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  • And the Award goes to…

    Posted by Robin on May 7th, 2012

    On Saturday, we hosted our 6th Annual Volunteer Recognition & Listener Appreciation Party. It was a great opportunity to reflect upon and celebrate the excellent programming on CKUW over the past year. Thanks to everyone who came out and congratulations to the awards winners!

    People’s Choice Awards:

    Best of CKUW:

    • Spoken Word Show: Warning Shots
    • Music (Core) Show: Shop Worn Angel
    • Music (Specialty) Show: Voyage
    • Rookie of the Year: Ify Idigbe, co-host on People of Interest
    • Behind the Scenes / Keener: Rob Friesen, music department volunteer who is digitizing local cassette tape archive
    • Community Engagement: Mud & Water
    • Music Department Award: Colin Smith, music librarian extraordinaire

  • Schedule Changes

    Posted by Robin on May 2nd, 2012

    Heads up! One of your favourite CKUW programs may have changed times. Effective immediately, this is when you’ll hear the following shows now.
    Queer in Your Ear will be heard Tuesday mornings at 10:30am creating a nice block of queer programming with This Way Out.
    Making Contact finds a new home Mondays at 1:30pm after the Shortwave Report making a nice hour block of public affairs programming.
    Destination Moon will follow The Tonic at 9pm for a rockin’ music-filled Monday night.
    And finally, CineFlyer moves to Mondays at 10:30pm adding its angle on local arts and culture.

  • WARRIORS COME OUT AND PLAY!

    Posted by Rob on April 23rd, 2012

    It’s time for a ‘Work It Out Radio’ Contest! You can win a fabulous limited edition retro-look Work It Out t-shirt!

    Send in you in your best picture of you with your craziest Work It Out Warrior gear. The first five entries are guaranteed a prize, the remainder will be judged by our expert Warrior panel. Prizes include amazing limited edition Work It Out Radio T-Shirts, Wesmen Gear and more.

    The winners pictures will be announced on workitout.ckuw.ca and posted online!

    Send your pics to warriors@workitout.ckuw.ca

  • Have You Heard?

    Posted by Robin on April 11th, 2012

    CKUW has 2 new shows! They both started last week, Tuesday, April 3rd to be exact. At the End of The Day is a light-hearted entertainment (talk radio) show that features two female co-hosts informally discussing local happenings and events in Winnipeg’s arts & cultural scenes. Their discussions have a particular emphasis on women’s contributions to local, Canadian and global arts & pop culture. The second one is Adam Fuhr’s Got Issues and is a documentation of a lonely man’s attempt at radio stardom. Listeners can tune in weekly to hear as things fall apart.

  • Stylus Magazine, pick up your copy!

    Posted by Rob on March 13th, 2012

    Founded in 1989 Stylus magazine serves as the program guide to CKUW. Stylus is a free publication available at the U of W and around Winnipeg. The magazine is a vehicle for new writers, photographers and artists supporting the myriad musical communities in Winnipeg and the surrounding area.

    The current issue features interviews with Grimes, John K Samson and Royal Canoe among others. You can catch up with Stylus online at the links below or grab a hard copy* (*best option).

  • CKUW Shortcuts

    Posted by Rob on February 28th, 2012

    There is a lot of great content here on ckuw.ca and to help you find it faster, here is a list of web shortcuts to useful parts of our website. Bookmark & enjoy:

  • Thank you Winnipeg!

    Posted by Rob on February 24th, 2012

    The pledges continue to come in for CKUW! If you were away or forgot to pledge you can still do so in person at the U of W Info Booth or online at fundrive.ckuw.ca

    Tim is at the Info Booth to receive your pledges from 10am – 6pm Monday to Friday. The Info Booth is on the first floor of Centennial Hall at the U of W.

    Thanks again to all who have supported us, we will use your donations to help make CKUW the best radio station in Winnipeg!

  • We did it together!

    Posted by Rob on February 17th, 2012

    Thank you to everyone who pledged to CKUW over the last week. More than 800 donors combined to pledge $53,424 for Listener Driven Radio.

    The Info Booth at U of W will re-open on Tuesday to receive payments

    We also need to thank all our amazing friends in the community who contributed food or prizes for this Fundrive, we can’t do this without you!

    Booster Juice
    Jonnies Sticky Buns
    Casa Burrito
    Extreme Pita
    Duckworth Cafe & Eatery
    Pizza Pizza
    Elements Cafe
    Mondragon
    The Lo Pub Bistro
    Organic Planet
    The UWSA ( Soma providing coffee?)
    The Lo Pub
    Half Pints Brewing Co
    Stu Art
    The West End Cultural Centre
    Winnipeg Folk Fest
    Jazz Winnipeg
    Copy Plus
    Guppy Design
    Kustom Kulture
    The Rudolf Rocker
    Natural Cycle
    Disintegration Records
    I’m Trying Records
    MEME
    The Winnipeg Film Group / Cinematheque
    & All the record labels & distributors ( far too many to list) that so generously donated pledge incentives

  • Final hours of Fundrive 2012

    Posted by Rob on February 17th, 2012

    The clock is running down on Fundrive for 2012. We’ve hit $48,709 as of 1pm, so we’ll need another $5,000 minimum to hit our goal of $53,000.

    Please pledge now at fundrive.ckuw.ca or by phone at (204)-774-6877

    Thank you to all who have donated so far, we appreciate the support!

  • Fundrive home stretch update

    Posted by Rob on February 16th, 2012

    Fundrive pledges have just passed $42,000 as of 8:45pm.

    We’re still more than $10,000 from our goal of $53,00 so don’t stop pledging we have less than 20 hours left! Call 204-774-6877 or donate online at fundrive.ckuw.ca

    Your pledge supports our independent alternative radio station and all the amazing programs that we do. Call now!