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- 01/27/12 - An advance copy of the February 2012
edition of Clay's Corner, prepared by Clay Freinwald 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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- 01/26/12 - Long-time
all-night radio host Jerry Landa died around 10 p.m. Wednesday (01/25) at the Palliative
Care Unit at Vancouver General Hospital following a lengthy illness. He was 78.
He worked at a number of local stations from the 1960s to 80s, including CKDA
Victoria, CFUN, CKLG, CJOR and CKWX Vancouver and CHUB Nanaimo. redrobinson.com
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- 01/24/12 - Correction to
the KWPX-TV Bellevue item (01/23) below, which should read: The FCC has dismissed
voluntary assignment of license for KWPX-TV Bellevue from Ion Media License Company, LLC
to Urban Television LLC.
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- 01/24/12 - The FCC has
granted voluntary assignment of license for KVOS-TV
Bellingham from Newport Television LLC to OTA Broadcasting (Sea), LLC. The sale was
announced in early December with the price revealed as $2.9 million. FCC
decision RBR
backgrounder
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- 01/24/12 - The CRTC has
approved an application by CBC to change its existing low-power CBC Radio One Vancouver transmitter CBXK AM 1240
Pemberton to FM. The new transmitter will operate at 91.5 MHz with an ERP of 262
watts non-directional operating at -801.8 meters HAAT. CBC indicated that the
transition to FM is necessary because a mixed-use building was recently constructed near
its AM station and the current tower owner intends to erect a self-supporting cellular
tower nearby that would further decrease the signal’s quality. CRTC decision
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- 01/24/12 - CBC management
has told archivists to pare down CD and LP music collections across Canada by the end of
March. CBC Vancouver has an unusually large array of South American titles and other
music from around the world, along with a large number of 78-rpm records and Edisons,
which could all be part of the dismantling. Guy
Dixon, Globe and Mail
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- 01/23/12 - Ed Watson, the
original Victoria bureau chief for VTV (now CTV
British Columbia) when it launched in 1997, is returning as their new Vancouver
Island bureau chief. He moved to anchor the evening news at CHEK-TV Victoria from
2004-07 and served as assignment editor at CTV British Columbia from 2009-10.
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- 01/23/12 - A spokesperson
for CTV Two CIVI-TV Victoria confirms
that reporter Brett Mineer
was released Thursday after only one month with the station. Mineer was formerly a
reporter for Vancouver market CKNW AM 980 before being released last August. He was
named the winner of the Jack
Webster Foundation's Best News Reporting of the Year for 2011 for his
coverage of the Whistler sled dog killings.
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- 01/23/12 - The FCC has
granted voluntary assignment of license for KWPX-TV Bellevue from Ion Media License
Company, LLC to Urban Television LLC. Note correction (01/24) above.
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- 01/22/12 - A celebration of
life has been announced for Michael Halloran, who died recently at age 59. It is
scheduled for 2 p.m. Friday, January 27 at the banquet facility of Larson Station
restaurant at Gleneagles Golf Course, 6190 Marine Drive, West Vancouver. During the
1990s, Halloran's marketing company directed the graphic and TV marketing for KISS-FM
and the launch of News1130 Vancouver in 1996.
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- 01/22/12 - Shell
Busey's HouseSmart, hosted by radio and television personality and home improvement
expert Shell Busey is off the Vancouver
market AM 650 CISL airwaves. Shell
tells NORTHWEST BROADCASTERS, "After three
months on the air at CISL, I have to say....you can't make a talk radio show work on a
non-talk radio station on Monday football night....so I resigned from trying."
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- 01/21/12 - KING-TV Seattle reporter Meg Coyle got her report
interrupted by an angry sledder accusing her and other reporters of ruining their snow
fun. Seattle
P-I/KING 5 video
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- 01/21/12 - B.C. legislative
reporter Stephen Smart's marriage to Premier Christy Clark's deputy press secretary,
Rebecca Scott, has been found to be in violation of the CBC's journalistic standards and
practices by the Corporation's ombudsman Kirk LaPointe. However, Johnny Michel,
managing director for CBC's B.C. region, said CBC will not be taking any action in light
of the review, as there is no evidence of an actual conflict of interest. Andrea
Woo, Vancouver Sun
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- 01/20/12 - Sunnylands
Broadcasting and Jodesha Broadcasting have agreed to
work together to maximize two frequencies, one currently owned by Jodesha, the other by
Sunnylands. Jodesha already has a CP to upgrade KANY-FM
93.7 Ocean Shores by moving it closer to Seattle and increasing ERP from 14 to 33 kW.
Sunnylands has applied to move a 98.5 MHz allotment from Ilwaco to Oakville.
The new entity will be called JOSH Broadcasting. Radio-Info.com
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- 01/20/12 - The CRTC has
denied an application by Matthew McBride to operate a new station at 89.1 MHz in Squamish.
The Commission cited continued economic uncertainty in the region and its previous
approved of a mainstream commercial FM station to serve Whistler that has yet to launch.
CRTC decision
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- 01/20/12 - The FCC has
granted a construction permit to Northwest Indy Radio to move KCFL-FM 91.3 Elma to 89.1
MHz, increase ERP from 100 to 255 watts non-directional, and move the transmitter about 10
miles closer to Elma at 46-57-31
123-35-18. HAAT will increase from -72 to 94 meters. FCC
details
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- 01/19/12 - Broadcast
engineer Clay Freinwald reports that many of the NWPR
Stations were/are off air due to iced up antennas and/or satellite dishes full of snow and
ice. KCKA-TV at Crego Hill near Chehalis was off air along
with co-located KSWS-FM 88.9 Chehalis. Additionally, power is out at West Tiger and
Cougar Mountains with stations running on generators. West Tiger only has about 4
days supply of fuel, therefore road plowing through three to four feet of snow is being
planned.
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- 01/19/12 - Seattle TV
stations KOMO, KING
and KIRO have pre-empted regular network programming from
their main channels to provide continuous news, weather and traffic coverage during the
current severe conditions. KIRO has moved regular programming to channel 7.2.
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- 01/18/12 - Former CFUN
Good Guy Brian Lord died at 1 a.m. (January 19 local time) in the Philippines.
He was 77. Except for a short TV stint in Kamloops, he entertained at CFUN Vancouver
from 1959-62 before moving to KMEN San Bernardino CA. He returned to Canada in 1968
with positions at CJJC Langley, CKDA Victoria and CKWX/CKKS-FM and CHRX/CJJR-FM Vancouver
before moving to Metro Broadcasting in Hong Kong in 1995. He retired to the
Philippines in 2001. BC Radio History photos and
bio
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- 01/18/12 - The FCC has
granted an application by Pacific Lutheran University for a construction permit to change
the frequency of its KPLU-FM translator, now K221FR, in
West Seattle from 88.1 to 92.1 MHz and increase ERP to 250 watts directional. The
change was necessary due to the transmitter move and power increase recently granted to
KWAO-FM 88.1 (formerly KLOP-FM) Ocean Park. Waiver
request FCC
info
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- 01/17/12 - The CRTC has
approved an application by UFV Campus and Community Radio Society to increase the maximum
ERP of CIVL-FM 101.7 Abbotsford from 550 to 880 watts
directional, decrease HAAT from 121 to 104 meters and relocate its transmitter site
approximately .5 km. CRTC
decision
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- 01/15/12 - Long-time
Vancouver market CISL radio sales representative Les Nielsen died January 11. He
started with the station when it first went on air in 1980 and worked on radio shows with Red Robinson. He was the nephew of
actor/comedian Leslie Nielsen.
A celebration of life will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 21 at Delta
Christian School, 4789 - 53 St., Delta. Sun/Province
obituary
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- 01/14/12 - Radio and
television sports and news announcers' ears perk up at the announcement Wednesday by Shaw
Media to start an all-news speciality channel for British Columbia. Greg
Douglas, Vancouver Sun
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- 01/13/12 - A celebration of
life has been announced for well known meteorologist and radio weather reporter John
Paschold, who died January 9 at age 90. It will be held at 2:00 p.m. Wednesday,
January 18 at South Delta Baptist Church, 1988 56th Street, Tsawwassen. Sun/Province
obituary
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- 01/12/12 - Seattle based Fisher Communications has announced the election of Peter E.
Murphy to its board of directors filling the vacant seat formerly occupied by Roger Ogden,
who resigned from the board last October. Fisher
release
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- 01/11/12 - Shaw
Media has filed an application with the CRTC to operate an all-news network that would
be broadcast as a speciality channel on cable and mobile phones as well as being streaming
live online. The company says it would feature a prime-time talk show hosted by Global
BC CHAN-TV Vancouver news personality and
senior reporter Jill Krop.
Steve
Ladurantaye, Globe and Mail Global
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- 01/11/12 - Former
Environment Canada meteorologist and weather reporter John Paschold died in Tsawwassen
Monday, January 9 at age 90. He reported weather for CJOR Vancouver in the 1970s
and later for CBC Radio during the 1980s and '90s.
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- 01/11/12 - Jim
Beatty, who served seven years as CTV's bureau chief at the B.C. legislature has been
named the new anchor of CHEK News at CHEK-TV
Victoria. Times
Colonist
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- 01/10/12 - Smart Talk
KVI AM 570 Seattle PD Travis Box is leaving the station
to become a stay-at-home dad effective January 13. Current 1-3 p.m. host Scott Carty
will assume the role of interim PD. All
Access Music Group
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- 01/10/12 - Long-time Q13
FOX KCPQ-TV Seattle morning anchor Lily Jang, who announced
last November she is moving to Houston to be with family, has accepted a new job as
morning anchor with for KHOU-TV Houston. Her last
day at Q13 is Friday, February 10. John
Allen Yeager, MCDM
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- 01/10/12 - "The
Outlaw" Pat Garrett will host afternoon drive at KMPS-FM
94.1 Seattle. For the past 13 years, he was the p.m. drive personality at KUBL-FM 93.3 Salt Lake City.
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- 01/09/12 - The FCC has
granted voluntary assignment of license for KWDB AM 1110
Oak Harbor from Action Pages, LLC to Satnam Media Group Inc. FCC
info The sale, for $35,000 cash, was announced in late November. RBR.com
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- 01/06/12 - KMPS-FM 94.1 Seattle has released long time on-air host
and music director Tony Thomas. He had been with the station since 1989. Also
departing is programming assistant Marissa Dion. Radio-Info.com
Country Aircheck
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- 01/05/12 - Tom and
Thierry’s radio show Seattle Kitchen returns to the airwaves weekly on KIRO-FM 97.3 Saturday January 7.
Their previous show was dropped in early 2010 after a five-year run. Tom Douglas release
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- 01/05/12 - KMAS AM 1030 Shelton moved to Newsradio
Tuesday morning from its former Rock and Roll's Greatest Hits programming which
had been in effect since August 2007. New programming lineup is shown here. KMAS also broadcasts on FM
translator K281BM 104.1 Shelton.
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- 01/04/12 - Longtime Seattle
radio personality Rob ‘T-Man’ Tepper teams up with former MLB pitcher/analyst
and FOX Sports Radio personality Rob Dibble
starting Monday, January 9. FOX Sports Tonight airs weeknights from 7-10
p.m. on KRKO AM 1380 Everett. Station General
Manager, Andy Skotdal, states, “The T-Man is a huge addition to our lineup. His
name recognition in this market is high without even being on the air..."
Tepper is widely known for his radio work in Seattle, where he hosted mornings on KUBE-FM 93.3 for 14 years. Radio Online
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- 01/04/12 - Former CBC
staffer Steve Hook died in his 71st year in Sarnia, Ontario on December 27 after a long
illness. He worked for CBC Radio and TV as an announcer in Yellowknife
and Edmonton and in program management in Prince Rupert and Vancouver. His
last position was in Vancouver as Manager of Radio Operations. He left CBC in 1982
and moved back to Ontario. Sarnia Observer
obituary
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- 01/04/12 - Author, actor,
composer, librettist and former CBC Vancouver music and drama producer Norman Newton died
December 27 at age 82. A memorial service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, January 7
at St. John's Shaughnessy Church, 1490 Nanton Ave., Vancouver. ABC BookWorld bio and
remembrance
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- 01/03/12 - Former KMPS-FM 94.1 Seattle PD Becky Brenner has joined the
Seattle office of country radio consulting firm Albright and O'Malley as VP and consulting
partner. She had been with KMPS since 1982 before departing last summer. A & O
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