Dearest radio lovers & purveyors,
February 14th is a great day to remember that Beyoncé "I think I'm in love with my radio" Knowles, along with countless Halifax area listeners, is counting on you not to let her down. In between celebrating 25 years on FM, and 4 years at 88.1, take a moment to note that you are sending love in the form of words and music out over the airwaves every week. And we love you for it!
Keep up the good work.
Love,
The CKDU Newsletter
CONTENTS:
1. CKalenDUr: Upcoming events and meetings2. 8th Annual Homelessness Radio Marathon - Feb 23-24
3. 1ST Annual CKDU Show Swap Week: Feb 15 - 21
4. Transmitter Update
5. Computer Spring Cleaning! Please delete old files from your account.
6. National Campus Community Radio Conference June 2010
7. Last chance for Funding Drive input
8. Staff Evaluations Coming Soon!
9. Welcome to our new Katimavik participant Josh
10. New Releases library additions
10. New Releases library additions
1. CKalenDUr
CKDU Swap Week: Feb 15-21
Music Committee Meeting: Feb 18th, 4:30pmCKDU Swap Week: Feb 15-21
Ardour Audio Production Training, Feb 19, 1:30pmHomelessness Marathon: Feb 23-24 overnight
Portable Recorder Training: Friday Feb 26, 1:30pm
Trainorama for New Volunteers: Tuesday, March 2, 6pm-9pm
CKDU Board Meeting: March 10, 5:45pm
General Members Meeting: March 10, 6:30-8:30pm
2. 8TH ANNUAL HOMELESSNESS MARATHON - FEB 23-24
Please help promote this amazing radio event on your show! Let listeners know that it's happening overnight from Feb 23rd to Feb 24th. Here's the details:
The eighth annual Homelessness Marathon will once again serve up 14 hours of people-powered radio, broadcast in 35 Canadian cities on Tuesday, February 23rd, from 6pm until 8am on Feb. 24th.
CKDU will broadcast live from outside St. Matthew's United Church, 1479 Barrington Street, right beside the Out of the Cold Emergency Shelter. We will offer hot food and hot coffee and tea all night long in our indoor listening booth. Halifax will broadcast live across the country from 7pm until 11pm, and then again between 1 am and 2 am.
Listeners are invited to call-in with their questions or comments toll-free: 1-866-594-7729. Listeners can tune in at 88.1 FM in Halifax, or online at www.ckdu.ca
3. 1ST ANNUAL CKDU SHOW SWAP WEEK: FEBRUARY 15 - 21
2. 8TH ANNUAL HOMELESSNESS MARATHON - FEB 23-24
Please help promote this amazing radio event on your show! Let listeners know that it's happening overnight from Feb 23rd to Feb 24th. Here's the details:
The eighth annual Homelessness Marathon will once again serve up 14 hours of people-powered radio, broadcast in 35 Canadian cities on Tuesday, February 23rd, from 6pm until 8am on Feb. 24th.
CKDU will broadcast live from outside St. Matthew's United Church, 1479 Barrington Street, right beside the Out of the Cold Emergency Shelter. We will offer hot food and hot coffee and tea all night long in our indoor listening booth. Halifax will broadcast live across the country from 7pm until 11pm, and then again between 1 am and 2 am.
Listeners are invited to call-in with their questions or comments toll-free: 1-866-594-7729. Listeners can tune in at 88.1 FM in Halifax, or online at www.ckdu.ca
3. 1ST ANNUAL CKDU SHOW SWAP WEEK: FEBRUARY 15 - 21
There's a growing list of interested show swappers! Email Tarek as soon as possible if you'd like to try something different next week and host a show in a different style or format. Just e-mail Tarek (tarek@ckdu.ca).
4. TRANSMITTER UPDATE
As you know: We are now broadcasting under a temporary license from atop Geizer Hill in Fairview. We are currently pumping only 28 watts through our exciter, which has turned out to be a fairly weak signal in many parts of the city.
Tell your listeners: If they have trouble picking up the signal, an antenna might just do the trick. Here's some information on improving your reception from WERU Community Radio in Maine.
http://weru.org/reception.html
Timeline: This current transmitter set up will remain until we have received approval from the CRTC for an amendment to our permanent license. Our application has been posted on the CRTC website: CRTC broadcast applications
4. TRANSMITTER UPDATE
As you know: We are now broadcasting under a temporary license from atop Geizer Hill in Fairview. We are currently pumping only 28 watts through our exciter, which has turned out to be a fairly weak signal in many parts of the city.
Tell your listeners: If they have trouble picking up the signal, an antenna might just do the trick. Here's some information on improving your reception from WERU Community Radio in Maine.
http://weru.org/reception.html
Timeline: This current transmitter set up will remain until we have received approval from the CRTC for an amendment to our permanent license. Our application has been posted on the CRTC website: CRTC broadcast applications
You can leave comments there. The CRTC has been made aware of our current predicament with poor quality transmission. Keep your fingers crossed that our approval comes through in a timely fashion!
5. COMPUTER SPRING CLEANING! PLEASE DELETE OLD FILES
CKDU's computers are full to brimming. If you have an account on the PCR/MCR computers, please take a moment in the coming week to delete some old files that you don't need. Audacity or Ardour projects that are finished should be exported as ogg, mp3, wav or flac files, and then the projects should be deleted. Also, please consider burning your audio archives to CD and then deleting them from the computer. We have CDRs available for a small fee, or bring your own!
CKDU's computers are full to brimming. If you have an account on the PCR/MCR computers, please take a moment in the coming week to delete some old files that you don't need. Audacity or Ardour projects that are finished should be exported as ogg, mp3, wav or flac files, and then the projects should be deleted. Also, please consider burning your audio archives to CD and then deleting them from the computer. We have CDRs available for a small fee, or bring your own!
6. NATIONAL C/C RADIO CONFERENCE: June 2010
This year's NCRC is June 7th to 11th on Gabriola Island in British Columbia. The host station is Gabriola Coop Radio. You can check out what they have planned here: http://www.ckgi.ca/ncrc-2010/
CKDU has a small budget to help get programmers to the NCRC. It won't be an all-expenses-paid trip, but if you're interested in meeting community radio folks from far and wide while enjoying some fine Pacific ocean air, then consider going to NCRC Gabriola. In particular, we'd like to send some CKDU programmers to present workshops and share their skills and experience. Think about it!
Also: CKDU has volunteered to host NCRC 2011. Think about that!
7. LAST CHANCE FOR FUNDING DRIVE INPUT
We will be compiling the feedback from the Funding Drive 09 survey shortly. Please take the opportunity to share your thoughts on how FD went this year, and your ideas for how we can make it better in 2010. So far we have about 10 responses, my friends. That's pathetic! Just click here and take two minutes to share your thoughts: http://www.kwiksurveys.com/online-survey.php?surveyID=MLKEF_d9fdb1a4
8. STAFF EVALUATIONS COMING SOON
Yes, yes, it's tough being a CKDU programmer, because you're always having to fill out some form or another. But please remember, your input is vital to making CKDU a great community organization. The CKDU Board of Directors will be doing staff evaluations in the coming month, and they'll need your input on your experiences with staff at the station. Evaluations for this round: Erica, David, and Reed. Stay tuned for more info.
9. WELCOME TO OUR NEW KATIMAVIK PARTICIPANT, JOSH
A new member has joined Team CKDU! Please introduce yourself to Josh, a new volunteer with the Katimavik program, who will be working at CKDU for the next 3 months. Josh is an artistic guy and up for learning as much as he can about radio. Let's help him out! He's certainly helping us.
10. NEW RELEASES LIBRARY ADDITIONS
Records that have been added since our last update on Jan 22, 2010.
| Artist | Album | Label | Description | Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SOULICITORS, THE | WHAT YOU NEED | independent | acoustic, folk rock, reggae | 8435 |
| BALACADE | FRIENDS FOREVER | independent | lounge | 8436 |
| DAVE RAWLINGS MACHINE | A FRIEND OF FRIEND | acony records | alternative, acoustic, industrial | 8437 |
| REPERCUSSIONISTS, THE | S/T | independent | indie, rock | 8438 |
| OLENKA AND THE AUTUMN LOVERS | PAPILLONETTE | Openhouse records | folk, lyrical | 8439 |
| OROMOCTO DIAMOND | LE CHOC DU FUTUR | independent | progressive, visual, punk | 8440 |
| TERRIBLY EMPTY POCKETS | CAT MOUNTAIN | nettwerk productions | pop | 8441 |
| POINTED STICKS | THREE LEFTS MAKE A RIGHT | Paramount records | power pop, punk | 8442 |
| IBRAHIM, ZAKI | ELECTICA | IQRA | soul, hip hop, electroacoustic | 8443 |
| RICHARD LAVIOLETTE & THE OIL SPILLS | ALL OF YOUR RAW MATERIALS | independent | Folk | 8444 |
| ALERT THE MEDIC | WE, THE WEAPON | independent | rock | 8445 |
| GEORGAS, HANNAH | CHIT CHIT | Hidden pony records | indie, pop, alternative | 8446 |
| L. POUSHINSKY | HEARTSHAPED COOKIE CUTTER | independent | indie, folk rock, roots | 8447 |
| BULAT, BASIA | HEART OF MY OWN | secret city | pop, folk, melodramtic | 8448 |
| FINAL FANTASY | HEARTLAND | for great justice | breakcore, drum & bass, experimental | 8449 |
| CALCULDES INTERGRAL | S/T | Magra multi media | elector, pop, visual | 8450 |
| SWIFT, THOM | BLUE SKY DAY | Groundswell music | roots, acoustic, blues | 8451 |
| EPWORTH, JON | TURN OF YOUR NAME | Leutonia records | indie rock, pop | 8452 |
| BIG JOHN BATES | BANGTOWN | Frontman records | blues, rockabilly, garage | 8453 |
| SOJOURNERS, THE | S/T | black hen music | garage, religious, roots | 8454 |
| TRIPPING HAZARD | WRONG: SUICIDE GOAT | Wombat ending | grunge, crunk, blues | 8455 |
| BARRY ROMBERGS RANDOM ACCESS | WHY, SHALL, WHY, BECAUSE | independent | experimental, electronica, jazz | 8456 |
| THEE SILVER MT. ZION MEMORIAL ORCHESTRA | KOLLAPS TRADIXIONALES | constellation records | alternative | 8457 |
| GILLIS, ARCHIE | EATING APPLIES WITH SNAKES | independent | indie | 8458 |
| CROWN LAND | S/T | humboldt valley recordings | experimental, comedy, soul | 8459 |
| NICKODEMUS | SUN PEOPLE REMIXED | ESLMUSIC | Electoacoustic, fussion, latin | 8460 |
| SHORES, THE | CAROUSEL | independent | shores, the | 8461 |
| SUNRISE AND GOOD PEOPLE | RISE UP | WALKIN GIANT | Alternative, rock, pop | 8462 |
| ALBUM LEAF, THE | A CHORUS OF STORYTELLERS | Sub Pop | Alternative/Ambient/Electronica | 8463 |
| OX | BURNOUT | Weewerk | Indie/Americana/Garage | 8464 |
| MUSIC FOR YOUR HEART | TURNING MARVEL | Sunday Service | Down Tempo/Pop/Adult Contemporary | 8465 |
| BONNIE POPE + MICAH | MY NAME IS CALEB AND I LIKE TO DANCE | Independent | Pop/Electronica | 8466 |
| BIBIO | AMBIVALENCE AVENUE | Warp | Folk/Pop/Swing | 8467 |
| IDLERS | KEEP OUT | Independent | Reggae/Dub/Ska | 8468 |
| COLD CAVE | LOVE COMES CLOSEc | Matador | Pop | 8469 |
| TIMES NEW VIKING | BORN AGAIN REVISITED | Matador | Lo-fi Indie Rock | 8470 |
| TAKEN BY TREES | EAST OF EDEN | Rough Trade | Indie Folk | 8471 |
| TRUE PANTHER SOUNDS | GIRL ALBUM | Independent | Punk Punk Punk | 8472 |
| SPIRAL STAIRS | THE REAL FEEL | Matador | Jam Band/Indie Rock | 8473 |
| MADNESS | THE LIBERTY OF NORTON FOLGATE | Yep Roc | Ska | 8474 |
| GRANT-LEE PHILLIPS | LITTLE MOON | Yep Roc | Rock/Acoustic/Alternative | 8475 |
| THE BIG PINK | A BRIEF HISTORY OF LOVE | 4AD | Concrete | 8476 |
| ANDRE ETHIER | BORN OF BLUE FOG | Blue Fog | Folk/Rock | 8477 |
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