Father To Son is a music show with father and son hosts Gary and Ben Van Osch, presenting music selections from all genres and picked from Gary’s personal music collection.
Father To Son airs on Saturday from 9:00am to 10:00am.
The Freedom Principle
The Freedom Principle features music of the African Diaspora; this program sees acoustic ensemble music as a developing world jazz incorporating styles and rhythms which draw from Indigenous sources. On the air since June 1986, The Freedom Principle features new releases from the disparate genres of the African Diaspora with occasional forays into specialized thematic programs. Past programs include Manding Swing, Congolese Rumba, Zimbabwean Liberation, South African Jazz, Mississippi Delta Slide & Moan, African Impressionism in American Jazz, etc.
The Freedom Principle is hosted by Tom Fleming, is produced at CJAM-FM in Windsor, and is syndicated on CKMS-FM from the NCRA Community Radio Exchange. Contact The Freedom Principle at thefreedomprinciple99.1fm@gmail.com, and see their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/freedomprinciple/
The Freedom Principle airs on CKMS-FM on Mondays from 12:30am to 2:00am.
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, March 1, 2021
- Pink Floyd, Welcome To The Machine
- Rush, Natural Science
- Jeff Beck, Blue Wind
- The Rolling Stones, Coming Down Again
- Rod Stewart, Blind Prayer
- Led Zeppelin, Down By The Seaside
- Heart, Even It Up
- Paul McCartney and Wings, Don’t Let It Bring You Down
- Golden Earring, Kill Me (Ce Soir)
- Arc Angels, Sent By Angels
- The Band, The W.S. Walcott Medicine Show
- Creedence Clearwater Revival, The Working Man
- Pete Townshend, Exquisitely Bored
- Bruce Cockburn, Making Contact
- Steve Earle, Back To The Wall
- Big Sugar, Joe Louis/Judgement Day
- Spooky Tooth, Hangman Hang My Shell On A Tree
- Headstones, Heart Of Darkness
- Bob Seger, Black Night
- Ian Hunter, Standin’ In My Light
- Fleetwood Mac, Although The Sun Is Shining
- The Stooges, We Will Fall
I AM EVERYTHING – Ep 14: Myth Music (Ft Quake Matthews)
Rapper from Halifax Nova Scotia.
CKMS Community Connections for 1 March 2021
Show Notes
At 11:00am CCC is back for another week but the studio remains closed until further notice, so here’s some more Canadian Content music: Some so new it hasn’t been released yet, some new just to me, and there’s some old favourites too. Follow the links to the artists — some are back to doing performances, so check them out and support your local musicians!
–Bob.
Music List
| Time | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc | Steve Todd |  CKMS Community Connections |
| 0m40s | Nosebleed | Suburban Rituals |  Suburban Rituals |
| 2m59s | Living The Dream | ||
| 5m43s | sunshine list | Kitz Willman |  Royal Visit to Uranium City |
| 8m26s | dust on the bookshelf | ||
| 12m35s | 3 AM | Thug Shells |  Rainy Day EP |
| 15m59s | Not Alone | ||
| 18m22s | Lay down Jimmy | Jory Kinjo and Vic Ruggiero |  Jory and Vic Sing the Blues |
| 21m08s | Girl’s bad dream | ||
| 23m53s | That woman | ||
| 27m13s | Turn It On | Ginger St. James |  (single) |
| 29m30s | Crazy | Ginger St. James – The Trainwreck Two |  (single) |
| 32m06s | Jean petit qui danse | Onion Honey |  Homegrown |
| 34m15s | Buckeye Jim | ||
| 35m57s | Crawdad Hole | ||
| 38m25s | Happy Birthday Baby | Jenn Grant |  Reimagine |
| 41m35s | Chancellor |  (single) |
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| 44m13s | You’ll Do Anything (acoustic) | Karyn Ellis |  More Than A Hero |
| 47m19s | More Than A Hero | ||
| 50m21s | Can’t Buy Time | Madison Galloway |  Moon & Mercury |
| 54m40s | Love’s Not a Game | ||
| 58m40s | always | Kitz Willman | Royal Visit to Uranium City |
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Saturday from 1:00pm to 2:00pm.
Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at office@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.
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Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2021 by the participants, and released under a 
Creative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.
Mano A Mano with Wax Mannequin
DJ Steel of the Mano A Mano show met virtually with Chris Adeney better known as Wax Mannequin with the Mano Amigos. Here is the raw interview where they talk about how Chris got started as Wax Mannequin, his influences and what goes into crafting a Wax Mannequin song.
Radio podcast available at www.mamradio.ca
Val Scheer’s Eclectic Garage for February 27
- Showdown at Big Sky – Robbie Robertson (CanCon)
- Rise Again – The Rankin Family (CanCon)
- The World I Know – Counting Crows
- Shine – Junkhouse (CanCon)
- Ariel vs Lotus – Limb Lifter (CanCon)
- Crucify – Tori Amos
- Loud and Heavy – Cody Jinks
- 6th Avenue Heartache – The Wallflowers
- Pacing the Cage – Bruce Cockburn (CanCon)
- Two Knights – The Crash Test Dummies (CanCon)
- She’s Not There – The Zombies
- Cold-Hearted Snake – Paula Abdul
- Photograph – Blue Rodeo (CanCon)
- It’s So Hard (To Say Goodbye) – Boyz II Men
- Long Way Down – The Goo Goo Dolls
CKMS News – 2021-02-25 – Declaration to divest from policing and prisons gains traction across Canada
Host: Ivan Angelovski
Over 250 organizations and over 3,000 individuals have signed onto “Choosing Real Safety: A Historic Declaration to Divest from Policing and Prisons and Build Safer Communities for All.”
Signatories include UNIFOR, and a wide array of human rights and racial justice organizations across Canada who talked at the recent online conference, presenting the declaration.
In this episode, we’re listening from Christin Macklin from UNIFOR, Robyn Maynard of Abolition Coalition, Ravyn Wyngs, of Black Lives Matter -Toronto, Molly Swain of the indigenous led organization Free Lands Free People, Nanky Rai of Doctors for Defunding Police, Souheil Benslima of the Criminalization and Punishment Education Project (CPEP), and Harsha Walia of British Columbia Civil Liberties Association, Canada’s oldest civil liberties organization.
The website sharing information about the declaration and facilitating individuals and organisations can sign on to declaration is www.choosingrealsafety.com.
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This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.
Check out the archived versions of this program and other episodes on radiowaterloo.ca/news. You can follow us on twitter @RadioWaterloo. And you can email news@radiowaterloo.ca to get in touch with comments or ideas about stories to cover.
The music was Blackroom by Moby, courtesy of mobygratis.com
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, Feb. 22, 2021
- Aerosmith, You Gotta Move
- The Rolling Stones, Monkey Man
- Rory Gallagher, Bad Penny
- John Lennon, Meat City
- Neil Young, Too Lonely
- Nazareth, Silver Dollar Forger (Parts 1 & 2)
- Electric Light Orchestra, Dreaming Of 4000
- Chicago, Takin’ It On Uptown
- Tommy Bolin, Wild Dogs
- Deep Purple, This Time Around/Owed To G
- Gov’t Mule, Painted Silver Light
- Joe Walsh, The Confessor
- Eric Burdon, The Secret
- Frank Zappa, Dinah Moe Humm
- Metallica, The House Jack Built
- Alice In Chains, Rain When I Die
- The Yardbirds, New York City Blues
- Tom Petty And The Heartbreakers, Strangered In The Night
- The Butterfield Blues Band, East-West
- Genesis, Get ‘Em Out By Friday
- David Bowie, Time
CKMS News – 2021-02-22 – What’s behind the blank front pages?
Host: Ivan Angelovski
Early February, frontpages of around 100 newspapers in Canada went blank, starting the campaign by News Media Canada called “Disappearing Headlines,” calling for regulation of Google and Facebook in this country. Basically, they are asking the politicians to take money from internet giants and give it to them.
Today we’re talking with Dwayne Winseck, Professor at the School of Journalism and Communication at Carleton university in Ottawa, about what’s behind the blank front pages, do Canadian publishers have the right to protest against Google and Facebook, and does anyone have a public interest in mind?
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This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.
Check out the archived versions of this program and other episodes on radiowaterloo.ca/news. You can follow us on twitter @RadioWaterloo. And you can email news@radiowaterloo.ca to get in touch with comments or ideas about stories to cover.
The music was Blackroom by Moby, courtesy of mobygratis.com
CKMS News – 2021-02-22 – Waterloo Region Weekly Roundup
Host: Melissa Bowman
In this week’s episode, we will once again update on some of the affordable housing issues that local municipalities are involved in. The Region of Waterloo council shared an update about where things currently stand since approving the closure of the 5 regionally-operated children’s centres.
Also, communities that are racialized and/or marginalized have been impacted more deeply by this pandemic. I’ll share an update from a recent regional council public health board meeting that discussed this issue and some of the plans stemming from that meeting.
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This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.
Check out the archived versions of this program and other episodes on radiowaterloo.ca/news., and other stories commissioned under the Local Journalism Initiative at canada-info.ca.
You can follow us on twitter @RadioWaterloo. If you want to get in touch with comments, or ideas about stories to cover, email us at news@radiowaterloo.ca
I AM EVERYTHING – Ep 13: The Thirteenth Hour (Ft Ellie)
Have you ever wondered what happens to a body when there is no more life within it? Have you ever had questions for someone who deals with the dead? Look no further, Ellie all the way from the uk can answer those questions and more!
Mano A Mano with Todd Kerns
Val Scheer’s Eclectic Garage for February 20th
- Mad Mad World – Tom Cochrane (CanCon)
- People Are People – A Perfect Circle
- Screwed it Up – Limb Lifter (CanCon)
- Grave Digger – Blues Saraceno
- I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
- Tennesse Flat Top Box – Rosanne Cash
- In The Days of The Caveman – Crash Test Dummies (CanCon)
- Glycerine – Bush
- Rasputin – Boney M
- Stereo – The Watchmen (CanCon)
- Push – Moist (CanCon)
- Nightmares – Hetriani (CanCon)
- Black Velvet – Alannah Myles (CanCon)
- It Could Happen To You – Blue Rodeo (CanCon)
- The Distance – Cake
CKMS News – 2021-02-18 – Engaging locally on climate action (part 2)
Host: Shalaka Jadhav
Climate action is often reported and engaged with at the national and international scale, but often, the local organizing efforts are lesser known. 50×30 Waterloo Region is a grassroots, community-led campaign advocating for the need for Waterloo Region to commit to a 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, in line with the imperatives of climate science and centering social justice and well-being.
For this segment, I will be in conversation with four community members:
- Kai Reimer-Watts, a climate justice organizer;
- Stephanie Goertz, a volunteer with the 50x30WR campaign;
- Megan Ruttan, a climate justice organizer, and Fridays for Future Waterloo Region organizer, and
- Andres Fuentes, who has engaged on climate work locally and globally for over 10 years.
In part two of this two-part series, we’ll talk about the history of organizing in the Region that the campaign is building on, the importance of building solidarity, and what a just climate future could look like, in the Region.
To learn more about 50×30, check out their website, including their petition to Regional Council.
Upcoming events include 50×30 Faith, to engage local faith communities on climate justice on Monday February 22nd, at 7:00pm EST.
If you’re interested engaging with the campaign, create your own 2-minute 50×30 video, take the 50×30 pledge as an organization, business and local group, or browse through the Climate Champion Communications Toolkit to build your own local climate action journey.
If you’d like to learn more about other cities working towards 50×30, consider the work of C40 Cities, including Vancouver, and Halifax.
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This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.
Check out the archived versions of this program and other episodes on radiowaterloo.ca/news., and other stories commissioned under the Local Journalism Initiative at canada-info.ca.
You can follow us on twitter @RadioWaterloo. If you want to get in touch with comments, or ideas about stories to cover, email us at news@radiowaterloo.ca.
Music for this episode was courtesy of Dylan Prowse.
CKMS Community Connections for 15 February 2021 with Val Scheer and Rob Curwain
Show Notes
Bob Jonkman talks with CKMS DJs and show hosts Val Scheer and Rob Curwain about radio broadcasting, the courses available at colleges, and their experiences.
The interview starts at 4m49s.
Online:
Val Scheer
- Val Scheer’s Eclectic Garage on CKMS-FM:
- Eclectic Garage Website: https://www.facebook.com/The-Eclectic-Garage-105795991137060
Fanshawe College
Rob Curwain
- Rob’s Rewind on CKMS-FM:
- Rob’s Website: https://robcurwain.wixsite.com/official
- Twitter: @RadioRobCurwain | Twitter
- Facebook: Rob’s Rewind | Facebook
- Instagram: @radiorobcurwain | Instagram
- SoundCloud: Rob Curwain | SoundCloud
- YouTube: RSC Productions | YouTube
Niagara College
Podcast
Download: ckms-community-connections-2021-02-15-episode079.mp3 (46.8 MB, 48m38s, episode 079)
Podcast Index
| Time | Title | Artist | Album |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0m00s | Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc | Steve Todd | CKMS Community Connections |
| 0m22s | Air Between Your Ears | DJ LiquidN8V |  Dimensional Split |
| 4m49s | DJs Val Scheer and Rob Curwain introduce themselves and their shows; how they got their start into radio; the courses at Fanshawe College and Niagara College; discussing home production equipment and techniques, and comparing it to the college’s equipment; transferrable skills? With Covid, even commercial radio station show hosts are working from home; | ||
| 20m30s | Sleight Of Hand | Duff Thompson |  Haywire |
| 25m37s | The differences between commercial radio and Community Radio: So many shows! So much freedom! The mandate for Community Radio is to provide an alternative to commercial radio. But the skills are transferrable, working at CKMS helps hone the craft for a commercial radio career. Val and Rob both have “The Voice” of professional announcers — how did they get it? Mostly it comes from yourself, but in the broadcast course people will point out voice problems. Having “The Voice” isn’t needed on Community Radio, we’re more interested in what you have to say than in how you say it. | ||
| 37m30s | To Mend | Colin Fowlie |  To Mend |
| 40m47s | Technical difficulties arose, so Rob and Val weren’t audible for the rest of the podcast. Instead, Bob introduces more music. | ||
| 42m09s | Coal Mine | I, The Mountain |  (single) |
| 45m31s | Bob gives the extro credits, and introduces The Drift | Weak Size Fish |  The Drift |
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Saturday from 1:00pm to 2:00pm.
Got music, spoken word, or other inte
resting stuff? Let us know at office@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.
Subscribe to the CKMS Community Connections podcast!
See all CKMS Community Connections shows!
Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2021 by the participants, and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.
R.E.A.L Radio with DJ DC
R.E.A.L Radio with DJ DC is a weekly mix show featuring News, Reviews, Interviews, debuts, guest appearances, and of course an innovative take on urban music and the associated influences (jazz, blues, afro, pop). Remix Everything About Life……
R.E.A.L Radio with DJ DC airs on Thursday from Midnight to 2:00am.
CKMS NEWS – 2021-02-15 – Engaging Locally on Climate Action (Part 1)
Host: Shalaka Jadhav
Climate action is often reported and engaged with at the national and international scale, but often, the local organizing efforts are lesser known. 50×30 Waterloo Region is a grassroots, community-led campaign advocating for the need for Waterloo Region to commit to a 50 per cent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, in line with the imperatives of climate science and centering social justice and well-being.
For this segment, I will be in conversation with four community members:
- Kai Reimer-Watts, a climate justice organizer;
- Stephanie Goertz, a volunteer with the 50x30WR campaign;
- Megan Ruttan, a climate justice organizer, and Fridays for Future Waterloo Region organizer, and
- Andres Fuentes, who has engaged on climate work locally and globally for over 10 years.
In part one, we’ll hear about their motivations, the need for local climate action, and their work on a petition leading up to a motion to be presented at Regional Council.
In part two, we’ll talk about the history of organizing in the Region that the campaign is building on, the importance of building solidarity, and what a just climate future could look like, in the Region.
To learn more about 50×30, check out their website, including their petition to Regional Council.
Upcoming events include 50×30 Faith, to engage local faith communities on climate justice on Monday February 22nd, at 7:00pm EST.
If you’re interested engaging with the campaign, create your own 2-minute 50×30 video, take the 50×30 pledge as an organization, business and local group, or browse through the Climate Champion Communications Toolkit to build your own local climate action journey.
If you’d like to learn more about other cities working towards 50×30, consider the work of C40 Cities, including Vancouver, and Halifax.
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This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.
Check out the archived versions of this program and other episodes on radiowaterloo.ca/news., and other stories commissioned under the Local Journalism Initiative at canada-info.ca.
You can follow us on twitter @RadioWaterloo. If you want to get in touch with comments, or ideas about stories to cover, email us at news@radiowaterloo.ca.
Music for this episode was courtesy of Dylan Prowse.
So Old It’s New set list for Monday, February 15, 2021
- King Crimson, A Man, A City (live)
- The Rolling Stones, Winter
- Pink Floyd, Pigs (Three Different Ones)
- Ian Hunter, Bastard
- Faces, Pool Hall Richard
- Ian Thomas, Long Long Way
- Cream, Those Were The Days
- The Beatles, Fixing A Hole
- Black Sabbath, Megalomania
- Rainbow, The Temple Of The King
- Eric Clapton, Sign Language
- Chris Whitley, Poison Girl
- Donnie Iris, Ah! Leah!
- ZZ Top, Just Got Back From Baby’s
- Billy Cobham, The Pleasant Pheasant
- Robert Plant, Fat Lip
- Dire Straits, Millionaire Blues
- The Stooges, Little Doll
- Blackfoot, Spendin’ Cabbage
- Bloomfield, Kooper, Stills Super Session, His Holy Modal Majesty
- David Bowie, Everything’s Alright
- Leonard Cohen, Closing Time
CKMS News – 2021-02-15 – Explaining Reddit’s WallStreetBets
Host: Ivan Angelovski
In January, a group of people, small stock market investors, members of a Reddit forum called WallStreetBets, got organized and decided to stick it to the man. That’s, at least, what this David Vs. Goliath narrative is.
However, things are not so black and white. They are mostly grey, and that’s what we’re talking about today with David Cimon, assistant professor of finance at the Lazaridis School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University.
Hopefully, after this conversation, things will be much clearer.
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This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative” grant program and is funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, the Government of Canada, and the CKMS Newsroom.
Check out the archived versions of this program and other episodes on radiowaterloo.ca/news. You can follow us on twitter @RadioWaterloo. And you can email news@radiowaterloo.ca to get in touch with comments or ideas about stories to cover.
The music was Blackroom by Moby, courtesy of mobygratis.com
Come one, come all!! For LOVE Songs!!!
Monday, Feb 15 will be a special V’day celebration. Some romantic songs you might not have heard before… or at least for a long time!
Val Scheer’s Eclectic Garage for February 13
- My Hero – Foo Fighters
- The Intimidator – The Charlie Daniels Band
- Pedal to The Metal – Kazzer (CanCon)
- I Think I’ll Disappear Now – Crash Test Dummies (CanCon)
- Reflections – Diana Ross and The Supremes
- Insensitive – Jann Arden (CanCon)
- North Country – The Rankin Family (CanCon)
- Loud and Heavy – Cody Jinks
- In The Air Tonight – Phil Collins
- Strange Days – Matthew Good Band (CanCon)
- Till I Gain Control Again – Blue Rodeo (CanCon)
- Money City Maniacs – Sloan (CanCon)
- Private Eyes – Hall and Oates
- Ain’t No Sunshine – Bill Withers
CKMS Community Connections for 6 February 2021
CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo #CommunityConnections #MakingRealConnections
Show Notes
Today on CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo #CommunityConnections we continue our series highlighting the programmers and members of our Radio Station. Today’s guest is Michael Heitmann of one of our most unique Programmes “The Golden Record” ! He also is very passionate with Videography as well as Photography. Here are some links to his works.
YouTube: Hidden Stories: Trinity Church Organ
YouTube: Hidden Stories: The Cat’s Pajamas
YouTube: The Great Break Through
Online:
The Golden Record
- Website: https://radiowaterloo.ca/golden-record
- Facebook: Golden Record
Podcast
Download: ckms-community-connections-2021-02-06-episode077 (111.2 MB, 57m53s, episode 077)
Video Clip
Facebook: CKMS Community Connections – CCC – 6 February 2021
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Saturday from 1:00pm to 2:00pm.
Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at office@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.
Subscribe to the CKMS Community Connections podcast!
See all CKMS Community Connections shows!
Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2021 by the participants, and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.
CKMS Community Connections for 30 January 2021
CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo #CommunityConnections #MakingRealConnections
Show Notes
We begin our series highlighting the programmers and members of our Radio Station. Today’s guest is DJ Steel aka Rob McKenna of our longtime programme Mano A Mano – 102.7 Radio Waterloo. Tune in!
Online:
Mano A Mano Radio
- Website: http://www.mamradio.ca/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/manoamanoradio
- E-mail: rob@radiowaterloo.ca
Podcast
Download: ckms-community-connections-2021-01-30-episode076.mp3 (86.4 MB, 1h00m00s, episode 076)
Video Clip
Facebook: CKMS Community Connections For 30 January 2021
CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday from 11:00am to Noon, and Hour Two airs on Saturday from 1:00pm to 2:00pm.
Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at office@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.
Subscribe to the CKMS Community Connections podcast!
See all CKMS Community Connections shows!
Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2021 by the participants, and released under a Creative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.
2020 CKMS GOLDEN MP3 AWARDS
The Video Crown the Radio Star award is given to the show that best utilizes the OTF video system to support their program: Felix Ranchero of Atardecer Ranchero / Dusk On Ranch.
The Teamwork Transition award is given to the best 1-2 seamless transition programs on CKMS: Raphael Kanai, DJ Maciek, Andre Brown, and DJDC AJ Baylee of The Wax Jungle and Carmelo Farruggio of Street Hop.
The SoundFM Soldier award is given to two members who have put in a lot of work behind the scenes to keep CKMS Community Radio alive. The term “SoundFM” was once used as the name of the station as community members put in countless hours of volunteer work to keep the station alive: Bob Jonkman and Jeff Stager of the Technical Committee.
Sonic Boom is a throw-back to the old CKMS Sonic Boom awards and is awarded to the best music based program of the year: Nat Persaud of Pressure Drop and Mr. Smart of Requiem For Rock.
The winner of the Robot Apocalypse Remote Broadcast award is Rob McKenna of Mano A Mano.
The Most Original Program award is given to an original program that you will not find on radio anywhere but on CKMS! Dr. Tikl of Klausterfokken.
The Local Liaison of Canada award is given to a DJ who puts local stories on a national level: The winner is the CKMS Newsroom.
The Best Graphic Material award is given to a program that is creating the best accompanying images for their podcast or program: Rob Curwain of Rob’s Rewind.
The FUNdraiser Of The Year award is given to a FUN spirit during our fundraising efforts: DJ Steel.
The Freshest Beats award is given to a great program that is in its first 3 years: May Cooper of Changemakers Without Borders and Val Scheer of Val Scheer’s Eclectic Garage.
The Best Cultural/Culturally Diverse Show is awarded to a show that either features many different cultures or represents a culture that is under-represented in the area: Narine Dat Sookram of Caribbean Spice.
The Best Talk Focus award is given to a show that has had the best talk focused programs for the year: Shyun Atøwn of I Am Everything.
The Best LP Show (LP is “Long Playing”) is awarded to the years best show that has been running for 3+ years: Cam Matthews of Denim Entertainment Radio.
The Community Radio Award is given to a show that exemplifies what Community Radio is all about: Jenniefer Stronge (Executive Producer), James Jordan, Jeff Stager, Dylan Bravener, and Bob Jonkman of CKMS Community Connections.
The DJ AdRock Memorial Award for Exceptional DJing is given to a DJ who exemplifies the qualities of the EDJ Academy: Indira Singh of Sargam.