Bonus: To hype new music that we get in and try to highlight local talent!
CKMS Community Connections has two purposes: One is 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 Emerita: Jenniefer Stronge.
- Contributing Producers: Jeff Stager and Bob Jonkman, and any other Radio Waterloo programmers who want to host a show.
- Theme music by Steven Todd.
Join us! CKMS Community Connections currently airs on CKMS-FM on Mondays 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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Recent CKMS Community Connections Episodes
CKMS Community Connections for 3 August 2026 with Lance Russwurm Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Lance Russwurm tells us about his early exposure to music with his parents Lynn and Laura performing country music, learning music in high school, playing in Lynn’s band, how Lynn wrote and submitted music, Lynn’s collaboration with Hank Thompson, and the song “I Cast A Lonesome Shadow.” He … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 3 August 2026 with Lance Russwurm 
CKMS Community Connections for 27 July 2026 with Michael Druker of TriTAG Notes Podcast Index Video Show Notes Michael Druker of TriTAG joins Bob Jonkman to talk about all things transport, traffic, and transit. Michael tells Bob about the history and the work that TriTAG does, how TriTAG performs its advocacy, some interesting details on the Light Rail Transit project and Phase Two now being built to … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 27 July 2026 with Michael Druker of TriTAG 
CKMS Community Connections for 13 July 2026: Adrean Farrugia Notes Podcast Index Video Show Notes Adrean Farrugia, jazz pianist and educator, talks to Bob Jonkman about improvisation, commercial music, composing music, performing, and Adrean’s performances at the Uptown Waterloo Jazz Festival. The interview starts at 4m38s. Online: Website: https://adreanfarrugia.com/ YouTube: Adrean Farrugia (@adreanfarrugia7414) | YouTube Bandcamp: Adrean Farrugia | Bandcamp SoundCloud: Adrean Farrugia | … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 13 July 2026: Adrean Farrugia 
CKMS Community Connections for 15 December 2025: KWCon Christmas Music Notes Podcast Index Video Show Notes There was no guest in the studio today, so Bob played some KWCon Christmas music by Waterloo Region musicians. Except for The Small Town Titans, but Bob couldn’t let such a catchy tune escape unplayed. Podcast https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/ckms-community-connections-2025-12-15-episode236-kwcon-christmas-music.mp3 Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-12-15-episode236-kwcon-christmas-music.mp3 (53 MB, 57m43s, episode 236) Index Time Title Album Performer … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 15 December 2025: KWCon Christmas Music 
CKMS Community Connections for 1 December 2025: Boris Emanuel and Paul Ming of Love Your Neighbour Communities Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Bob talks with Boris and Paul of Love Your Neighbour Communities or LYNC. It builds attainable housing for the community, currently in the historic feed mill in Baden. Paul has a historic display in the mill. A LYNC Christmas is an afternoon of music to give back to … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 1 December 2025: Boris Emanuel and Paul Ming of Love Your Neighbour Communities 
CKMS Community Connections for 24 November 2025: Kevin Swayze on Phil Kline’s Un-Silent Night in Cambridge Notes Events Podcast Index Video Show Notes Kevin Swayze tells us about Unsilent Night, an annual one-night festival put on by the City of Cambridge in downtown Galt. He gives a description of the walking tour, talks about the historic buildings downtown, tells us of Galt as a film set, compares Galt to Hespeler (and … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 24 November 2025: Kevin Swayze on Phil Kline’s Un-Silent Night in Cambridge 
#1: Starship SS Redemption Shattered Mirror – in studio with Eric Berg & Troy King on Community Connections Eric Berg & Troy King came to our Radio Waterloo studio to talk about their newly published comic book: Starship SS Redemption Shattered Mirror. 
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 
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/