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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DJ Jordan Kalist: recording artist & undergrad joins Community Connections with Yenny Please forgive my low tech Yenny moment and forgetting to turn off airtime! Luckily I caught it! I hope you all enjoy wonderful Jordan sharing her attitude and music! Find her show Through the Static on Wednesdays at 9:00 PM!!!
CKMS Community Connections for 24 September 2024 with The Once Show Notes are in progress! Check this page later for updates! Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Andy, Phil, and Geraldine of The Once talk to Bob Jonkman about music, philosophy, and their upcoming concert at Emmanuel United Church. The interview starts at 2m13s. Online: Website: http://www.theonce.ca/ Twitter (X): The Once (@theonceband) | Twitter … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 24 September 2024 with The Once CKMS Community Connections for 9 September 2024 with Sohayla Smith Notes Events Podcast Index Video Photos Show Notes Sohayla Smith is in the CKMS-FM studio for a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance! She talks to Bob Jonkman about her studio work, the instruments she plays, the values she’s teaching her son, cover songs, ideas for an upcoming tour, and the Soup Haus soup kitchen she organizes. … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 9 September 2024 with Sohayla Smith CKMS Community Connections for 2 September 2024 with Alfred Lowrick of Fight For Farmland Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Alfred Lowrick of Fight For Farmland tells us about the “Land Assembly” proposed by Waterloo Region, the provincial government’s involvement, and what farmers and other citizens are doing about it. The interview starts at 8m16s. We also hear some of the speeches given at the Fight For … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 2 September 2024 with Alfred Lowrick of Fight For Farmland CKMS Community Connections for 30 August 2024 with Frank Curnew of the Waterloo Regional Labour Council Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Frank Curnew of the Waterloo Regional Labour Council talks to Bob Jonkman about the 2024 Labour Day Picnic on Monday 2 September, and about various other labour and unions issues as well. The interview starts at 5m59s. Online: Website: CKMS Community Connections for 29 July 2024: CanCon for SOCAN Notes Podcast Index Video Show Notes No guests today, but CKMS-FM is being audited by SOCAN this week. That’s actually a good thing, because that’s how SOCAN determines which musicians get how much royalties. So today we’re pumping up the volume on KWCon (musicians from Waterloo Region) and CanCon (musicians from other parts of Canada). … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 29 July 2024: CanCon for SOCAN 
MG 08 – War Metal – on CKMS Community Connections with Yenny From mg08.site: “Hailing from the frozen depths of Canada, MG 08 is a one-man war metal band formed in 2023 by Tom.Kpfw. MG 08 attempts to capture the essence of brutality and horror that is warfare. The name, MG 08, draws its moniker from the iconic Maschinengewehr 08, a German machine gun used in the … Continue reading MG 08 – War Metal – on CKMS Community Connections with Yenny CKMS Community Connections for 3 June 2024 with Laurel Boytim of The Ripple Effect Education Notes Podcast Index Video Show Notes Laura Boytim, Executive Director of The Ripple Effect Education talks to Bob Jonkman about the origins of TREE, what services it provides and what programs it offers, the Peace Innovator Scholarship & Mentorship Program, the effects of Covid 19, and the staff, volunteers, and its Board of Directors. The … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 3 June 2024 with Laurel Boytim of The Ripple Effect Education CKMS Community Connections for 20 May 2024: Spring 2024 Fundraiser and Jax Rula of WEFT Fest Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Spring 2024 Fundraiser Bob makes pitches for the Spring 2024 Fundraiser throughout the show. We’re raising funds to keep Radio Waterloo on the air — money raised will go towards maintenance of our equipment, offsetting increases in rent both for the studio and our transmitter, and generally dealing … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 20 May 2024: Spring 2024 Fundraiser and Jax Rula of WEFT Fest CKMS Community Connections for 10 May 2024 with Megan Brady of the CMHA Waterloo Wellington Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Megan Brady, Communications Lead for CMHAWW, the Canadian Mental Health Association of Waterloo Wellington talks to Bob Jonkman about the work of CMHAWW, the Run For Women fundraiser on Saturday 11 May 2024, effects of the pandemic on people’s mental health, and the operations of CMHAWW. The interview … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 10 May 2024 with Megan Brady of the CMHA Waterloo Wellington
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/