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12/31/24 - This is the
final entry on the VANCOUVER
BROADCASTERS
website after over two decades
online. The site will be
available for research purposes
for the next several months
without further updates. A Happy
and Prosperous New Year to
everyone. Gord, Retired
Webmaster
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12/29/24 - Former CBC
Vancouver staffer Alden Habacon
died December 2 at age 50
following a tragic accident in
Hawaii. He was with CBC from
2004-10, initially as a
diversity specialist and then as
a Senior Manager of Diversity
Initiatives. CBC
News Dignity
Memorial Obituary
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12/25/24 - Veteran CTV
National News Toronto
Correspondent John
Vennavally-Rao has
returned to screens following
two major surgeries for two
separate cancers. The 1991
Camosun College Victoria Applied
Communication Program graduate
was a general assignment
reporter for VTV/
CTV Vancouver from
1997-2002. CTV
News
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12/25/24 - Veteran
programmer Christian
Hall will assume the role of
Program Director at CHUM-FM
104.5 Toronto.
He was most recently with Rogers
Radio in Vancouver, serving
as National Programmer for Classic
Hits, as well as Content Director
for JACK CJAX-FM
96.9 and SONiC
RADiO CKKS-FM
104.9 Vancouver until
management changes in late
October. Connie
Thiessen, Broadcast Dialogue
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12/25/24
- A very Merry Christmas and Best
of the Season to our many
followers.
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12/19/24 - John
Voiles has announced his
upcoming retirement next March as
General Sales and Marketing
Manager at CHEK-TV
Victoria. He joined CHEK in
January 2022, but previously
worked in sales for then sister
station BCTV, regularly selling
advertising on CHEK. His 45-year
career includes managerial roles
at Global BC, City TV, A-Channel,
Astral, and Bell Media.
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12/19/24 - Global
BC Operations Manager Al
Wright has retired after 40
years. He earlier held the positions
of Production Editor and Technical
Director for CHAN-TV (now Global BC)
then News Operations Manager and
most recently Station Operations
Manager.
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12/17/24 -
The final Victoria Radio Luncheon,
held at 4mile
Pub in Victoria was held
Monday. It commemorated the voices
and faces that shaped the Victoria
broadcast market for over four
decades. Barry
Bowman, Puget Sound Radio
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12/14/24 -
Veteran Vancouver traffic reporter Amber
Belzer has been appointed
Senior Director of Western Canada
for the Canadian
Traffic Network. She has been
CTN's Director of Operations since
2011. LinkedIn
Announcement
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12/14/24 - The
Zone CJZN-FM
91.3 Victoria, in
partnership with Peninsula
Co-op, has raised over
$50,000 to benefit numerous local
charities. The Toy Drive began in
2010, inspired by morning host Dylan
Willows and his mother,
Marie, who recognized a growing
need within the community. The Toy
Drive has been renamed The
Willows Family Toy Drive, in
memory of Dylan, who passed away
from cancer earlier this
year. Milkman
Unlimited The
Zone Video
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12/14/24 - Drex
Chan returns to talk radio
for the first time since 2020,
covering for John
Oakley on CFIQ AM
640 Toronto. After being
released from hosting the morning
show at JACK CJAX-FM
96.9 Vancouver in April, he
most recently hosted evenings
remotely on Indie88 CIND-FM
88.1 Toronto.
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12/12/24 - Numeris
Fall 2024 PPM ratings have been
released for Vancouver and four
other Canadian markets. CKNW
AM 980 leads in A12+
with a 12.1% share. Bray
and Partners Overview
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12/09/24 - Former CBC
Vancouver journalist, host
and story producer Wendy
Bancroft has announced she
has moved back to the mainland
after seven years living on
Vancouver Island. She was a CBC
Television current affairs
journalist in Edmonton,
Toronto and Vancouver from 1975-85
and was most recently an
instructor and writing coach for
the Story
Catcher Workshops in
Courtenay since 2014. Bancroft is
still mentoring but will be
focusing more on her own writing.
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12/09/24 - Retired
CBC Vancouver staffer Ken Gibson
passed away November 30 at age 92.
He held the positions of propsman,
studio director. TV producer and
area head of TV variety from 1961
until his retirement in 1997.
There will be no funeral service
per his wishes. Detailed
CBC Obituary
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