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 Hour One currently airs on Mondays from 11:00am to noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
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 21 April 2025 with Breanna MacLeod of ActOUT! KW Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Breanna MacLeod of ActOUT! KW talks to co-hosts Suzanne Craig-Whytock and Bob Jonkman. The interview starts at 2m48s. Online: Website: https://actoutkw.com/ http:// Bluesky: ActOUT! KW (@actoutkw.bsky.social) | Bluesky Facebook: ActOUT! KW (@actoutkw) | Facebook Instagram: ActOUT! KW (@actout.kw) | Instagram YouTube: ActOUT! KW (@actoutkw) | YouTube E-mail: info@actoutkw.com … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 21 April 2025 with Breanna MacLeod of ActOUT! KW 
The Freakout! Bullet Hell! New EP and interview with DJ Conner on CKMS Community Connection Find The Freakout on Bandcamp: Bullet Hell! is the EP. DJ Conner aka The Freakout wants to become an international artist. Here is our support! CKMS Community Connections airs Mondays at 11 AM and Biweekly Fridays at 3 PM. CKMS Community Connections for 28 February 2025: Irish Real Life Festival with Sue Nally and Michael Darcy Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Michael Darcy gives a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance, and Bob talks with Michael and Sue Nally of the Irish Real Life Festival about the history of the festival, Irish history, how the festival is organized, Irish dancing, Michael’s musical background, and other details of the festival. The interview … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 28 February 2025: Irish Real Life Festival with Sue Nally and Michael Darcy CKMS Community Connections for 24 February 2025: Cooperate For Canada with Barbara Schumacher and Kae Elgie Notes Events Podcast Index Show Notes Barbara Schumacher and Kae Elgie come into the studio to talk about Cooperate For Canada, vote splitting, approaching party leaders, riding associations, and candidates to combine their efforts, and making information available to voters to vote strategically. The interview starts at 2m34s. Online: Website: https://cooperateforcanada.ca/ Bluesky: Cooperate For Canada … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 24 February 2025: Cooperate For Canada with Barbara Schumacher and Kae Elgie 
WaSun: EARTH MOTHER – Album Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Always by WaSun The Underground King of Toronto With previous heavy hitter releases, and re-release of Prison Notebooks, WaSun’s latest, is in his words, his best album: EARTH MOTHER. Getting into the tracks, the overall vibe is of a soft beach and warm sand. I am in love with this album. To the soul of … Continue reading WaSun: EARTH MOTHER – Album Review⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ CKMS Community Connections for 8 November 2024: Retrograth Day and Fundraising Notes Events Index Show Notes Today we were supposed to have a web conference with Claes Nördling of Retrograþ, but technical difficulties prevented us from connecting. And those technical difficulties extended to the broadcast and video, so there’s no podcast or video today. Retrograþ is performing at Revive Karaoke on Sunday 17 November at Noon, … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 8 November 2024: Retrograth Day and Fundraising CKMS Community Connections for 25 October 2024: Katherine Loveys of Parents for Community Living Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Katherine Loveys is in the studio to talk about Parents for Community Living and the Stand Up for PCL fundraiser to build affordable housing for people with developmental disabilities. The interview starts at 6m12s. Online: Website: https://pclkw.org/ Twitter (X): Parents for Community Living (@PCL_KW) | Twitter Facebook: Parents … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 25 October 2024: Katherine Loveys of Parents for Community Living CKMS Community Connections for 27 September 2024 with Kylie Fox, Paige Warner, and Lori Yates, and Tony Salomone of the Saskatones Notes Events Podcast Index Video Gallery Show Notes The Gold Dust Women Bob Jonkman talks to Lori Yates, Kylie Fox, and Paige Warner on the phone about their concert this evening at the Midnight Run. The interview starts at 2m57s. Online: Lori Yates: https://loriyates.com/ Kylie Fox: https://kyliefox.ca/ Paige Warner: https://www.paigewarner.ca/ Upcoming Events Midnight Run Cafe … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 27 September 2024 with Kylie Fox, Paige Warner, and Lori Yates, and Tony Salomone of the Saskatones
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/