Broadcasting Live-To-Air from the DJ booth at the KW Multicultural Festival on 25 and 26 June 2022.
Day Two of the KW Multicultural Festival – Riley brought his car! Just the right colour for a CKMS-FM logo!
And some Facebook video from Felix Ranchero:
On Saturday, 4 June 2022 CKMS-FM held its Volunteer Appreciation Picnic. It was a bit cool, jacket weather, so turnout was lower than expected. But those who came had good conversations, listened to good music, ate good pizza, and had a good time.
The Video Crown the Radio Star award is given to the show that best utilizes the OTF video system to support their program: Felix Ranchero of Atardecer Ranchero / Dusk On Ranch.
The Teamwork Transition award is given to the best 1-2 seamless transition programs on CKMS: Raphael Kanai, DJ Maciek, Andre Brown, and DJDC AJ Baylee of The Wax Jungle and Carmelo Farruggio of Street Hop.
The SoundFM Soldier award is given to two members who have put in a lot of work behind the scenes to keep CKMS Community Radio alive. The term “SoundFM” was once used as the name of the station as community members put in countless hours of volunteer work to keep the station alive: Bob Jonkman and Jeff Stager of the Technical Committee.
Sonic Boom is a throw-back to the old CKMS Sonic Boom awards and is awarded to the best music based program of the year: Nat Persaud of Pressure Drop and Mr. Smart of Requiem For Rock.
The winner of the Robot Apocalypse Remote Broadcast award is Rob McKenna of Mano A Mano.
The Most Original Program award is given to an original program that you will not find on radio anywhere but on CKMS! Dr. Tikl of Klausterfokken.
The Local Liaison of Canada award is given to a DJ who puts local stories on a national level: The winner is the CKMS Newsroom.
The Best Graphic Material award is given to a program that is creating the best accompanying images for their podcast or program: Rob Curwain of Rob’s Rewind.
The FUNdraiser Of The Year award is given to a FUN spirit during our fundraising efforts: DJ Steel.
The Freshest Beats award is given to a great program that is in its first 3 years: May Cooper of Changemakers Without Borders and Val Scheer of Val Scheer’s Eclectic Garage.
The Best Cultural/Culturally Diverse Show is awarded to a show that either features many different cultures or represents a culture that is under-represented in the area: Narine Dat Sookram of Caribbean Spice.
The Best Talk Focus award is given to a show that has had the best talk focused programs for the year: Shyun Atøwn of I Am Everything.
The Best LP Show (LP is “Long Playing”) is awarded to the years best show that has been running for 3+ years: Cam Matthews of Denim Entertainment Radio.
The Community Radio Award is given to a show that exemplifies what Community Radio is all about: Jenniefer Stronge (Executive Producer), James Jordan, Jeff Stager, Dylan Bravener, and Bob Jonkman of CKMS Community Connections.
The DJ AdRock Memorial Award for Exceptional DJing is given to a DJ who exemplifies the qualities of the EDJ Academy: Indira Singh of Sargam.
Last week members of the Radio Waterloo Tech and Space Committee spent their evening putting up the CKMS-FM banner over the entrance door.
Members from the Tech and Space committee raising the banner are Nat Persaud (Coordinator), Jeff Stager, Cam Matthews, and Bob Jonkman.
Welcome To The Civic Hub promotes the grassroots and small nonprofit organizations working to make lives better for everyone in Waterloo Region. Join the 23 groups already booking space for their activities, events or joint initiatives. These partners of the 
Civic Hub Waterloo Region are active in a range of fields: environmental justice, democratic reform, arts and culture, anti-poverty, anti-racism, human rights, ethnocultural and newcomer support, technology, peace and nonviolence, spirituality and wellbeing.
Welcome To The Civic Hub is hosted by Bob Jonkman, and is sponsored by the Social Development Centre of Waterloo Region. Some funding for the Civic Hub is provided by Heritage Canada through the Community Support, Multiculturalism, and Anti-Racism Initiatives Program.
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What a record turn out of CKMS DJ’s at the After Holiday Party! The Golden MP3 Awards took physical form! Here is the recap of the what was given out!
The Local Liaison of Canada award is given to a DJ who puts local stories on a national level: Rashmi Sanjay, host of In Conversation with Rashmi.
The Best Talk Focus award is given to a show that has had the best talk focused programs for the year: James Jordan, Jenniefer Stronge, and Bob Jonkman who host CKMS Community Connections.
The Most Original Program award is given to an original program that you will not find on radio anywhere but on CKMS! The winner is Vin Maru of Tolking Cannabis.
The FUNdraiser Of The Year award is given to a FUN spirit during our fundraising efforts! The winner is Narendra Grover who hosts Sur Sangeet
The Freshest Beats award is given to a great program that is in its first 3 years! The winner is Jeff Stager, host of Golden Record.
Sonic Boom is a throw-back to the old CKMS Sonic Boom awards and is awarded to the best music based program of the year. The winner is Nat Persaud, hosting Pressure Drop.
The DJ AdRock Memorial Award for Exceptional DJing is given to a DJ who exemplifies the qualities of the EDJ Academy. The winner is Francis Claire of 3 Nines Radio: Tape Tuesdays /w Francis Claire.
The Teamwork Transition award is given to the best 1-2 seamless transition programs on CKMS: The winners are Chris Sherren and Riley Powis from Into The Void and The Riley Powis Show.
The Video King the Radio Star award is given to the show who best utilizes the OTF video system to support their program. The winner is Sean Bush of Reggae Patrol.
The SoundFM Soldier award is given to two members who have put in a lot of work behind the scenes to keep CKMS Community Radio alive. The term “SoundFM” was once used as the name of the station as community members put in countless hours of volunteer work to keep the station alive. The winners are Chris Sherren and Bob Jonkman, both on the Tech Committee.
The Best Cultural/Culturally Diverse show is awarded to a show the best show that either features many different cultures or represents a culture that is under represented in the area. The winner is Bassam Awwad of the Mazaj Show.
The Best LP Show (LP is “Long Playing”) is awarded to the years best show that has been running for 3+ years. The winner is Souljah Sessions.
The Community Radio Award is given to a show that exemplifies what Community Radio is all about – COMMUNITY! The winner is Narine Dat Sookram of Let’s Chit Chat With Narine Dat.
The Best Graphic Material award is given to a program who is creating the Best accompanying images for their podcast or program. The winner is Rob McKenna of Mano A Mano.
"Let's Chit Chat with Narine Dat" is LIVE with Bob Jonkman, Computer Consultant & Politician. Interview starts right at 10 am eastern time…..Always putting People before Profit!
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Chit Chat with Narine Dat – Jan 8th, 2020 with Bob Jonkman
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Got music, spoken word, or other interesting stuff? Let us know at office@radiowaterloo.ca
Download: ckms-community-connections-2019-04-29.mp3 (163 MBytes, 1h58m48s)
Bonus: To hype new music that we get in and try to highlight local talent!
CKMS Community Connections has two one-hour slots: One is for a pool of programmers and producers to create quality content, the other for drop-in conversation and new music, hosted by a small pool of programmers
CKMS Community Connections has a workshop series for producing radio/podcast/webcast: interviews, storytelling, podcast creation, video creation, and “Train the trainer” sessions on how to produce your own radio show. We’ll produce training documentation: webcasting, live to air programming, podcast production.
Live-To-Air broadcasting is a component, so when something happens somewhere else… We’ll have live -to-air discussion/talk/podcast recording at some community venue, maybe the library, maybe City Hall…
CKMS Community Connections is an ongoing drop-in training timeslot with experienced CKMS trainers for new programmers and existing programmers to refresh skills and learn new programs.
Executive Producer: Jenniefer Stronge
Contributing Producers: Jeff Stager and Bob Jonkman
Theme music by Steven Todd
Join us! CKMS Community Connections Hour One currently airs on Mondays from 11:00am to noon, and Hour Two airs alternate Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
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CKMS Community Connections for 22 May 2023 with Jim Stewart of the Waterloo Region Health Coalition Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes Jim Stewart of the Waterloo Region Health Coalition returns to CKMS Community Connections to talk about the latest developments in Doug Ford’s privatization of the public healthcare system in Ontario, and tells us of the referendum to stop the privatization of public hospitals to for-profit hospitals and clinics. Polling … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 22 May 2023 with Jim Stewart of the Waterloo Region Health Coalition CKMS Community Connections for 8 May 2023 with guest hosts Anabela Tadic and James Mattar Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes Today guest hosts Anabela Tadic and James Mattar, students in St. Mary’s High School’s Music and Computers Program take over the airwaves! Anabela tells us about the history of Industrial Music, and James analyzes the musical composition of some Electronic Music. Anabela’s segment starts at 0m55s, and James’s segment … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 8 May 2023 with guest hosts Anabela Tadic and James Mattar CKMS Community Connections for 1 May 2023 with Neal Moogk-Soulis of The Monarchist League of Canada Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes Bob Jonkman talks with Neal Moogk-Soulis of The Monarchist League of Canada about the role of the League, the role of the Monarchy in Canada, the coronation of King Charles III, republicanism in Canada, and a cost/benefit analysis of the Monarchy. The interview starts at 5m13s. The Monarchist League … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 1 May 2023 with Neal Moogk-Soulis of The Monarchist League of Canada CKMS Community Connections for 24 April 2023 with Liz Drew and Tristan Gervais Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes Liz Drew and Tristan Gervais give a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance, and talk to Bob Jonkman about music, road trips, and mechatronics. The interview starts at 4m06s. Online: All on Instagram! Liz Drew: @lizmdrew Tristan Gervais: @tristan_gervais Midnight Maple: @midnight_maple Podcast Download: ckms-community-connections-2023-04-24-episode122-Liz-Drew-and-Tristan-Gervais.mp3 (50 MB, 54m28s, episode 122) Index … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 24 April 2023 with Liz Drew and Tristan Gervais CKMS Community Connections for 17 April 2023: The CFUW Book Sale with Rowena Samuel and Alison Watson Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes Bob Jonkman talks to Rowena Samuel and Alison Watson from CFUW (The Canadian Federation of Women) about the upcoming giant used book sale. There’s info about CFUW, their programs, the scholarships, the advocacy work, and the social groups. Some errors crept into our conversation. Mary Sehl writes: There are … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 17 April 2023: The CFUW Book Sale with Rowena Samuel and Alison Watson CKMS Community Connections for 14 April 2023 with Caleb Khuu and Rosie Samra Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Photo Gallery Show Notes Caleb Khuu is in the studio for a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance on guitar, accompanied by Rosie Samra doing the vocals! This was to have been some advance publicity for his show at The Jazz Room on Friday 21 April 2023, but it’s already sold out! Rosie Samra … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 14 April 2023 with Caleb Khuu and Rosie Samra CKMS Community Connections for 10 April 2023 with Amy Yardley and Garret Titus of The Purpletones Show Notes Podcast Index Show Notes Jeff Stager talks to Amy Yardley and Garret Titus of The Purpletones about the upcoming KidsAbility fundraiser. Donate at CanadaHelps. The interview starts at 5m41s. Amy Yardley: Facebook: Amy Maria Yardley | Facebook Instagram: @amyyardley2013 | Instagram Garret Titus: Twitter: @TitusGarret | Twitter Facebook: Garret Titus | Facebook Instagram: @lem0nart … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 10 April 2023 with Amy Yardley and Garret Titus of The Purpletones CKMS Community Connections for 3 April 2023 with Lily Braendle and Gabby Martindale of Browns Battle of the Bands Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes The Bands Turning Corners 78 North Martina’s Gun Percocet Blonde Small-Town Strip Club The Organizations Browns Battle of the Bands Facebook: Browns Battle of the Bands | Facebook Instagram: @brownsbattleofthebands | Instagram Business and Education Partnership of Waterloo Region (BEPWR) Website: https://www.bepwr.ca/ Twitter: @BEP_WR | Twitter Facebook: Business and … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 3 April 2023 with Lily Braendle and Gabby Martindale of Browns Battle of the Bands CKMS Community Connections for 20 March 2023 with Joshua Säde James Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes Joshua Säde James gives a Live, On-Air, In-Studio performance and talks to Bob Jonkman about working on a cruise line, song contests and song camps, working with producers, and songwriting. The interview starts at 0m30s. Online: Website: https://joshuasadejames.com/ Twitter: @jsjwarren | Twitter Facebook: @joshuasadejames | Facebook Instagram: @sayjsj | … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 20 March 2023 with Joshua Säde James CKMS Community Connections for 13 March 2023 with Jenna Mayne and Lillie Proksch of Women’s Crisis Services Waterloo Region Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Photo Gallery Show Notes Bob Jonkman talks to Jenna Mayne and Lillie Proksch of Women’s Crisis Services Waterloo Region about the WCSWR and the podcast She Is Your Neighbour. The interview starts at 3m37s. Previously on CKMS Community Connections: CKMS Community Connections for 14 December 2020 with Jen Hutton, of Women’s Crisis … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 13 March 2023 with Jenna Mayne and Lillie Proksch of Women’s Crisis Services Waterloo Region 
Today, we interviewed the Co-Chapter of Fair Vote Canada Bob Jonkman. He educated us about the issues surrounding politics and also educated us about the importance of going to a Proportionate Representation system.
Please check out www.fairvote.ca and sign the petition there to get your voices heard for a Proportionate Representation system. One can also visit the local chapter at http://www.fairvotewrc.ca/.
Fair Vote Canada has the following community consultations scheduled for this year and the dates are as follows:
August 23 – 6:30 p.m.
August 30 – 6:30 p.m.
September 13 – 6:30 p.m.
September 20 – 6:30 pm.
September 27 – 6:30 p.m.
October 4 – 6:30 p.m.
These will be held at Queens Street Commons Cafe. If anyone has any questions, please email Sharon Sommerville at sharonsommerville@gmail.com or info@fairvotewrc.ca.
Fair Vote Canada also had events being held at
Kitchener Public Library – Central Branch from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Thursday September 8, 2016 Registration Required. One can register by going to www.kpl.org as registration is now up.
Elmira Branch
6:30 – 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday September 21, 2016
Region of Waterloo Library
New Hamburg Branch
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Wednesday September 28, 2016
Region of Waterloo Library
Ayr Branch
6:30 to 8:00 p.m.
Thursday September 29, 2016
Region of Waterloo Library
We hope to see you there! Remember, get involved! Here is the interview below. Enjoy!
Bob Jonkman visits our studio today. Bob has lived in the Waterloo Region for 15 years. He has decided to be a candidate for the Green Party by running in the Kitchener-Conestogo riding. Bob brought some great tunes to play.
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