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.
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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: Dylan Bravener, Jeff Stager, Steve Todd, 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 on Fridays from 3:00pm to 4:00pm.
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CKMS Community Connections for 27 January 2023 with Matt Burdett Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Photo Gallery Show Notes Bob Jonkman talks to Matt Burdett of Lost Faculty about his new single, Muddy My Mind, the sound he’s trying to achieve, the songwriting process, the ins and outs of music publishing, and his upcoming gigs. The interview starts at 2m58s. Online: Facebook: Matt Burdett | Facebook Instagram: … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 27 January 2023 with Matt Burdett CKMS Community Connections for 23 January 2023 with Peter Tudisco of the Kiwanis Club of Cambridge Show Notes Podcast Index Show Notes Jeff Stager talks with Peter Tudisco of the Kiwanis Club of Cambridge about service clubs. The interview starts at 6m59s. Kiwanis Club of Cambridge Website: https://cambridgekiwanis.org/ Twitter: @CambridgKiwanis | Twitter Facebook: Cambridge Kiwanis Club | Facebook E-mail: kiwaniscambridge@gmail.com Peter Tudisco Facebook: Peter Tudisco | Facebook E-mail: peter@buonvino.com Phone: +1‑519‑239‑9316 Upcoming … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 23 January 2023 with Peter Tudisco of the Kiwanis Club of Cambridge CKMS Community Connections for 20 January 2023 with Tim McInnes Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes Tim McInnes joins Bob Jonkman by telephone to talk about his music, collaborators, composing, pianos, and classical composers. The interview starts at 5m20s. Online: Twitter: @timmcinnes2 | Twitter Facebook: Tim McInnes | Facebook YouTube: Tim McInnes | YouTube TikTok: Tim McInnes | (@timmcinnes880) | TikTok SoundCloud: Tim McInnes | … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 20 January 2023 with Tim McInnes CKMS Community Connections for 13 January 2023 with Tamara Lorincz of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and Stuart Ross of World Beyond War Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes Bob Jonkman talks with Tamara Lorincz, who’s involved with a number of Peace and Social Justice organizations, and Stuart Ross from World Beyond War. On last week’s CKMS Community Connections I spoke with Tamara and Stuart briefly at the “No F35 Fighter Jets” rally, but there was so much … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 13 January 2023 with Tamara Lorincz of Canadian Voice of Women for Peace and Stuart Ross of World Beyond War CKMS Community Connections for 6 January 2023 with Tamara Lorincz, Stuart Ross, Alex, and Steven of the #NoFighterJets Protest Rally Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Photo Gallery Show Notes Today’s show is a mix of protest music, KWCon music by musicians from Waterloo Region, and some live reports from the #NoFighterJets protest rally outside MP Bardish Chagger’s office in Waterloo. No Fighter Jets: Website: https://nofighterjets.ca/ Twitter: @nofighterjets | Twitter Facebook: No Fighter Jets Coalition | Facebook Instagram: … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 6 January 2023 with Tamara Lorincz, Stuart Ross, Alex, and Steven of the #NoFighterJets Protest Rally CKMS Community Connections for 30 December 2022 with Kevin Thomason and Henriette Thompson of Stop Bill 23 Show Notes Podcast Index Show Notes Jeff Stager talks to Kevin Thomason and Henriette Thompson, who organize a number of community groups to stop Bill 23, More Homes Built Faster Act, 2022. The interview starts at 6m07s. This episode was re-broadcast on Guelph University’s CFRU-FM 93.3 on the Breezy Breakfast Radio Hour on 2 January 2023. … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 30 December 2022 with Kevin Thomason and Henriette Thompson of Stop Bill 23 CKMS Community Connections for 19 December 2022: The Christmas Edition with Brian Chris and Chris Collins Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes Brian Chris and producer Chris Collins are in the studio, and perform a Live, On-Air, In-Studio Christmas concert! The interview starts at 3m44s. Brian Chris Online: YouTube: Bee Bunch Publishing | YouTube Bandcamp: Brian Chris | Bandcamp E-mail: td4bc6@gmail.com Telephone: +1‑519‑590‑7508 You can get The Broken String by Brian … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 19 December 2022: The Christmas Edition with Brian Chris and Chris Collins CKMS Community Connections for 9 December 2022 with Andrew Jacob Rinehart Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Video Show Notes The interview starts at 7m55s. Online: Website: https://andrewjacobrinehart.ca/ “Sometime in the fall…” Bandcamp: Andrew Jacob Rinehart | Bandcamp YouTube: Andrew Jacob Rinehart | YouTube E-mail: andrewrineharp@gmailcom Podcast Download: ckms-community-connections-2022-12-09-episode105.mp3 (52.3 MB, 54m27s, episode 105) Index Time Title Album Artist 0m00s Theme for CKMS Community Connections ccc CKMS Community Connections … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 9 December 2022 with Andrew Jacob Rinehart Community Connections for 18 November 2022: Loon Town Again! Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Footage Show Notes Loon Town is back in the studio! Bob Jonkman talks with Danielle Savage, Nic Hyatt, and Dave Lacalamita about their tour of Ontario and Québec, making their video for Silver Flowers, musical collaboration, and writing harmonies. And Loon Town performs some songs, Live, On-Air, In-studio! The interview starts at … Continue reading Community Connections for 18 November 2022: Loon Town Again! CKMS Community Connections for 7 November 2022: In-Studio with Loon Town Show Notes Podcast Index Bonus Footage Show Notes Bob Jonkman talks to Dave Lacalamita of Loon Town about the band, songwriting, teaching music, and politics. The interview starts at 4m06s. Online: Website: https://thisisloontown.com/ Facebook: Loon Town | Facebook Instagram: @loon_town | Instagram YouTube: Loon Town | YouTube Bandcamp: Loon TGown | Bandcamp SoundCloud: Loon Town | SoundCloud … Continue reading CKMS Community Connections for 7 November 2022: In-Studio with Loon Town 
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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