New Music, The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 351

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What’s up, y’all? Happy new years! Tonight, we kick off the year with the top 50 of 2025 — tonight covers #50-26, next week covers the top 25. A few honorable mentions are discussed at the end; albums in the main list are noted in square brackets.

Tracklist:

Lil Wayne – Island Holiday [Tha Carter VI]
mgk – vampire diaries [lost americana]
Tyler, the Creator – STOP PLAYING WITH ME [DON’T TAP THE GLASS]
Ghostface Killah – 4th Disciple [Supreme Clientele 2]
Westside Gunn – Eddie Bauer [Hitler Wears Hermes 12/Heels Have Eyes 1-3]
Armand Hammer – Super Nintendo [Mercy]
The Game – The Assassination of Candace Owens [Gangsta Grillz: Every Movie Needs a Trailer]
Wynne – Comb’s Toyota [Say Wynne]
Evidence – Laughing Last [Unlearning, Vol. 2]
Domo Genesis & Graymatter – BuenosNachos [World Gone Mad – EP/SCRAM!]
Jay Electronica – Is It Possible That The Honorable Elijah Muhammed Is Still Physically Alive??? (feat. DRAM) [A Written Testimony: Leaflets/A Written Testimony: Power at the Rate of My Dreams/A Written Testimony: Mars, the Inhabited Planet]
Danny Brown & underscores – Copycats [Stardust]
Clipse – The Birds Don’t Sing (feat. John Legend & Voices of Fire) [Let God Sort ‘Em Out]
Wednesday – Elderberry Wine [Bleeds]
Mac Demarco – Phantom [Guitar]
De La Soul – Don’t Push Me [Cabin in the Sky]
Anti-Lilly & Phoniks – Play Me In [All Good Things]
Kent Jamz – renegade [fear]
Chance the Rapper – Pretty [Star Line]
G Perico – Street Lights [LA Gangster]
J.U.S & Raphy – Trips [Treasures/The Treasure Map]
Nas & DJ Premier – Pause Tapes [Light Years]
ThorHighHeels – The Talk [FESTERING GREEN/LOST IN TRANSIT OST]
Lupe Fiasco – ALL CAPS FLAVOR [GHOTTING MIT]
John Wells – I called your phone [can we link before the world ends? – EP/Life is Hard, Can We Do It Together? – EP/I Don’t Wanna Die, Pt. 1]

See y’all next time!

Classical Coffee Break

Classical Coffee Break Episode 40 – 01.01.26

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My final Classical Coffee Break show. Thanks all, who gave it a listen, and thanks to the volunteer team here at CKMS for your support.

All the very best for a great 2026!

Or download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2026/01/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-40-01.01.26.mp3

Start Time Composer Title Performer
00:52 Max Richter Mercy Hilary Hahn, violin, Cory Smythe, piano
06:12 Giovanni Battista Pergolesi Stabat mater, P. 77: Stabat mater delorosa Dorothea Roschmann, soprano, Catherine Robbin, mezzo soprano, Les Violins du Roy, Bernard Labadie, conductor
10:03 Johann Sebastian Bach Violin Partita No. 3 in E Major, BWV 1006: III. Gavotte en Rondeau (Transcr. for Guitar) Raphael Feuillatre, guitar
15:18 George Gershwin Rhapsody in Blue Los Angeles Philharmonic, Leonard Bernstein, conductor
33:09 Johann Sebastian Bach Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 645 Yo-Yo Ma, cello, Amsterdam Baroque Orchestra, Ton Koopman, conductor
36:58 Engelbert Humperdinck Hansel und Gretel: Abends will ich schlafen gehn Hera Hyesang Park, soprano, Emily D’Angelo, mezzo soprano, Orchestra, del Teatro Carlo Felice, Jochen Rieder, conductor
40:43 Traditional Auld Lang Syne Variations Nicola Benedetti, violin
44:32 Rebecca Dale Night Seasons: III. Sanctus Guy Johnson, cello, Tenebrae, vocal ensemble, Philharmonia Orchestra, Nigel Short, conductor
55:10 Eric Whitacre The Seal Lullaby The Kenneh-Mason Family
Radio Nowhere, Shows

Radio Nowhere Episode 95 (Christmas #3), 12/28/24

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Christmas Program 2023 Robert’s Creek Elementary
2000 Miles The Pretenders
Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht Vienna Boys Choir
Pie Jesu Sarah Brightman, Paul Miles-Kingston.
Hurry Home Jon Anderson
Hallelujah Chorus, from Messiah The Tabernacle Choir and Orchestra
Feliz Navidad Jose Feliciano
Easier Said Then Done Jon Anderson
Christmas Must Be Tonight The Band
Christmas Card from a Hooker in Minneapolis Tom Waits
The Cherry Tree Carol Kacy & Clayton
Linus and Lucy Vince Guaraldi Trio
Fairytale of New York The Pogues
Auld Lang Syne Andrew Bird
Readers Delight, Shows

Reader’s Delight Episode 25, December 28, 2025

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Episode XXV of Reader’s Delight features authors Lindsay Mayhew, Connor LaFortune, Kyle Flemmer, and Vanessa Ricci-Thode.

Lindsay Mayhew and Connor LaFortune join us to discuss the evolution of the anthology they co-edited, A Thousand Tiny Awakenings, and to read their own contributions to the collection.
Social media: @lindsaymayhewpoet
http://NMKNS.ca
Books: A Thousand Tiny Awakenings

Kyle Flemmer talks about his work as a multi-media artist and reads from his recent poetry collection Supergiants (Wolsak and Wynn), as well as sharing with us about his upcoming book The Wiki of Babel.
Website: kyleflemmer.com
Vanessa Ricci-Thode is back to talk about the last book in her Fireborn series, Favour Fire, and to read from the book.
Off The Air, Something Else, Syndicated

Something Else

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Something Else (AI generated image of a woman of colour holding a sea shell)Something Else

Winner of the 2024 Neskie Manuel Award for Aboriginal Affairs and Culture Programming!

Hi, I’m Coulee – welcome to the Something Else universe. In this podcast you will follow three Indigenous protagonists as your tour guides into the triumphs and struggles of contemporary Indigenous peoples. The something else universe was born from a yearning to create the sanctuary my own nervous system needed. It is a space where rage is celebrated, dreams are cultivated, rest is centered, and heroes are born. Just as its name suggests this podcast is unlike any other, it pulls elements and action from our world now and skillfully weaves them anew in this narrated Indigenous futurism landscape. It is my wish that this marks the beginning of a very long, very ancient journey together, listener and storyteller.

In a recent country wide poll on turtle island indigenous peoples were excluded from the stats, making them categorical “something else”. As Indigenous people the popular belief is that we live somewhere between marginalized and extinct. This podcast invites the listener deep into the space between the lines, outside the margins, it embraces… “other”.

The something else universe was created, written, voice acted, soundscaped, produced and edited by me, Kat “Coulee” Ross. Special thanks to the staff and volunteers at CFUV 101.9FM. Original score and music by Reil8 of @the_r.a.p_ Artwork generated by AI programs, Midjourney and DALL-E.

Something Else has only three episodes, hosted by Coulee Ross. The episodes aired on CKMS-FM on Wednesdays from 11:00am to Noon on 7 and 21 January, and 4 February 2026.

Featured Image of Coulee Ross from https://groundedfutures.com/on-belonging-coulee-ross/.

Radio Waterloo Production, Shows, Synthetronic 80s

Synthetronic 80s – Episode #4 – 2025-12-27

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Download: Synthetronic 80s – Episode #4 (MP3, 80 MB, 58m00s)

TIME TITLE ARTIST
00:40 Heaven Is A Place On Earth (Heavenly Version) Belinda Carlisle
06:33 You’re What I Look For Glass Tiger
10:19 Is It Love (Extended Edit) Mr. Mister
14:57 She Wants To Dance With Me Rick Astley
18:08 Dial My Number The Back Bag
23:36 Don’t Go Yazoo
29:39 Mad World Tears For Fears
33:04 Two Tribes (Fluke’s Minimix) Frankie Goes To Hollywood
36:51 1999 (Edit) Prince
40:21 Catch The Fire Beau Geste
44:18 The Final Countdown (Extended Version) Europe
49:22 [spoken interlude]
55:16 Popcorn (ZYX Edit) Magic Men

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

Click here to go to the Synthetronic 80s homepage

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New Music, The Horizon Broadening Hour

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #111

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What’s up, y’all? The show still airs on Sunday at 10:00 PM, but due to the weather today, a family event got postponed by a couple of days, right when I would be recording the show, so my schedule’s a bit wonky and I’m putting everything together early. Hey, you benefit by finding out what I’ve added to Libretime this week earlier than usual!

The Spuds Mackenzies Pink Pony Club – Single Rock CanCon
Dave Soroka Dale Avenue Folk CanCon
Dave Soroka Off-Leash Heaven Folk Tracks 4 and 8 are explicit CanCon
Kim Kondrasoff Are You Sure – Single Pop CanCon
Kim Kondrasoff As We Continue (to drive each other insane) – Single Pop CanCon
Kim Kondrasoff If I Only Had A Clue – Single Pop CanCon
Kim Kondrasoff It’s a Hot Night in Surrey – Single Pop CanCon
Kim Kondrasoff Let It Go – Single Pop CanCon
Kim Kondrasoff Like a Wolf in a Cathedral – Single Pop CanCon
Kim Kondrasoff The Time is Always Right – Single Pop CanCon
Lexxi Raine The Grief Case – EP Pop No
Kim Kondrasoff Let the Madness Begin Pop CanCon
Various Artists Now & Then Pop CanCon
Kim Kondrasoff Red Shoes Pop CanCon
Andrew Kavadas Red Silk Fan – Single Pop CanCon
Reid Jamieson Songs for a Winter’s Night 2 Folk CanCon
Reid Jamieson Live for the Holidays Christmas CanCon
Stink Breath Best on 70’s – EP Punk No
Johnny Beachit Hurricanes and Business Deals – Single Country No
Johnny Beachit She Loves You From a Distance – Single Country No

Here is Sunday’s Horizon Broadening Hour:

Tracklist:

Fhae – the egg
Amirtha Kidambi’s Elder Ones – Farmer’s Song
Rick Sparks – A Time To Heal
The Legendary Ten Seconds – Old Torquay Adverts
Dave Soroka – Getting Ready for Winter/Renos Squirrel
Johnny Beachit – Hurricanes and Business Deals
Kim Kondrashoff & Sandra Capadouca – As We Continue (to drive each other insane)
Andrew Kavadas – Red Silk Fan
Loretta Lee – The One Thing That Keeps Me Alive
Reid Jamieson – Canadian Sunset
Starbuck – I’ll Be There To Take You Home
Stink Breath – Best On 70’s
Teethout – Down on Richmond
Les Batards – La Voisine
Two Tonne Machete – Pigs Pigs
Outlying – Streets of Rats and Vultures
Engrupid Pipol – Animal Inteligenz
Liminal Spirit – A Better Place
The Jack Rubies – Are We Being Recorded?
WOLF WHISTLE WOUNDS – The Gaslight District
Royal Commission – Emotional Support Australian
Binoculars – All Things Considered
Me, You, and My Metronome – Cut Back the Sound
Jag One – Two Lightning Strikes
Strawberry Alarm Clock – Live Water

See y’all in the new year!

Classical Coffee Break

Classical Coffee Break Episode 39 – 12.25.25

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Two versions for Episode 39, a one-off version with a special piece at the end for Christmas Day, and a version with a different ending for repeats during other times of the year (see further down the page).

Version 1 with Christmas ending:

Or download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-39-Christmas-Edition-12.25.25.mp3

01:04 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: I. Andante, ma non troppo – Allegro energico Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor
12:45 Joseph Canteloube Chants d’Auvergne: Berceuse (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra) Sol Gabetta, cello, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor
15:36 Phillippe Verdelot Ultimi miei sospiri The King’s Singers, Anthony Rooley, conductor
20:07 Jules Massenet La Vierge / Scene 4; The Assumption: The Last Sleep of the Virgin The New Symphony Orchestra of London, Raymond Agoult, conductor
25:11 Fernando Sor Duets, Op. 61: No. 1. Allegretto Wilma van Berkel, Robert Kubica, guitars
27:30 Ralph Vaughan Williams String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: IV. Epilogue: Andante sostenuto Maggini Quartet
33:07 Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191: No.1, Gloria in excelsis Deo Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, Ivars Taurins, conductor
39:10 Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 44 No. 2, MWV R26: III. Andante Cherubini Quartett
46:37 Ralph Vaughan Williams Fantasia on Christmas Carols Thomas Allen, baritone, Corydon Singers, Matthew Best, conductor

 

Version 2 with regular (non-Christmas) ending:

Or download file:  https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Classical-Coffee-Break-Ep-39-Regular-non-Christmas-Edition.mp3

01:04 Jean Sibelius Symphony No. 1 in E Minor, Op. 39: I. Andante, ma non troppo – Allegro energico Philadelphia Orchestra, Eugene Ormandy, conductor
12:45 Joseph Canteloube Chants d’Auvergne: Berceuse (Arr. for Cello and Orchestra) Sol Gabetta, cello, Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Charles Olivieri-Munroe, conductor
15:36 Phillippe Verdelot Ultimi miei sospiri The King’s Singers, Anthony Rooley, conductor
20:02 Jules Massenet La Vierge / Scene 4; The Assumption: The Last Sleep of the Virgin The New Symphony Orchestra of London, Raymond Agoult, conductor
12:27 Fernando Sor Duets, Op. 61: No. 1. Allegretto Wilma van Berkel, Robert Kubica, guitars
27:21 Ralph Vaughan Williams String Quartet No. 2 in A Minor: IV. Epilogue: Andante sostenuto Maggini Quartet
33:20 Johann Sebastian Bach Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191: No.1, Gloria in excelsis Deo Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra and Chamber Choir, Ivars Taurins, conductor
39:34 Felix Mendelssohn String Quartet in E Minor, Op. 44 No. 2, MWV R26: III. Andante Cherubini Quartett
46:44 Ludwig van Beethoven Symphony No. 5 in C Minor, Op. 67: II. Andante con moto Berlin Philharmonic, Herbert von Karajan, conductor
57:08 Johann Sebastian Bach Prelude and Fugue in C (Well-Temered Clavier, Book 1, No. 1), BWV 846: Prelude Friedrich Gulda, piano

 

Regime Radio

Regime Radio – December 25: Music with Drew Rouse, Bob Marley & Righteous – interview with Michael Clayton regarding going to college with a disability – DJ set with RVN

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8:01-9:00 PM- Drew Rouse – Chicken Hawks, The Mountain, Yuletid. Followed by interview with Michael Clayton, talking about barriers while attending college. Followed by Bob Marley: Coming in From the Cold, Pimpers Paradise, Zion Train, Redemption Song, Could You Be Loved, So Much Trouble in The World, Zimbabwe. – And When We Party – Righteous ft Pro-Logic, DJ Ron Nelson, Mr Q.
9:00-9:59 PM- RVN  open format DJ
 @RVNWAV on YouTube

 

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Music with Kara Shaw

MusicWithKaraShaw

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O Come All Ye Faithful – John Francis Wade

Joy To The World – George Frederick Handel

The First Noel – William Sandys

We Three Kings Of Orient Are – John Henry Hopkins

Mary Did You Know – Buddy Greene/Mark Lowrey

Ukranian Bell Carol – Mykola Leontovych

Charlie Brown Theme Song – Vince Guaraldi

Christmas Time Is Here – Vince Guaraldi

O Christmas Tree – Vince Guaraldi

Winter Wonderland – Felix Bernard

Its The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year – George Wyle

Let It Snow – Jule Styne

Its A Marshmallow World – Peter DeRose

 

The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 350

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What’s up, y’all? Merry Christmas! In keeping with the Christmas spirit, tonight is the the worst of the year. More than two hours of unbridled hating and negativity. Didn’t even throw in a mix of good music. Just a foul note for everyone. See y’all in the new year for the best of.

Listener discretion is even more advised than usual.

Radio Nowhere

Radio Nowhere Episode 94 (Christmas 2), 12/21/24

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Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/RadioNowhere241221Episode94Christmas2.mp3, 57m46s, 79.0 MBytes

Mele Kalikimaka Bing Crosby, The Andrews Sisters
Christmas Time Bryan Adams
Christmas Must Be Tonight The Band
Christmas Vacation Katie Campbell Dominik Hauser
Run Rudolph Run Chuck Berry
Where Are You Christmas Faith Hill
Christmas Tears Freddie King
God Only Knows The Beach Boys
Count Your Blessings Instead Of Sheep Jennifer Nettles
Both Sides Now Joni Mitchell
Believe Josh Groban
Cool Yule Louis Armstrong –
Have A Little Faith Michael Keaton (The Jack Frost Band)
Put A Little Love In Your Heart Jackie DeShannon
Rockin’ on Top of the World Steven Tyler
Silver And Gold Burl Ives
Sleigh Bell Rock Three Aces And A Joker
You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch Thurl Ravenscroft
Jingle Jangle The Penguins
Allison Brown's Fireside Christmas Radio Hour, Off The Air

Allison Brown’s Fireside Christmas Radio Hour

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show logoAllison Brown’s Fireside Christmas Radio Hour Every year, I go up to my snow-covered cabin in the woods deep in the forest of Northern Ontario to broadcast 90 minutes of a mix of Canadian and International, New, Classic songs beside my crackling fire..

Allison Brown’s Fireside Christmas Radio Hour is hosted by Allison Brown and aired on CKMS-FM on Wednesday 24 Decemeber 2025 from Noon to 2:00 pm and again on Thursday 25 December 2025 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm.

Music List

Artist Song Title Album Title Year CanCon?
Andrew Bird Skating HARK 2020  
Jo Jo Worthington Winter Wonderland O Christmas   CAN
Maddox Brothers & Rose Jingle Bells 1949 ‘45 with Silent Night  
Jill Barber Sleigh Ride A Holly Jolly Jill Barber Christmas 2025 CAN
Darlene Love Marshmallow World A Christmas Gift For You From Phil Spector 1963  
Sierra Hull The First Snowfall Holiday Favourites Vol 1 2024  
David Myles It Snowed It’s Christmas 2014 CAN
Lynn Miles Let It Snow Winter 2015 CAN
Dayna Manning O Snow Morning Light 2019 CAN
Claire Lynch Snow Day Holiday 2015 CAN
Maggie’s Wake Song For A Winter’s Night Close To Home EP 2025 CAN
Rose Cousins I’ve Got My Love To Keep Me Warm Single 2023 CAN
Squirrel Nut Zippers Winter Weather Christmas Caravan 1998 North Carolina  
Sarah Vaughn Snowbound Snowbound 1962  
Suzie Ungerlieder & Michael Johnston City Snow Decemberly 2018 CAN
Fiona Apple Frosty The Snowman   2008  
Emilie-Claire Barlow Little Jack Frost Get Lost Winter Wonderland 2007 CAN
Stompin’ Tom Connors The Snowmobile Song My Stompin’ Grounds 1971 CAN
The Invitations Skiing In The Snow   1965  
Say She She Purple Snowflakes Purple Snowflakes/This Wintertime 2024  
O Pears In The Bleak Midwinter Stay Warm 2018 CAN
Skydiggers Good King Wenceslas Angels 2014 CAN
Two Dollar Bill with Kelly Drew Silver Bells   2025 CAN
June Christy Winter’s Got Spring Up It’s Sleeve This Time Of Year 1961  
Hank Snow White Christmas Christmas With Hank Snow 1967 CAN
Los Straitjackets Let It Snow Tis The Season for Los Straitjackets 2002  
Radio Waterloo Production, Special Presentation

HYOS: The Tom X. Chao Show

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show logoHYOS: The Tom X. Chao Show Singer & songwriter Tom X. Chao of New York City presents several of his songs, including some from his new EP, “Music for Downtown Theater,” and his recent EP “Statement of Intent,” and one more. Tom’s songs range from power pop to new wave to somber ballads and even one featuring a string quartet. Please visit tomxchao.com for more information.

HYOS: The Tom X. Chao Show is a Host Your Own Show Special Presentation hosted by Tom X. Chao and airs on CKMS-FM on Friday, 5 December 2025 from 8:30 pm to 9:00 pm.

Now with a repeat presentation at 8:30pm Monday 22 December 2025!

Start time Title Artist
0:00 Opening  
0:10 Moving Back to Hollywood (song) Tom X. Chao
2:59 Announcer  
3:39 Culture Jamming! (song) Tom X. Chao
6:38 Cannot Be Denied (song) Tom X. Chao
9:09 Announcer  
10:12 Lower Your Standards (song) Tom X. Chao
13:07 Break  
13:14 I Have Heard (Clean) (song) Tom X. Chao
17:15 Announcer  
19:03 I Wish I Were Pretty (song) Tom X. Chao
22:43 Announcer   
25:04 It’s Too Early to Celebrate Christmas (song) Tom X. Chao
New Music, The Horizon Broadening Hour

New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #110

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

Johnny Beachit Christmas in the Keys Country / Christmas No
Mo Mcmorrow Christmases With Snow – Single Folk / Christmas CanCon
fhae Life in Cycle Ambient No
Nadia Tagoe Love Me For Christmas – Single Pop / Christmas CanCon/KWCon
TeethOut Here We Go Punk CanCon
J Anders Save Me – Single Pop CanCon
Me, You, and My Metronome Hooray for the Status Quo Punk CanCon
Binoculars Damp Junk Punk CanCon
Museums Lost In Your Head/Can’t Stop Thinking About It – Single Rock CanCon
Jag One Sundowner Rock No
KARU PERDITION Metal No
Greystone Canyon Something Borrowed… Something New Rock No
TRISKELYON Maelstrom of Chaos Metal CanCon
Thunderor Pump Up The Volume – Single Rock CanCon
Rick Maddocks Blue Horse Opera Folk CanCon
Dennis Ferbey December’s Ancient Lights – Single Pop / Christmas CanCon
Jude Columb Christmas in Cold Spring – Single Alternative / Christmas No
The Shamrocks Christmas in Belfast – Single Folk / Christmas No
The Whythouse Whiskey – Single Country CanCon/KWCon
The Jack Rubies Visions in the Bowling Alley Punk No
Georgina Taylor What Child Is This – Single Pop / Christmas CanCon
WOLF WHISTLE WOUNDS The Gaslight District – Single Rock No
The Legendary Ten Seconds Churchward Road Folk No
Neon Animal Santa’s Naughty List – Single Alternative / Christmas No
Pythonic Decomposition Metal CanCon
Silas Fernandes Carbon Purge Acceleration Metal No
Royal Commission Emotional Support Australian – Single Alternative No
Scheitan Wine for a Tormented Soul Metal No

Here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour — the “60% Christmas special!” Even if I included the Christmas music I played across the last two weeks, we wouldn’t have had quite enough for a full two hour show, so the first 70 minutes are Christmas, at least, and the rest is new, non-Christmas music.

Tracklist:

Nadia Tagoe – Love Me For Christmas
Angie Faith – The Christmas Song
Margaret Dorn and the Accidentals – Frosty the Snowman
The Gulley Family – I Love Christmas
Michelle Joly – All I Want for Christmas (Dreams Come True) [feat. YNG Bear)
Blue Eye Red – Christmas With You
Dennis Fereby – December’s Ancient Lights
Georgina Taylor – What Child Is This
The Nolas – So Much Fun This Christmas New Year’s Party Rock Anthem
The Big Christmas Crew – But Santa, I Can Explain
Robert Peterson and the Crusade – Joys of Christmastime
Dead Pollys – Xmas Evening
Joseph Schertz – Merry Karma Christmas
Jamie Hoover – Surfin With Santa
Neon Animal – Santa’s Naughty List
Mossy Ledge – Christmas Lights
Johnny Beachit – Santa’s Coming to Key West
The Shamrocks – Christmas in Belfast
Mo Mcmorrow – Christmases With Snow
Jude Columb – Christmas in Cold Spring
Twilight Phenomenon – Lunar Reflections
Igor Lisul – The Valley of Flowers
kpec3 arrival – heaven’s gate
The Whythouse – Whiskey
Rick Maddocks – Don Esteban and His Bastard Daughter
Dual Dialect – Conglomerate III – Meme-Leak Mosaic
Ilhan Ersahin – Asmali
Steve Ross – All I Need is the Girl

See y’all next time, and Merry Christmas, folks!

Shows, The All Out Show

David Par Radio Presents The All Out Show

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I have a jam packed show today!

We sat down with Blaine Sharp to discuss his track The First Snowfall, which has reached over 100k streams! We discuss how James Cameron is rejecting the 51st state talk, the holiday season, what’s trending and we play the hottest old school and new school music!

 

CKMS Community Connections, Shows

CKMS Community Connections for 15 December 2025: KWCon Christmas Music

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Show Notes

(a Christmas tree drawn from a spiraling music staff)
 

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

Download: ckms-community-connections-2025-12-15-episode236-kwcon-christmas-music.mp3 (53 MB, 57m43s, episode 236)

Index

Time Title Album Performer Artist Creator
00:47 CCCtheme CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo | Community Connections (black and magenta letters on a square teal background) Steve Todd
01:18 You’re A Mean One, Mr. Grinch You're A Mean One Mr. Grinch (A man wearing headphones over a baseball cap sings loudly into a microphone with a pop filter. The Small Town Titans logo, overlaid S and T letters, is in the lower left) Small Town Titans
05:32 Sleigh Ride Sleigh Ride - Ed Ringwald Ed Ringwald and The Western Swing Authority
08:15 The Christmas Shopping Blues (B&W photo of a man wearing a white cowboy hat grinning at the camera) Kevin Westphal
11:12 Love Yourself Long Range Hustle - Love Yourself (blue-tinted photo of someone looking over a lake surrounded by trees) Long Range Hustle
15:21 Christmas Changes Christmas Changes (closeup of lights in a tree) Taylor Davison
19:40 Christmas is Coming Onion Honey | A Merry Little While (photo of a cottage nestled in snow-covered trees, with line drawings of snowmen in the foreground) Onion Honey
20:57 Christmas Parmesan
23:33 Christmas Comes by Rail
26:33 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
29:14 This Christmas The P (a white stylized letter P in the shape of a musical note, with two white circles around it, with a white word "THE" at the 10 o'clock position; all on a purple background) The Purpletones
32:35 Snow Came Falling Snow Came Falling | Carla Muller | 50% of proceeds from sales of this single will benefit our local Food Bank | FoodBank of Waterloo Region (photo of ice and snow laden tree branches) Carla Muller
36:31 Silent Night – Stille Nacht
40:36 Chasing A Star
44:20 Leise Rieselt Der Schnee
47:02 Hold Me Close Amanda Kind | Hold Me Close (photo of a purple christmas tree ornament with a candle inside) Amanda Kind
49:56 All I Want for Christmas is You (Colllage of I, The Mountain members) I, the Mountain & Friends
54:36 Santas On His Way Brian Chris at the microphone and wearing a Santa hat Brian Chris
56:20 Shchedryk Shchedryk from Winter Gala (fingerpainting of a cello beside yellow letters on a blue background Anita Eccleston
57:57 CCCTheme Instrumental Extended CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo | Community Connections (black and magenta letters on a square teal background) Steve Todd

CKMS Community Connections Hour One airs on CKMS-FM 102.7 on Monday 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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Bonus Video


Video: CKMS Community Connections for Monday 15 December 2025 (YouTube)

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 Waterloo Production, Shows, Synthetronic 80s

Synthetronic 80s – Episode #3 – 2025-12-20

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Download: Synthetronic 80s – Episode #3 (MP3, 80 MB, 57m55s)

TIME TITLE ARTIST
00:42 Sunglasses At Night (Album Version) Corey Hart
05:52 We Run Strange Advance
09:45 Fade To Grey Visage
13:26 The NeverEnding Story (Club Mix) Limahl
19:26 You Keep Me Hangin’ On (Extended WCH Club Mix) Kim Wilde
25:44 Brand New Lover (Album Version) Dead Or Alive
31:02 The Look (Big Red Mix) Roxette
38:30 Winter Wonderland Eurythmics
41:54 Do They Know It’s Christmas? (Extended Mix 1985) Band Aid
47:56 [spoken interlude]
53:49 Deck The Halls Mannheim Steamroller

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

Click here to go to the Synthetronic 80s homepage

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The 100-Year Flight Plan: Engineering a Zero-Balance Landing for Executives

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The Big Domino

Most investors are flying with the with the landing gear down. They have “parts”—a mortgage, an RRSP, an insurance policy—but they lack a unified machine. In this episode, Senior Wealth Strategist Kanwaljit (Sunny) Kochar reveals the 100-Year Flight Plan: a comprehensive engineering audit that integrates your debt, cash flow, and tax strategy into a single, aerodynamic system designed to survive the “40-Year Shock” of longevity.

What You Will Learn (Timestamps)

  • [03:00] Phase 1: The Takeoff (Kinetic Wealth) – Why paying cash for major expenses is a “Compound Fracture” that kills your momentum, and how to use the “Tax-Funded Multiplier” to reach altitude 3x faster.
  • [08:00] Phase 2: Cruising Altitude (The Protection Phase) – Surviving the 40-Year Shock. How to switch from “Dirty Fuel” (RRSPs) to “Clean Fuel” (Resilient Reserves) when market turbulence hits.
  • [14:00] Phase 3: The Landing (Decumulation) – The “Zero-Balance Landing” strategy. Why the goal isn’t to die with a full bank account, but to execute a strategic burn that leaves the CRA with nothing.
  • [30:00] The Passenger vs. The Pilot – A deep dive into the mindset shift required to move from reactive retail investing to proactive wealth engineering.
  • [45:00] The 5 Fs of a Rich Life – How engineering your Finance liberates your time for Faith, Family, Fitness, and Fun.

Visual Assets

Reference the “Hexavision Flight Plan Diagram” and the “Kinetic Wealth vs. Dead Equity” chart discussed in this episode.

Ready to Engineer Your Flight Plan?

You cannot fly this plane by guessing. Load your data into our simulator and see your financial future mapped out for the next 40 years.

Ready to execute? Book a Breakthrough Meeting with Sunny Kochar

Disclaimer: This content is for educational purposes only and does not constitute financial, tax, or legal advice. Strategies discussed involve risk and may not be suitable for everyone. Insurance products and Segregated Funds are provided through Carte Risk Management Inc. Consult with a qualified professional before making decisions.

The Clean Up Hour

The Clean Up Hour, Mix 349

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What’s up, y’all? Here is tonight’s All Things Considered — the 77th one, the last of this second round of Canadian artists, this one makes the case for Big Moves. A legend in the Halifax hip hop scene, he has spent the better part of 30+ years producing beats that constantly push MCs to explore the dungeons of rap and everything that can come from it. Time for all of us to get familiar.

All tracks are produced by Moves, unless denoted by *

Drunken Arseholes – Cancerous (S**t Blood)
Tachichi – My Employment Application
Horn – Sound the Horn
Governor Bolts – Find
Governor Bolts – Bride of Bolts
Awol One – Thunders Dying
Moves, Kaboom, & CEE!!! – Live Another Day
Hip Club Groove – Bay Oh Fun-Day
Tachichi – Boozehounds, pt. 1
Fatt Matt – Real Nova Scotian
Hip Club Groove – Voices
Tachichi & Buck 65 – Hatin It
Drunken Arseholes, King T, & Tachichi – I’m Blasted
Drunken Arseholes – A Little Trip to the Store
Fatt Matt – Chicken Burgered Up
Fatt Matt – The Villa
Tachichi – Choplifter
Drunken Arseholes – Rural P*mps Theme
Moves, Fatt Matt, & CEE!!! – Tell Me Where Dem H**s*
Drunken Arseholes – Women and Beer
Hed #3 & RC – Puke on a B***h
LXVNDR – Freak Baby L
Hip Club Groove – P**nostar
Drunken Arseholes & Hed #3 – C*m
Drunken Arseholes – ’73 Caprice
Hed #3 & Jay O Smooth – S***ty Car
Tachichi – Boozehounds
Moka Only – Peoples R Crazy
Moves & Buck 65 – Tour De Trance
Moves, Sixtoo, & Cheklove Shakil – Tagged Out
Tachichi, Kunga 219, Knowself, & Buck 65 – Heads Up
Horn & Birdapres – You Ain’t Gotta Trip
Hip Club Groove – Chickens & D***oes (Live Freestyle at Lees Palace, Toronto, 1995)
Tachichi – Nova Scotian 2 the Death (Interlude)
Renegade Synapsis – Watered Down Juice
Moves, Sebutones, & Renegade Synapsis – June ’98
Moves, Tachichi, Knowself, Kunga 219, Al Turdbeast, Buck 65, Kotep Omegatron, Mindbender, Druncnes, & Oracle the Newf – June ’99
Tachichi, Buck 65, Governor Bolts, Birdapres, B-Side, Mindbender, Obie, Gordski, Jay O Smooth, CEE!!!, Fritz the Cat, Kotep, & J-Ras – Spontaneous 2
Cousins of Def & B-Side – No Coast
Drunken Arseholes – Electronic Wiretap
Governor Bolts & Stubrock – We Told You
Moves – The Bill Lynch Midway
Moves, Buck 65, Birdapres, & Hubcity – Remember the Old School
Governor Bolts & Birdapres – Dreams
Fatt Matt, Ghettosocks, Engineer, Cee!!!, Zachariah, D-Vice, & Knowself – Unexpected
Tachichi – The Nice-Up
Moves, Jeff Spec, Stinkin Rich, & Ghettosocks – StankinSpeckledSocks
Hip Club Groove – Trip To Reality
Moves, Kaboom, & CEE!!! – Food
Governor Bolts – Overseeing Eye
Moves, Buck 65, & Lindsay Misiner – Sur Le Flex
Tachichi & Fatt Matt – Dreamscape
Kaboom – People Never Change
Josh Martinez – Raindance
Drunken Arseholes – The Unauthorized Biography of Motown
Drunken Arseholes – In Due Time (Death)
Tachichi – Hate Runs Deep 2015*
Drunken Arseholes – It Won’t Be Long (Death)
Knowself – The Flowers of Zero & Ignorance
Moves – Lonesome Highway Driver
Knowself – Technology (Spiritual Regression)
Governor Bolts – Sherry
Fatt Matt – Feeling Unusual
Knowself – Survival (A Handful of Humanism)
Governor Bolts – Re-Invaticanstated
Hip Club Groove – In My Life
Maxwell – Deny

See y’all next time!

Classical Coffee Break

Classical Coffee Break Episode 38 – 12.18.25

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Start Time Composer Title Performer
00:52 Antonio Vivaldi Concerto for 2 Oboes and 2 Clarinets in C Major, RV 560: II. Largo The King’s Consort, Robert King, conductor
03:13 Gaetano Donizetti L’elisir d’amore ? Act II: Una furtiva lagrima (Adapt. for Cello and Orchestra) Camille Thomas, cello, Brussels Philharmonic, Mathieu Herzog, conductor
07:29 Frederik Rung Albumsblade No. 43: Humoreske Alexandra Whittingham, guitar
08:18 Claudio Monteverdi L’incorazione di Poppea, SV 308 / Sento Un Certo Non So Che English Baroque Soloists, John Eliot Gardiner, conductor
12:27 Arcangelo Corelli Concerto Grosso in G Minor, Op. 6, No. 8, “Christmas Concerto”: I. Vivace – Grave, II. Allegro, III. Adagio – Allegro, IV. Vivace, V. Allegro, VI. Pastorale Ad Libitum: Largo Capella Istropolitana, Jaroslav Kr(e)chek, conductor
27:21 Alexander Glazunov Raymonda, Op. 57: Act I, Grand Adagio Esther Yoo, violin, Philharminia Orchestra, Vladimir Askenazy, conductor
32:06 Johann Sebastian Bach Sonanta for Solo Violin No. 1 in G Minor, BWV 1001: III. Siciliana (Arr. for guitar by Yang) Xuefei Yang, guitar
35:13 William Byrd Mass for 4 Voices: Kyrie Oxford Camarata, Jeremy Summerly, conductor
39:26 Michael Haydn Trumpet Concerto in C Major, MH 60: II.Allegro molto Crispian Steele-Perkins, trumpet, The King’s Consort, Robert King, conductor
43:57 Franz Liszt Wiegenlied, S. 198 Khatia Buniatishvili, piano
47:11 Antonio Vivaldi Sonata in C Minor F XVI No. 1: II. Largo Eroica Trio
51:57 Franz Xaver Biebl Ave Maria Wells Cathedral Choir, Matthew Owens, conductor
Radio Nowhere

Radio Nowhere Episode 93 (Christmas #1), 12/14/24

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Put a Little Love in Your Heart Annie Lennox, Al Green
Please Come Home For Christmas Eagles
Song for a Winter’s Night Gordon Lightfoot
Christmas in Prison John Prine
Give Hope Jon Anderson
River Joni Mitchell
Blue Christmas Mary Margaret O’Hara
Christmas Vacation Mavis Staples
Getting Ready For Christmas Day Paul Simon
Go Tell It On The Mountain The Blind Boys Of Alabama (featuring Tom Waits)
Christmas Canon Trans-Siberian Orchestra
Christmas On TV Chris Isaak
Christmas Wrapping The Waitresses
Little Drummer Boy Grace Jones
I Saw Three Ships Barenaked Ladies
I Believe in Father Christmas Greg Lake
CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News -2025-12-15- Police budget push-back as cops ask for another 20 million a year and a new building

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CKMS News -2025-12-15- Police budget push-back as cops ask for another 20 million a year and a new building.

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Kitchener, ON – As the Waterloo regional police ask for another $20,000,000 dollars to be added to their yearly budget, in addition to $173,000,000 for a new “communications centre”, residents and even some regional councillors are questioning the ballooning expenditures. A primary concern is that yearly multi-million dollar increases to the police budgets are starving other services of funding since council is pressured to keep tax increases low.

The Waterloo Region police budget, which was over $230,00,000 in 2025, has increased by more than $100,000,000 since 2014, and has more than doubled since 2013.  This year’s request of over $250,000,000 will represent over 30% of the regional budget.  In comparison, housing and homelessness services are budgeted at $165,200,000 for 2026.

The increase in the police budget will result in an average 6.75% property tax increase for regional residents, that’s another 57$ a month beyond all the previous yearly increases.

The police presented their budget to the Regional Council at the end of November and in a council meeting on December 3rd council heard from the police association and residents.  While the police say more money to the force and more cops “will help save residents” delegates noted that funding upstream services, such as housing options and mental health supports, have more impact on reducing crime than more armed cops with “boots on the ground”.

In a surprise move ahead of the budget vote on December 16th, Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic put forth a motion to block the police’s capital budget saying the new communications centre is “beyond their mandate” and it “is highly unlikely that all three emergency services would engage in this partnership in any foreseeable future”. However the same motion calls for the approval of the $20,000,000 yearly increase to the police budget.

This show features audio from both the December 3rd and November 26th council meetings.

Off The Air, Radio Waterloo Production, Special Presentation

HYOS: Inside Shine – A Sonic Journey

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show logoHYOS: Inside Shine – A Sonic Journey is a special interview-style episode dedicated to the creation and evolution of the song Shine. In this episode, songwriter Sara Cicognani sits down with New York–based producer Vanessa Silberman, founder of A Diamond Heart Production and a key figure in the independent music scene with over twenty years of international experience.

Through an open and in-depth conversation, Sara guides Vanessa in sharing the full story behind the track: the initial inspirations, the studio process, the arrangement choices, and the development of Shine’s sonic identity. The interview highlights the blend of different musical influences — world music, synth-pop, and new-age atmospheres — that shaped a sound both grounded and ethereal.

The result is a 30-minute journey into the heart of the song, created for listeners who want to discover what happens behind the scenes of a musical piece: an authentic, technical, yet emotional story, perfect for music lovers, curious minds, and anyone fascinated by the creative process.

HYOS: Inside Shine – A Sonic Journey is a Host Your Own Show special by Sara Cicognani and airs on CKMS-FM on Saturday 20 December 2025 from 9:30am to 10:00am EST (15h30-16h00 CET), and again on Saturday 27 December 2025 from 12:01pm to 12:30pm EST (18h01-18h30 CET).

Duration: 30 minutes
Format: Interview
Host: Sara Cicognani (songwriter)
Guest: Vanessa Silberman (producer – A Diamond Heart Production, NYC)

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