line host Peter Warren retires from radio this weekend to become a detective.  His Warren on the Weekend program is heard across Canada on the Corus Radio Network and locally on Vancouver market CKNW AM 980.  Guy Dixon, The Globe and Mail
  • 02/28/06 - Pending Industry Canada approval, British Columbia Institute of Technology campus station CFML-FM 107.9 is scheduled to sign on with its initial three week test period in the next few days.  The station will identify as Evolution 1079: the evolution of radio.
  • 02/24/06 - KMAS AM 1030 Shelton has been sold by Sound Broadcasting to Olympic Broadcasting.   Purchase price is $725,000.  R&R details
  • 02/23/06 - MOJO CHMJ AM 730 Vancouver will carry all 28 regular season Whitecaps men’s home and away games plus playoffs and 30-minute pre-game and post-game shows.  The broadcast team has yet to be announced.  Whitecaps release  
  • 02/20/06 - Barbara Kerry, owner and chief executive of KGY AM/FM Olympia, died last Wednesday at the age of 71.  She took over ownership of the station in 1984.  Jim Szymanski, The Olympian
  • 02/18/06 - Low powered KCFL-LP Fall City, along with its 94.5 White Center (Seattle) translator, has moved to an 1955-64 oldies format, identifying as Radio KYA.   Meanwhile, low powered KYAO-FM 89.5 Ocean Shores, which previously ran jockless, has added Radio KYA personalities.
  • 02/14/06 - The CRTC has approved application by Rogers Broadcasting Limited to relocate the transmitter of OMNI BC CHNU-TV/66 Fraser Valley, increase power and decrease antenna height.  CRTC decision
  • 02/09/06 - Canada's Big Band King Mart Kenney died last evening at age 95 in Mission, east of Vancouver.  His music was played over seven decades, both live and on Canadian radio.  He began his professional career in 1928 as a saxophonist, with his band making its radio debut at the Alexandra Ballroom on CJOR Vancouver in 1934.  He moved to Ontario during the forties, but returned to the west coast in 1969.  Mart Kenney fan website & bio  further background  CCF biography  National Post
  • 02/08/06 - KZIZ AM 1560 Sumner will be moving its transmitter later this year to city land south of the Sumner Meadows golf course.  The station will also expand to 24 hour service.   Rob Tucker, News Tribune
  • 02/08/06 - After 59 years in broadcasting, 84 year old Seattle radio icon Bob Liddle will be airing his final program 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday, February 12 on KIXI AM 880.  Bill Virgin, 2001 P-I archive
  • 02/06/06 - The CRTC has approved application by CHKG-FM 96.1 Vancouver to operate a Korean-language radio service on its SCMO (SCA) channel.  CRTC decision
  • 02/01/06 - An advance copy of the February 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.
  • 01/30/06 - Charles Herring, Seattle's first live TV broadcaster on KING-TV and former owner of KAPY radio Port Angeles, has died at age 83.   At his request, no services will be held.  Tan Vinh, Seattle Times  KING-TV background
  • 01/19/06 - Ken Schram and John Carlson host The Commentators 10 a.m. to noon weekdays starting January 30  on KOMO AM 1000 Seattle.  Bill Virgin, Seattle P-I
  • 01/11/06 - Radio personalities and media reps attended a celebration of life yesterday at Andy's Diner in Seattle for ex KJR, KOL and KYYX-FM Seattle DJ Lan Roberts, who died December 30 in Bonham TX.  Pat O'Day emceed.  Among those in attendance were notable Seattle broadcasters Charlie Brown, Pat Cashman, Dick Curtis, Danny Holiday, Lee Perkins, John Maynard, Mike Phillips and Frank Thompson, along with Red Robinson and Doc Harris from Vancouver.  Lan's memory page
  • 01/11/06 - Corus Radio has announced the appointment of Jim (JJ) Johnston as General Manager for Corus Radio Vancouver (CHMJ, CKNW, CFOX-FM, CFMI-FM) effective February 28.  Johnston was most recently General Manager of Corus Radio Toronto.
  • 01/11/06 - KARR AM 1460 will remain off air for the forseeable future due to a pre-Christmas fire which did extensive damage to the station's transmitter facility.  Story and photos (scan 1/3 down page)
  • 01/09/06 - A transmitter fire at KARR AM 1460 Kirkland, which shares facilities with the nightime transmitter of KKDZ AM 1250 Seattle is off air due to a fire.  KKDZ is continuing, reportedly using its daytime transmitter site.
  • 01/09/06 - CBUT-DT/58 Vancouver, which remaps to 2.1 on ATSC tuners, is now on air with regular programming. Vancouver now has two digital TV stations, including CIVT-DT/33, with CHAN-DT/22 expected to start testing in September.

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