Bonus: To hype new music that we get in and try to highlight local talent!
CKMS Community Connections has two one-hour slots: One is for a pool of programmers and producers to create quality content, the other for drop-in conversation and new music, hosted by a small pool of programmers
CKMS Community Connections has a workshop series for producing radio/podcast/webcast: interviews, storytelling, podcast creation, video creation, and “Train the trainer” sessions on how to produce your own radio show. We’ll produce training documentation: webcasting, live to air programming, podcast production.
Live-To-Air broadcasting is a component, so when something happens somewhere else… We’ll have live -to-air discussion/talk/podcast recording at some community venue, maybe the library, maybe City Hall…
CKMS Community Connections is an ongoing drop-in training timeslot with experienced CKMS trainers for new programmers and existing programmers to refresh skills and learn new programs.
Executive Producer: Jenniefer Stronge
Contributing Producers: Jeff Stager and Bob Jonkman
Theme music by Steven Todd
Join us! CKMS Community Connections currently airs from 3:00pm to 4:00pm on Mondays and alternate Fridays.
Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at ccc@radiowaterloo.ca or leave a comment on our “About” page.
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CKMS Community Connections for 20 October 2025: Michael Bell of “The Bowie Lives” Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Michael Bell, who performs as David Bowie in The Bowie Lives talks to Bob Jonkman about the show, the fans, the band, performing on Hallowe’en, seeing David Bowie live, how young people didn’t know about David Bowie, why the name is The Bowie Lives, and some of the … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 20 October 2025: Michael Bell of “The Bowie Lives” CKMS Community Connections for 24 October 2025: Ray Angod of Protect the Land Surrounding Huron Natural Area Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Ray Angod of Protect the Land Surrounding Huron Natural Area tells us about the wildlife in the area surrounding the Huron Natural Area, the plans for “light industrial” development, some history of the site. Ray and Bob discuss zoning, the surplus of industrial land currently in Waterloo Region, … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 24 October 2025: Ray Angod of Protect the Land Surrounding Huron Natural Area 
CKMS Community Connections for 6 October 2025: Music for Palestine Notes Podcast Index Show Notes Today, the eve of the second full year of the continued genocide in Gaza, we’re playing music from Palestine, for Palestine. Today’s guests were to be Shatha Mahmoud and Foufou from the Palestinian Youth Movement in KW, but they were unavailable. We hope to have them back in the studio … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 6 October 2025: Music for Palestine 
Waterloo Potters’ Workshop Open House Convenor: Helen Biemers-Templeton on Community Connections with Yenny Helen Biemers-Templeton [Open House Convenor] for Waterloo Potters’ Workshop visited Radio Waterloo Community Connections on September 26th. So much information in this interview! Check their website: waterloopotters.ca for more information. We played the song “Unchained Melody” by the Righteous Brothers. CKMS Community Connections for 15 September 2025 with Tamara Lorincz and Peter Eglin Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Bob Jonkman talks with Tamara Lorincz and Peter Eglin about the role of universities in taking a moral stand on world events. We also announce a few initiatives for Peace Week. The interview starts at 4m00s. Online: Voice of Women for Peace: https://vowpeace.org/ Draw The Line: https://drawtheline.world/ Canadian … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 15 September 2025 with Tamara Lorincz and Peter Eglin 
Vox Confidential MJ with Community Connections Check out Vox Confidential on CKMS Community Connections and voxconfidential.bandcamp.com Songs featured from Vox Confidential EP: Vox Confidential Spy Theme, Souls Mate, and Journey to the Core of the Earth. Thank you MJ! CKMS Community Connections for 8 September 2025: Abby Cooper of Hearts Open For Everyone Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Abby Cooper of Hearts Open For Everyone comes into the studio to talk about H.O.P.E. and the Multicultural Festival of Elmira. The interview starts at 6m35s. Online: Hearts Open For Everyone (H.O.P.E.): https://heartsopenforeveryone.ca/ Multicultural Festival of Elmira (MFE): https://heartsopenforeveryone.ca/multicultural-festival-of-elmira/ Facebook: Hearts Open For Everyone (@heartsopenforeveryone) | Facebook Instagram: … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 8 September 2025: Abby Cooper of Hearts Open For Everyone 
Community Connections Monday -1st of September-Wrapping up the Summer with CKMS, playing tunes & event sharing! Last minute cancellation led to venturing into music this hour, as well as recapping the Summer 2025 with CKMS. Event coming up: September, 6th at Ouroboros Sport Lounge, 101 Hazelglen Dr. – Kitchener: TRI-CITIES … Continue reading Community Connections Monday -1st of September-Wrapping up the Summer with CKMS, playing tunes & event sharing! CKMS Community Connections for 29 August 2025 – Lori Crewe and Sandra Edmonson of Back-To-Basics Show Notes are in progress! Check this page later for updates! Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Lori Crewe and Sandra Edmonson talk to Bob Jonkman about the upcoming Back-To-Basics Symposium on Saturday 18 October 2025. The interview starts at 4m25s. Online: Website: https://www.castandcrewe.com/symposium Facebook: Back-To-Basics Symposium | Facebook Instagram: Back-To-Basics Symposium (@b2bsymposium) | … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 29 August 2025 – Lori Crewe and Sandra Edmonson of Back-To-Basics
Hi Bob!
I’m a Canadian musician, and I wanted to send my upcoming single, “Can’t Lose Again,” to Community Connections. I think it’d be a great fit — it’s fresh, it’s fun, and it’s Canadian!
It’s a 3 minute Northern Soul/Motown whirlwind that tells the tale of a chronically unlucky gambler as he bets his very last dime — but can he finally win?
Here’s the Earshot link: https://secure.earshot-distro.ca/song/27456.
Hope you enjoy it!
Luc LeMans
Thanx Luc! I’ll try to have it on this Friday’s edition from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
–Bob.
Traversing a world populated by snakes, whales, and butterflies, Royal Visit to Uranium City is a cautionary tale of disaster, rebellion, and, of course, love. If not for certain incendiary wafts of ash, this story may not have survived…
Royal Visit to Uranium City is the new album from producer/multi-instrumentalist Kitz Willman. The Winnipeg-based artist flexes their world-building skills with nine brand new songs. This is their first release of 2021, fresh off of their 2020 collaboration with Kay the Aquanaut called “Ancient Fish from the Northwest.”
Winnipeg-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Kitz Willman handles saxophone, piano, bass, drums, and vocals to create experimental jazz influenced by the sampling of hip-hop and heaviness of post-hardcore. Their music is reflective of Ukrainian-Canadian culture, free jazz, and Canadian underground weirdo hip-hop delivered through high energy performances.
artist: Kitz Willman
album: Royal Visit to Uranium City
label: Banned Era Records (Canada)
genre: Hip-hop / Jazz / Experimental
release date: March 5, 2021
lyrics: the entire album is radio-friendly
Banger: kings (track 1)
Softer side: only butterflies (track 6)
Long experimental cut: have you seen the trees? (track 8)
Weird: dawn (track 7)
Dancey: always (track 9)
download the album in MP3 format (rar folder) here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/a827dsd5c916zo5/Kitz%20Willman%20-%20Royal%20Visit%20to%20Uranium%20City%20-%202021%20-%20Experimental%20hip-hop_jazz%20mp3.rar?dl=0
Thanx Kitz! We’ll have a track or two on this Monday’s edition of CKMS Community Connections, from 11am to Noon on 1 March 2021.
–Bob.
Hi there, my name is Justin (artist name Cooless). I’ve just released an EP and was hoping you’d take a listen to see if it might be a contender for airplay on your show. I’m Canadian, living in Toronto and all the music is CanCon. I’d be happy to talk/answer any questions and provide you with an mp3 or .wav file of anything that catches your ear. Thanks for your time!
Justin
https://cooless.bandcamp.com/album/hostages
Hi Cooless: I’ll play one or two of your tracks on an upcoming episode of CKMS Community Connections. Let me know if you’re ever in the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge area, and we can set up an interview, or maybe a live, on-air, in-studio performance!
–Bob.
Got some of your tracks on CCC this week, sadly not in their full length. I’ll start next week’s show with “Hostages”. You’re a hard guy to find on the social medias!
–Bob.
https://radiowaterloo.ca/ckms-community-connections-for-14-september-2020-with-shiv-talwar-and-robyn-lebron-anders-of-the-spiritual-heritage-education-network/