Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

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Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby Tom Jeffries » Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:46 am

Radiowest was launched by RadioFan, 20 years ago, today.

Happy Anniversary!!!
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Re: Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby albertaboy4life » Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:52 am

Congratulations!

And thank you for a great place to hang out.
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Re: Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby bigbry » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:25 am

Oh Yes this is a great place to hang out. The amount of talent represented here is amazing. Congrats to all of you that keep things up and running. GREAT JOB
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Re: Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby jon » Fri Mar 03, 2017 12:39 pm

From this morning's Today in Broadcast History, here are the details:
In 1997, Radiofan's Puget Sound Radio Guide debuted on GeoCities. Its discussion forum, initially on MSN, was a few years off. But the original material, regularly updated, is still available from the RadioWest.ca home page today: a list of radio stations in Vancouver/Victoria/Seattle, since expanded to include all of B.C. and major cities in Alberta and Saskatchewan; regularly heard night-time DX catches on AM; QSL cards; and some radio station (window/bumper) stickers. It would be April 15, 2003, before the pugetsoundradio.com domain name was registered.
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Re: Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby CubbyCam » Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:24 pm

Happy Anniversary RadioFan! Quite an achievement... and still my go to source for industry news and gossip. ;-) Here's to the next twenty! :worthybow:
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Re: Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby Muzik » Fri Mar 03, 2017 3:56 pm

Thanks to RadioFan for all you do and have done over the past 20. Congrats on two decades of industry information.
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Re: Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby skyvalleyradio » Fri Mar 03, 2017 5:17 pm

Thank you Radiofan for 20 years of radio fun - I think I've been signed up for every evolutionary change you've made as technology & domain names have moved forward. Of all radio sites, this is The one with great people & great topics to inform & entertain us all. :rockon:
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Re: Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby pave » Fri Mar 03, 2017 10:12 pm

Way-ta-go's to RadioFan for staying right on top of the site for so long.
I guess this is not a good time to ask for cheques...? :)
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Re: Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby radiofan » Fri Mar 03, 2017 11:19 pm

It's hard to believe it's been 20 years since the Geo City days and then the MSN Website complete with a chat room that we opened a few nights a week. The posting forum went crazy the day that
CKNW pulled the plug on NW2 and suddenly 25 talented people were on the street.

Along the way, several other sites came and went along with a cast of characters.

In April of 2006, Puget Sound Radio split and Radio West was born. Nice to see so many originals from the PSR days that followed us here are still with us. Thank you all for your support and postings over the
years.

Mark Sunday March 19th on your calendar for the next (and long overdue) Radio West GTG ... I'll be posting details in the next few days once we have a location confirmed. Hopefully it will be someplace
in Vancouver that is transportation friendly.

Thanks for 20 great years!
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Re: Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby paterson » Wed Mar 08, 2017 9:33 am

:partyguy: A great achievement. Congratulations on the 20th Anniversary. I am new to the site and really impressed, best radio site I have ever seen. RadioFan thanks for all of your hard work, and to all of the members who keep it fun and interesting!
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Re: Happy 20th Anniversary to RadioWest and RadioFan

Postby groundwave » Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:41 pm

Congratulations radiofan on your 'baby' hitting the 20 year mark. This site has grown into an incomparable resource for western Canada radio broadcasting enthusiasts. Just my .02, but having that regional focus makes it all the sweeter. :occasion5:
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