Fundrive 2012!

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The staff and volunteers at CHSR-FM 97.9 endeavour to bring a unique voice and service to the community — and have been doing this for over fifty years! We continue to grow, and have great plans t0 grow over the next year, including: a new transmitter, more sessions, more remote broadcasts, more, more, more!

If you’ve enjoyed our great programming — from the thought-provoking discussions of art, music, politics, science and more, to the great exposure to under-represented music of all genres, to so much more — why not consider a donation?

Thank you for your support!

The CIS Nationals Hockey Tournament is complete!

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The CIS National Men’s Hockey Tournament is back in Fredericton! And CHSR brought you all the games! Tune in a half-hour before the games for pre-game coverage.

Our crew this year included the dynamic duo of Dave (Ritchie) and Dave (Kilfoil), as well as interviewers and commentators Justin Marshall, Nick Murray, Michael Bourgeouis and Matthew Mulkern!

Scheduled games were:

  • Thursday, March 22, 2pm: Moncton (3) vs McGill (6)
  • Thursday, March 22, 7pm: UQTR (1) vs UNB (6)
  • Friday, March 23, 2pm: Moncton (5) vs Saskatchewan (1)
  • Friday, March 23, 7pm: UQTR (2) vs Western (3)
  • Saturday, March 24, 11:30am: McGill (3) vs Saskatchewan (4)
  • Saturday, March 24, 4:30pm: UNB (2) vs Western (3)
  • Sunday, March 25, 8:00pm: The Championship Game! McGill (4) vs Western (3) in OTx1

Congratulations to McGill for their overtime victory 4-3 over Western!

Role Initiative- Episode #10

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Episode #10: In this week’s episode, we speak with two fellow gamers, David Simmonds & James Waters, about some of their various social and computer gaming interests.  Into Battlefield 3?  So are these cats!  We also touch upon some of the stronger and weaker gamer developers, in our opinion, and what makes some of our favourite games so great.  This jam session mixes the old with the new, ranging from Age of Empires and C&C: Red Alert to Mass Effect 3.  Enjoy!

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No Hockey Tonight! :(

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Unfortunately, the March Break and a last-minute problem mean that we won’t be bringing you hockey coverage tonight.

We are fully committed to full coverage of the CIS Nationals games starting on March 22, including bringing back Dave Ritchie as play-by-play host.

Good luck to the UNB V-Reds in their 3rd game of the AUS Championships! The series stands at 2-0 for the V-Reds, so they could sweep it in three!

The Scientific Sandwich- Episode #5

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Episode #5: in our fifth episode, I get the chance to speak with local practicing Psychologist Dr. Jean Craven.  As the first head of the Psychological Wellness Center here on UNB campus, Dr. Craven is part of leading a team of practitioners to cost-effectively address community mental health needs.  We discuss some aspects of individual versus group therapy, use of predictors in the development of psychopathology coupled with hesitation to diagnose certain disorders in children, and other long-term aims of the Psychological Wellness Center.

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The Scientific Sandwich- Episode #4

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Episode #4: in this more poised interview with professor emeritus Dr. Will Van De Hoonard, he discusses his qualitative research about slow scholarship.  We hear about the follies of a rushed and projective research system, the reductive nature of the research results in use, and the strengths of more qualitative approaches.  This includes increased respect and regard for all the participants, less bias and pre-judgement from the researcher themselves, and slow qualitative research can be done much more cheaply than many traditional types of research relying on hundreds of participants.

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The Scientific Sandwich- Episode #3

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Episode #3: in our third episode, we interview sex researcher (and dancing queen) Ashley Thompson.  Her work focuses on sexual attitudes.  Think you don’t come with any biases about what you do and don’t prefer?  The cognitive aspects of Ashley’s work help prove in many cases that you’re wrong!  We explore facial perception as well.  Clearly, with researchers like Sandra Byers and Lucia O’Sullivan working here, UNB is the place to study sex.

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The Scientific Sandwich- Episode #2

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Episode #2: In our second episode of “The Scientific Sandwich”, we continue our interview with Adrianna Del Palacio.  We hear more able to struggles of experimental control and trying to re-interpret our data when results aren’t what we would expect.  This is part 2 of a two-part interview with Ms. Del Palacio.

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The Scientific Sandwich- Episode #1

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Episode #1: In our first episode of “The Scientific Sandwich”, we get a chance to speak with Adrianna Del Palacio about her psychology research.  She talks about her research in Depression and Anxiety disorders and their relation to cognition.  If CBT is so effective against both genres of disorders, when why do we see interaction effects that reduce effectiveness against more sever types of depression?  This is part 1 of a two-part interview with Ms. Del Palacio.

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Role Initiative- Episode #8

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Episode #8: Do you know what Live-action roleplaying is?  Well, in our eighth episode of Role Initiative, with speak with NERO NB Owner Andrew Inness about the LARP he runs and the chain of chapters it’s connected to.  If you’re used to an RPG being a pre-programmed video game, a simple board game, or sheer speech and textbooks of a tabletop RPG, a LARP like NERO will surprise you and keep you excited for another great gaming experience with friends!

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Role Initiative: Episode #7

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Episode #7: In our seventh episode of Role Initiative, we again speak with Jebb Richard about some of our favourite board games.  While we’re both fans of Risk 2210, we seem to agree that new Risk Legacy holds some great potential to long-term campaign play.  As well, we discuss the potential for Runebound- for added PCs released in expansion decks and other ways to customize Runebound in a rich and repeatable game.

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Role Initiative- Episode #6

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Episode #6: I told Mr. Kayne Wong to get out of my studio while I was recording this sixth episode of Role Initiative, but he wouldn’t listen.  So, we recorded another show… again about D&D and our take on some variant house rules.  I have a great way to both diversify and balance a mana point system; have you ever played Magic: the Gathering?

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Role Initiative- Episode #4

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Episode #4: In our fourth episode, we talk to Jebb.  Just Jebb.  He’s the only one of his kind, a type of alien from the jebbula nebula.  We argue and mostly agree about comparing the strengths and weaknesses of 3rd versus 4th Edition D&D.  Both him and I seem to feel 4th Ed has more strengths than many D&D players give it credit, but the perfect system is balanced version of 3.5/Pathfinder.

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Role Initiative- Episode #3

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Episode #3: In our third episode of “Role Initiative”, we talk with tiny lady gamer Lori Chick about some recent beta-testing of hers with a now famous MMO, “Star Wars: the Old Republic”.  As a multiplayer game, we get into the role a character plays compared to other party members and team complements.  We also get a chance to discuss some differences between casual versus hardcore gamers.

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Role Initiative- Episode #2

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Episode #2: In our second episode of “Role Initiative”, we speak with Matt Nightengale on the topic of Zombies.  Meandering through a range of topics, we touch upon some famous zombie video games, how horror themes might play out effective in a tabletop RPG, and some “do”s and “don’t”s of effective survival horror tropes.

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Role Initiative- Episode #1

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Episode #1: In our premiere episode of “Role Initiative”, we speak with fellow gamer Joel Richard about some of his gaming interests.  We focus on the Pathfinder RPG, a variant system for 3.5 Edition Dungeons & Dragons.  Also, we tackle the console game “Portal 2”, which offers some great two-player co-operative experience.  Finally, we touch upon the “Betrayal at House on the Hill”, a horror themed co-operative board game… until someone because the villain behind this thrilling situation!

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Sessions @ CHSR (45)- Eyeswide (Part 2)

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Breezing through Fredericton again was acoustic artist Eyeswide, and ready to interview him was our very own Program Director, Mark Kilfoil. There was a Matt Nightingale kind of there, too, but he didn’t have much to say!

Find out what Eyeswide has been up to! Tune in, hear some new tracks, some news, and how a European tour may go!

The Barry Awards are coming!

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It’s time once again for the Barry Awards! Here’s your chance to shout out “I LOVE THIS STUFF!”

Voting opens February 16 and runs until February 23. See the Barry Awards page for more details on how to vote for your favourites!

 

UPDATE: The awards have now been presented. See The Barry Awards page for details on the winners! Congratulations to all the winners, and thanks to all those who voted, in particular those who took the time to leave comments. You words were heard, appreciated!

CHSR covering UNB V-Reds hockey this weekend!

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After the great debut of our two newest sportscasters last Saturday, CHSR-FM will return to the Aitken Centre again this weekend to bring hockey fans around the world live coverage! UNB will be playing against Acadia on Friday night and Dalhousie on Saturday.

On Friday and Saturday, tune in to 97.9 FM in the Greater Fredericton Area or from anywhere in the world online at our live streaming.

Schedule Updates

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Another term has begun, and that brings with it some changes to the schedule.

  • The new jazz and blues show Beyond the Blues began last week. It runs every Tuesday morning from 10am until 11am. Join host Peter Hansen for an enlightening look at the blues industry, the inspiration and the musical form.
  • Interested in research? Curious what happens right here at UNB and STU? Join host Bobby Ogilvie every Tuesday morning at 11am for Scientific Sandwich, an interview and discussion of local research with international importance.
  • The show Agent Purple on Tuesday nights at 7pm has changed its name to Culture Strike. Join host Candace Mooers for current affairs news, interviews and music focussing on community-based cultural activities and under-reported news.
  • We’ll be presenting the four-part documentary Patti Smith on Dylan starting this Friday at 8pm.
  • Starting this Saturday, New Hampshire storyteller Sherwin Sleeves will be heard at 8pm (when not pre-empted by hockey). We’ll be beginning with the series The Rulebook and Calendar of Kittery Embers interspersed with episodes of The Radio Ghost.
  • Starting this Sunday, CHSR’s brand new one hour news program, tentatively named The Square, will begin at 2pm. The syndicated program, Native Solidary News, will move to 11am on Sundays.
  • The Coffee Table/This Is It! will start doing their live shows on Sundays at 6pm, with their original spot of Thursday at 4pm becoming a repeat.

There are also a few adjustments in the overnight schedule:

  • On very late Mondays/very early Tuesday mornings, Bravery, Repetition & Noise moves up to midnight, The Porridge Hour follows it at 1am, and My Ghetto moves to 2am.
  • Culture Strike is now repeated on late Wednesday night at 1am.
  • Syndicated show Left of the Dial will now be heard on late Thursday night at 1am. The Coffee Table/This Is It! will now be repeated at 3am on Thursday night.
  • Role Initiative has been added at 12:30am on late Friday Nights.

December 20 Headlines

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Body of missing man discovered
3 years later, woman’s death ruled a murder
Student hoping for gift of life
Judge dismisses sexual exploitation charge
RCMP confirms fire at construction site arson
Conservatives launch gun registry ad campaign
N.Koreans told to rally behind ‘Great Successor’
Egypt’s Tahrir clashes continue
Helping the homeless
‘I’m so proud to be Canadian’

If you have any news tips or feedback, email us at news@chsrfm.ca!

December 19 Headlines

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Man assaulted while attempting to stop break and enter, McDougal Lake, NB
Dying Winnipeg woman denied CFB Gagetown Agent Orange payout
MacLean’s rank Saint John sexual assault capital
Liberals questioning government in delay on nursing home replacements
New Brunswickers not as charitable as other provinces
Two Fredericton universities chartering buses for students
Dieppe church offering latin mass

If you’ve any news tips or feedback, just email us at news@chsrfm.ca