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9/08/24 - Olivia McDonald joins the Vancouver Canucks content team as a new rinkside reporter. She recently was a reporter/ anchor at CKPG-TV Prince George. Canucks News
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9/06/24 - The non-profit Sooke Radio Society
is getting closer to its first broadcast over the airwaves as a
community radio station. The group recently received a $5,000 grant from
the District of Sooke through its Community Grants Program. It's looking to broadcast over the Internet in early 2025. Oli Herrera, CHEK News
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9/06/24 - Former Vancouver broadcaster John Vennavally-Rao
has released some news about his absence from TV screens. Twelve months
ago, following a routine colonoscopy, doctors discovered he had two
completely separate cancers: rectal cancer and lung cancer. He says he
is doing ok and has my his sights set on returning to work. The 53 year
old was a general assignment reporter at VTV/ CTV BC from 1997-2002, and is most recently a CTV National News Correspondent based in Toronto. CTV News
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9/06/24 - Liz Shorten, COO of the Canadian Media Producers Association, was among those awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal
during a ceremony with B.C. Premier David Eby and B.C. Lieutenant
Governor Janet Austin. Shorten was recognized for her outstanding
commitment and dedication to the film, television and digital media
sectors. Others from the B.C. media community recognized include Sp!ce
Radio founder Shushma Datt, CKYE RED FM news director Harjinder Thind, South Asian NHL play-by-play commentator Randip Janda, journalist and TV commentator Guo Ding, and journalist Debbie Chen.
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9/06/24 -
Global BC has announced the passing of two former staffers. Craig
Lawrence died over the weekend from Parkinson’s. He had worked for BCTV/
Global BC as a Camera Operator. Another recent loss of note is Carlo
Sgaetti. Many people work with his son Luca and may have also worked
with Carlo during his time at Global BC and
BCTV.
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9/05/24 - Former Vancouver sportscaster Andrew Walker is making a return to radio waves with a new on-air position at Edmonton market Sports 1440 CKJR AM Wetaskiwin. He was let go after a four year run at Sportsnet 650 CISL Vancouver in 2021. After leaving, he started a podcast of his own called The Hedge. Preston Hodgkinson, Daily Hive
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9/03/24 - CKNW AM 980 Vancouver traffic reporter and fill-in content producer Aleigha Andres
has left her position. The 2024 BCIT Broadcast and Online Journalism
graduate started with CKNW in February of this year. X Posting
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9/03/24 - Former All Traffic CKGO AM 730
Vancouver morning anchor Jeff Jeffries has started Twitch Traffic to
help commuters get through Vancouver's morning traffic rush, weekdays 6
to 10 a.m. Corus Entertainment shut down the all traffic format on June 26th, replacing it with a simulcast of CKNW AM 980. X Posting
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8/31/24 - After a 62-year career, Mike McCardell has retired with his final The Last Word on CTV Vancouver. His final farewell came from the PNE, where he has originated numerous segments over the years. CTV News
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8/29/24 - George Lee is retiring from Fairchild Media Group
after 29 years. He started his career with Fairchild Radio Vancouver in
1995 as a program host, and worked his way up to President of Fairchild
Media Group, overseeing four radio stations and five channels across
the country.
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8/28/24 -
CHEK-TV Victoria news anchor Paul Haysom pays tribute to staffer Darren
Scott, who passed away this week following 13 years with the station,
working in master control. Paul Haysom Tribute
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8/27/24 - Iconic broadcaster and story teller Mike McCardell has decided that the 2024 PNE Fair
will be the final farewell to his long career as a journalist. A
special thank you farewell will be held at 12:45 p.m. Thursday, August
29th at the PNE Agrodome. PNE Release
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8/23/24 - Former Vancouver broadcaster Geoff Rohoman has announced he is taking a leave of absence from his current position as reporter/ anchor at 680 NewsRadio CFTR Toronto. He has some health issues to overcome, including colon cancer. Rohoman was a reporter/ anchor at News 1130
CKWX from 2006-10 before departing for Toronto. He was one of three
accredited reporters from Vancouver to cover the 2010 Olympic
Games. X Announcement
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8/19/24 - Retired 26-year BCTV veteran reporter Harvey Oberfeld looks at the continuing erosion of local news and specifically layoffs and news quality slippage at money-making Global BC. Keeping it Real
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8/18/24 - Emmy Award winning political commentator and former Vancouver talk show host Charles Adler has been named to the Senate by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. His Adler on Line program was syndicated from 2005-13 to CKNW AM 980 from Winnipeg and he was later a talk show host on CKNW and the Corus Radio Network from 2016-21. Christian Paas-Lang, CBC News
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8/16/24 - CBC Vancouver reporter/ editor Tarnjit Parmar
will be filling in as the morning news presenter for the next year. The
2016 BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate has been with CBC since August
2022 and was previously the lead producer of Rogers Communications' CityNews Everywhere. LinkedIn Announcement
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8/16/24 -
Former CBC Vancouver staffer Chris Paton passed away from heart related
issues July 2 at age 83. She spent several years as a script assistant
working primarily on The 7 O’Clock Show. She moved to Toronto for
a brief period where she helped launch CBC’s Marketplace and also did
runs at CBC Edmonton and Halifax before returning to CBUT as an
Executive Producer.
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8/15/24 - As CKNW AM 980 Vancouver celebrates its 80th anniversary, station host Jas Johal
reminisces on his early days as a producer and reflects on how 'NW has
managed to stay relevant with listeners for so long. Global BC News Video
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8/15/24 - An
obituary has been published for Vancouver DJ Pamela (Tim) Burge, who
passed away in Kelowna August 3 at age 79. Then known as Timothy M.
Burge, she was one of the big stars of Vancouver radio, both as a DJ and
program director from the late 1960s to the '80s. John Mackie, Vancouver Sun
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8/15/24 - Unifor has confirmed that Global News parent company Corus
has laid off another 16 employees this week, most of whom worked in BC,
with journalists being half of the people cut. Specific names have not
yet been publicly announced. Megan Devlin, Daily Hive
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8/14/24 - At age 80, after 62 years in the news business, legendary Vancouver storyteller Mike McCardell is retiring. He's been telling local TV viewers stories since the mid 1970s, first at BCTV (now Global BC) and then at CTV Vancouver since 2013. His last day on the job will be Friday, Aug. 30 with a farewell to British Columbia viewers at the end of the CTV News at Six. Ethan Faber, CTV News
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8/14/24 - Heritage Vancouver market station CKNW AM 980
is celebrating its 80th anniversary this week with some special
programming tomorrow (8/15). CKNW signed on August 15, 1944 with 250
watts on AM 1230, moving to 1320 with 1000 watts in 1949 and then to its
current 980 position in 1958, first with 10,000 watts then to 50,000 in
1965. Milkman Unlimited CCF Detailed History
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8/14/24 - Darrian Matassa-Fung has been laid off from his online journalist position at Global BC. The 2019 BCIT Broadcast Journalism graduate joined Global BC in June 2022 from Global Okanagan, where he had been working as a video journalist. He has listed himself as a former journalist at Global on his X posting.
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8/14/24 - Rogers Communications station Sonic CKKS-FM 104.9
Vancouver is beta testing Radio GPT technology with an AI voice during
nighttime hours. A spokesman for Rogers says, "The introduction of
testing AI components on some of our radio stations is additive to and
augments around our existing on-air radio talent." Brendan Kergin, Vancouver is Awesome
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8/12/24 - 1130 News Radio CKWX Vancouver anchor/ producer Srushti Gangdev
has been appointed Assistant News Director. The 2019 BCIT Broadcast
Journalism graduate has been at the station since August 2023 and was
previously a reporter/ anchor at CKNW AM 980 from 2018-21. X Posting
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8/12/24 - Ben Bouguerra joins 1130 News Radio CKWX
Vancouver as a contract part time anchor/ reporter. The 2024 BCIT
Broadcast and Online Journalism graduate had recently completed CBC and
Rogers Sports & Media internships. X Posting
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8/10/24 - Veteran Vancouver broadcaster Jody Vance is filling in for Mike Smyth 9-noon weekdays on CKNW AM 980 Vancouver for the next week. She was most recently co-host with Lynda Steele on the Steele and Vance show on CHEK-TV Victoria. Jody Vance, X Posting
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8/09/24 - Vancouver sportscaster Joey Kenward,
who was diagnosed with leukemia last November, has posted some good
news. His leukemia cancer cells are now in remission following a stem
cell transplant from an anonymous donor. He has been an on-air Canucks host for Sportsnet 650 CISL since 2017. David Carrigg, The Sun
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8/06/24 - CBC
staffer Michael Hugh Morgan passed away July 4, 2024 at 80 years of age.
He spent 13 years with CBC Vancouver in the '60s and '70s as a Unit
Manager/ Production Manager and then 19 years in Toronto, mostly with
the Sports department covering events including football games, the
Kentucky Derby and numerous Olympic Games, retiring to Vancouver Island
in 1996.
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8/03/24 -
Former Vancouver radio personality Pamela Burge passed away this morning
in Kelowna at age 79. Then Tim Burge entertained at several Vancouver
stations following a start at CKDA Victoria in 1964 and then as PD at
CFMI-FM 101.1 Vancouver during the 1980s before departing for
Kelowna. Radio West posting
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