We cover ecology issues that matter most to the people of New Brunswick, with interviews of local activists who are making a difference in their communities throughout the Province.  Resilience, local food, climate change, peak oil, water, cities, forests, farming, fishing, diversity, community and democracy are among the many ecological issues we cover.

We focus on climate change  issues in depth by broadcasting segments of Radio Ecoshock from Vancouver, BC. Alex Smith from Radio Ecoshock interviews leading scientists and activists from all over the world who are working on climate change, peak oil, water and other ecology issues.

But the real core of our show is local.  If you are doing something in your neighborhood, at your work, or anywhere in the Province to make a difference on ecology issues, we want to know about it.  We would love to feature you and your project in an interview for Transition Times.  Contact the host, Shaun Bartone, through this website or at the CHSR radio station. You can email:

transition@chsrfrm.ca

I will be posting regular updates about Transition Times Radio on my blog, Urb Pharm.  For more information on the show and links to more resources, go to http://urbpharm.blogspot.com

                          

Fredericton Radio Club

Special General Meeting (SGM)

on Tuesday August 10 at 7:00pm.

The following positions are going to be available and elections are to be held for them at the SGM:

* Spoken Word Coordinator
* Music Programming Coordinator
* Sports Coordinator
* Promotions & Public Relations Coordinator
* Secretary/Treasurer**
* Music Director

In addition, we have no one currently sitting in a number of other positions. These can’t be elected at this time, but if you are interested in performing the role, you can be appointed to that position until we hold proper elections in the Annual General Meeting in September.

These vacant seats are:
* Cultural Programming Coordinator
* Music Programming Coordinator
* News Coordinator
* Technical Coordinator
We also have three non-voting representative positions available on the Executive:
* Leo Hayes High School Representative
* FHS High School Representative
* GBLTQ Representative

If you are interested in holding any of these positions, all you need to do is attend the Special General Meeting, put your name forward and be elected by the group. If you want the meeting to be more successful, I would also encourage you to spread the word to other station members and encourage them to go.

I do not currently have a room booked for this meeting, but I expect it to be held in the normal room where most of our meetings are held, in the Student Union Building.

I will shortly announce the Annual General Meeting. I have a tentative date for this as September 15 — I hope to solidify this date in the next two weeks.

-Mark Kilfoil, Chair of the Execuitive and Secty/Treasurer, Fredericton Radio Club

                          

I love it in here… I turn off the main lights leaving only a soft mood-lighting to see what I’m doing.  I crank the monitors – the broadcast studio has some great (well, for community radio) JBL monitors that can really kick it.   I make sure my mic is shut off and I sing along.

Tune in to CHSR, 97.9fm Monday nights at 7pm or listen online at chsrfm.ca.

Rock & Roll!  http://lastwaltz.ca/

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Okay boys & gurls… you can now catch some Last Waltz broadcasts on CHSR’s podcasting site.   As these are released I’ll grab them and link ‘em up to this RSS Feed… you can copy and paste the RSS link (http://lastwaltz.ca/podcast/lastcast.xml)  into your iTunes or other podcast reader.

                          

Takes place each Monday evening 10pm to 11pm

                          

It’s a show in Spanish!  It’s a show in French!  It’s a show with French and Spanish music!

Join the award winning program that won the Barry Award for favourite Cultural program on CHSR in 2010.

It’s on air every Saturday from 4 until 6pm- come listen, smile and dance away your weekend to the happy beats of Franol!

(apologies from the webmaster- there is supposed to be a little   ~   above the letter “n”  in Franol but I can’t figure out how to make the website recognize that character!  I’ll keep working on it.)

                          

Official CHSR Golf Shirts in Women's and Mens sizes- Click here to order yours now!

Local station alumni have been busy making plans to celebrate 50 years of campus radio and 30 years of FM broadcasts during UNB Homecoming September 30 thru October 3rd, 2010. We’re planning a special afternoon on Friday October 1 to welcome back station alumni with station tours, special presentations and a reception.

On Saturday Oct 2 we are planning a special time at the CHSR Studios  with a reception and buffet supper in the SUB Atrium/Cafeteria.

Check here on the website for updates & join our FACEBOOK REUNION PAGE to get the latest information and renew friendships with station alumni.  The Facebook page can be found at:

www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=144568614573&ref=ts

If you have old photos, stories, memories or tapes of old broadcasts we’d love to hear from you.  We plan to publish a 50 year retrospective booklet as well as broadcast special programming during the Alumni Weekend,  and on our actual anniversary day of January 22, 2011.

We have received many calls and e-mails from alumni who plan to attend our celebration.  Please help us with the planning by contacting Reunion Planning Committee Chair Doug Beairsto by phone (506) 450-5307 or email (dab@unb.ca) to update your contact information and help us keep you informed about our plans.

We hope to see you in the fall!

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Alumni weekend schedule so far:    Click here to get the PDF version of this schedule

Radio UNB/CHSR 50TH REUNION  September 30 – Oct 3, 2010

+ $10 Alumni Reunion Registration Fee

Thursday 30 Sept 2010

• 9:00 pm Radio UNB/CHSR Meet And Greet $15 Homecoming Tent at Alumnae Beer Garden,    Band – Cathy Hutch Band.

Friday 1 Oct 2010

• 2:00 pm Radio UNB/CHSR Open House and Reception  -  $10 SUB Blue Lounge – Presentations, Station Tours,   meet your friends and more.

• 5:30 pm Lobster Boil Reception (included with Lobster Boil)  – SUB Cafeteria

• 6:00 pm Lobster Boil and Silent Auction  -  $50 SUB Cafeteria Prime Rib and Vegetarian options also available.

• 9:00 pm Dance with the Downtown Blues Band  -  $15 SUB Cafeteria

Saturday 2 Oct 2010

• 12:00 pm Radio UNB/CHSR Live! No charge CHSR Studios   -  A chance to relive your time at the station with on-air SUB broadcasts, interviews and talk with your friends.

• 4:00 pm Radio UNB/CHSR Reception and Buffet Supper -  $20 SUB Cafeteria.

• 7:00 pm Red Bombers Football Game $5 Chapman Field  UNB Fredericton vs UNB Saint John.

• 9:00 pm Beer Garden $15 Homecoming Tent,  sponsored by Varsity Reds and Campus Recreation,   Music – The Common People.

Sunday 3 Oct 2010

• 11:00 am Farewell Brunch  -  $15 SUB Ballroom Patio- Music  by Radio UNB/CHSR Alumni Group

CHSR Golf Shirts in Womens and Mens sizes- click here to order now!

CHSR/Radio UNB Golf Shirt with embroidered 50th Anniversary Crest $35
Available in Men’s (S, M, L, XL, 2XL, 3XL) and Women’s (XS, S, M, L, XL and 2XL) sizes.   Must be ordered with registration, available on reunion weekend.

ORDER YOUR OFFICIAL CHSR-FM GOLF SHIRT BY CLICKING HERE!!!

                          

George W. Bush says “Get the true story on WMD by clicking on the graphic above, y’all!”

                          

Show host Tom does not read any music magazines, receives no email music newsletters, nor does he ever see any charts of music rankings (he actually avoids them like the plague).  He just plays the Canadian music that comes in the door.

It doesn’t matter whether you have a publicist, or a fancy package.   It’s simple: get it here- it will play.   If the album surprises him, it will end up as a Shriek of the Week! (SEE LIST OF HISTORICAL SHRIEKS BELOW)

This show plays all kinds of music from Canadians,  new, local, and from across the continent.  It showcases showcase all genres:  Postmodern Rock, Folk, Jazz, Blues, Hip-Hop, Rap, Dance!   Share your music on the radio!  Check the ABOUT  US, CONTACT  page on this website.

• You are a Canadian and you have a right to have the music you create on the public airwaves!

HELPFUL HINTS & KINKS for CANADIAN MUSICIANS who want to be heard ON THE AIR!

“IF you are submitting music-  Make SURE your album comes in and says CANADIAN on it!!!  Even if you have to write it on with a sharpie marker!!!”

“I  spend about 2 to 3  seconds on each album trying to figure out if it is Canadian.  I don’t have time to research the hundreds of submissions we get each week… I have volunteers to train and scheduling and liaison work to do too.”

“By the time I get hold of the CD’s the mailing packages have been disposed of…   I have no idea where it was mailed from.    Plus,  a lot of NON-Canadians try to slip in by having them sent from Canadian addresses!  Buggers!”

“Just putting that little MAPL CIRCLE on the back when you have your album printed  is all you need to do- Please, help me help you!  Don’t make it hard… you might get passed over…  and then, being Canadian, I’d have to apologize!”

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The Top Canadian Albums on the Indie Morning Wake-up Call for the week ending

July 9th, 2010
1) Jane Vain and the Dark Matter – “Give Us Your Hands”
2) Five Alarm Funk – “Anything Is Possible”
3) Cyclist – “Double Dip”
4) Jake and the Leprechauns – “At Midnight, The Birdsong”
5) DVAS (Dietsche V. and the Abominable Snowmen) – “Society”
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July 2nd, 2010
1) Polymaths – “Home Again”
2) Boxer the Horse – “Would You Please”
3) Bella Clava – “The Craic: An Ephemeral Record”
4) Ben Stevenson and the Wondertones – “EP”
5) Jesse Polk-Lewis – “Still Home”
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June 25th 2010
1) John Carroll – “Lost Radio”
2) Forest City Lovers – “Carriage”
3) Will White – “Rise Above”
4) Ketch Harbour Wolves – “Anachronisms”
5) Bend Sinister – “Spring Romance”
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June 18th 2010
1) Mares of Thrace – “The Moulting”
2) Mayday Monther – “Mayday Mother”
3) Fjord Rowboat – “Under Cover of Brightness”
4) Glory Glory Man United – “Zombies!!!”
5) Royal Canoe – “Co-op Mode”
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June 11th, 2010

1) Oh No, Theodore – “How to Move Without Your Shoes”
2) Jonathan Roy – “Found My Way”
3) Bent By Elephants – “This is Water”
4) Simon Bousquet – “Antigravite”
5) Tim Gilbertson – “Pallisades”
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June 4th, 2010
1) Buckman Coe – “Latest Waking”
2) Mark Sultan – “$”
3) The Mohawk Lodge – “Crimes”
4) Old World Vulture – “Old World Vulture”
5) The Daniel Matto Quintet- “I’m Old Fashioned”
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May 28th, 2010
1) Mary Kastle – “Beneath the Folds”
2) Pete Tremblay & the Boozy Truth – “Midtempo Madness”
3) Another Electronic Musician – “States of Space”
4) Colin Moore – “Leaving Home”
5) The Beauties – “The Beauties”
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May 21st, 2010
1) Li’l Andy – “All Who Thirst Come To The Water”
2) Bocce – “Disambiguation”
3) Urban Cowboy – “Urban Cowboy”
4) Library Voices – “Denim on Denim”
5) Shannon Butcher – “Little Hearts”
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May 14, 2010
1) Thee Manipulators – “Ease Up on the Breakdowns”
2) The Lions – “New Rise of the Foot Soldier”
3) Samian – “Face A La Musique”
4) Icca Razor Sharp & The Equazn – “Opposites Attract”
5) Xavier Rudd & Izintaba – “Koonyum Sun”

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May 7, 2010
1)Wassabi Collective – “Get It”
2) Jenny Omnichord – “All Our Little Bones”"
3) The Burning Hell – “This Charmed Life”
4) Relic – “The Green Light”
5) Holy Fuck – “Latin”

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April 30 2010
1) Little Miss Higgins – “Across the Plains”
2) The Blue Violets – “The Blue Violets”
3) Sam Tutanuak – “Utiqpungaa”
4) The Arboreral Quartet – “The Arboreal Quartet”
5) Delhi to Dublin – “Planet Electric”
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Week ending April 23 2010:
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1) Ross Neilsen & the Sufferin’ Bastards – “Redemption”
2) Darren Frank – “That Lived-In Look”
3) Old Man Luedeke – “My Hand are on Fire and other Love Songs”
4) The Jessica Stuart Few – “Kid Dream”
5) Ori Dragan – “S’cat Got My Tongue”
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Week ending April 16 2010:
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1) The Spades – “Subatomic”
2) Rita Chiarelli – “Sweet Paradise”
3) Stephen Kakfwi – “Spirit of Yamogha, Songs of the Dene”
4) Sean Ashby – “24 Hours of Daylight”
5) David Myles – “Turn Time Off”
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week ending April 9 2010:
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1) Hannah Georgas – “This is Good”
2) Tara Holloway – “Sins to Confess”
3) Brasstronaut – “Mr. Chimaera”
4) Patrick Keenan – “Washed Out Roads”
5) Plants and Animals – La La Land
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week ending April 2 2010:
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1) Opus Road – “Opus Road”
2) Idlers – “Keep Out”
3) Fan Death – “A Coin for the Well
4) Slates – “Slates”
5) Run with the Kittens – “Myth in the Sky”

                          

Tom, your host Sundays fom 10am to 1pm

• Yes it’s called a Blues Hour
• Yes the show is three hours long
• … it’s a time-warp thing – note how space seems to stand still  when you play the blues.

The core of the  collection is an extensive selection inherited from the famed uncle, consisting of  first and second generation blues musicians, all scratchy and 78RPM-like.

We throw in a heavy dash of history in the first hour, then roll forward in time to newer stuff and  an all-Canadian section of the show.