On 
CJPME’s Debrief Podcast Tom Woodley and Michael Bueckert from Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East discuss breaking events and issues related to human rights in Palestine and the broader Middle East. Beyond the breaking stories, they’ll also invite guests with special expertise, and do episodes to provide context to the news, whether historical, legal or political.
CJPME Debrief is not currently on the CKMS-FM schedule.
The Golden MP3 Awards have been awarded! Check 2021 Golden MP3 Award Recipients for details!
2021 was a tough year for CKMS-FM programmers. The studio was closed for most of the year, but our programmers soldiered on, producing some excellent community radio programs in the process.
The Golden MP3 Awards are the opportunity to recognize exceptional show hosts, producers, their programs, and the people who work behind the scenes. The awards ceremony will be held at the CKMS-FM Volunteer Appreciation Picnic, Noon-6:30pm on Saturday, 4 June 2022 at the picnic shelter in Waterloo Park.
Sorry, Golden MP3 nominations are now closed
You can nominate a show for more than one award, and nominate more than one show for an award, or skip an award altogether. If you complete this nomination form but find you forgot to nominate a show, you can fill in another nomination form. Nominations close at 11:59pm Thursday, 2 June 2022 (Election Day!)
Descriptions of the shows are at https://radiowaterloo.ca/about-our-shows/
WINGS – Women’s International News Gathering Service is an all-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world. WINGS programs are used by non-commercial radio stations, women’s studies, and individuals. Programs can be heard on local radio stations, on shortwave, on the internet, and on cassettes. .
“Raising Women’s Voices through Radio Worldwide” since 1986
Contact WINGS Executive Producer Frieda Werden at frieda.werden@gmail.com
WINGS is syndicated on CKMS-FM from WINGS Radio and currently airs on Radio Waterloo CKMS-FM 102.7 on Wednesdays from 9:00am to 9:30am.
The 
Caribbean Canadian Association of Waterloo Region and its partners are planning an online-only Black History Month 2022 Launch event on Feb 4th, 5th and 6th.
On Friday, 4 February from 7pm to 9pm CKMS-FM joins the CCAWR to broadcast a radio show.
For more information see the CCAWR’s Black History Month calendar of events and the Facebook event page.
2021 was the first year the event was organized by the Wilmot Terry Fox Run, which Nigel and Cheryl Gordijk led from 2013 to 2023.
Because of the uncertainty surrounding in-person events due to COVID and public health, the show was pre-recorded and broadcast on Facebook. The audience was asked to show their appreciation by donating online to the Wilmot Terry Fox Run, with all proceeds going to the Terry Fox Foundation for cancer research. You can donate at The Terry Fox Foundation.
Radio Waterloo is pleased to present to you a special audio version of A Wilmot Christmas Carol on Tuesday 23 December 2025 at 8:00pm, and again on Christmas Eve at 11:00pm.
Check our schedule throughout December for other air times.
The performance took place on 11 December 2021 at Trinity Lutheran Church in New Hamburg. The readers are Nicole Lee Quesnel, Adrienne Enns, Brittlestar, Alison Enns, and Reid Spencer. Musical performances are by The Weber Family, Reid Spencer and Jamie Courtney, and Alison and Adrienne Enns. Technical production was by Rick Ritz, and Lisa Hagen was the producer and director.
View the video on Facebook at Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol | Wilmot Terry Fox Run
The 
Redeye Podcast is broadcast live every Saturday morning on Vancouver Cooperative Radio, CFRO 100.5FM. It is produced by an independent media collective at the studios of Coop Radio in Vancouver’s downtown eastside.
The show has been on the air for over 40 years, providing high-quality public affairs and arts programming to listeners looking for a progressive take on current events.
Redeye is activist radio. We don’t just give you the facts, we give you the information you need to take action and create change.
Redeye is alternative radio. We seek out the voices of those who don’t get heard and we cover issues that corporate media distorts or ignores or relegates to the back page.
Redeye is partisan radio. We take a critical view of the idea of objectivity and we believe there are more than two sides to any story. We aren’t interested in soundbites, and we give our guests the time and space to explain the issues as they see them.
Redeye is community radio. We encourage dialogue during our open line and we give our callers time to share their thoughts. We invite callers to share news from their community and we welcome comments on our programming.
Redeye is listener-supported radio. We are part of a cooperative — owned and supported by our members. We make our own editorial decisions, because we are accountable to our listeners, not to advertisers or government.
If this sounds like your kind of radio, give us a listen and see what you think.
CKMS-FM airs multiple episodes from the Redeye Podcast Wednesdays from 7:00am-8:00am.
rabble radio is a weekly podcast and radio program that tunes in on the issues and actions that matter to you.
It is the flagship podcast of rabble.ca, an award-winning, independent, community-driven media. Among the first digital journalism organizations in Canada, and the first to incorporate as non-profit, rabble.ca has been at the forefront of reporting on national politics with a progressive lens that centres issues of social movements, of labour, and of grassroots activism..
rabble radio is syndicated on Radio Waterloo, and airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Mondays from 1:30pm to 2:00pm.
There are still a few restrictions in effect — there will be no in-studio guests, but phone and web conference interviews can be held with studio equipment.
DJs and show hosts can check details for studio re-opening to see what they need to do before returning (login required for that link).
Welcome back, everyone!
Improvfest 2021 airs on CKMS-FM on Saturday, 14 August 2021:
CONTACT: Sam Boer at iicsipr@uoguelph.ca
Improvisation Institute Announces IF 2021: a 24-hour Digital Festival of Improvised Arts
The second iteration of this “all-day, all-night, online celebration of the arts” is taking place on August 13-14 and will feature 150+ artists of all disciplines from around the world.
You can view the IF 2021 teaser and the full artist line-up on our website.
July 8, 2021 (Guelph, ON)—The International Institute for Critical Studies in Improvisation (IICSI) at the University of Guelph is thrilled to announce the second annual edition of a 24-hour improvised arts festival: IF 2021. Starting on August 13th at 7pm (EDT), this free, multi-disciplinary Festival will feature a stream of curated improvised works by 150+ artists from more than 20 countries.
World-class artists performing at IF 2021 include legendary Scottish percussionist Evelyn Glennie; iconic free jazz musicians Matthew Shipp and William Parker; prolific Japanese composer and pianist Satoko Fujii; Czech avant-garde violinist Iva Bittová; renowned soprano saxophonist and bandleader Jane Bunnett; former poet Laureate of Toronto George Elliott Clarke; playwright and Order of Canada recipient Judith Thompson; Governor General’s Award-winning poet Lorna Crozier; and curator/composer team Candice Hopkins and Raven Chacon. Take a look at the full line-up on our website.
IF 2021 will showcase a range of creators—including musicians, dancers, theatre practitioners, poets, visual artists, filmmakers, and more—exploring the limitations the pandemic has imposed and, in turn, imagining the world anew. It builds upon the success of last summer’s inaugural festival, which attendees praised as “deeply touching and beautiful” and which the Italian music magazine Musica Jazz called “a huge, cathartic rite.”
IF 2021 is curated by IICSI director Dr. Ajay Heble (Founder and former Artistic Director of the Guelph Jazz Festival) and features sponsored performances courtesy of 25+ partnering organizations across Canada (such as Hillside Festival, Suoni per il Popolo, Mariposa Festival, Downtown Toronto Jazz Society, Calgary Opera, Small World Music, and Wavelength Music) and international partners including Lasalle College of the Arts (Singapore), Sonic Arts Research Centre (N. Ireland), Onassis Cultural Centre (Greece), Música UNAM (Mexico), and Elysium Gallery (UK).
IF 2021 is presented by IICSI, with support from Musagetes, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC), and the Art Gallery of Guelph, as well as the Office of the Vice-President (Research) and the College of Arts at the University of Guelph.
Revolution Rock is an award winning radio program on CJAM FM that first began broadcasting on CJAM’s airwaves in the late night hours of June 2004. Revolution Rock focuses on 60s garage rock, 70s punk/new wave, surf, alternative, indie and new/old music within those genres. The Revolution Rock blog provides band profiles, download links to the radio show, playlists and more.
Revolution Rock is is hosted by Dave Konstantino and Adam Peltier at CJAM-FM in Windsor. Dave is a freelance blogger/writer, musician and film maker. Download links to the show are provided by the CJAM website and can be found at the bottom of each play list on his blog.
Dave and Adam are always looking for bands that fit the format of the show (punk, post-punk, new wave, alternative, garage rock, etc). If you have a band you can send music to Dave and Adam, if they like it they will play it.
To send music:
ATTN: Revolution Rock
c/o University of Windsor/CJAM 99.1 FM
401 Sunset Ave.
Windsor, Ontario, N9B 3P4
[FOR PROMOTIONAL USE ONLY]
Revolution Rock is syndicated on Radio Waterloo from the NCRA’s !earshot Digital Distribution System. It stopped production in January 2025, and is no longer on the CKMS-FM schedule.
Back Porch Bluegrass is produced by Free FM (New Zealand) and is syndicated on Radio Waterloo from the NCRA’s !earshot Digital Distribution System. It is not currently on the CKMS-FM schedule.
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.
Contact The Freedom Principle at thefreedomprinciple99.1fm@gmail.com, and see their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/freedomprinciple/
The Freedom Principle is hosted by Tom Fleming at CJAM-FM in Windsor, and is syndicated on Radio Waterloo from the NCRA’s !earshot Digital Distribution System. The Freedom Principle airs on CKMS-FM on Tuesdays from 9:00am to 10:30am.
Deep Threes — Music Beyond Boundaries is the weekly radio show that brings you eclectic instrumental soundscapes that fuse jazz, electronica, soundtracks, modern classical, experimental music, and more… “Deep” is a nod to the deep tracks of heard on freeform radio. “Threes” refers to the MP3s that fill up our hard drives and computing clouds.
Since going on the air in 2010, Deep Threes has brought the listener long pieces that take music beyond boundaries. New releases from independent artists. Rediscovered gems from the past. Compelling pieces from with room to breathe. Music with bite, passion and depth.
Themes are not chosen so much as they emerge. Long jams and instrumental tracks create a sense of flow. Light touches of spoken word, found sound, and subtle remixes bind the music into sets.
A Deep Threes mix can float over the clouds in the night sky, or gradually take you across terrain that is radically different than the starting point. Your destination: an oasis of deep listening and discovery.
At the heart of this process is the music. The synergy of math and physics, mechanics and electronics, infused with the human spirit, rising up in a river of feelings alongside all the glistening gems we found along the way. The Deep Threes.
Please e-mail jj@deep3s.com to find out about backup download sites.
Deep Threes – Music Beyond Boundaries is produced by Jay and is syndicated on Radio Waterloo from the NCRA’s !earshot Digital Distribution System.
Deep Threes is not currently on the CKMS-FM schedule.
CanQueer, Canada’s top LGBTQ community radio show looks at the biggest issues facing Gender and Sexual Minorities living in Canada.
CanQueer was syndicated on Radio Waterloo from the NCRA’s !earshot Digital Distribution System, sadly, the last episode aired on 20 January 2025.
Front Burner is your essential daily news podcast, brought to you by CBC News & CBC Podcasts. Every weekday, award-winning investigative journalist Jayme Poisson takes you deep into the stories shaping Canada and the world.
Front Burner is produced by CBC News, and is syndicated through the NCRA Community radioExchange at Front Burner — Series Information.
Front Burner is no longer on the schedule.
World Beat Canada is an exciting one hour, weekly global music alternative to jukebox radio.
World Beat Canada is produced by World Beat International and hosted by Cal Koat, and airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 alternate Mondays from 6:00pm to 7:00pm.
The Reality Check is a weekly Canadian show that explores a wide range of controversies and curiosities by probing popular myths and exposing the surprising truth behind them. In a world awash with information, The Reality Check helps listeners differentiate fact from fiction, yet tries to strike a balance between providing entertainment and information. Born out of a grassroots critical thinking group who decided a podcast was the way to go – before podcasting was cool – TRC cuts through the “nonsense” using science to examine dubious claims.
The Reality Check airs every alternate Wednesdays from Noon to 1:00pm.
Sunday, 15 November 2020 from 1:00pm to 3:00pm
Festival of Neighbourhoods Kitchener invites YOU to participate in an interactive online celebration recognizing all the amazing ways you and your neighbours created community connections this year. Our theme is A Mosaic of Neighbourhoods, and we’ll be highlighting the neighbourhoods and people that make Kitchener the strong and diverse community we cherish.
Zoom along with your neighbours and City of Kitchener representatives to share your ideas for the future of your neighbourhoods, take video tours around the city and participate in a fun creative activity.
By joining the party on the Zoom meeting platform, you’ll have the opportunity to represent your neighbourhood and win one of five $100.00 ‘Door Prize’ Gift Cards from local businesses towards your neighbourhood projects.
Sign up to attend at Eventbrite
You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom meeting link to access the celebration.
On the reservation order form, you can volunteer to be a Breakout Session host; lead a small online discussion group and spark imagination as they envision the future of your neighbourhood.
The deadline to confirm is Thursday, November 12th at midnight. Sign up today!
If you wish to participate offline, or don’t have access to a home computer, a City of Kitchener Community Centre space is available for you to join in. Email allison.brown@waterlooregion.org or call 519‑567‑7407 for more information.
Show Notes are in progress! Check this page later for updates!
May Cooper, host of the CKMS-FM program 
Changemakers Without Borders joins Jordan Dorans to celebrate the 43rd anniversary of CKMS-FM Radio Waterloo.
The interview starts at 22m20s.
Download: ckms-community-connections-2020-10-17-episode063.mp3 (46.8 MB, 48m42s, episode 063)
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 Noon to 1:00pm.
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!
YouTube: CKMS Community Connections for 17 October 2020
Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2020 by the participants, and released under a 
Creative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and deriviatives works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders.
While this is a podcast, 
Harrowsmith began as a groundbreaking Canadian magazine. It came to life on the kitchen table of James Lawrence in Camden East, Ontario in 1976. Back then it didn’t seem likely that his vision of a national magazine on the virtues of getting back to the land would last.
But before long Harrowsmith took off, quickly attracting legions of fans. Tapping into an urban desire to move to the country, the magazine also appealed to dyed-in-the wool ruralites. What Canada got was its magazine to promote green living and a country lifestyle. It also got the venerable Harrowsmith Almanac.
Over its 46-year history the Harrowsmith name became synonymous with Canadians living sustainably.
In this podcast we proudly continue the spirit of James Lawrence’s vision of sharing useful information for country dwellers and anyone seeking to tread a little more lightly upon the earth.
Harrowsmith Radio is not currently on the schedule.
Zero Waste Countdown is a 30 minute radio show all about sustainability from a zero waste perspective.
Zero Waste is a concept that eliminates unnecessary waste from the regular consumer cycle to decrease our impact on the planet as a whole. A countdown to zero waste is a pledge to reduce waste in personal lives, organizations, communities, and even entire cities or nations. While reaching total zero may seem impossible, a countdown to zero waste is a manageable approach to living with less trash.
The ocean is on a countdown to 2050, when scientists predict there will be more plastic than fish. Laura is on her own countdown: to get as close as possible to zero waste. Through research, interviews, and personal experiences, Laura is on a mission to produce less waste and leave a happier, healthier planet for future generations.
Contact Laura Nash at laura@zerowastecountdown.com.
Follow Zero Waste Countdown on Instagram at @zero_waste_countdown
Zero Waste Countdown is not currently on the CKMS-FM schedule.
At 
For The Wild, we discuss the critical ideas of our time and parlay them into action for the defense and regeneration of natural communities. Key topics include the rediscovery of wild nature, ecological renewal and resistance, and healing from the trauma of individualistic society. We will travel deep into ancient forests, align with the struggles and ways of Earth-based people, and rekindle the mysteries of intuition. We will join today’s brightest visionaries in this momentous work of reimagining a world where humanity can find its way back into the web of life.
For The Wild is not currently on the CKMS-FM schedule.
Subscribe to the For The Wild podcast (RSS feed)
We play 
Country Music (and Western too!) from our Digital Music Library.
Country Music airs on CKMS-FM at various times on the CKMS-FM schedule.
LatinX Autopilot showcases music from our Digital Music Library in the Spanish language and from Latin America.
LatinX Autopilot is not currently on the schedule.
Scream Therapy is a podcast and upcoming book about how punk rock is a catalyst for mental health.
Punks from the podcast and book talk to host Jason Scheurs about how the punk scene supports them — in some cases, saves their lives.
Scream Therapy airs on alternate Tuesdays from 11:30pm to Midnight.
