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Audio Salad, New Music, Radio Waterloo Production, Shows, Special Presentation

AUDIO SALAD w/ PROLIFIC TRICKS – Episode 12 ; Air Date: Aug 27th, 2026 feat. Sleeping Wave

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Hey music fans,

This week it’s a very special edition of Audio Salad, featuring an exclusive interview with Scottish/Australian two-piece, Sleeping Wave. We talk about how they make it work living 10,000 miles apart, how they met in UK radio, where does their name come from, songwriting, radio, influences, Melbourne and Edinburgh slang, future plans in the works, and so much more! Don’t miss out on this amazing conversation, make sure to tune in live or on demand!

Here’s the track list for the 12th episode of Audio Salad!

You can listen below via the embedded player near the bottom of this post.

CKMS 102.7 FM, 11am EST – 12pm EST

Start Time Title Performer/Creator CANCON
11:00:00 BACK & FORTH PROLIFIC TRICKS (theme)
11:00:09 SHOW INTRO JASON PATTERSON / PROLIFIC TRICKS Y
11:00:50 CAVALRY SLEEPING WAVE N
11:04:13 ON AIR INTERVIEW WITH… SLEEPING WAVE
11:16-18 SWEET JANE (in background) COWBOY JUNKIES Y
11:18:10 WHEAT KINGS (in background) TRAGICALLY HIP Y
11:19:01 ON AIR INTERVIEW CONT’D SLEEPING WAVE
01:19:08 CAVALRY
(in background)		 SLEEPING WAVE N
11:49:44 ON AIR INTERVIEW CONTD SLEEPING WAVE
11:50:18 SWEET JANE COWBOY JUNKIES Y
11:53:45 TRY BLUE RODEO Y
11:57:41 DJ TALKING JASON PATTERSON / PROLIFIC TRICKS

See you next time, Thursdays from 11am EST – 12pm EST!

Audio Salad is an eclectic mix of rock, hip hop, reggae, indie, alternative,  and much more. Each week will be a new journey, with an emphasis on Canadian talent.

Audio Salad is hosted by Canadian recording artist Prolific Tricks aka Jason Patterson and airs on CKMS 102.7 FM Radio Waterloo, Thursdays from 11am EST to 12pm EST & on demand.

My debut album, Down to Earth (2026), and additional tracks  are  available at ProlificTricks.Bandcamp.com & all music platforms.

I can be reached at ProlificTrickery@Gmail.com or on Instagram @ProlificTrickery @AudioSaladCKMS and would love to hear from you!

CKMS Community News, Newsroom

Rink volunteers are needed at the City of Kitchener. If you can brave the cold, it might be for you.

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Host: Leah Gerber

There are about 25 neighbourhood rinks throughout Kitchener, and they are all run by volunteers who go out in the darkest and coldest time of night to keep the rinks clear and flooded. It’s not a glamorous job, but Chris Letizi, a volunteer rink coordinator for the rink at the Stanley Park Community Centre, says the role a rink plays in fostering community by providing a place for kids and families to get out and skate or for groups to play hockey, is worth it. He says finding volunteers willing to come out and do the work to keep the rinks operating is a problem all across the city and hopes more people will pitch in to share the load. Josh Joseph runs the Love My Hood program with the city and says the outdoor rink program is a decades-old program that could not run without volunteers.

CKMS Community News, Newsroom, Shows

CKMS News -2023-10-17- Radio Waterloo Responds to Meta’s C-18 Reaction

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CKMS News – 2023-10-17- CKMS Responds to Meta’s C-18 Reaction

by: dan kellar

Waterloo – “We have not been able to engage with any of our listeners on those platforms… We’re just getting caught up in it and it is not very fair to us.” is how Radio Waterloo’s president Nat Persaud responded when asked by CKMS News about the effects of Meta’s actions which de-platformed and restricted the community radio station’s Facebook and Instagram pages.

Similar to many community radio station across the country, Radio Waterloo, also known as CKMS, started to see restrictions on Facebook posts in August, and by September the station’s Facebook posts and profile were not viewable by folks inside of Canada. In early October, Radio Waterloo’s Instagram account had the same restrictions.

Meta has introduced restrictions on their platforms in response to the Canadian government’s bill C-18, which became law in June 2023 and is on track to come into full force in December. The bill, known as the Online News Act, in part seeks to impose fees on large social media and search engine companies for allowing Canadian created news content to be shared as links on their platforms, in effect charging the internet companies for re-publishing content if they profit from the interaction through selling advertising space or collecting and selling user info.  

At this time, only Google and Meta meet the triggering guidelines of the legislation, though if other companies increase their revenues or presence in Canada, they too would have to follow the new regulations. Google has said they will implement their reaction to C-18 in December, with the delisting of news from the platform. 

For today’s show, CKMS News spoke with CKMS President Nat Persaud and CKMS News editor Bob Jonkman, who are both members of the station’s technical team, and Barry Rooke, the executive director of the National Community and Campus Radio Association.  The interviews included questions about the effects of bill C-18 on station operations, adaptations to the social media restrictions (like joining the fediverse), and ideas of the role of the government in funding community radio and local news.

For more in-depth background and analysis on Bill C-18, lawyer Michael Geist has discussed C-18 thoroughly on his website and podcast, which you can find at michaelgeist.ca/tag/c-18/

I Am Everything

I AM EVERYTHING – EP 20: GOD LIKE (FT KENNY HOTZ)

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Kenny Hotz is a Canadian entertainer, South Park staff writer, “Kenny” of the Comedy Central television series Kenny vs. Spenny, creator of the FX series Testees, and Kenny Hotz’s Triumph of the Will. He has received numerous international awards for his film, television, and digital content. Hotz is a former Vice host and contributor who began his career as a Gulf War photo-journalist and is the godson of folk singer Joni Mitchell. In 2013 he was awarded the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers from the Governor General of Canada.