AUS Playoffs on CHSR-FM! +CIS Nationals

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The broadcast schedule for the final series of AUS Men’s Hockey is up! Check it out on the Sports page — we’ll be covering all 5 of the final games as they happen (if all 5 are necessary). Listen to Dave & Dave give you the play-by-play excitement you expect!

And if that’s not enough hockey for ya, The CIS Nationals are coming up fast! CHSR-FM will be covering all  7 games in the series, and tune in early to hear the pre-game analysis. The schedule is up on the Sports page, so mark your calendars!

CHSR Session #12: Kuato

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Maritime heavy post-rockers Kuato dropped by CHSR after playing a killer show the night before with Instruments. The group managed to survive being crammed into Studio D with 3 massive amps and a drum kit and played loud around a busted amp to help us shake the ice off the roof! In between songs, they had a chance to chat with Peter Tkalec (host of Last Waltz at the El Strato) briefly about punny song names and the emerging East Coast post-rock scene.

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CHSR Session #11: The Junction

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Ontario rockers The Junction rocked The Cellar, and the next day Brent Jackson brought his guitar and his talent, along with fellow Junction-ite Michael Taylor (Matt Jameson was home sleeping in) and talked to Mark, the Encaffeinated ONE (host of CAFFEEN! and The WEIRD Show) about songwriting, going the independent, self-produced route, and making their video.

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CHSR Session #10: Eyeswide with Julian Michaud

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Eyeswide with Julian Michaud, featuring the awesome suitcase-drumkit

Neil Crowe, AKA Eyeswide dropped by CHSR with drumkit-suitcase in hand along with touring partner and fast-fingered guitarist Julian Michaud and rocked out with passion. In between the songs, we hear Matt Nightingale (host of Run For Your Life! on Fridays at 5pm) discussing touring through snow, inspiration, performing, and the crazy drumkit-suitcase.

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2010 Barry Award Winners!

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Here are the results from CHSR’s 40th Annual Barry Awards for 2011:

  • Best Cultural Show: All Things Wabanaki
  • Best Specialty Program: Diversions
  • Best Open Format Program: The Coffee Table
  • Best Spoken Word Program: Where Monsters Dwell
  • Journalism Award: Brad Perry
  • Rookie-of-the-Year: Jeremy Fowler
  • Behind-the-Scenes: Allan Debertin
  • Special Event Program: UNB Men’s Hockey
  • Favourite Spoken Word: Naked Airwaves
  • Favourite Music Show: The Doctor Is Innocent
  • Favourite Cultural Show: Persian New Green Movement
  • Favourite Host: Gustavo Chavez
  • Directors’ Choice Award: Joe Blades
  • Carmen Kilburn Award: Allan Debertin

January 22: the Big Switch-On!

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On January 22, 1961, we flipped on the switch that began the 50-year history of CHSR, and that’s worth celebrating. We celebrated with special programming all January 22 on air, and you’re invited to listen in. Click here for more information, the schedule, and to listen.

The 50th Anniversary Day of Programming

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CHSR is celebrating 50 years of broadcasting all year long, but held a special day of programming on the very day that the switch turned on: January 22. There were flashbacks, interviews, music from our library spanning our five decades of broadcasting, and more!

I hope you tuned in to CHSR-FM 97.9 or online to our stream all day Saturday, January 22 for CHSR’s look back at where we’ve been — and maybe to peek forward into where we’re going. If not, I’ve got good news: all of the day’s programming is now available online! Visit the 50th anniversary section to listen, or click on the players below:

  • 8:00am – 10:00am: ReWind: selected audio from 50 years worth of reel-to-reel tapes, records and music. Hosted by the Encaffeinated ONE (host of CAFFEEN! and The Weird Show, aka Program Director Mark.
    • Hour 1: the 60s and 70s [audio:http://chsrfm.ca/podcast/general/50th%20Anniversary/CHSR%2050th%20Anniversary%20-%2008h00%20to%2009h00%20-%20ReWind%20hour%201%20with%20encaf1.mp3]
    • Hour 2: the 80s and 90s [audio:http://chsrfm.ca/podcast/general/50th%20Anniversary/CHSR%2050th%20Anniversary%20-%2009h00%20to%2010h00%20-%20ReWind%20hour%202%20with%20encaf1.mp3]
  • 10:00am – 11:00am: CHSR alum Dave Morell hosted an hour of music and memory. [audio:http://chsrfm.ca/podcast/general/50th%20Anniversary/CHSR%2050th%20Anniversary%20-%2010h00%20to%2011h00%20-%20Dave%20Morell%201.mp3]
  • noon – 1:00pm: One man, two guitars, two harmonicas, and a great performance: Lonesome Jim came into Studio D to record a live broadcast Session. Hosted by Stereo Mike (of Bravery, Repetition and Noise). (The Session will also be rebroadcast soon in the normal Sessions @ CHSR timeslot on Thursdays at 4:00pm.)[audio:http://chsrfm.ca/podcast/general/50th%20Anniversary/CHSR%2050th%20Anniversary%20-%2012h00%20to%2013h00%20-%20CHSR%20Session%20with%20Lonesome%20Jim%201.mp3]
  • In 50 years, a lot of rockin’ music has been played on CHSR. Travis and Drew (of Falls Count Anywhere) host two hours of great music. [audio:http://chsrfm.ca/podcast/general/50th%20Anniversary/CHSR%2050th%20Anniversary%20-%2013h00%20to%2015h00%20-%20Travis%20and%20Drew%201.mp3]
  • A lot of people and things have grown up alongside CHSR, and Matt Nightengale explores the growth of the psychobilly alternative genre in an hour-long special Saturday episode of Run For Your Life. [audio:http://chsrfm.ca/podcast/general/50th%20Anniversary/CHSR%2050th%20Anniversary%20-%2015h00%20to%2016h00%20-%20Run%20For%20Your%20Life%20-%20History%20of%20Psychobilly%201.mp3]
  • From personality to music, CHSR has encompassed everything in 50 years. Just about two hours of great music from the ages is kicked off with an interview between The Encaffeinated ONE (aka Program Director Mark) speaking to Barry Yoell (founder of the station) and Bill Akerley (alum from the 60s, Station Director from 1969-1973). Hosted by the Encaffeinated ONE, with guests Stereo Mike, Matt Nightengale, Adam (The Cutting Room Floor) and Laura. [audio:http://chsrfm.ca/podcast/general/50th%20Anniversary/CHSR%2050th%20Anniversary%20-%2016h00%20to%2018h15%20-%20encaf1%20and%20crew%201.mp3]
    To listen to the interview only: [audio:http://chsrfm.ca/podcast/general/50th%20Anniversary/CHSR%2050th%20Anniversary%20-%2016h15%20to%2016h45%20-%20Interview%20with%20Barry%20Yoell%20and%20Bill%20Akerley.mp3]
  • Hockey has a long history at CHSR – from its first year, even! Travis and Drew give you a half-hour sports lead-up before the UNB V-Reds took on St FX. [audio:http://chsrfm.ca/podcast/general/50th%20Anniversary/CHSR%2050th%20Anniversary%20-%2018h15%20to%2018h40%20-%20Travis%20&%20Drew%201.mp3]

Celebrating the Big Switch-On: January 22!

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CHSR will be commemorating 50 years of broadcasting with a special day of programming on the very day that the switch turned on: January 22. There will be flashbacks, interviews, music from our library spanning our five decades of broadcasting, and more!

Tune in to CHSR-FM 97.9 or online to our stream all day Saturday, January 22 for CHSR’s look back at where we’ve been — and maybe to peek forward into where we’re going.

UPDATE: Have some memories of your time at CHSR you’d like to share? Email <50years AT chsrfm.ca> or call 206-309-3385 to leave a message for our 50th celebration! If you’re available to be interviewed about your time at CHSR-FM, contact us!

Bookmark this page and come back to see the schedule for the day as it develops!

TWS168: The End Is Nigh (Impossible)!

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TWS168: The End Is Nigh (Impossible)!

CQ: Now that the computer Watson has “solved” Jeopardy, what game will computer scientists turn their jealous eyes toward? And what will be the eventual side-effect result of the computer’s domination of that game?

Bumper: J. R. Murdock

Promo: Amarna at Imagination Lane

Promo: Comedy4Cast

On the show this week:

  • Front Page
  • Prima
  • Duplo
  • Extras

Full list of 66 articles after the jump!

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CHSR Session #6: The Lee Harvey Oswalds

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The Lee Harvey Oswalds dropped in to record a session at CHSR which aired on December 23rd. The shoegaze-and-everything-else-inspired band is looking to release its third CD, So Trash, in early to mid 2010, but when they stopped in they decided to play a few more-stripped down, acoustic songs. Two guys, two voices, three guitars and a harmonica, listen to The Lee Harvey Oswalds play and chat for an hour, in-session.

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All Things Wabanaki presents: Winter 2010 Letter to Notice to Canada and It’s Provinces

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All Things Wabanaki presents: Winter 2010 Letter to Notice to Canada and It’s Provinces

Recently, “All Things Wabanaki” held a presentation reading of excerpts taken from a recent Letter of Notice to Canada and it’s Provinces, issued Winter 2010, regarding the illegal Comprehensive Land Claim Settlements and Self-Government Negotiations with Indian Act Chiefs and Councils within the Mi’gmaq territories of Atlantic Canada.

In order to educate the public on issues regarding Mi’gmaq Sovereignty over their lands and resources the producers of “All Things Wabanaki” wished to address the issue. The Letter of Notice regarding the following is made available to the general public through .pdf format here on CHSR’s website and is described in brief summary below.

“The position paper from the 7th District, Gespegawagi Council, deals with the immediate end of the racial and discriminatory policies of the colonial Indian Act law enacted in 1876, to eradicate and displace sovereign Indigenous Hereditary Life Chiefs within ancestral Mi’gmaq lands, not ceded or purchased by the British or Canadian Crown. It is the position of the 7th District, Gespegawagi, Council, that Canada by its illegal creation of acts in the comprehensive land claims process, including the right to self Government negotiations with their federally created Indian Act Chiefs are still promoting extinguishment of self-determination and indigenous title.”

“We have to make our position clear that even if Canada signs these land claim and self-government agreements, they will not be binding upon Hereditiary Governing Systems because we were not party to these sell-out domestic agreements.” 7th District, Gespegawagi Council, 2010

The producers of “All Things Wabanaki” shares in the solidarity of Indigenous Peoples around the World. As a result the producers strive to provide through their medium an accurate and critical approach towards the materials they share and/or examine in the spirit of journalism.

CHSR 50th Alumni Reunion!

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CHSR alumni will gather to celebrate 50 years of broadcasting.
Reunion dates: Sept. 30 to Oct. 3, 2010, during UNB Homecoming 225

Are you one of our alumni? Click here for reunion information!

It hardly seems possible that it’s been over 50 years since a group of students gathered to talk about setting up a campus radio station at UNB. In the fall of 1959, Barry Yoell, a member of the UNB SRC, put an ad in The Brunswickan inviting anyone interested to attend a meeting about radio broadcasting. An enthusiastic group of students showed up, and the UNB Radio Society was formed.

Barry Yoell’s co-conspirators included Fredericton businessman Bill Stanley, then an engineering student, who became the UNB Radio Society’s first Chief Engineer. Broadcasting officially began from quarters in the basement of Memorial Hall over a closed-circuit system to Jones House and the Student Centre.

With the arrival of St. Thomas University and its School of Journalism on campus in the 1960s, the station changed its name officially to CHSR Broadcasting. STU Students became an important part of the broadcasting legacy of public radio in Fredericton.

Today we broadcast 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with programming in at least six languages, to the Fredericton–Oromocto area on FM and to the world over the Internet. More than 3,000 students, faculty, staff and community volunteers have been involved with the station since it began.

If you have photos, stories, memories or recordings of old broadcasts, we’d love to hear from you. We plan to publish a 50-year retrospective booklet as well as produce special programming for our first broadcast anniversary day: January 22, 2011.

We look forward to having you here to help us celebrate! If you can’t attend in person, send us your greetings from [wherever you are] as an audio file … email it to dab AT unb.ca!

2009 winners

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  • Special Awards
    Carmen Kilburn Award
    Dave Ritchie
    Directors’ Choice Award
    Jesse Maynard Russell
  • Bests
    Best Spoken Word Program
    IT WAS A TIE!!
    • Falls Count Anywhere
    • Sportswire
    Best Specialty Program
    Sensory Overload
    Best Open Format Program
    The Weird, the Beard & the Vegan
    Best Cultural Show
    Going Home
    Journalism
    News (with Brad perry)
    Rookie of the Year
    David MacMullin (Waiting for the Sun)
    Behind the Scenes
    Jesse Russell
    Special Events Broadcasting
    Jon Pickett (AUS Womens Hockey Finals)
  • Listeners’ Choice
    Favourite Cultural Show
    Frañol
    Favourite Music Show
    The Doctor is Innocent
    Favourite Spoken Word Show
    Where Monsters Dwell
    Favourite Host
    Nader Mirebrahim (Techno with Nado)