CKDU Member News - January 8, 2013

Dearest CKDU,

Whoa! A whole new year of exciting things radio. Hope you are adjusting to 2013 so far.
Resolutions - produce great radio, share content, discover new music, score an interview with your idol, make new friends, join a committee, and stay out of trouble.

Lots of upcoming goodness detailed below!
Missed ya!
xo CKDU

Table of Contents
1. Participate in a radio play with the King's Infringement Festival and CKDU
2. CKDU's Best of Music 2012
3. Upcoming DJ Gigs
4. Spoken Word Department Updates
5. Join the national Anti-Racism Committee for Community Radio


CKDU Calendar
January 8 - Events Committee Meeting | 5pm
January 17 - CKDU Open House | 3pm-7pm
January 24 - CKDU Train-a-thon | 4pm-7pm
January 31 - C-K-D-YOU Got Skills: A Workshop Series | 6:30pm-8pm
February 1 - Happy 28th Anniversary CKDU! Celebrate at Michael's Bar & Grill | 9pm
February 1 - CKDU Presents: Ben Caplan and Paper Beat Scissors | 8pm SOLD OUT
February 2 - CKDU Presents: Ben Caplan and Taryn Kawaja | 8pm
February 4 - King's Infringement Opening Gala with CKDU DJ's | 9pm
February 4-9 - King's Infringement Festival
February 7 - C-K-D-YOU Got Skills: A Workshop Series | 6:30pm-8pm
February 14 - C-K-D-YOU Got Skills: A Workshop Series | 6:30pm-8pm
February 20 - 5th Annual Homelessness Marathon
February 21 - C-K-D-YOU Got Skills: A Workshop Series | 6:30pm-8pm

1. RADIO PLAYS - RECRUITING NOW!
The King’s Infringement Festival, a week-long celebration of student-written theatre, is coming this February 4-9^th 2013 and is looking for the help of a few savvy CKDUers! As part of this year’s festival, we will be running a series of live 30 minute radio plays on the airwaves of CKDU during the week of Infringement. We are currently looking for anyone interested in getting involved with the radio plays – whether it be through writing them, reading them on the air, or helping out in-studio while they are being broadcast. If this draws your interest, send an email over to Haydn, the festival’s External Coordinator, at kingsinfringementfestival@gmail.com and he will provide you with some more details on how to get involved. You can also send him an email if you are interested in getting involved with Infringement in general. For more information on this year’s Infringement Festival, head on over to their Facebook page - www.facebook.com/kingsinfringementfestival.

2. CKDU BEST OF 2012 IN MUSIC
Word up from the Music Department! What were the top spins of 2012?

1. Mike O'Neill - Wild Lines
2. Grimes - Visions
3. Petunia & The Vipers - S/T
4. Old Man Luedecke - Tender Is The Night
5. Yukon Blonde - Tiger Talk
6. Carolina Chocolate Drops - Leaving Eden
7. Rich Aucoin/Writers' Strike - Split 7"
8. Jennah Barry - Young Men
9. Whitehorse - The Fate Of The World Depends On This Kiss
10. Erin Costelo - We Can Get Over

Thanks for all your participation in the all things music this year.


3. DJ THE FOLLOWING EVENTS
Contact Gianna@ckdu.ca if you are interested in bringing down the house at the following events.

Friday February 1
CKDU Anniversary Party
Michael's Bar & Grill, 6100 Young St
* anything 80's and/or fun!

Monday February 4
King's Infringement Festival Opening Gala
The Wardroom, King's College Campus
* upbeat, avant-garde, dance-y, gala music


4. SPOKEN WORD DEPARTMENT UPDATES
Spoken Word StrategyThe spoken word department is implementing naming conventions in order to help track the playback of spoken word content such as interviews, psas and packaged items like Jennifer's arts reports. If you use them, please note them on your log. Please also not ethe expiry date, which will usually appear at the end:
Example: AA_Arts report_ EXP Nov 27.mp3 (creators's initials_ name of item_Expiry date.format)

Spoken Word Lecture StrategyAsna has a few lectures taped and would like to start airing them in a series - she would like your help in naming the lecture series and is looking for your ideas the can that we hope to air - feel free to send your suggestions to asna@ckdu.ca

SW Content for all:
Extra Spoken Word content is available for any programmer/show to use, such as the Touch Base Headlines or Jennifer Macdonald's Arts Reports. You are welcome to use them - any questions, please contact asna@ckdu.ca - please note the expiry dates!


5. NCRA ANTI-RACISM COMMITTEE
Hello member stations and station members,

The formation of the National Campus and Community Radio Association (NCRA) Anti-Racism Committee was mandated by a resolution at the 2011 NCRC AGM.  A small (and not very diverse) working group started to collect information on racism in our sector and we need your help to continue and complete the work. Our goal is to produce a report on racism in our sector and create a toolkit of anti-oppression training materials.

We are looking to diversify the committee so please distribute this to all your station staff and volunteers. We welcome interest from racialized people / people of colour, Indigenous and First Nations peoples, immigrants and refugees, diverse cultural communities, persons with disabilities, and LGBTQ people.

To express your interest in joining the NCRA Anti-Racism Committee, please email me. I'm also happy to answer any questions you have on the actual work of the committee.

Thanks and look forward to hearing from you.

Robin Eriksson | Program Director CKUW 95.9 FM
Robin Eriksson <ckuw.pd@gmail.com>

CKDU NEWSLETTER for Friday, February 17, 2012.

DETAILS ANNOUNCED: 10th Annual CKDU Homelessness Marathon

CKDU is proud to announce the detailed schedule of the 10th Annual Homelessness Marathon in Halifax.

FROM: 6:00 PM, Wednesday, February 22nd
TO: 8:00 AM, Thursday, February 23rd

6:00 PM
Doors open, food, coffee and tea served.

7:00 PM
The Sale of St. Pat’s Alexandra school: Poverty, Displacement, and Development
Panel and Community Discussion featuring:
Paul O’Hara, North End Community Health Clinic
Billy Lewis, Indigenous activist
Pete Wilson, singer / songwriter

8:30 PM
Musical Interlude
Featuring:
The Occupiers, Antigonish, NS
Mike Simon
Mary Beth Carty

9:00 PM
Occupy Nova Scotia / #OWS / Occupy Together
Panel and Community Discussion featuring:
David Williams, therapist on-site at Occupy NS camp
James Wiseman, Occupy NS
Eric Antolick, Occupy NS
Courtney, Occupy NS
Vive, Spoken Word performance

10:00 PM
Music Performances:
Featuring:
Paper Beat Scissors
Pete Wilson
Bentley Burke
Wayne Sponagle

11:00 PM:
Open Mic and Song Circle
Lead by The Occupiers

8:00 AM, February 23rd:
Closing Time
LOCATION: St. Matthews Church Gym, 1479 Barrington St.
free hot food, coffee and tea all night long, prepared by Dave Ewenson of Let’s Get Baked With Mat and Dave.
Tune in: 88.1 FM
Call in: 1-866-594-7729

Thanks to our Generous Food Donors:
Planet Organic
Tarek’s Cafe
Java Blend
The Good Food Emporium
Rani’s Curry and Roti

ABOUT:
CKDU is proud to take the radio to the streets again this year, for the annual Homelessness Marathon, broadcast from Vancouver, Montreal and Halifax. Listeners are encouraged to participate in Canada’s largest discussion on poverty, housing and homelessness. Audience members will be welcomed to make comments, share their stories, and sing songs.

What is the Homelessness Marathon?
Every year, the Homelessness Marathon serves up 14 hours of people-powered radio, broadcast on nearly 40 radio stations across Canada. With the goal of being a consciousness-raising event, the Marathon will provide an opportunity for homeless people and their allies to take to the airwaves, and allow a nationwide discussion on homelessness issues and possible solutions.

CKDU 88.1 FM will be broadcasting live from the St. Matthews United Church from 7 pm to 10 pm. St. Matthew’s Church is also the site of the Out of the Cold Emergency Shelter.

History:
The Homelessness Marathon was founded in 1998 by Jeremy Weir Alderson (aka “Nobody”) as an offshoot of his regular radio program, “The Nobody Show,” broadcast weekly on WEOS, an NPR-affiliate in Geneva, NY. “That first year, I was just thinking of it as a matter of conscience,” Alderson says. “Basically, I just wanted to get on the air and say, ‘This isn’t right, and I want no part of it,’ and, of course, I wanted to bolster this argument with the opinions of experts and the voices of homeless people.” He got the idea of broadcasting from outdoors in the dead of winter, he says, because he wanted to dramatize the plight of people with nowhere to go in the cold.

Past Panelists on CKDU’s Homelessness Marathon:
Wayne McNaughton, anti-poverty activist
Jocelyne Tranquilla, Nova Scotia Common Front for Affordable Housing
Rene Ross, Stepping Stone
Gladys Radek, Walk 4 Justice
Jordan Roberts, Out of the Cold Emergency Shelter
Megan Leslie, Halifax MP
Artists of Creative Spirits East, Veith Street Gallery
Tom Hirst, former member, Halifax Coalition Against Poverty
Kendall Worth, Street Feat newspaper

The Homelessness Marathon airs in these cities:
Halifax, NS : Eskasoni, NS : Antigonish, NS : Wolfville, NS : Sackville, NB : St-John, NB : Fredericton, NB : Montreal, QC : Kingston, ON : St-Catherines, ON : Killaloe, ON : Ottawa, ON : Toronto, ON : Guelph, ON : Thunder Bay, ON : Waterloo, ON : London, ON : Peterborough, ON : Regina, SK : Saskatoon, SK : Winnipeg, MB : Lethbridge, AB : Calgary, AB : Edmonton, AB : Yellowknife, NT : Burnaby, BC : Victoria, BC : Abbotsford, BC : Nanaimo, BC : Vancouver, BC : Kamloops, BC : Smithers, BC : Nelson, BC : Crawford Bay, BC : New Denver, BC

CKDU Member News October 22

Hey awesome radio folks. You know who you are. You're the best! Here's the news:

Contents
1. CKalenDUr
2. SOCAN cometh... starting Wednesday!
3. CKDU Programmers Meeting Nov 8th
4. Your member card expires Oct 31st!
5. Funding Drive info update
6. Radio on the Web: TOUCHSTONE

1. CKALENDUR
CKDU DJs at the Zine Fair, Sat Oct 24, 12pm-5pm, St David's Church Hall
Doug's Surprise Birthday Party: Sun Oct 25, 3pm (see details below)
CKDU Board Meeting - Mon Oct 25, 6pm (DSU council chambers)
NCRC Steering Committee - Mon Nov 1, 7pm
CKDU Programmers Meeting - Mon Nov 8, 7pm

2. SOCAN COMETH...WED, THURS, FRI, SAT SHOWS! (OCT 27-30)
All programmers with a show airing on October 27 - 30 will have to fill out the paper SOCAN logs. Please be sure to fill out all the info! Be extra-sure to fill out the time of day, composer/author, usage and duration! Check the sample log in MCR.
Be extra sure to reach your Canadian content requirements and play your favorite local/Canadian band! They'll get paid!
To find out composer/author info for the SOCAN log check the album's liner notes. If that does not provide the answer check:
http://www.allmusic.com/
http://bmi.com/search/
http://www.discogs.com
Background: SOCAN (the Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada) logs are part of a statistical sampling of music used throughout the country and are used to make an equitable division of SOCAN revenues to writers and publishers of music in Canada and throughout the world.

3. CKDU PROGRAMMERS MEETING: November 8, 7pm
We need to elect a new programming committee! This requires quorum, so please save the date and make your best effort to come. There will be pizza or curry to fill your belly!

4. YOUR (RED) MEMBER CARD EXPIRES OCT 30!
Please contact erica@ckdu.ca or drop on by the station next week to renew your membership and get your new GREEN card. There's a $15 annual fee if you're not a Dal or King's student. It's possible to have your membership fee waived if you don't have the means to pay it. Please don't let $15 keep you away from your community radio station!

5. FUNDING DRIVE INFO UPDATE
Tell your listeners:
-- Thanks for donating!
-- Pay your pledge by December 3 to qualify for the grand prize draw! (VIA RAIL trip for two to Montreal)
-- Tote bags, Friends of CKDU cards, stickers, and magnets are in.
-- T-shirts will be in at the end of the month.
-- The prize room is open! Mon-Fri, noon-5pm

6. RADIO ON THE WEB
Check out some of CKDU's radio shows on the web! If you've got a website or online profile, let us know about it! This week we're featuring:
Touchstone with Bev Lamb, Saturdays 10am-noon
www.bevlamb.ca/touchstone