CKUW News

And the Award goes to…

2012-05-07T15:51:27+00:00

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:

Favourite Spoken Word Show: Cineflyer
Favourite Music Show: Twang Trust
Favourite Radio Host: John Iverson, host of Shades of Classics
Special Performance: Radio Comic Book Theatre heard weekly on Winnipeg Arena’s on Fire

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

2012-05-02T19:57:11+00:00

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!

2012-04-23T19:37:32+00:00

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?

2012-04-11T18:14:39+00:00

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!

2012-03-13T21:22:40+00:00

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

2012-02-28T21:54:00+00:00

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:

archive.ckuw.ca – Alphabetical program & archive list
collection.ckuw.ca – Search our music collection
feedback.ckuw.ca – Give us feedback about CKUW
fundrive.ckuw.ca – Donate and support us
listen.ckuw.ca – Direct link to our live stream
workitout.ckuw.ca – Our new exercise show

Thank you Winnipeg!

2012-02-24T21:33:39+00:00

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!

2012-02-17T23:50:26+00:00

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

2012-02-17T19:05:33+00:00

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

2012-02-17T02:44:11+00:00

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!

Mid-day Wednesday update.

2012-02-15T18:30:18+00:00

Thank you again to everyone who has supported CKUW so far during our Fundrive. We are passionate about alternative community radio and we love hearing from our equally passionate listeners.

The Info Booth is open to receive pledge payment from 10am to 6pm every weekday. The CKUW Colouring book is available for any pledge this year. We have a number of great events still happening this week, you can see the full list here: Events

We’re still a long way from our goal of $53,000 so we need our listeners to dig deep and pledge for the love of independent radio. Pledge online at fundrive.ckuw.ca or call 204-774-6877 – friendly operators are standing by to take your pledge.

Tonight at the Lo Pub:

Tuesday update, pledge your support now - 774-6877

2012-02-14T22:30:49+00:00

Thanks to everyone who’s pledged so far to Fundrive 2012. We just passed $17,800 and Robin is working towards her show goal of $1,200.

Pledge by phone at 204-774-6877 or online at fundrive.ckuw.ca

Don’t forget all our great events or just come on down to the Lo Pub where we broadcast live every evening starting around 6pm.

Pledges can be paid in person at the U of W info booth open 10-6 Monday to Friday.

Fundrive Monday Update

2012-02-14T01:30:22+00:00

As of 6pm our pledge total for 2012 is $13,665

Thank you to everyone who’s contributed so far, we truly appreciate your support. The Info Booth at the U of W is open daily from 10am to 6pm to receive your donations and to pick up your incentives.

We need to raise $53,000 by Friday the 17th, so we’ve got a long way to go. Keep pledging by phone at 204-774-6877, online at fundrive.ckuw.ca Pictured is one of the DIY colour your own shirts available for your pledge of $70 (and up) this year.

FUNDRIVE 2012 Day 3

2012-02-12T20:20:08+00:00

Yeah! We have had $6,900 pledged to FUNdrive so far. You know who you are. Thank you very much!

To honour your pledge and pick up your incentives, the Info Booth in Centennial Hall at the University of Winnipeg is open from 10am to 6pm. Also, while supplies last, you will receive a limited CKUW Colouring Book when you pay your pledge.

To register a pledge, call 774-6877 or donate online. Our goal to raise $53, 000 by Friday, February 17 is achieved through your generousity. Incentives start at $35 and there are awesome prize packages to be drawn on all shows for a donation of $70+.

Fundrive 2012 Day 2

2012-02-11T18:55:45+00:00

We’ve just passed $3000 for this years Fundrive but we’ve go along ways to go! Thanks to everyone so far for the support, we need to reach $53,000 by Friday. The full list of Fundrive events is here: ckuw.ca/events

If you’ve made a pledge and would like to pick up your incentives, please come to the Info Booth in Centennial Hall at the University of Winnipeg. We’re open from 10am to 6pm.

Call 774-6877 to pledge or donate online.

Fundrive 2012 is on!

2012-02-10T18:15:28+00:00

Fundrive 2012 kicked off at noon today.

Tune in today to 6pm for our annual top 50 music countdown, special guests and live performances. Our goal this year is $53,000 pledged to support listener driven radio in downtown Winnipeg. You can pledge online or call us at 204-774-6877

Pledge early, pledge often, and don’t forget that we’ve got a week full of great events for you to enjoy.

Fundrive begins on Friday

2012-02-08T00:27:32+00:00

Fundrive 2012 our annual pledge campaign kicks off on Friday February 10th at noon. We’ll start with a count down of the top 50 albums of the last year with special interviews and performances from our friends.

Tune in for guest appearances, special programming, on air stunts and more as we head towards our goal of $53,000. If you donate $35 or more you’ll be eligible for some great thank-you gifts from CKUW including this years very special colouring book.

You can pledge to your favourite shows right now online at fundrive.ckuw.ca

Twang Trust Teaser

2012-02-01T06:25:19+00:00

Time for another glimpse at what’s to come with the CKUW Colouring Book.

This snippet is from a page created by Stu Reid, host of the Twang Trust Wednesdays at 6pm.

Fundrive Teaser

2012-01-26T22:48:44+00:00

One of the great incentives available for your pledge this year will be the very special CKUW Colouring Book

The book will feature art from many CKUW friends including Devon Kerslake, Jenny Henkleman, Tyson Bodnarchuck, Stu Reid and more. Here’s another teaser, featuring art by Devon Kerslake.

Fundrive countdown begins

2012-01-18T17:20:05+00:00

We’re gearing up for our annual Fundrive which kicks off Feb 10th at noon.

Our volunteers are busy preparing special programs, arranging live performances, special donor incentives and more! Our goal this year is $53,000 in pledges and we’ll need your help to get there.