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1 week ago | 
pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |Jack Dunn
by Jack DunnVarietyApril 15, 2025Wink Martindale, a pioneer of game show frontmen and the host of “Tic-Tac-Dough,” “Gambit” and “High Rollers,” died Tuesday. He was 91. The news was confirmed through his official Facebook page. In a post sharing an obituary for Martindale, the page wrote, “It’s with a very sad and heavy heart that we here at Wink Martindale Games have to report the passing of the legendary Wink Martindale. Wink was amazing, funny and talented. News Source HERE
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1 month ago | 
pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |David Friend
by David FriendCanadian PressTimes ColonistMarch 7, 2025TORONTO — Buffy Sainte-Marie has lost her Juno awards, Polaris Music Prize honours and her induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame as arts organizations respond to a statement from the singer saying she is not Canadian. The Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences says it will revoke her five Juno wins and her 2017 humanitarian award after a review of its eligibility requirements.
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2 months ago | 
pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |Brent Stecker
by Brent SteckerSeattle SportsFebruary 21, 2025The Seattle Mariners have new broadcast teams on both radio and television for the 2025 season, though all the voices will be familiar to fans. On the Mariners Radio Network broadcast on Seattle Sports, Rick Rizzs will continue to be the voice of the Mariners, with Gary Hill moving up to be his on-air partner.
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2 months ago | 
pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |Gary Barnes
The Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission also approved new broadcasting licencesby Gary BarnesMaple Ridge-Pitt Meadows NewsFebruary 13, 2025The sale of 21 B.C. radio stations in the Southern Interior and northwest region of the province owned by Bell Media has been approved. A Feb.
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2 months ago | 
pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |Ben Kaplan
There is good news in Canadian radio, if you know where to listen. But corporate cutbacks and challenges from tech giants make the medium’s future anything but clearby Ben KaplanThe Globe and MailFebruary 12, 2025As a teenager, Backstreet Boys fan Shannon Burns won tickets to their concert for her and her sister on Virgin Radio. Today, she hosts Virgin Radio’s nationally syndicated midday show, and relived her excitement when she gave away tickets to a Backstreet Boys concert.
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2 months ago | 
pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |Logan Lockhart
Peach City Radio Society, CFUZ 92.9 FM, celebrate six years on the FM dialby Logan LockhartEagle Valley NewsFebruary 9, 2025Every time Claire Thompson walks through the doors of CFUZ 92.9 FM, she’s assured the future of community radio in Penticton is bright. The president of Peach City Radio Society was one of more than 50 volunteers on Feb. 8, to celebrate the 92.9’s sixth birthday on the FM dial and collect donations for the station’s largest fundraiser of the year.
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2 months ago | 
pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |Logan Lockhart
A special 12-hour broadcast is set to coincide with the volunteer-run station’s largest fundraiser of the yearby Logan LockhartSummerland ReviewFebruary 6, 2025Peach City Radio, CFUZ 92.9 FM, can be found inside Penticton’s Cannery Trade Centre.ContributedCFUZ 92.9 FM is looking to punctuate its continued growth this weekend as it celebrates another year on the air and wraps up celebrating the 2025 Penticton Community Radio Week.
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2 months ago | 
pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |Summer Raemason
by Summer RaemasonThe SunJanuary 30, 2025ICONIC singer Marianne Faithfull, best known for the song As Tears Go By, has died at the age of 78. The sad news was broken this evening by a spokesperson for the legendary artist. Marianne, who was known for her high profile relationship with The Rolling Stones’ lead singer Mick Jagger, passed away today, surrounded by her family.
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2 months ago | 
pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |Zoe Papadakis
by Zoe PapadakisNewsMaxJanuary 25, 2025Veteran hard rock guitarist John Sykes, who famously performed with the likes of Whitesnake, Thin Lizzy, and Tygers of Pan Tang, has died at age 65 after a long battle with cancer. The news was confirmed in a statement on his official Facebook page.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
pugetsoundradio.com | Michael Easton |Josh Hall
by Josh Hallrdnewsnow.comJanuary 17, 2025Red Deer’s Best Music!On the day BIG105, or CHUB 105.5 on your FM dial, launched 25 years ago, the level of excitement in the building at 2840 Bremner Avenue may have rivalled the hoopla surrounding Y2K. That day was Monday, Jan. 17, 2000. Christina Aguilera’s ‘What A Girl Wants’ was #1 on the Billboard charts for the first of two weeks on top — sandwiched between Santana and Rob Thomas’s ‘Smooth’, and ‘I Knew I Loved You’ by Savage Garden.
