🍁Laila Biali Four Sundays To Christmas SINGLE 2023
Soulful Strings Sleigh Ride 1968 A TRADITIONAL JAZZ CHRISTMAS
🍁Barbra Lica On Christmas EveSINGLE2023 barbralicamusic.com
Les Brown Let It Snow 1952 A TRADITIONAL JAZZ CHRISTMAS
🍁Luke McMaster Favorite Time Of Year 2022
Gene Ammons Swingin For Christmas 1948 A TRADITIONAL JAZZ CHRISTMAS
Melissa Bruscella Toyland SINGLE 2023
🍁Oscar Peterson Winter Wonderland AN OSCAR PETERSON CHRISTMAS 1995
🍁Laila Biali Joy To The World SINGLE 2023 lailabiali.com/bio
🍁Liona Boyd Anthema ONCE UPON A TIME 2023
Bobby Watson & Horizon Vauncing Chimes 1990 JAZZ FOR THE HOLIDAYS
Ahmad Jamal Snowfall 1961 A TRADITIONAL JAZZ CHRISTMAS
Ramsey Lewis What Are You Doing New Years Eve 1997 A TRADITIONAL JAZZ CHRISTMAS 1997
🍁Emilie Claire Barlow My Dear Aquaintance LUMIERS D’HIVER 2017
Michael McDonald Auld Lang Syne THROUGH THE MANY WINTERS 2005
The Clean Up Hour, Mix 246 (December 29, 2023)
Disclaimer: tonight’s show does contain explicit language, potentially offensive material, and may contain political views which are not reflective of CKMS 102.7, nor its board of directors. Listener discretion is advised.
What’s up, y’all? It’s ya boy mophead, here with the last Clean Up Hour of the year. Tonight is the show’s annual Worst of the Year list — 12 albums get put under the scope. Check it:
After rambling for a bit over an hour, I played a small mix of music:
Tracklist:
Mr. Muthaf**kin Exquire (HUGHIE!) – Dot vs. Dilla
Michael Christmas – 24’s Freestyle
G’s Us & Blu – Freaks
Serengeti – Untitled 3
Lupe Fiasco – 3,048
Pillz – City of Gold
Charles Hamilton – Child Safety
Then, in the final 16 minutes of the show, I did the 20th Mini All Things Considered on the late Curtis Plum, whose only album, Call My Cellphone, was on repeat this year.
Tracklist for that part:
Bike Cop
More Than One Hat
Xbox Trife Life
So, for #throwbackthursday, let’s go back in time to all of the Worst of the Year lists I’ve done since the show started:
See y’all in the new year!
2023 Golden MP3 Nominations
See the results of the 2023 CKMS Golden MP3 Contest!
2023 was a year of revival. The station passed its 45 year anniversary: Radio Waterloo was incorporated on 18 January 1978, and went on-air on 15 October 1978. In 2023 the studio was open again after being closed for Covid in previous years, we welcomed a number of new programmers and new shows, and added a whole bunch of music to our library.
The Golden MP3 Awards are the opportunity to recognize exceptional show hosts, producers, their programs, and the people who work behind the scenes. The awards ceremony will be held at our 2024 Membership Recognition Night, starting at 4:00pm and going to after Midnight on Saturday, 9 March 2024 at the Ouroboros Sports Lounge, 101 Hazelglen Drive, Kitchener Map
You can nominate a show for more than one award, and nominate more than one show for an award, or skip an award altogether. If you complete this nomination form but find you forgot to nominate a show, you can fill in another nomination form. Nominations close at 11:59pm Sunday, 14 January 2024. Since the awards are not until March, nominations are extended until 11:59pm on Sunday, 11 February 2024!
Descriptions of the shows are at https://radiowaterloo.ca/about-our-shows/
Nominations are now closed.
Award Categories
- DJ AdRock
- DJ Adrock Memorial Award is given for exceptional DJing.
- LP Show
- Awarded to a great Long Playing show that has been on the air for three or more years.
- Freshest Beats
- Awarded to a show in the first three years of existence.
- Community Radio Award
- Given to a show that exemplifies what Community Radio is all about.
- Talk Focused Show
- For the most interesting spoken word and informative talk.
- Culturally Diverse
- Either best show expanding the cultural diversity of the station or a show that features many diverse cultures or features a culture that is under-represented in the area.
- Graphic Material
- Awarded to the show with best supporting images either through a poster, logo, or website posts.
- Most Original
- Awarded to a show that is very original and can only be found on Radio Waterloo.
- Sonic Boom
- The name is an homage to the old sonic boom awards and is given to a show playing great music.
- SoundFM Soldier
- The SoundFM Soldier award is given to two members who have put in a lot of work behind the scenes to keep Radio Waterloo Community Radio alive. The name is an homage to the past nickname of the station and the hard work that people did at that time to move the station from the UW campus and to become its own entity) *This award is often given to two people.
- Video Crown the Radio Star
- Given to the show that best utilizes the studio video system to support their program.
- Teamwork Transition
- Given to the best 1-2 seamless transition programs on Radio Waterloo.
- Local Liaison of Canada
- Given to a DJ who puts local stories on a national level.
- FUNdraiser Of The Year
- Award is given to a FUN spirit during our fundraising efforts.
- Robot Apocalypse Remote Broadcast
- Given to the show that best uses Remote Live-To-Air.
FROM THE VOID #78 DECEMBER 26th
Welcome to Episode #78 of From the Void
Tonight is all about Christmas!!!
My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about deep listening to good music.
ALSO!!! I released a new album. Everything, Vol. 3 Spotify, You Tube23 and Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!
See you in the Void!
New Music Added to Libretime + Horizon Broadening Hour #11
What’s up, y’all? It’s ya boy mophead. First and foremost, I forgot to post what was added to Libretime last week, so I have some catching up to do here.
| Sludgehammer | Antechamber | Metal | CanCon | |
| Jean Leloup | L’etrange Pays | Traditional | CanCon | |
| Allison Lupton | Words of Love | Folk with Elements of the Irish | CanCon | |
| Carl Chesna & Co. | Prayer to the Black Madonna | Alterna-Folk/Americana/Rock | No | |
| Vonreason | Boughs & Eros | Folk | CanCon | |
| Basic White | The Second Half | Rock | CanCon | |
| Lungbutter | Honey | Indie Rock | CanCon | |
| Rhett Repko | Lately Baby – Single | Rock | Unknown | |
| City on Down | Used to Be Young | Alternative/Synth-Pop | No | |
| THNDR | Plus | Electronic | CanCon | |
| Sunday Brave | Taking Over | Alternative | No | |
| Mark Schirmacher | Bird in Your Tree | Pop | No | |
| Everett Bird | People Person | Indie Rock | CanCon | |
| Chastity | Death Lust | Indie Rock | CanCon | |
| The Blaze Velluto Collection | Weatherman | Indie Rock | CanCon | |
| Avi Granite 6 | Orbit | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Nicholas Krgovich | Ouch | Indie Rock | Unknown | |
| Ways in Waves | Bloodless Arches | Rock | CanCon | |
| Bleeding Horse Experiment | Going South | Rock | Unknown | |
| Jo Passed | Their Prime | Indie Rock | CanCon | |
| Julian Taylor Band | Avalanche | Rock | CanCon | |
| Deer Tick | Hit Kringles | Rock (Christmas) | No | |
| Vintage Lapointe | No Forgiveness Within Me | Unknown | Unknown | |
| Matthew Chaim | Homemade | Unknown | Unknown | |
| John Paul Kleiner | Intercity | Rock | CanCon | |
| Big Little Lions | Alive and Well | Country/Folk | CanCon | |
| Tracy Lynn | The Young Old Woman | Country/Folk | CanCon | |
| Cliff Grant | Sweet Lover Woman | Indie Rock | No | |
| John Lewitt | All Good Things | Country | No | |
| Steve Poltz | Shine On | Pop | No | |
| Among the Automated | Schematic | Electronic | Unknown | |
| Benedikt | Fascia | Alternative | Unknown | |
| Eric Chenaux | Slowly Paradise [EP] | Indie Rock | CanCon | |
| Dorjee Tsering | Thank You Canada | Traditional | CanCon | |
| Omhouse | Eye to Eye | Rock | CanCon | |
| Jay Ross vs. Teekay | Str8 6 Shoota EP | Rap | NSFR (likely) | CanCon |
| The Faps | Grimelda | Punk | CanCon | |
| Barbara Lica | You’re Fine | Jazz | CanCon | |
| Various Artists | New Soul | R&B | CanCon | |
| Backstabber | Conspiracy Theorist | Metal | CanCon | |
| Emily Jean Flack | Throwing Shapes EP | Country/Folk | CanCon | |
| Anything But | Do or Try | Rock | CanCon | |
| Les Lepages | There’s Two Sides to the Story & Then There’s the Truth | Country | CanCon | |
| Sabo Forte | The Most Obvious Loophole | Hip Hop | NSFR | CanCon |
| The Steady Rebels | Common Ground | REggae | CanCon | |
| Gen Gorman | For a Friend | Rock | Tracks 5 contains the word “sh*t” in the opening second | CanCon |
| Astin Clark | Love & Self-Loating | Hip Hop | NSFR | CanCon |
| Bloom Filter | Bloom Filter | Metal | CanCon | |
| Adrian Underhill | CU Again | Alternative | CanCon | |
| Haviah Mighty | Flower City | Hip Hop | NSFR | CanCon |
| Honey Beard | Dreamless Sleep | Alternative | CanCon | |
| Kubla Khan | One of These Days | Alternative | CanCon | |
| Busty and the Bass | Uncommon Good | R&B | CanCon | |
| Ramon Taranco | Desperate Love and Devil Can Blues | Blues | CanCon | |
| Warcall | Invaders | Metal | CanCon | |
| Mary-Catherine Pazzano | You’re Gonna Hear From ME | R&B | CanCon | |
| Shadow of Whales | What we Do | Rock | Unknown | |
| The Real McKenzies | Two Devils Will Talk | Punk | CanCon | |
| Saltland | A Common Truth | Indie Rock | CanCon | |
| Dante Mantas | Midnight Sun | Pop | CanCon | |
| Eamon McGrath | Tantramar | Folk | CanCon | |
| The New Customs | All Walls Fall | Rock | CanCon | |
| Rory Taillon | Only Whispers | Alternative Folk | CanCon | |
| The Utilities | Heavy South | Folk | CanCon | |
| The Velveteins | Slow Wave | Indie Rock | CanCon | |
| David Mott & Vinny Goila | “Have You Heard?” | Jazz | Unknown | |
| Dom Mar KZ | Destiny | Rock | CanCon | |
Next up, here is tonight’s Horizon Broadening Hour:
Tracklist:
Manitoba Hal – 30 Odd Days
Manitoba Hal – When Leadbelly Walked the River
Unfaithful Servants – Baracuda
The Marrieds – Lying Next to Me
Katherine Fischer – Mess for Two
Son Roberts – Not ‘Nuff Night
The Bluesland Horn Band – Stone Man Blues
The Sturgeons – Drunk On Wine
The Black Fever – Marketing
Eamon McGrath – Yellow Sticker on an Empty Fridge
Eamon McGrath – This Town Dies When Festival Season Ends
Deep Cover – Nature Makes a Scene
Bridal Party – Jukebox Cutie
Science is Fiction – Getting Late
Fred Fortin – Redneck (Microdose)
Bretton Lee John – Hospital Coffee
Ken Stead – Be Peaced
The New Project Alternative – Sunshine & Lies
Carter & the Capitals – The Roller
Andre Akinyele – Call Me
Busty and the Bass – Dance With Someone!!! (Live from London)
Busty and the Bass – Dead Poet
Mary-Catherine Pazzano – Manhattan/New York State of Mind
Exdream – $exdreams$
Josh Ritchie – Paid What I Owe
Ostrea Lake – Grind Your Teeth
Adrian House – Short Back & Sides
Shotgun Jimmie – Tumbleweed
The Jump Off – Pasture
The Fizzgigs – End of the World
Rachelle Van Zanten – Peace for the Children
Heads up that The Horizon Broadening Hour is not on next week, so see y’all in the new year!
Radio Nowhere Episode 42, 12/23/23
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RadioNowhere231223Episode42ChristmasShow2.mp3, 58m33s, 80.0 MBytes
| Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies | The Vandals |
| 2000 Miles | The Pretenders |
| Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht | Vienna Boys Choir |
| Pie Jesu | Sarah Brightman, Paul Miles-Kingston. |
| Hurry Home (Bonus Track) | 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 |
| Christmas / Sarajevo 12/24 | Trans-Siberian Orchestra |
| The Cherry Tree Carol | Kacy & Clayton |
| Linus and Lucy | Vince Guaraldi |
| Fairytale of New York (Featuring Kirsty MacColl) | The Pogues |
| Auld Lang Syne | Andrew Bird |
episode 297 agriculture show dec 12 2023 fireside chat with the Ag Leaders of tomorrow

The Ontario Federation of Agriculture held their AGM in Toronto Nov 21-22. One of the events on the program was the “fireside chat with the ag leaders of tomorrow”. The moderator was Sara woods, a director with the OFA.
Singing for peace in Waterloo and across North America
Over 200 people went to Waterloo City Hall on Tuesday December 19 to sing for peace. The ‘Mennonite Day of Action Hymn Sing for a Ceasefire’ was put on by the group Mennonite Action, which says it is a movement of Mennonites who believe they have a responsibility to speak out for peace and justice.
Sam Ramer of Mennonite Action talked about the purpose of the hymn sing and why they are focusing on Palestine.
But Mennonite Action’s event was not only in Waterloo. On December 19, over two thousand people came to sing hymns in 42 cities and towns across North America.
Thank you to A.S. Compton, for permission to play their recording of the hymn sing on the show.
Rhonda Snow – Native Pony / Indigenous Art – World Renowned – Part One

Homelessness organization obtains funding amid accusations of unfairness and inequity
Tensions simmered when the topic of A Better Tent City (ABTC) came up at the last Waterloo Regional Council meeting of 2023. ABTC is tiny home community in Kitchener that currently houses 50 chronic homeless people.
On one side were those who supported the motion from Councillor and Kitchener Mayor Berry Vrbanovic which granted $236,390 for the next two years to ABTC. On the other side were those who said the grant was unfair and inequitable.
Several Councillors insisted the wording of Councillor Vrbanovic’s motion be removed as they felt it was insulting to staff. Another criticism arose because six other groups had been denied original funding but did not afterwards ask Council for money, some councillors felt this was unfair and inequitable
Despite the criticism, Council carried Councillor Vrbanovic’s motion granting ABTC $236,390 for the next two years
CKMS News – 2023-12-22- Cambridge council votes against investigating affordable home builds above city parking lots
CKMSNews-2023-12-22-Cambridge Rejects Affordable Housing in Parking Lots Study
by: dan kellar
Cambridge – Joined by 4 city councilors on December 19th, Cambridge mayor Jan Liggett voted against a motion to investigate the plausibility building affordable housing in raised buildings above city owned parking lots.
The motion, brought forward by ward 7 councilor Scott Hamilton was supported by all the delegates who presented at the meeting including resident Matthew Rodgers, the advocacy groups “Citizens for Cambridge”, “For the City”, and “Waterloo Region Yes In My Backyard”, and as stated by councilor Earnshaw, the Cambridge Business Improvement Association was also on board.
Despite strong support for the motion from delegates, and the voting support of councilors Kimpson, Earnshaw, Roberts, and Hamilton, the motion was ultimately defeated, wIth Mayor Liggett suggesting churches should be converting their own parking lots for housing. Before calling the vote, Liggett stated that voting “no” does not mean that a councilor is against building affordable housing.
The Clean Up Hour, Mix 245
What’s up, y’all? It’s ya boy mophead, here with tonight’s Clean Up Hour (to those of you who use RSS, I will upload the show here a bit later — I put the file away on my external hard drive before I remembered to upload it here). Check it:
Tonight’s mix is the 53rd All Things Considered, making the case for Keor Meteor, the french beatmaker whose music deserves a lot more attention. There are 189 songs in this mix, so I’m not writing out the tracklist here — it’s been a long enough day already.
For #throwbackthursday, I’m going to repost three of my previous holiday/Christmas mixes, as I don’t think I will be doing anything like that this year.
See y’all next week for the year’s worst of list!
episode 298 dec 19 2023 Alicia Becker and Jessica McCann

Jessica McCann and Alicia Becker are guests today of The Agriculture Show. Jessica and Alicia work at https://www.farmfoodcareon.org/ Our Playlist:
- Mess Is Mine by Vance Joy
- The Idea Of Me by Aiden Canfield
- Keep Your Heart Young by Brandi Carlile
- Dancing In The Sky by Sam Barber
- Plea From A Cat Named Virtue by The Weakerthans
- Anti-Hero by Taylor Swift
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LISTEN for Smooth and Contemporary QUINTE JAZZ for your CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY Saturday December 23, 2023 at 9AM Replay Sunday December 24, 2023 at 4PM
Russ Lorenson Warm In December IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT 2023
🍁Ernesto Cervini’s Turboprop Little Drummer Boy A VERY TURBOPROP CHRISTMAS 2022
Tom Braxton Let It Snow
Sandra Grace Under The Mistletoe A GIFT FOR CHRISTMAS 2019 Patrick Lamb Christmas Time Is Here 2023
🍁Luke McMaster Christmas In Slo Mo 2022
Erin Stevenson Christmas Time With You
George Burton Christmas Waltz THE YULE LOG 2023
Elsten Torres The Holidays 2023
🍁Barbra Lica To That Eastern Shore barbralicamusic.com
🍁Laila Biali Nuit De Noel Phillip “Doc” Martin This Christmas Maria Jacobs Someone To Love At Christmas
Danny Kusz Merry Christmas Baby
🍁Oscar Peterson Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
🍁Oscar Peterson Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas
Ramsey Lewis Twelve Days Of Christmas A TRADITIONAL JAZZ CHRISTMAS 1997
REQUIEM FOR ROCK CHRISTMAS SHOW
Bonus short-story radio play…plus the songs of Christmas, both secular and spiritual…on Requiem for Rock!
Cambridge MP leads the right-to-repair revolution
FROM THE VOID #77 DECEMBER 19th
Welcome to Episode #77 of From the Void
Tonight is all about Woman!!!
My new podcast with Co – Host Peri Urban is on YouTube, it’s called The Listening Eyebrow and its about deep listening to good music.
ALSO!!! I released a new album. Everything, Vol. 3 Spotify, You Tube23 and Bandcamp or where ever you stream your music!
See you in the Void!
81 82 83 84 Season 3 Episode 10: Merry Christmas Ya Filthy Animals!
So whatever you say It’s all fine by me Who the f*ck anyway wants a Christmas tree? Cause the snow keeps on fallin’ Even though we were bad It’ll cover the filth We should both just be glad

New Waterloo Region hospital site to be announced in springtime
Waterloo Region residents will know the site of their new hospital by spring, according to the presidents of local hospitals.
The presidents, Ron Gagnon, Hospital President and CEO, Grand River Hospital, and Mark Fam, President, St. Mary’s Hospital, updated Kitchener City Council on the plans for a new hospital and new hospital system in Waterloo Region.
They are waiting for site selection to be finalized and for approval from the Ministry of Health before proceeding to the next phase of planning in spring 2024. The next phase will consist of functional programming, which determines what programs and services will be accommodated in the new facilities, and what resources are required to make that happen.
The main priorities currently are to identify the preferred site for the new hospital and to create a vision for working together in shared facilities.
Waterloo Region all-councils meeting ends a difficult year on a note of hope
This year has been another year full of frustration, if not outright despair, for housing in Waterloo Region. But at the all-councils meeting on December 15, Build Now Waterloo Region offered some hope.
Build Now Waterloo Region is a new local collaboration of for-profit and not-for profit groups which was announced back in July. The objective of the coalition is to build 10,000 non-market and perpetually non-profit homes by 2030.
Philip Mills, the chief executive officer of Habitat for Humanity Waterloo Region, one of the central players in this initiative, updated the all-council’s meeting on this ground-breaking project.
Of these 10,000 homes, 7,000 will be available for purchase and 3,000 will be available for rent. A one bedroom home is set to sell for $280,000, a two bedroom for $330,000 and a three bedroom for $400,000. This project will specifically prevent ‘flipping,’ investment property acquisition, or other profit-seeking schemes.
Increased number of firework-related complaints sparks concern and action on Kitchener City Council
CKMS-FM New Year’s Eve Special
Join the CKMS programmers, show hosts, DJs, and other volunteers as they kick out the Old Year, play a few tunes, dance up a storm, and ring in the New Year.
The fun starts at 8:30pm on Saturday 31 December 2023 and goes to 1:00am on 1 January 2024. Listen on the radio at CKMS-FM at 102.7 Radio Waterloo, or the online stream at https://radiowaterloo.ca/listen, where you can send your New Year’s greetings in the chatbox!
The Horizon Broadening Hour #10
What’s up, y’all? Another week coming to an end, another Horizon Broadening Hour. I am changing these posts a bit: I will be posting a stream link as well as the soundcloud, if you cannot wait until 10:00 PM.
Tracklist:
Vintage Lapointe – Travels from Winnipeg
Robert Ross – Jack Daniels
Frantically Atlantic – Carleton County Girl
Zachary Lucky – Raining in December
Doug Smith – Pub with No Beer
Jessica Rhaye & the Ramshackle Parade – One More Cup of Coffee
Billy Oxkidd – Hot Pants (You Got It)
Billy Oxkidd – Slipping Away
Chron Goblin – Giving In To Fun
Adrian Chalfour – The Collapse
The Golden Seals – Idiot Kid
Danny Blueberry – One Bedroom Apartment Blues
Matt Zaddy – Little River
Foreign Diplomats – How Cool is That?
Jason Doel – …Long to Reign Over Us…
Nathan Shubert – A Thought, Persisted
Kathryn Ladano – Masked
Justin Wright and Kate Maloney – Flutes
Hellrazer – Necropolis
Greber – Backhanded Interest
Pyramids on Mars – F-22 Raptor
Ooluu – Tickbait
BornBroken – No Stranger to Failure
See y’all next week!
Training for Radio Show

Hi everybody, it’s Jody.
Here is my test presentation for Radio Waterloo!
Radio Nowhere Episode 41, 12/16/23
Download: https://radiowaterloo.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/RadioNowhere231216Episode41ChristmasShow1.mp3, 57m58s, 80.0 MBytes
| Put a Little Love in Your Heart | Annie Lennox, Al Green |
| Please Come Home For Christmas | The Eagles |
| Song for a Winter’s Night | Gordon Lightfoot |
| Christmas in Prison | John Prine |
| Give Hope (Bonus Track) | 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 |
| Oh du fröhliche | Fischer-Chöre |
| I Believe in Father Christmas | Greg Lake |