Synthetronic 80s – Episode #1 – 2025-12-06

Download: Synthetronic 80s – Episode #1 (MP3, 80 MB, 57m56s)

TIME TITLE ARTIST
00:41 Take On Me (1985 Single Mix) a-ha
05:24 Together In Electric Dreams (Extended) Giorgio Moroder With Philip Oakey
11:41 Reunion Erasure
15:00 Nova Heart (12” Extended Mix) Spoons
21:31 Pop Muzik M
26:24 Lucky Star Madonna
31:51 Move To Move Kon Kan
36:21 A New Day Alex Chroma Band
42:49 Where Do The Boys Go? Men Without Hats
46:42 New Song Howard Jones
50:52 [spoken interlude]
55:32 Airwolf Theme KOSMusic

Synthetronic 80s airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Saturdays from 8pm to 9pm.

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Why Paying Cash Breaks Your Wealth Curve.

The bank wants you to pay off your mortgage. Please keep it.

The Current State (Static Wealth): You have been taught that being “debt-free” is the ultimate safety. So you pour your liquidity into your home’s equity. That money sits there, trapped in drywall, earning 0% return on investment. It is “Dead Equity.” It has no velocity. When you pay off the bank, they take your capital and lend it to someone else to earn a return. They win. You lose liquidity.

The Future State (Kinetic Wealth): A Wealth Engineer uses a “Readvanceable Mortgage.”

  1. Your income hits the account and instantly pays down the debt (eliminating interest drag).
  2. Because the credit is readvanceable, that capital is immediately available again.
  3. You deploy that liquidity into income-generating assets.

The Gap: The gap is efficiency. In the first scenario, your dollar dies after paying the bill. In the second scenario, the dollar pays the bill AND buys an asset.

Stop admiring your paid-off home while your portfolio starves.

Audit your borrowing power and download the 2025 Wealth Engineering Guide: https://registration.hexavision.ca/guide-book

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The Clean Up Hour, Mix 347

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — an ode to the final four months of 2005. The Xbox 360 launched, I briefly understood math, and we got a lot of great music to lead into a strange year.

Tracklist:

Joe Budden – Are You In That Mood Yet?
Chamillionaire – In the Trunk
Bun B, Lil Keke, Slim Thug, Chamillionaire, Paul Wall, Mike Jones, Aztek, Z-Ro, & Lil Flip – Draped Up (Remix)
Eminem & Nate Dogg – Shake That
Lloyd Banks & Tony Yayo – We Run This
Styles P – Beats To My Rhyme
Big F***in Fonz – Invite to 50 Skit
Sheek Louch – Maybe If I Sing
50 Cent, Lloyd Banks, Prodigy, Young Buck, & Spider Loc – Robbery
Paul Wall & Big Pokey – Sittin Sidewayz
The Game, Techniec, E-40, Crooked I, Chingy, Lil Rob, Paul Wall, WC, & Ice Cube – My Lowrider
50 Cent – Window Shopper
Juelz Santana – Hi, My Name Is
Fort Minor – Remember The Name
Young Jeezy, Boo, & Slick Pulla – Miss Me With That Rap S**t
Lil Wayne – I’m a Ridah
Lil Wayne & Mac Maine – Soul Survivor
Big KRIT – The South
D4L – Laffy Taffy
Three 6 Mafia – Poppin My Collar
Warren G, Mike Jones, & Frank Lee White – In Case Some S**t Go Down
DJ Quik & Nate Dogg – Black Mercedes
Tha Dogg Pound – Hittin Donutz in tha Streetz
Little Brother & Joe Scudda – Lovin It
Blackalicious & George Clinton – Lotus Flower
DANGERDOOM – Space H*’s (Madlib Remix)
Public Enemy – Superman’s Black in the Building
Shad – Real Game
Atmosphere – Smart Went Crazy
Faith Evans, The Notorious BIG, & The Game – 1970 Somethin
Re-Up Gang – Ultimate Flow
Lil Wayne – Hustler Muzik
Fatlip – What’s Up, Fatlip?
first three minutes of G4TV’s XBOX 360 launch special
Little Brother – Cheatin

BONUS
Twista & Mariah Carey – So Lonely
Juelz Santana & Hell Rell – Whatever U Want To Call It
Nipsey Hussle – Rimpau’s Finest
Mase – Kamikaze
DJ Muggs & GZA – Unprotected Pieces
Smif-N-Wessun & Heltah Skeltah – My Timbz Do Work
Canibus – Da Facelift
U-God – You Don’t Wanna Dance
Kool Keith – G-Strings
Lil Kim – Kitty Box
Talib Kweli – Ms. Kim
Fort Minor & Lupe Fiasco – Be Somebody
Spice-1 – Everybody Want To Go To Heaven
Lewis Black – America Loses Its Mind

See y’all next time!

Classical Coffee Break Episode 36 – 12.04.25

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Start Time Composer Title Performer
01:17 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 40 in G Minor, K.550: I. Molto allegro Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, Sir Neville Marriner, conductor
08:58 Frederic Chopin Cello Sonata in G Minor, Op. 65: III. Largo Jacqueline du Pre, cello, Daniel Barenboim, piano
12:59 Anonymous (lyrics from a poem by Pierre de Ronsard) Mignonne, allons voir si la rose The King’s Singers
17:14 Ludwig von Beethoven Symphony No. 3 in E Flat Major, Op. 55 “Eroica”: II. Marcia funebre. Adagio assai Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, conductor
35:35 George Gershwin Prelude II Eroica Trio
43:30 John Field Nocturne No. 6 in F Major, H. 40 “Cradle Song” Elizabeth Joy Roe, piano
48:50 Antonio Vivaldi The Four Seasons, Violin Concerto in F Minor, Op. 8 No. 4, RV 297 “Winter”: I. Allegro non molto Christina Day Martinson, violin, Boston Baroque, Martin Pearlman, conductor
54:14 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Greensleeves London Symphony Orchestra, Sir Adrian Boult, conductor

Through the Static Episode 74 – 03/12/25

Taking you through the static (quite literally) to show you some of my favourite music this year. Mostly songs that have come out this year, but also some older favourites of mine, so sit back and enjoy the sonic journey!

  • II. Solar System – The Microphones
  • This Is The World (I Made It For You) – Magdalena Bay
  • Paint Me A Picture – Magdalena Bay
  • La Rumba Del Perdon – Rosalia
  • I Appear Missing – Queens of the Stone Age
  • Afterlife – Sharon Van Etten
  • Out In The World – GUM

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CKMS News -2025-12-02- Kitchener fast tracking new housing through the federal Housing Design Catalogue

CKMS News -2025-12-02- Kitchener fast tracking new housing through the federal Housing Design Catalogue

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Kitchener, ON – Adding to the tool box to build housing in Kitchener faster, the city has fully endorsed the federal government’s new Housing Design Catalogue, which makes full “off the shelf” building design plans available free of charge.  Further the city has fast tracked parts of the application process to make sure that zoning compliance approval is done within 15 days of application, and building permit review is completed within 10 days.

In a recent press release from the city, Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic said “Together, with Kitchener’s flexible planning frameworks and resources and Canada’s new guide, we’re making it easier to build more housing across our city.”

The press release also claims that the housing design catalogue “aims to make housing more affordable and accessible, providing pre-designed, adaptable housing plans for homeowners and builders, including backyard homes, fourplexes, stacked townhouses and sixplexes.

You can check out the approved designs on the City of Kitchener’s and the CHMC’s websites.

This show features an interview with Katie Anderl from Kitchener’s housing and policy division and Tim Benedict, the manager of building in the city’s building division.

Radio Nowhere Episode 139, 12/1/25

Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/RadioNowhere251201Episode139.mp3, 58m00s, 82.0 MBytes

1:10 Four Minute Mile Anthony D’Alessandro
6:01 Does Anybody Really Know What Time it is Chicago
9:21 Papa’s Got a Brand New Pig Bag Pigbag
15:23 Here for You Neil Young
19:51 Dinero Doug Sahm
22:34 Breakfast in America Supertramp
25:10 Tangled and Dark Bonnie Raitt
31:13 I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself Dionne Warwick
33:58 I Just Don’t Know What to Do With Myself White Stripes
36:39 Miss Ann Delaney & Bonnie
41:36 Monkey Jump Junior Walker & The All Stars
43:40 The Beginning/Lovely To See You Again The Moody Blues
48:09 Push Pull Purity Ring
51:35 Tiger’s Eye Carly Dow
54:39 Embryonic Journey Jefferson Airplane

Housing segment with Dr. Laura Pin, Political Science & Policy Expert – also: Regan Sunshine Brusse. Music: Adam Wedd (UK) & Local: JewelzRiley

Segment starts with Adam Wedd – This Christmas  (drinking 4 2).

Followed by information from Professor Laura Pin, bringing some clarity to local housing issues. Including why housing is a Human Rights, and explaining what an encampment is, some discussion about project and pending report.
We then speak with Regan Sunshine Brusse – mymothernamedmesunshine.ca regarding her recent attendance at Montreal housing conference, and her local advocacy.
Two songs by local to Kitchener, JewelzRiley: Tell ‘Em Ah! and Mary Down The River We Go!

 

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #107

What’s up, y’all? First up, here is what I’ve added to Libretime since last week (like always!):

Faultlines Don’t Say I Love You – Single Folk No
Jeff Johnston with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Sinfonia Avalon – Single Classical CanCon
Ryan McMahon There She Is – Single Folk CanCon
jeniverse FREAK OF NATURE – Single Rock NSFR No
The Deefons Sunrise Punk 1 NSFR track CanCon
Touched Fables The Sum of All Wounds Electronic CanCon
Velvetcut The Great Chameleon (New Skin) Rock No
Hannah Acfield Golden Light Pop 1 NSFR track No
The Nolas So Much Fun This Christmas New Year’s Party Rock Anthem – Single Rock / Christmas No
Blaine Sharp The First Snowfall – Single Pop / Christmas CanCon
Donald Vega All Is Merry and Bright Jazz / Christmas No
Alex Bird & the Jazz Mavericks Another Christmas Day Jazz / Christmas CanCon
Ryan Dsouza My Children Found My Gummies – Single Pop / Christmas CanCon
Angie Faith This Christmas Album Religious / Christmas CanCon
Noelly Christmas Just Wouldn’t Be Christmas Without You – Single Pop / Christmas CanCon
Noelly 4 De Love: Tennis – Single Pop CanCon
Noelle O Canada – Single Pop CanCon
Michael Whalen Heart of the Holidays New Age / Christmas No
Robert Peterson and the Crusade Joys of Christmastime – Single Rock / Christmas No
Fingerless Grotesque – Single Rock No
Margaret Dorn and the Accidentals Acapella Holiday Classics Christmas No
VISSIA Snowed In – Single Pop CanCon
One Hundred Moons Black Avalanche Rock CanCon
Kathy Stock & Doug White Hope at Christmas – Single Folk / Christmas CanCon
M0b II World No
The Big Christmas Crew Our 12 Month Christmas Rock / Christmas CanCon
Julian Loida December Dreams – Single Folk No
Allegories Mid Century Nothing – Single Rock CanCon
Lisa SQ Reel Me In Rock CanCon
Danko Jones Leo Rising Rock CanCon
Doug Raney Quartet Never Say Yes — 1986 Jazz Unreleased recordings from 1986 No
Rosalia de Souza Quarteto 55 Rosalia de Souza Quarteto 55 Jazz No
Ginman Blachman Dahl Play Ballads Jazz No
Peppermoth Albedo Ambient Guelph CanCon
AV & the Inner City Dinner With the Lord – Single Soul CanCon
Kim Kaskiw The Latin Jazz Fusion Project Latin CanCon
Nicholas Campbell I’ll Regret It In The Morning – Single Rock CanCon
Hot Mud Shiny Songs Rock CanCon
Cat Wells Blues Band Merry Lil Christmas – Single Blues / Christmas Originally released in 2003 CanCon
Fresh Finesse Trap Noir Hip Hop / Instrumental CanCon
Ordinary Birds Ordinary Birds Rock CanCon
Carry the Sky Sunday Morning – Single Rock CanCon
Dazz-B MusiQ Meropa World No
Cappy and the Sunseekaz Caribbean Christmas – Single Reggae / Christmas No
Maggie’s Wake Close to Home Folk / Christmas CanCon
Grant Abbott Bridges Across The Bays – Single Rock AI Session Musicians (all selections) CanCon
Grant Abbott Channel of Disturbance – Single Rock CanCon
Grant Abbott Climate Rage – Single Folk CanCon
Sofia Abbott Closer Every Day – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Eagle and Condor – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Fish Fog and Farewells – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Flags in the Cold – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott God Over Gavel – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Grassy Ass Amor – Single Folk NSFR CanCon
Grant Abbott Great Day At The Beach – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Heartbreak at the Gate – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Law of the Land – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott I Raise My Voice To Keep From Crying – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Love Courageously – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Musgraves Arms – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Never Far From Home – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Rebuilding Me – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Seeded Skies – Single Folk CanCon
Sofia Abbott Spirits Calling – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Stouts – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Tether to the Quiet – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Up Behind Pine Pond – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott Walk the Line – Single Folk CanCon
Grant Abbott You Think You Own It – Single Folk CanCon
Steve Holt Jazz Christmas Jazz / Christmas CanCon

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Jeff Johnston with the Newfoundland Symphony Orchestra Sinfonia – Avalon
Kim Kaskiw – Rise Up
Doug Raney Quartet – Get Out of Town
M0b – Echoing
Sonya Belaya – In the Garden
Rosalia de Souza Quarteto 55 – Dorme, Dorme Meu Menino
Peppermoth – Did We Ever Dance?
Noelly – 4 De Love: Tennis
AnAkA – CLEAR EYEZ (feat. NoGum Hundo)
PRIVATE NAME PRIVATE NUMBER – Can’t Compare (Freestyle)
Fresh Finesse – Cowboy Drip
Optikz – Champion
Hollie Cook – Night Night
Eddie Bullen – Show Us the Way (feat. Mel Dube, Kandice Kash, & Tasha T)
Cappy and the Sunseekaz – Caribbean Christmas
Faultlines – Don’t Say I Love You
Julian Loida – December Dreams (feat. Don Mitchell)
Grant Abbott – Up Behind Pine Pond
Jody Peck – Cook Shack
Duke & Goldie – Small Town Talk
Greg Carroll – Never Coming Back From Vietnam
Jolie Anastasia – Winter’s Song
The Deefons – Might as Well F***ing Dance
Muhnday – Straight Face
Jeniverse – FREAK OF NATURE
PHAETON – Augmented
Hot Mud – The Town That Fun Forgot
Ordinary Birds – F*K U POSER!!!
Fingerless – Grotesque
One Hundred Moons – Chairmen of the Bored

See y’all next time!

Classical Coffee Break Episode 35 – 11.27.25

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Start Time Composer Title Performer
01:27 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Horn Concerto No. 1 in D Major, K. 412: I. Allegro Milos Stevove, French Horn, Capella Istropolitana, Josef Kopelman, conductor
06:05 Bernat Vivancos Vocal Ice: II. Calme, tendre Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, Orchestra del Teatro Carlo Felice, Jochen Rieder, conductor
11:56 Franz Schubert Arpeggione Sonata in A Minor, D. 821: II. Adagio Mischa Maisky, cello, Daria Horava, piano
17:50 Johann Sebastian Bach Sonata for Solo Violin No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: IV. Presto (Arr. for solso guitar) Xuefei Yang, guitar
21:21 Gabriel Faure Apres un reve, Op. 7, No. 1 Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Kathryn Stott, piano
24:04 Edward Elgar Soliloquy for Oboe and Orchestra (Orch. by Gordon Jacob) Albrecht Mayer, oboe, Bamberg Symphony, Jakub Hrusa, conductor
29:43 Georg Philipp Telemann Concerto in B-Flat Major, for 3 Oboes, 3 Violins & Continuo, TWV 44:43: III. Allegro Collegium Musicum 90, Simon Standage, conductor
33:36 Anonymous The Milke-Maid’s Life The Toronto Consort
37:09 Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso in D Major, Op. 6, No. 7: I. Vivace – Allegro Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Krchek, conductor
39:40 Frederic Chopin Berceuse in D-Flat Major, Op. 57 Nikita Magaloff, piano
43:57 Luigi Bocherini Guitar Quintet No. 2 in E Major, G. 446: I. Maestoso assai Zoltan Tokos, guitar, Danubius Quartet
52:42 Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina Missa Papae Marcelli: Sanctus Sistine Chapel Choir, Massimo Palombella, conductor

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 346

What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s Clean Up Hour — we come back full circle. Five years ago, the Odes series started by looking back ten years to 2010; now, five years later, we finish the odyssey of looking back 15 years, when I was basically experiencing what Neo experienced in the Matrix, but everyday, and in the form of .zip and mp3 files.

Tracklist:

Lil B – Wonton Soup
Kanye West, Pusha T, Kid Cudi, Lloyd Banks, Ryan Leslie, & John Legend – Christian Dior Denim Flow
Kanye West, Kid Cudi, & Raekwon – Gorgeous
Nicki Minaj & Kanye West – Blazin
Waka Flocka Flame & Cap – O Let’s Do It
Waka Flocka Flame, satan, Rick Ross, & Gucci Mane – O Let’s Do It (Remix)
Lupe Fiasco – SLR (Super Lupe Rap)
Nipsey Hussle – 7 Days a Week
Tech N9NE – Table and Chest Stress
Gangrene – Take Drugs
Yelawolf – That’s What We On Now
Vado – Polo
Rick Ross & Drake – Made Men
Lil B & Cormega – I Killed Hip Hop
Lloyd Banks & Juelz Santana – Beamer, Benz, or Bentley
Lloyd Banks, The Dream, Ludacris, Jadakiss, & Yo Gotti – Beamer, Benz, or Bentley (Remix)
Sheek Louch & DJ Webstar – Club Jam Packed
Cali Swag District – Teach Me How To Dougie
Cali Swag District, Jermaine Dupri, B.O.B., Bow Wow, Red Cafe, and a bonus Sean Kingston appearance – Teach Me How to Dougie (Remix)
Lil B – Hipster Girls
Chiddy Bang – Truth
Far East Movement & Keri Hilson – Don’t Look Now
Das Racist & Chairlift – Fashion Party
David Banner & 9th Wonder – Mas 4
Malice – Freestyle
Young Buck – Smoke Our Life Away
Fashawn – Dark Fantasy (Freestyle)
Freddie Gibbs – Learn to Duck
Lloyd Banks – Reach Out
Curren$y & Raekwon – Michael Knight (Remix)
T.I., Scarface, & Mitchelle’l – How Life Changed
Big K.R.I.T – Some Days Freestyle
Kendrick Lamar & Ab-Soul – P&P 1.5
Joe Budden & Crooked I – Sober Up
Joe Budden, Pusha T, & Styles P – Dessert For Thought
J. Cole – Too Deep for the Intro
Kid Cudi – Mr. Rager
Drake – Paris Morton Music
Atmosphere – To All My Friends
1982 & Freddie Gibbs – Falling
Jay Rock – Get On Your S**t
Lil Wayne & Drake – Right Above It

See y’all next time!

Through the Static Episode 73 – 26/11/25

A slightly spooky themed episode tonight to celebrate… the end of November… But good songs nonetheless, and some fun stories to go along with them, so sit back and brace yourself for some fun and funky tunes!

  • Band On The Run – Paul McCartney and Wings
  • Dead Man’s Party – Oingo Boingo
  • This is the Killer Speaking  – The Last Dinner Party
  • Packt Like Sardines in a Crushed Tin Box – Radiohead
  • Idioteque – Radiohead
  • The Devil Was With Me – Billy Cobb

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CKMS News -2025-11-26- Kitchener Fire Department deploys upgrades to 911 services

CKMS News -2025-11-26- Kitchener Fire Department launches upgrades to 911 services

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Kitchener, ON – Following years of development and adhering to a provincial edict, the Kitchener Fire Department has launched the “next generation” of 911 services in the region.  The upgrades reflect the changes in the ways people communicate with 911, primarily the uptake of mobile phones and the abandonment of land lines.

Next generation 911 will use Internet Protocol tracking to get a more precise location of the caller and allow for faster communication of details between the caller, the dispatch centre, and fire crews rushing to a scene.

The changes to 911 services have been underway since 2022 when the mandate to upgrade was announced by the federal Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission.

The government of Ontario has been supporting the transition over the past three years with $208,000,000 in grants across the province since 2022.  The Kitchener Fire Department  has received $650,000 of those provincial grants while the Waterloo regional police service has been given $3,8000,000.

This show features an interview with Jamal Alam, who has spent the past 3 years as the Program Manager of Fire Systems and Projects with the Kitchener Fire Department.  Alam has been with the Kitchener Fire Department for 9 years.

CKMS Community Connections for 24 November 2025: Kevin Swayze on Phil Kline’s Un-Silent Night in Cambridge

Show Notes

A man wearing a blue shirt and glasses sits at a microphone.
Kevin Swayze

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 Kitchener!), and tells us about living in the Rose Hill area of Galt.

Throughout the interview Phil Kline’s music for Unsilent Night plays in the background.

The interview starts at 3m23s.

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Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-11-24-episode233-kevin-swayze-for-phil-klines-un-silent-night-in-cambridge.mp3 (53MB, 58m12s, episode 233)

Index

Time Title Album Artist
0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Sunflower logo (yellow petals surrounding a black centre with white wavies all on a teal background)
CKMS Community Connections
Steve Todd
0m51s Unsilent Night phil kline's UNSILENT NIGHT
Participate
Phil Kline
3m23s Kevin Swayze tells us of the origin of Unsilent Night from Wikipedia. There are references to “Boom Boxes” and “Walkman” players. Cambridge joined in 2008, it’s a walk around the streets of old Galt. It started with about 500 people, but participation increased to 10,000 people by 2018. It’s a very different energy from ducking out of the way of trucks barrelling through the streets.
8m35s Kevin gives us a descriptive tour of Unsilent Night. You’ll run into layers of history throughout all of old Galt. He describes the streets, buildings, displays, and performances. There’s fun for everybody. Kevin tells us of some of the buildings that were used as film sets, and some of their historic uses.
16m40s Kevin takes a brief detour to talk about the University of Waterloo School of Architecture building and its library. And then continues across the river on the west side of Galt. Kevin tells us of the buildings and the businesses and manufacturers that used to be there.
26m30s Kevin gives his impressions of the sense of space he gets from downtown Galt. Talking about the intended purpose of the streets — for people, horses, and trains. Not even bicycles, really. Heavy trucks were banned downtown two years ago.
28m10s Kevin says he feels Unsilent Night as a visceral event, he feels it deep inside. Bob asks if he needs prior historical knowledge to appreciate it. Kevin supplies some that historical knowledge.
32m04s Kevin describes downtown Galt as seen in The Handmaid’s Tale, describing some of the sets used in filming. And segues into the coffee shops and other stores in Galt.
36m12s Unsilent Night takes place on Friday, 5 December 2025 at 7:00pm. Traffic will be terrible, best to park and do some shopping in Hespeler, then take the bus to downtown Galt. Get there early, and have a meal in a downtown restaurant while you’re waiting.
38m15s Reminiscing about downtowns as they used to be, both Kitchener and Cambridge. Kitchener is different, bigger and beefier, with bigger space and no river running down the middle. Kevin tells us of his time working downtown, walking over the bridges, and describes the downtown as it was then.
40m40s Kevin says he could walk the Unsilent Night in about 20 minutes, but it’s meant to be taken at a more leisurely pace. And because it’s crowded, the progress is slow. Expect it to take about an hour and a half. Dress warmly, there may not be places to duck inside to warm up. It’s one night only, but come down to see the space, it’s great fun. This has the largest turnout of any Unsilent Night across the world. Downtown Galt is a space that’s built for it, like walking in a snow globe.
43m10s Kevin doesn’t know much about the music, or Phil Kline, the composer. His personal impressesion is a soundtrack to fill the gaps while your attention is on the displays. It doesn’t overpower the other things going on. It’s the same music that plays every year, at all the venues across the world. Unsilent Night is a space to go out and not feel there’s any agenda, it’s explore and see what you can find. There’s no worry about cars, it’s nice to let people have a space without cars.
47m10s Kevin compares Galt with Hespeler, another downtown built for pedestrians. Even more compact than Galt, it’s more “muscular” than Galt, but still feels like a little mill town. Kevin describes the library there, and some other downtown sights. Bob comments that Kevin has an eye for architecture and history. Talking about heritage protection and worries about sticking tall buildings in the downtown. Kevin lives where there are bits of history in suburbia. Talking about baseball and toboganning.
57m33s Kevin summarizes Unsilent Night and Bob gives the end credits.

CKMS Community Connections airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm on Mondays and alternate Fridays.

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Video: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 24 November 2025, 246 MB (Radio Waterloo video)

Show notes and podcast interview content is Copyright © 2025 by the participants, and released under a CC BYCreative Commons Attribution Only license. Copy, re-use, and derivative works are allowed with attribution to Radio Waterloo and a link to this page. Music selections are copyright by the respective rights holders. The theme music is written and performed by Steven Todd.

Radio Nowhere Episode 138, 11/24/25

Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/RadioNowhere251124Episode138.mp3, 58m00s, 82.0 MBytes

FM Steely Dan
Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him (side 1) Firesign Theater
Motherly Love The Mothers of Invention
Crawling King Snake The Doors
Waiting For The Electrician Or Someone Like Him (side 2) Firesign Theater

HYOS: CAR287 Presents Manitoba Rock Revolution Show 1

CAR 287 (a red and blue highway marker with white lettering)HYOS: CAR287 Presents Manitoba Rock Revolution is a show hosted by the band CAR287 and where each band member selects an indie artist’s song to play, and then we spin a few of our own in there and talk about the history of the song.

HYOS: CAR287 Presents Manitoba Rock Revolution is hosted by Terry Ferguson and aired on CKMS-FM on Saturday 6 December 2025 from 10:00pm to 11:00pm (Eastern Time) or 9:00pm to 10:00pm in Manitoba. It continues as a regularly scheduled show. Check the Radio Waterloo schedule for details.

 

Time Title Album Performer
Artist
Creator
Genre
0m00s 1 CAR287 presents Voice Over 1 – intro Dec 6 2025
1m30s Opening Song Looking Through The Lens CAR287 Rock / CanCon
4m24s 3 CAR287 presents voice over 2 ditch Dec 6 2025.mp3
12m15s Lady Finger Killer RIGHT NOW! DITCH! Rock / CanCon
16m45s 4 CAR287 Presents Voice Over 3 Ronnie Ladobruk Dec 6 2025.mp3
25m00s Let Me Down Let Me Down – Single Ronnie Ladobruk Rock / CanCon
29m00s 6 CAR287 presents voice over 4 Leddwyn Dec 6 2025.mp3
33m35s Horde Mask of Sanity – EP Lëddwyn Rock / CanCon
37m30s 8 CAR287 Presents Voice over 5 Why Dec 6 2025.mp3
43m00s Soul Declares Soul Declares – Single WHY Rock / CanCon
49m30s 10 CAR287 Presents Voice Over why and outro 6 Dec 6 2025.mp3
54m00s Ideas of a Good Life Looking Through The Lens CAR287 Rock / CanCon / NSFR

Reader’s Delight Episode 24, November 23, 2025

Episode XXIV of Reader’s Delight features authors Aamir Hussain, Susan Salomonsson, and Margo LaPierre.

Aamir Hussain joins us to talk about the development of his debut novel Under the Full and Crescent Moon (Dundurn Press, 2025), especially the influence of family on the novel, and reads an excerpt focusing on the main character.
Website: https://aamiranauthor.ca/
Book Site: https://www.dundurn.com/books_/t22117/a9781459754447-under-the-full-and-crescent-moon

Susan Salomonsson shares the second part of her Thread Through Time Series A Lemon Pie Life and explains the significance of the title before reading from  the first chapter of the novel.

Margo LaPierre tells our listeners about her new poetry collection Ajar (Guernica Editions, 2025), her publishing journey and the background to the creation of the collection, then reads several pieces from the collection.
Website: Margo LaPierre Linktree
Book Site: Ajar

 

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #106

What’s up, y’all? First up, as always, here is what I have added to Libretime since last week:

Horse Chops Hinterland Rock CanCon
vintage credenza Drone Prompts II Ambient No
Nadia Labrie Hommage a Claude Bolling Classical CanCon
An Vedi Underneath – Single New Age CanCon
Mark Veldhoven Wait It Out – Single Rock CanCon
S-Pazz Birth of Light – EP World No
BoonDog Jam House Rock First two tracks are NSFR CanCon
prhcr. No One’s Coming – Single Rock Radio Edit and Instrumental Available No
Henry Lees Smoke – Single Folk CanCon
Beta Voids Scrape It Off – EP Punk No
Big Big Furnace Fall Music Sampler Rock No
Sia Shells Riding The Wave – Single Pop No
Neil Haverty What I Don’t Need – Single Rock CanCon
Dan Pallotta Working Man’s Son Folk No
Libby Ember To Her – Single Pop CanCon
Dylan Ella Pocket Sized Rock CanCon
BEIBEI YOU, HERE – Single Pop CanCon
Alexander Saint Alexander Saint EP Folk CanCon
Private Name Private Number Can’t Compare (Freestyle) – Single Hip Hop NSFR CanCon
Jambal x Kenai Shogun Men of Average Nature Jazz No
Duane Andrews Duane Andrews and the Hot Club of Conception Bay Folk CanCon
9ope Somebody’s Something – Single Pop CanCon
Muhnday Before We Met Rock 3 NSFR Tracks No
Julia Dawson Guilty – Single Pop CanCon
Motorists Cristobal – Single Rock CanCon
Shiny Cote Memores – Single Electronic No
Johnny Beachit Please, Not Another Rom Com Country Song  – Single Country No
AnAkA Crisis of the Concrete Electronic No
Bad Trips Nothing But Trouble Rock No
Jamie Lidell and Luke Schneider A Companion for the Spaces Between Dreams Ambient No
peopling Catatonia Estates Rock 1 NSFR track No
Helene Barbier Panorama Folk CanCon
Sam Salmon and the Grand Manan Bandits Down for Life Folk CanCon
Burning Hand Jawbreaker Rock 2 NSFR Tracks No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Billy Yfantis – Cat’s Eye Nebula
An Vedi – Underneath
Nadia Labrie – Suite no. 2 for Flute and Jazz Piano Trio: Part 4: Vagabonde
Vintage Credenza & Chris Perrin – Aren’t We In Love
Jambal x Kenai Shogun – moan
George Kontomichalis – You Stepped Out Of a Dream
Kalia Vandever – Withholding
BeiBei – YOU, HERE
9ope – Somebody’s Something
Julia Dawson – Guilty
Libby Ember – To Her
Sia Shells – Riding the Wave
Liona Boyd – Summer Dreams (feat. Olivia Newton-John)
Blessing Tangban – God Of…
Kpec3 arrival – lock my eyes
Alexander Saint – Slow Down Boy
Sam Salmon and the Grand Manan Bandits – No One Likes Losing
Duane Andrews – I’m Gonna Sit Down and Write Myself a Letter
Johnny Beachit – Please, Not Another Rom Com Country Song
Henry Lees – Smoke
Dan Pallotta – 24 Kenmore Road
Horse Chops – Salt in the Baltic
Beta Voids – Baby’s in Detox
Helene Barbier – A House
Elephanthump – Late Night Brainstorm
Trevor Howlett & the Cruz Bros – Nowhere Fast
Mark Veldhoven – Wait It Out
Dylan Ella – Sushi Joint in a Western Town
Big Big Furnace – I Would
Motorists – Cristobal
Burning Hand – Off the Tracks
Cepheidae Variable – Carving a Dragon

See y’all next time!

The 40-Year Retirement Shock!

 In today’s episode, Kanwaljit (Sunny) Kochar challenges the “old school” financial advice that fails to address the modern reality: Canadians are living longer but leaving the workforce earlier than ever. Facing a potential 40-year retirement, listeners will learn why traditional saving methods are insufficient against the new 2025 tax rules and rising cost of longevity.

Sunny Kochar breaks down how to cure “Shiny Object Syndrome” and move from having “scattered money” to building a robust Wealth Ecosystem. Tune in to discover the Hexavisionary Framework and the 3 Universal Laws of Money designed to help you maximize efficiency and achieve Total Financial Freedom.

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Classical Coffee Break Episode 34 – 11.20.25

Or download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-34-11.20.25.mp3

Start Time Composer Title Performer
00:57 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Symphony No. 35 in D Major, K385 “Haffner”: 3. Menuetto Scottish Chamber Orchestra, Jukka-Pekka Saraste, conductor
04:50 Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191: No. 1 Gloria in excelsis Deo Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, Ivars Taurins, conductor
10:59 Alexander Glazunov Seranade espagnole Op. 20, No. 2 Alexander Rudin, cello, Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Igor Golovchin, conductor
15:43 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 8 in F Major, Op. 93: III. Tempo di menuetto Munich Philharmonic Orchestra, Rudolph Kempe, conductor
21:01 Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart La Finta semplice, K 51: Amorett (Rosina) Regula Muhlemann, soprano, Basel Chamber Orchestra, Umberto Benedetti Michelangeli, conductor
25:31 George Frederic Handel Suite in B-Flat Major, HWV 434: IV. Menuet Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
30:50 Traditional Ae Fond Kiss Nicola Benedetti, violin, BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Rory Mcdonald, conductor
35:11 Fernando Sor Duets in A Major, Op. 55: No. 2. Allegretto Wilma van Berkel, Robert Kubica, guitars
37:41 Claudio Monteverdi L’incoronazione di Poppea, SV 308 / Act II: Adagiati, Poppea – Oblivion soave Bernarda Fink, mezzo-soprano, English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
41:33 William Byrd Fantasia a 4 (I) Phantasm
43:55 Alexander Glazunov Symphony No. 2 in F-Sharp Minor, Op. 16: III. Scherzo: Allegro vivace Moscow Symphony Orchestra, Alexander Anissimov, conductor
53:11 Rebecca Dale, Robert Frost Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening Tennebrae, vocal ensemble, Nigel Short, conductor

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 345

What’s up, y’all? Tonight’s mix is the year’s final ode to 2015, looking back at the last four months of a strange, foreboding year. Memes, political tension, and an abyssal feeling were, at the least, soundtracked by a lot great tunes.

Tracklist:

Rick Ross – We Gon Make It
Travis Scott & Quavo – Oh My Dis Side
Drake & Future – Diamonds Dancing
Mac Miller – Rush Hour
Michael Christmas – Hate
The Game, Dej Loaf, & Sha Sha – Step Up
YG, Blanco, & DB the General – Driving Like I’m Loco
Wiki & Nasty Nigel – Living With My Moms
Big K.R.I.T, Ludacris, & K. Camp – Shakem Off
NxWorries – Droogs
Plies – Ritz Carlton
Tory Lanez – Juvenile Freestyle
Lil B – I Was Born Poor
Quentin Miller – Cease and Desist
Jay Rock & Isaiah Rashad – Wanna Ride
Freddie Gibbs – F***in Up The Count
Pusha T & Beanie Sigel – Keep Dealing
Kendrick Lamar – Black Friday
The Game & Anderson .Paak – Magnus Carlsen
Kirk Knight – Heaven Is For Real
Erykah Badu – Medley: What’s Yo Phone Number/Telephone (Ghost of Screw Mix)
GoldLink – Zipporah
Casey Veggies & BJ the Chicago Kid – Life Song
Logic & Jesse Boykins III – Paradise
YG & Slim 400 – Goapele
Charles Hamilton & Laurel – Down the Line
Lil Peep – The Way I See Things
Lil Peep – Star Shopping
Isaiah Rashad – Nelly
Rav – 1,000 Years in the Mountains
Archy Marshall – Sex With Nobody
Joe Budden, Jadakiss, & Marsha Ambrosius – Make It Through The Night
Sir Michael Rocks – Alone
Yelawolf – To Whom It May Concern
Logic, Slug, & Killer Mike – Tree of Life
R.A.P Ferreira – An Encyclopedia
Busdriver – Species of Property
Larry Fisherman – Smile
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DJ Khaled, Jeremih, Chris Brown, August Alsina, & Future – Hold You Down
DJ Khaled, Usher, Rick Ross, Fabolous, & Ace Hood – Hold You Down (Remix)

See y’all next time!

Through the Static Episode 72 – 19/11/25

Bringing you a mix across decades, genres, and artists. From modern day hip-hop, to 90s alternative, to dreamy indie, we’ve got everything you need to help you into the night (or any other time of day)!

  • England Made Me – Black Box Recorder
  • Bobby – Alex G
  • June Guitar – Alex G
  • Superman’s Dead – Our Lady Peace
  • blade bird – oklou
  • Just Like U Said It Would B – Sinead O’Connor
  • Live Right – Joey Valence and Brae
  • Into the Night – Julee Cruise

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