Check the schedule below for show times this week! Shows highlighted in green (*, %) or yellow (#) represent time slots that are available for new programmers. If you’re interested in broadcasting during one of these times, please check out How To Start A New Show!
Sunday, 20 April 2025 |
12:00am—1:00am · | Radio Nowhere Rock and Roll from the sixties and seventies.
|
1:00am—2:00am · | Val Scheer's Eclectic Garage (*Archives) An hour of eclectic music from different eras and genres
|
2:00am—5:00am · | Indigicon * Music by Indigenous artists from our Digital Music Library. A Drop-In DJ show! |
5:00am—5:59am · | around the world around the world around the world around the world.... * World music from our Digital Music Library |
5:59am—6:01am · | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
6:01am—7:00am + | Celt In A Twist (%Syndicated) It sure ain’t your Grand pappy’s fiddle music! |
7:00am—7:30am + | Nasha Kasha - A Ukrainian Almanac (*Archives) A Ukranian Almanac with Stefan Andrusiak
|
7:30am—9:30am + | Lijepa Nasa Croatian Radio
|
9:30am—11:59am + | Sargam A Hindi music program hosted by Indira Singh.
|
11:59am—12:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
12:01pm—1:00pm + | Radio Boorama A magazine show on the Somalian community.
|
1:00pm—2:00pm + | Red Road Journey First Nations issues of concern
Up coming events
Guest speakers
And Indigenous music
|
2:00pm—3:00pm + | Easy Listening * Take it easy... |
3:00pm—3:30pm + | CKMS Community News News from the Waterloo Region community. This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative.” |
3:30pm—3:59pm + | Words and Culture (%Syndicated) Weaving conversations with Indigenous language and knowledge keepers together with music by Indigenous artists. |
3:59pm—4:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
4:01pm—5:00pm + | Quinte Jazz (*Archives) Contemporary and Smooth Jazz Featuring Canadian Performers.
|
5:00pm—6:30pm + | Easy Listening * Take it easy on a Sunday afternoon. |
6:30pm—7:30pm + | Truth Radio Old school Hip-Hop music and talk radio.
|
7:30pm—8:29pm + | Caribbean Spice
|
8:29pm—8:31pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
8:31pm—10:00pm + | Training Join our newest DJs and show hosts as they get their on-air training to Start A New Show. |
10:00pm—12:00am + | The Horizon Broadening Hour * Showcasing new music in the Radio Waterloo library! |
Monday, 21 April 2025 |
12:00am—12:30am · | The Jack and Marc Show (#Replay) Jack Van and Marc Opie continue the fun.
|
12:30am—2:00am · | PUUUUUUUUUUNK * All kinds of punk from our digital music library. A Drop-In DJ Show! |
2:00am—4:30am · | Jeff's Neoswing Selectorbot * Dance to some new Swing and Jazz music from our Digital Music Library.
A Drop-In DJ show! |
4:30am—5:30am · | Early Morning Jazz * Some Jazz music to start your day by Canadian musicians and musicians around the world. |
5:30am—5:59am · | !earshot Daily (%Syndicated) Every day a new host takes over the show, featuring only artists from the earshot-distro.ca website. |
5:59am—6:01am · | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
6:01am—7:00am + | Democracy Now (%Syndicated) A daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. |
7:00am—8:59am + | Virasat Radio South Asian focused current affairs programming and new arts and cultural programming. |
8:59am—9:02am + | BirdNote Daily (%Syndicated) Illustrates the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. |
9:02am—9:27am - | Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election Candidates from Waterloo Region present their party platform, the local issues they’ll tackle, the reasons they’re running, and maybe a personal glimpse into their life outside of politics.
|
9:27am—9:35am - | KWCon!!! Music by musicians from Waterloo Region. |
9:35am—10:00am - | Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election Candidates from Waterloo Region present their party platform, the local issues they’ll tackle, the reasons they’re running, and maybe a personal glimpse into their life outside of politics.
|
10:00am—11:00am - | Redeye Podcast (%Syndicated) 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. |
11:00am—11:59am - | CKMS Community Connections* An hour of programmer created content, podcasts, music, interviews, and community announcements.
|
11:59am—12:01pm - | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
12:01pm—1:00pm - | The Electronic Intifada (%Syndicated) EI deals with the ongoing struggle for Palestinian self-determination. |
1:00pm—1:30pm - | Welcome To The Civic Hub Interviews with the partner organizations of the Civic Hub Waterloo Region.
|
1:30pm—2:00pm - | Making Contact (%Syndicated) Investigative journalism, in-depth critical analysis, the promotion of civic participation and the dissemination of educational material. |
2:00pm—2:30pm + | CKMS Community News News from the Waterloo Region community. This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative.” |
2:30pm—3:00pm + | Viewpoints (%Syndicated) A news magazine that provides an overview of what’s happening across Canada, by reporters from the Local Journalism Initiative. |
3:00pm—3:59pm + | The Green Planet Monitor (%Syndicated) Global environment, development and social justice issues.
|
3:59pm—4:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
4:01pm—5:00pm + | Boots and Saddle (%Syndicated) Your humble home of honky-tonk and beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers. |
5:00pm—6:00pm + | World Beat Canada (%Syndicated) An exciting one hour, weekly global music alternative to jukebox radio. |
6:00pm—7:00pm + | Home Range: Promenade (%Syndicated) An experimental community radio magazine. |
7:00pm—7:59pm + | Bandwidth Showcasing the music of students and youth in and around the area.
|
7:59pm—8:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
8:01pm—10:00pm + | So Old It's New Classic rock deep cuts with Bald Boy.
|
10:00pm—11:00pm + | Gospel Hour * |
11:00pm—12:00am + | I Am Everything (*Archives) A talk show about everything and nothing.
|
Tuesday, 22 April 2025 |
12:00am—2:00am · | Late Night Vibes Multi genre late night mixshow with DJ Maciek.
|
2:00am—4:30am · | Folk Music * Folk music from our Digital Music Library.
A Drop-In DJ show! |
4:30am—5:30am · | Early Morning Jazz * Some Jazz music to start your day by Canadian musicians and musicians around the world. |
5:30am—5:59am · | !earshot Daily (%Syndicated) Every day a new host takes over the show, featuring only artists from the earshot-distro.ca website. |
5:59am—6:01am · | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
6:01am—7:00am + | Democracy Now (%Syndicated) A daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. |
7:00am—8:59am + | Virasat Radio South Asian focused current affairs programming and new arts and cultural programming. |
8:59am—9:02am + | BirdNote Daily (%Syndicated) Illustrates the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. |
9:02am—9:27am - | Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election Candidates from Waterloo Region present their party platform, the local issues they’ll tackle, the reasons they’re running, and maybe a personal glimpse into their life outside of politics.
|
9:27am—9:35am - | KWCon!!! Music by musicians from Waterloo Region. |
9:35am—10:00am - | Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election Candidates from Waterloo Region present their party platform, the local issues they’ll tackle, the reasons they’re running, and maybe a personal glimpse into their life outside of politics.
|
10:00am—11:00am - | She Is Your Neighbour (%Syndicated) Community leaders share their perspectives on domestic violence and explain why they are invested in ending it. |
11:00am—11:59am - | Golden Record (#Replay) What would you put on a Golden Record to the universe? |
11:59am—12:01pm - | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
12:01pm—2:00pm - | The Agriculture Show What is your experience with agriculture that you would like to tell others?
|
2:00pm—7:59pm + | Mazaj Show Show for the Arab community in the Arabic Language.
|
7:59pm—8:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
8:01pm—8:30pm + | The Jack and Marc Show Jack Van and Marc Opie are an improv-based comedy team.
|
8:30pm—9:00pm + | Canadian Country Music * Country Music and Canadiana (and Americana!) performed or composed by Canadian musicians. |
9:00pm—11:00pm + | No Crap Radio (#Replay) From the obtuse to the forgotten.
|
11:00pm—11:30pm + | KWCon!!! * More music by musicians from Waterloo Region! |
11:30pm—12:00am + | Dickson and Bruce (%Syndicated) Interviews with actors from the "Dickson and Bruce" show. Learn about both the actor and the character they portray. |
Wednesday, 23 April 2025 |
12:00am—1:00am · | Relic Radio (%Syndicated) Radio Theatre in the style of Old Tyme Radio |
1:00am—3:00am · | Electronica * Electronica, Dubstep, EDM, Trance, Step, House, and Techno from our Digital Music Library.
A Drop-In DJ show! |
3:00am—4:30am · | Electro-Experimental * Electronica, Ambient, and other Synth Sounds.
A Drop-In DJ show! |
4:30am—5:30am · | Early Morning Jazz * Some Jazz music to start your day by Canadian musicians and musicians around the world. |
5:30am—5:59am · | !earshot Daily (%Syndicated) Every day a new host takes over the show, featuring only artists from the earshot-distro.ca website. |
5:59am—6:01am · | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
6:01am—7:00am + | Democracy Now (%Syndicated) A daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. |
7:00am—8:59am + | Virasat Radio South Asian focused current affairs programming and new arts and cultural programming. |
8:59am—9:02am + | BirdNote Daily (%Syndicated) Illustrates the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. |
9:02am—9:27am - | Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election Candidates from Waterloo Region present their party platform, the local issues they’ll tackle, the reasons they’re running, and maybe a personal glimpse into their life outside of politics.
|
9:27am—9:35am - | KWCon!!! Music by musicians from Waterloo Region. |
9:35am—10:00am - | Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election Candidates from Waterloo Region present their party platform, the local issues they’ll tackle, the reasons they’re running, and maybe a personal glimpse into their life outside of politics.
|
10:00am—11:00am - | The Dr. Narine Dat Show An Original Canadian Initiative
|
11:00am—1:59pm - | Interzone Radio with no preservatives!
|
1:59pm—2:00pm - | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
2:00pm—7:59pm + | Mazaj Show Show for the Arab community in the Arabic Language.
|
7:59pm—8:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
8:01pm—9:00pm + | Golden Record What would you put on a Golden Record to the universe?
|
9:00pm—10:00pm + | Through The Static The show where we play a little bit of everything!
|
10:00pm—11:00pm + | Requiem For Rock A little Musicology and social history.
|
11:00pm—12:00am + | Sounds of Broadway (%Syndicated) Chats and interviews with host Stuart Brown. |
Thursday, 24 April 2025 |
12:00am—1:00am · | 81 82 83 84 (*Archives) A retro-alternative show focusing on New Wave, punk, ska, early goth.
|
1:00am—3:00am · | !earshot20 (%Syndicated) Counting down the Top 20 albums of the week from across Canada according to www.earshot-online.com |
3:00am—4:30am · | Metal * Loud Metal. Death Metal. Goth Metal. Thrash Metal. Power Metal. None of that namby-pamby stuff from our digital music library.
A Drop-In DJ show!
|
4:30am—5:30am · | Early Morning Jazz * Some Jazz music to start your day by Canadian musicians and musicians around the world. |
5:30am—5:59am · | !earshot Daily (%Syndicated) Every day a new host takes over the show, featuring only artists from the earshot-distro.ca website. |
5:59am—6:01am · | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
6:01am—7:00am + | Democracy Now (%Syndicated) A daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. |
7:00am—8:59am + | Virasat Radio South Asian focused current affairs programming and new arts and cultural programming. |
8:59am—9:02am + | BirdNote Daily (%Syndicated) Illustrates the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. |
9:02am—9:27am - | Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election Candidates from Waterloo Region present their party platform, the local issues they’ll tackle, the reasons they’re running, and maybe a personal glimpse into their life outside of politics.
|
9:27am—9:35am - | KWCon!!! Music by musicians from Waterloo Region. |
9:35am—10:00am - | Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election Candidates from Waterloo Region present their party platform, the local issues they’ll tackle, the reasons they’re running, and maybe a personal glimpse into their life outside of politics.
|
10:00am—11:00am - | Alternative Radio (%Syndicated) AR provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in corporate media. |
11:00am—11:59am - | Radio Nowhere (#Replay) More Rock and Roll from the sixties and seventies.
|
11:59am—12:01pm - | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
12:01pm—2:00pm - | The Midtown Folk Show Your weekly dose of KW's best folk show! |
2:00pm—2:30pm + | CKMS Community News News from the Waterloo Region community. This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative.” |
2:30pm—3:00pm + | WINGS - Women's International News Gathering Service (%Syndicated) An all-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world. |
3:00pm—3:59pm + | Classical Coffee Break Classical and concert music presented by Dwayne Jennings.
|
3:59pm—4:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
4:01pm—6:00pm + | Atardecer Ranchero / Dusk On The Ranch (#Replay) More of the hottest tropical Latin American beats as well as Rancheras, Corridos and Banda music.
|
6:00pm—7:59pm + | The Wax Jungle
|
7:59pm—8:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
8:01pm—10:00pm + | Pressure Drop Selector NATTYPHYSICIST takes you on a trip through the tropical sub bass jungle.
|
10:00pm—12:00am + | Street Hop Carmelo and Lakes bring you the best in local hip hop.
|
Friday, 25 April 2025 |
12:00am—2:00am · | The Clean Up Hour DJ Mophead cleans up.
|
2:00am—4:00am · | Megamix Show (#Replay) More Reggae Music and Talk.
|
4:00am—4:30am · | Reggae and More * A bit more Reggae Music in the night. |
4:30am—5:30am · | Early Morning Jazz * Some Jazz music to start your day by Canadian musicians and musicians around the world. |
5:30am—5:59am · | !earshot Daily (%Syndicated) Every day a new host takes over the show, featuring only artists from the earshot-distro.ca website. |
5:59am—6:01am · | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
6:01am—7:00am + | Democracy Now (%Syndicated) A daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. |
7:00am—8:59am + | Virasat Radio South Asian focused current affairs programming and new arts and cultural programming. |
8:59am—9:02am + | BirdNote Daily (%Syndicated) Illustrates the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. |
9:02am—9:27am - | Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election Candidates from Waterloo Region present their party platform, the local issues they’ll tackle, the reasons they’re running, and maybe a personal glimpse into their life outside of politics.
|
9:27am—9:35am - | KWCon!!! Music by musicians from Waterloo Region. |
9:35am—10:00am - | Meet The Candidate - 2025 Federal Election Candidates from Waterloo Region present their party platform, the local issues they’ll tackle, the reasons they’re running, and maybe a personal glimpse into their life outside of politics.
|
10:00am—11:00am - | Sovereign Canada (%Syndicated) Exploring the national identity in the face of external threats |
11:00am—1:59pm - | Poems of Divine Power: Solutions Annielean reads poems from her book, Poems of Divine Power. |
1:59pm—2:00pm - | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
2:00pm—2:30pm + | CKMS Community News News from the Waterloo Region community. This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative.” |
2:30pm—3:00pm + | rabble radio (%syndicated) Tune in on the issues and actions that matter to you. |
3:00pm—3:59pm + | CKMS Community Connections * An hour of programmer created content, podcasts, music, interviews, and community announcements.
|
3:59pm—4:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
4:01pm—5:00pm + | AW@L Radio Audio news reports and podcasts from the Grand River Media Collective.
|
5:00pm—6:00pm + | actOUT! Live On Air~ actOUT! is a KW based non-profit theater organization.
|
6:00pm—7:00pm + | Flash Drive with UWDJ Disc Jockey talent from the University of Waterloo’s DJ Club!
|
7:00pm—7:59pm + | The Triple A Show An Immigrant Success and Lifestyle Music and Talk Show
|
7:59pm—8:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
8:01pm—8:30pm + | Echoes of Stories Real-life tales are narrated with heart and authenticity.
|
8:30pm—9:00pm + | JazzCan * Jazz music by Canadian musicians. |
9:00pm—10:00pm + | Unlimited Fortune Are You Ready To Experience?
|
10:00pm—12:00am + | Cosmic Techno Nights A Live Music DJ set with DJ Dhruv Chawla.
|
Saturday, 26 April 2025 |
12:00am—2:00am · | No Crap Radio From the obtuse to the forgotten.
|
2:00am—3:00am · | Punky Stuff * A bit of punky stuff is always good.
A Drop-In DJ show! |
3:00am—4:00am · | Rebel Time Radio (*Archives) A punk rock show with a (very!) political flavor.
|
4:00am—5:00am · | 3 Nines Radio: Tape Tuesdays with Francis Claire (*Archives) Local Independent Music, Tape Only
|
5:00am—5:59am · | The Triple A Show (#Replay) An Immigrant Success and Lifestyle Music and Talk Show
|
5:59am—6:01am · | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
6:01am—7:00am + | The Swing and Blues Show (*Archives) Enjoy some Swing Jazz and Blues from the Radio Waterloo digital archives!
|
7:00am—8:00am + | In Conversation with Rashmi (*Archives) Rashmi Sanjay sat down with guests from this community who share their stories. |
8:00am—10:00am + | So Old It's New (#2) More Classic Rock Deep Cuts with Bald Boy.
|
10:00am—11:00am + | Easy Listening * Take it easy on a Saturday morning. |
11:00am—11:59am + | Through The Static (#Replay) The show where we play a little bit more of everything!
|
11:59am—12:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
12:01pm—12:30pm + | Half-a-Classical Hour * Classical and Concert Music from our digital library. |
12:30pm—1:00pm + | Welcome To The Civic Hub (#Replay) Interviews with the partner organizations of the Civic Hub Waterloo Region. |
1:00pm—2:00pm + | Mastering The Insider Secrets of Total Financial Freedom Welcome to the inside secrets to the total financial freedom journey.
|
2:00pm—3:59pm + | Megamix Show Reggae Music and Talk.
|
3:59pm—4:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
4:01pm—6:00pm + | Atardecer Ranchero/Dusk on the Ranch The hottest tropical Latin American beats as well as Rancheras, Corridos and Banda music.
|
6:00pm—7:59pm + | Reggae Patrol A diverse Caribbean radio show which plays a large range of Reggae, Dancehall, Ska, Rock-steady and Lovers-rock.
|
7:59pm—8:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
8:01pm—9:00pm + | Musician's FAQ (*Archives) Focused on musicians entertaining you around Waterloo region. |
9:00pm—10:00pm + | Truth Radio (#Replay) Old school Hip-Hop music and talk radio.
|
10:00pm—11:00pm + | ElectroDance * Electronic Dance Music from our digital library. |
11:00pm—12:00am + | B.D.C. Radio Show
|
Sunday, 27 April 2025 |
12:00am—1:00am · | Radio Nowhere Rock and Roll from the sixties and seventies.
|
1:00am—2:00am · | Rob's Rewind (*Archives) Golden Oldies on Rob's Rewind, now playing from the archives in our Digital Music Library
|
2:00am—5:00am · | Indigicon * Music by Indigenous artists from our Digital Music Library. A Drop-In DJ show! |
5:00am—5:59am · | around the world around the world around the world around the world.... * World music from our Digital Music Library |
5:59am—6:01am · | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
6:01am—7:00am + | Celt In A Twist (%Syndicated) It sure ain’t your Grand pappy’s fiddle music! |
7:00am—7:30am + | Nasha Kasha - A Ukrainian Almanac (*Archives) A Ukranian Almanac with Stefan Andrusiak
|
7:30am—9:30am + | Lijepa Nasa Croatian Radio
|
9:30am—11:59am + | Sargam A Hindi music program hosted by Indira Singh.
|
11:59am—12:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
12:01pm—1:00pm + | Radio Boorama A magazine show on the Somalian community.
|
1:00pm—2:00pm + | Red Road Journey First Nations issues of concern
Up coming events
Guest speakers
And Indigenous music
|
2:00pm—3:00pm + | Reader's Delight A showcase of local Authors who do live readings of their work.
|
3:00pm—3:30pm + | CKMS Community News News from the Waterloo Region community. This program is a part of the “Local Journalism Initiative.” |
3:30pm—3:59pm + | Words and Culture (%Syndicated) Weaving conversations with Indigenous language and knowledge keepers together with music by Indigenous artists. |
3:59pm—4:01pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
4:01pm—5:00pm + | Quinte Jazz (*Archives) Contemporary and Smooth Jazz Featuring Canadian Performers.
|
5:00pm—6:30pm + | Easy Listening * Take it easy on a Sunday afternoon. |
6:30pm—7:30pm + | Truth Radio Old school Hip-Hop music and talk radio.
|
7:30pm—8:29pm + | Caribbean Spice
|
8:29pm—8:31pm + | CKMS Public Service Announcement ^ |
8:31pm—10:00pm + | Training Join our newest DJs and show hosts as they get their on-air training to Start A New Show. |
10:00pm—12:00am + | The Horizon Broadening Hour * Showcasing new music in the Radio Waterloo library! |