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Category Archives: Specialty

All shows which are special, maybe even indescribable.

The Lunchbox Interview: Richard Hornsby (NBSMF 2025)

Posted on 2025-07-30 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is Richard Hornsby, organizer of the New Brunswick Summer Music Festival, an annual celebration of classical composition and performance. He joins me to talk about the inspirations behind this year’s theme: The Roaring 20’s!

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Lunchbox Interview: NBActs Acting Out

Posted on 2025-07-24 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are all involved in this year’s Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Gillian Salmon is the playwright and plays the Narrator for 32 Short Plays About Fredericton. Naomi McGowan is the director for 32 Short Plays About Fredericton. Brandon Hicks is the playwright for Sinking (as well as another play in the festival, Don’t Shoot Your Mother). Pluto Shaw and Mimi Martin are Stage Managers and Designers for each of these plays.

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Lunchbox Interview: NBActs Acting Out and Street Scenes

Posted on 2025-07-24 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are all involved the Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Len Falkenstein is a well known figure in local theatre, and a founder of this festival, as well as acting and directing in this year’s productions. Beth Graham is the Playwright-in-Residence and Dramaturg for this year, as well as presenting a reading of her new play Amber Hope Porter. Beatrix Culligan is a performer in the site-specific play For Whom The Troll Tolls. Brandon Hicks is the playwright of the 10-minute plays Don’t Shoot Your Mother and Sinking.

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Lunchbox Interview: NBActs Mainstage

Posted on 2025-07-24 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are the creators of the two mainstage presentations at this year’s Notable Acts Theatre Festival. Alexa Higgins is the playwright and a performer of Crane Girl, and Jean-Michel Cliche is the playwright and a performer of Tilt.

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Testing For Echo – Episode 81 – Feeling Groovy? – Orig. Air Date July 19th 2025

Posted on 2025-07-19 by Tim Scammell Posted in Barry Awards, chsr, Current Shows, General, Media, Music, Testing For Echo

Hi there folks. I hope that you are doing great and I’m really happy that you’ve tuned in. This is episode 81 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I’m your host Tim Scammell. I’ve added some vintage tunes this week to bring back a classic sound,

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Testing For Echo – Episode 80 – You Will Enjoy This. Really! – Orig. Air Date July 5, 2025

Posted on 2025-07-05 by Tim Scammell Posted in Barry Awards, chsr, General, Media, Music, Music Shows, Testing For Echo

Hi there folks. I hope that you are well and I thank you very much for tuning in. This is episode 80 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I am your host Tim Scammell. It’s the usual awesome full hour of much that you want to

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Testing For Echo – Episode 79 – Many old pals – Orig. Air Date June 21, 2025

Posted on 2025-06-21 by Tim Scammell Posted in Barry Awards, chsr, Current Shows, General, Media, Music, Testing For Echo

Good afternoon everyone. This one should give you some warm fuzzies as I’ve dipped into some that we haven’t heard in a while. I actually do this all the time but just like to tell you about it anyway. So far the show feedback has been positive, so I’ll keep them coming as I do.

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The Lunchbox Interview: BitB’s “Macbeth”

Posted on 2025-06-10 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are Len Falkenstein (Director), Rebekkah Chasse (Lady Macbeth), Scott Shannon (Macbeth), and Mary Walker (Witch), who are all involved in the upcoming Bard in the Barracks presentation of Shakespeare’s The Tragedy of Macbeth.

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The Lunchbox Interview: BitB’s “The Merry Wives of Windsor”

Posted on 2025-06-10 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are Len Falkenstein (Director), Shannon Munn (Mistress Ford), and Rhett Ellis (Falstaff), who are all involved in the upcoming Bard in the Barracks presentation of Shakespeare’s comedy, The Merry Wives of Windsor. We discuss the farce of this play, especially in contrast to the visual reframing as a mobster story.

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Testing For Echo – Episode 78 – Ready To Roll – Orig. Air Date June 7th, 2025

Posted on 2025-06-07 by Tim Scammell Posted in Barry Awards, chsr, Current Shows, General, Media, Music, Music Shows, Testing For Echo

Hi again folks. I hope that all is well with you and thank you for tuning in for the show. This is episode 78 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I am your host Tim Scammell. I have a full slate today so I’d best get

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The Lunchbox Interview: Rory Taillon

Posted on 2025-05-28 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is musician and road warrior Rory Taillon. Rory is on the tail end of his current Atlantic Canada tour before heading back home to Ontario. He joins me to play a few songs and chat about finding inspiration, looking backward and looking forward.

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Testing For Echo – Episode 77 – Let’s Go Back a Bit, Again – Orig. Air Date May 24, 2025

Posted on 2025-05-24 by Tim Scammell Posted in Barry Awards, chsr, Current Shows, General, Music, Music Shows, Testing For Echo

Hello there everyone. I hope that you are well with you and thank you for listening to our show. This is episode 77 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I am your host Tim Scammell. Before we begin I just want to mention that this is

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The Lunchbox Interview: Michelle Tupy, Shelter Movers

Posted on 2025-05-21 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is Michelle Tupy, the Chapter Director of Shelter Movers New Brunswick and Nova Scotia.

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RIP Frédéric Bonenfant

Posted on 2025-05-12 by encaf1 Posted in Against The Mat!, Announcements, CHSR News

It is with incredible sadness that we have learned of the sudden passing of one of our own. Fred Bonenfant was enthusiastic, funny and a gentle giant. He is missed tremendously.

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Live Election Coverage on CHSR!

Posted on 2025-04-28 by encaf1 Posted in CHSR News, Elections, News, Specialty, Spoken Word Shows

Join a collection of radio stations from across the country as we broadcast live coverage of the federal election from an alternative point of view! Starting at 9pm, tune in for 2 hours of nationally-produced live commentary.

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Testing For Echo – Episode 74 – Music and Mayhem – Orig. Air Date April 26, 2025

Posted on 2025-04-26 by Tim Scammell Posted in Barry Awards, chsr, Current Shows, General, Media, Music, Music Shows, Testing For Echo

Hello there everyone. I trust that all is well and that you’re in the mood for an amazing hour of musical mayhem. This is episode 74 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I am your host Tim Scammell. Before we begin I just want to mention

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Interview: Amanda Munday (New Majority)

Posted on 2025-04-15 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today is Amanda Munday, the Executive Director of New Majority. Their mission is to “activate young and first-time voters, ensuring [their] voice is heard where it counts”.

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Testing For Echo – Episode 75 – “Testing For Echo and Canadianity eh?” – Orig. Air Date April 12, 2025

Posted on 2025-04-12 by Tim Scammell Posted in Barry Awards, Charting, chsr, Current Shows, General, Media, Music, Music Shows, Testing For Echo

Hello everyone. I trust that all is well and that you’re in the mood for an amazing hour of musical magic. This is episode 75 of Testing For Echo on CHSR FM 97.9 in Fredericton and around the world and I am your host Tim Scammell. Today is a very special episode all about Canadians

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STU Lunchbox 2025 04: Grand Finale

Posted on 2025-04-09 by encaf1 Posted in STU Lunchbox, The Lunchbox

The students all gather with professor Mark Tunney for a live show send-off, both for their own individual efforts and for the their retiring teacher.

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Interview // Bondo chats with Josh Bravener of The Hypochondriacs

Posted on 2025-04-07 by Bondo Posted in Mornings Are Hard, The Lunchbox

Josh Bravener, frontman of the Fredericton staple The Hypochondriacs, stopped by CHSR on April 5, 2025 for a chat about the band’s upcoming shows, highlights from the past couple of years, and what’s on the horizon for 2025. Upcoming Dates: April 7th: The Cap w/ Devon Cuddy (solo) April 17th: FHS (The Hypos) April 25th:

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Interview: John Heinstein, Peter Hicks (Sleepy Driver)

Posted on 2025-04-04 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

My guests today are John Heinstein and Peter Hicks, core members of the band Sleepy Driver (among other projects).

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Interview with Author Tara Pyfrom

Posted on 2025-04-02 by Isabella Diotte Posted in The Lunchbox

My guest today was Tara Pyfrom, author of memoir The Ocean in Our Blood. Tara joined me today to give insight into the category 5 hurricane that hit The Bahamas in 2019, Hurricane Dorian. During our interview Tara discusses her experience with environmental immigration, PTSD, her and her family’s mental health journeys and the effects

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Testing For Echo – Episode 73 – Thoughts Of A Legend – Orig. Air Date March 29, 2025

Posted on 2025-03-29 by Tim Scammell Posted in Barry Awards, chsr, Current Shows, General, Media, Music, Music Shows, Testing For Echo

Before we start, I’d like to take a moment to send some love and thoughts to David Johansen of the New York Dolls, who reinvented himself in the 80’s as Buster Poindexter and later formed The Harry Smiths. I’ve been a fan of everything he has done for many years. David has been living with

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Interview: Theatre UNB presents Oscar Wilde’s “An Ideal Husband”

Posted on 2025-03-28 by encaf1 Posted in The Lunchbox

For the last play of the season, Theatre UNB is staging a production of Oscar Wilde’s An Ideal Husband. Joining me is John Ball (director; professor & acting Chair of the Department of English at UNB), Shannon Munn (actor: “Mrs. Cheveley”) and James Gwathmey (actor: “Sir Robert Chiltern”).

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STU Lunchbox 2025 EP03: “Virgin Voters”

Posted on 2025-03-25 by encaf1 Posted in STU Lunchbox, The Lunchbox

Hosts Fernanda Sanchez and Caleb Desjardins look at the upcoming federal election through the lens of young people suffering from information and disinformation overload.

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