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Celebrate CJSR’s 30th anniversary at City Hall
Edmonton’s radio dial might be overcrowded, but CJSR 88.5 FM still manages to survive. The listener-funded, volunteer-driven community station is celebrating its 30th anniversary on Tuesday, Jan. 7 —...
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Peak Performance Project unveils Alberta finalists
Twelve musical acts, including five from the Edmonton area, will vie for more than $225,000 in a talent contest sponsored by a Calgary radio station. Soul-pop songstress Nuela Charles, hip-hop artist...
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The Q Continuum: Thoughts on the intimate impact of Jian Ghomeshi
Former CBC radio host Jian Ghomeshi Radio is, perhaps, the most intimate of all media forms. When we go to the movies, we are kept at a distance, watching gods perform on the great white screen in...
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A purr-fect podcast for pet lovers
Do cats and dogs like music? Edmonton radio host Sarah Hoyles examines this question in the first episode of her purr-fect podcast, Pet Sounds. The monthly program, available at petsoundsradio.com or...
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Day in History, Dec. 16, 1935: City youth listens to his radio while skiing...
Listening to music or a radio program when you’re outside being active is simple today with pocket-sized, portable electronic devices. In 1935 it was practically unheard of, which is why a 22-year-old...
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Granting of Christmas wish changed our lives forever
It was the Christmas season of 1992 in Edmonton. I was employed as Dick Scott, on-air newsman and comic foil for the Wes Montgomery morning radio show on CFRN-AM. Jill was working as an operating room...
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Life & Times: Radio executive Patrick Cardinal lived a life full of friends
Patrick Cardinal, 1961 – 2016 Patrick Cardinal turned a childhood fascination with radio into a successful cross-Canada career that will culminate with a posthumous induction into the Canadian Music...
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Radio host Holger Petersen publishes another illuminating book of musician...
There are music fans and fans of musicians. If you’re one those latter types who wants to know what really drives a particular artist, then prepare to be enlightened with the second compilation of...
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Acclaimed songwriter finds an old band, a new home and some radio activity...
Ron Sexsmith likes radio play — he even has an upbeat new single called Radio — but he makes songs on his own terms. At 53 the singer-guitarist is one of the most acclaimed songwriters in Canadian...
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