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Check the schedule below for show times this week! Shows highlighted in green (*, %) or yellow (#) represent time slots that are available for new programmers. If you’re interested in broadcasting during one of these times, please check out How To Start A New Show!
Are you from the past? Have a look at our Old Schedules to see what you’ve missed.
For a description of each show, please see the About Our Shows page or click on the name below.
| Sunday, 11 October 2026 | |
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| 12:00am · | The week's best new electronic dance, pop, trance, house, and melodic techno music. |
| 1:00am · | EDM, Trance, House, Techno, and Dubstep from our Digital Music Library. A Drop-In DJ show! |
| 2:00am · | Indigicon * Music by Indigenous artists from our Digital Music Library. |
| 4:00am · | World music from our Digital Music Library. |
| 6:00am + | It sure ain’t your Grand pappy’s fiddle music! |
| 7:00am + | A Ukranian Almanac with Stefan Andrusiak |
| 7:30am + | Croatian Radio |
| 9:30am + | A Hindi music program hosted by Indira Singh. |
| 12:00pm + | A magazine show on the Somalian community. |
| 1:00pm + | First Nations issues of concern Up coming events Guest speakers And Indigenous music |
| 2:00pm + | A showcase of local Authors who do live readings of their work. |
| 3:00pm + | Community service, to Eritreans living in Canada. |
| 4:00pm + | Weaving conversations with Indigenous language and knowledge keepers together with music by Indigenous artists. |
| 4:30pm + | The All Out Show A focus on music, geek culture, pop culture, movies and what's trending locally. |
| 6:30pm + | Truth Radio Old school Hip-Hop music and talk radio. |
| 7:30pm + | Canadian Music by Canadian Musicians! |
| 8:30pm + | Join our newest DJs and show hosts as they get their on-air training to Start A New Show. |
| 10:00pm + | Showcasing new music in the Radio Waterloo library! |
| Monday, 12 October 2026 | |
| 12:00am · | 80s synth-pop, dance-pop, pop/rock, new wave, hi-NRG, and Italo-disco music. |
| 1:00am · | PUUUUUUUUUUNK * All kinds of punk from our digital music library. A Drop-In DJ Show! |
| 2:00am · | Jeff's Neoswing Selectorbot * Dance to some new Swing and Jazz music from our Digital Music Library. A Drop-In DJ show! |
| 4:30am · | Some Jazz music to start your day by Canadian musicians and musicians around the world. |
| 5:30am · | Every day a new host takes over the show, featuring only artists from the earshot-distro.ca website. |
| 6:00am + | Selector NATTYPHYSICIST takes you on a trip through the tropical sub bass jungle. |
| 7:58am + | Illustrates the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. |
| 8:00am + | A daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. |
| 9:00am - | Interviews with candidates for Waterloo Regional Council, including Mayoralty candidates. |
| 9:27am - | KWCon Music!!! Music from Waterloo Region |
| 9:33am - | Interviews with candidates for Waterloo Regional Council, including Mayoralty candidates. |
| 10:00am - | Exploring the intersection of social activism and the arts. |
| 10:30am - | News from the local communities in Waterloo Region: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich, and North Dumfries. This a Local Journalism Initiative show. |
| 11:00am - | AR provides information, analyses and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in corporate media. |
| 12:00pm - | Michele Kawamoto Perry sits down with a diverse range of leaders to explore leadership styles, philosophies, and breakthrough practices. |
| 1:00pm - | Interviews with the partner organizations of the Civic Hub Waterloo Region. |
| 1:30pm - | Tune in on the issues and actions that matter to you. |
| 2:00pm + | EI deals with the ongoing struggle for Palestinian self-determination. |
| 3:00pm + | An hour of programmer created content, podcasts, music, interviews, and community announcements. |
| 4:00pm + | Your humble home of honky-tonk and beautiful country music by beautiful country music singers. |
| 5:00pm + | An experimental community radio magazine. |
| 6:00pm + | Live and pre-recorded radio theatre performances by actOUT! youth performers. |
| 7:00pm + | Showcasing the music of students and youth in and around the area. |
| 8:00pm + | Kitchener synth duo R&D performs an improvised set of music at the Adventurer's Guild. |
| 9:00pm + | Rock and Roll from the sixties and seventies. |
| 10:00pm + | Dr. Tikl rocks musical eclectics to a dangerous level! |
| Tuesday, 13 October 2026 | |
| 12:00am · | The week's best new pop, rock, and electronic music from Canadian artists. |
| 1:00am · | Syrup Moose Radio has a primary focus on heavier or more experimental music – though Brendan reserves the right to basically just play anything that strikes him. |
| 3:00am · | Folk music from our Digital Music Library. A Drop-In DJ show! |
| 4:30am · | A weekly radio show showcasing new Canadian indie music. |
| 5:30am · | Every day a new host takes over the show, featuring only artists from the earshot-distro.ca website. |
| 6:00am + | Annielean reads poems from her book, Poems of Divine Power. |
| 9:00am - | Interviews with candidates for Waterloo Regional Council, including Mayoralty candidates. |
| 9:27am - | KWCon Music!!! Music from Waterloo Region |
| 9:33am - | Interviews with candidates for Waterloo Regional Council, including Mayoralty candidates. |
| 10:00am - | WINGS - Women's International News Gathering Service (%Syndicated) An all-woman independent radio production company that produces and distributes news and current affairs programs by and about women around the world. |
| 10:30am - | News from the local communities in Waterloo Region: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich, and North Dumfries. This a Local Journalism Initiative show. |
| 11:00am - | What would you put on a Golden Record to the universe? |
| 12:00pm - | What is your experience with agriculture that you would like to tell others? |
| 2:00pm + | Show for the Arab community in the Arabic Language. |
| 8:00pm + | Country Music and Canadiana (and Americana!) performed or composed by Canadian musicians. |
| 9:00pm + | explores new music by Canadian artists that has been produced with the assistance of AI. |
| 10:00pm + | The week's best new pop, rock, and electronic music from Canadian artists. |
| 11:00pm + | KWCon!!! * Music by musicians from Waterloo Region. |
| 11:30pm + | is about the link between punk rock and mental health. |
| Wednesday, 14 October 2026 | |
| 12:00am · | Electronic dance, pop, trance, house, melodic techno, synthwave, euro, synth-pop, spacesynth, hi-NRG, Italo-disco, and K-pop music from the 80s to present. |
| 1:00am · | Audio Salad (#Replay) Another electic mix of rock, alternative, hip hop, reggae. I like a lot of different things. |
| 2:00am · | Indigicon * Music by Indigenous artists from our Digital Music Library. |
| 4:30am · | Some Jazz music to start your day by Canadian musicians and musicians around the world. |
| 5:30am · | Every day a new host takes over the show, featuring only artists from the earshot-distro.ca website. |
| 6:00am + | ...and Western, too! |
| 7:00am + | Redeye is activist radio. We don’t just give you the facts, we give you the information you need to take action and create change. |
| 7:58am + | Illustrates the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. |
| 8:00am + | A daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. |
| 9:00am - | Interviews with candidates for Waterloo Regional Council, including Mayoralty candidates. |
| 9:27am - | KWCon Music!!! Music from Waterloo Region |
| 9:33am - | Interviews with candidates for Waterloo Regional Council, including Mayoralty candidates. |
| 10:00am - | Farm Radio International shares stories from rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa, where some of the most vulnerable people on earth are turning to nature for solutions to a changing climate. |
| 10:30am - | News from the local communities in Waterloo Region: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich, and North Dumfries. This a Local Journalism Initiative show. |
| 11:00am - | An hour of programmer created content, podcasts, music, interviews, and community announcements. |
| 12:00pm - | The Reality Check (%Syndicated) Exploring a wide range of controversies and curiosities by probing popular myths and exposing the surprising truth behind them. |
| 1:00pm - | Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada’s podcast series that explores the freshest ideas in agriculture and food. |
| 2:00pm + | Show for the Arab community in the Arabic Language. |
| 8:00pm + | What would you put on a Golden Record to the universe? |
| 9:00pm + | The show where we play a little bit of everything! |
| 10:00pm + | A little Musicology and social history. |
| 11:00pm + | Chats and interviews with host Stuart Brown. |
| Thursday, 15 October 2026 | |
| 12:00am · | A retro-alternative show focusing on New Wave, punk, ska, early goth. |
| 1:00am · | Counting down the Top 20 albums of the week from across Canada according to www.earshot-online.com |
| 3:00am · | More Rock and Roll from the sixties and seventies. |
| 4:00am · | Metal * Loud Metal. Death Metal. Goth Metal. Thrash Metal. Power Metal. None of that namby-pamby stuff from our digital music library. A Drop-In DJ show! |
| 4:30am · | Some Jazz music to start your day by Canadian musicians and musicians around the world. |
| 5:30am · | Every day a new host takes over the show, featuring only artists from the earshot-distro.ca website. |
| 6:00am + | Street Hop (#Replay) Carmelo brings you more of the best in local hip hop. |
| 7:58am + | Illustrates the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. |
| 8:00am + | A daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. |
| 9:00am - | Interviews with candidates for Waterloo Regional Council, including Mayoralty candidates. |
| 9:27am - | KWCon Music!!! Music from Waterloo Region |
| 9:33am - | Interviews with candidates for Waterloo Regional Council, including Mayoralty candidates. |
| 10:00am - | Welcome to the inside secrets to the total financial freedom journey. |
| 10:30am - | News from the local communities in Waterloo Region: Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, Wellesley, Wilmot, Woolwich, and North Dumfries. This a Local Journalism Initiative show. |
| 11:00am - | Audio Salad An electic mix of rock, alternative, hip hop, reggae. I like a lot of different things. |
| 12:00pm - | An exciting one hour, weekly global music alternative to jukebox radio. |
| 1:00pm - | Canadian folk music from the Radio Waterloo library. |
| 2:00pm + | A weekly radio show featuring students from St Mary's High School. |
| 3:00pm + | Classical Coffee Break (*Archives) Classical and concert music presented by Dwayne Jennings. |
| 4:00pm + | More of the hottest tropical Latin American beats as well as Rancheras, Corridos and Banda music. |
| 6:00pm + | |
| 8:00pm + | Hip Hop * Hip Hop music from our digital library. A Drop-In DJ show! |
| 10:00pm + | Carmelo and Lakes bring you the best in local hip hop. |
| Friday, 16 October 2026 | |
| 12:00am · | DJ Mophead cleans up. |
| 2:00am · | Megamix Show (#Replay) More Reggae Music and Talk. |
| 4:00am · | Reggae and More * A bit more Reggae Music in the night. A Drop-In DJ Show! |
| 4:30am · | Some Jazz music to start your day by Canadian musicians and musicians around the world. |
| 5:30am · | Every day a new host takes over the show, featuring only artists from the earshot-distro.ca website. |
| 6:00am + | Current and past chill music written and performed by Tony Williams from Petersburg, Virginia and other music from up and coming artists. |
| 7:00am + | Michele Kawamoto Perry sits down with a diverse range of leaders to explore leadership styles, philosophies, and breakthrough practices. |
| 7:58am + | Illustrates the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. |
| 8:00am + | A daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. |
| 9:00am - | Interviews with candidates for Waterloo Regional Council, including Mayoralty candidates. |
| 9:27am - | KWCon Music!!! Music from Waterloo Region |
| 9:33am - | Interviews with candidates for Waterloo Regional Council, including Mayoralty candidates. |
| 10:00am - | A vibrant, culture-rich radio show that blends music, meaning, and movement into one powerful listening experience. |
| 11:00am - | Annielean reads poems from her book, Poems of Divine Power. |
| 2:00pm + | Green Planet Monitor with David Kattenburg specializes in global environment, development and social justice issues. |
| 3:00pm + | Music with Kara Shaw Kara Shaw plays piano and sings the songs of the 50s 60s, and 70s (oldies). |
| 3:30pm + | Hug The Moment Hug The Moment cuts through the noise of a distracted culture, where ordinary guests name what they’ve lost, what they’ve learned, and how they keep showing up. |
| 4:00pm + | Audio news reports and podcasts from the Grand River Media Collective. |
| 5:00pm + | Some more Musicology and social history. |
| 6:00pm + | The Tune Up Luke Hodgson plays Jazz records. |
| 7:00pm + | An Immigrant Success and Lifestyle Music and Talk Show |
| 8:00pm + | Echoes of Stories Real-life tales are narrated with heart and authenticity. |
| 8:30pm + | Jazz music by Canadian musicians. |
| 9:00pm + | Are You Ready To Experience? |
| 10:00pm + | 80s synth-pop, dance-pop, pop/rock, new wave, hi-NRG, and Italo-disco music. |
| 11:00pm + | The week's best new electronic dance, pop, trance, house, and melodic techno music. |
| Saturday, 17 October 2026 | |
| 12:00am · | Listen to Aaron's library on shuffle without the chaos. |
| 1:00am · | Multi genre late night mixshow with DJ Maciek. |
| 3:00am · | Episodes of Into The Void and From The Void from the archives. |
| 4:00am · | Contemporary and Smooth Jazz Featuring Canadian Performers. |
| 5:00am · | An Immigrant Success and Lifestyle Music and Talk Show |
| 6:00am + | Swing and Dance music from the Hepcat Swing Community Dance and Music Studio. |
| 7:00am + | Jackson Reed interviews a guest, pulls a record, plays 20 questions to identify the record, then talks about the record. |
| 7:58am + | Illustrates the amazing lives of birds and give listeners a momentary respite from the news of the day. |
| 8:00am + | Moments of Hope Centred on encouragement, reflection, and hope for everyday life. |
| 8:30am + | Enjoy some Swing Jazz and Blues from the Radio Waterloo digital archives! |
| 10:00am + | Classical Music * Classical and Concert music. |
| 11:00am + | The show where we play a little bit more of everything! |
| 12:00pm + | Easy Listening * Take it easy on a Saturday morning. |
| 12:30pm + | Interviews with the partner organizations of the Civic Hub Waterloo Region. |
| 1:00pm + | Easy Listening * Take it easy on a Saturday morning. |
| 1:30pm + | Welcome to the inside secrets to the total financial freedom journey. |
| 2:00pm + | Megamix Show Reggae Music and Talk. |
| 4:00pm + | The hottest tropical Latin American beats as well as Rancheras, Corridos and Banda music. |
| 6:00pm + | A diverse Caribbean radio show which plays a large range of Reggae, Dancehall, Ska, Rock-steady and Lovers-rock. |
| 8:00pm + | Everything good in life is worth discussing. |
| 9:00pm + | weird noise. good taste. open late. |
| 10:00pm + | Truth Radio (#Replay) Old school Hip-Hop music and talk radio. |
| 11:00pm + | BDC Radio Show BDC Radio Show is hip hop music. |
| Sunday, 18 October 2026 | |
| 12:00am · | The week's best new electronic dance, pop, trance, house, and melodic techno music. |
| 1:00am · | EDM, Trance, House, Techno, and Dubstep from our Digital Music Library. A Drop-In DJ show! |
| 2:00am · | Indigicon * Music by Indigenous artists from our Digital Music Library. |
| 4:00am · | World music from our Digital Music Library. |
| 6:00am + | It sure ain’t your Grand pappy’s fiddle music! |
| 7:00am + | A Ukranian Almanac with Stefan Andrusiak |
| 7:30am + | Croatian Radio |
| 9:30am + | A Hindi music program hosted by Indira Singh. |
| 12:00pm + | A magazine show on the Somalian community. |
| 1:00pm + | First Nations issues of concern Up coming events Guest speakers And Indigenous music |
| 2:00pm + | Featuring current and past chill music written and performed by Tony Williams from Petersburg, Virginia and other music from up and coming artists. |
| 3:00pm + | Community service, to Eritreans living in Canada. |
| 4:00pm + | Weaving conversations with Indigenous language and knowledge keepers together with music by Indigenous artists. |
| 4:30pm + | The All Out Show A focus on music, geek culture, pop culture, movies and what's trending locally. |
| 6:30pm + | Truth Radio Old school Hip-Hop music and talk radio. |
| 7:30pm + | Canadian Music by Canadian Musicians! |
| 8:30pm + | Join our newest DJs and show hosts as they get their on-air training to Start A New Show. |
| 10:00pm + | Showcasing new music in the Radio Waterloo library! |
Legend
| Colour | Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| White | (none) | Original CKMS programming |
| Yellow | # | CKMS replayed shows. These timeslots are available for new shows! |
| Blue | ^ | Public Service Announcements and Advertisements |
| Green | % | Syndicated programs (shows produced at other radio stations). These timeslots are available for new shows! |
| Green | * | These timeslots are available for new shows! See How To Start A New Show |
| Red | ~ | Pre-empted – The regularly scheduled show has been pre-empted for a special presentation |
| White times | + | Prime time hours (6am-9am and 2pm-midnight weekdays, 6am-midnight weekends) |
| Shaded times | – | Off-peak hours (9am-2pm weekdays) |
| Dark shaded times | · | Off-peak, overnight (midnight-6am daily) |