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  • NCRC 2013

    Posted by Rob on April 22nd, 2013

    CKUW is proud to be hosting the National Campus/Community Radio Conference (NCRC) June 11-15th.

    The NCRC is the annual gathering of non-profit campus & community broadcasters from across Canada. We are organizing professional development workshops, the Community Radio Awards and more. The conference also includes the Annual General Meeting for the National Campus/Community Radio Association ( NCRA ).

    For registration and conference details, check out the conference mini-site: NCRC 2013

  • New Programming Highlights

    Posted by Rob on April 10th, 2013

    We’ve recently added a few new shows to our Wednesday schedule:

    Our latest schedule is always available on this site (ckuw.ca/schedule) and in print in Stylus magazine. Tune in and let us know what you think!

  • CKUW Peoples Choice 2013

    Posted by Rob on March 12th, 2013

    It’s time once again for our celebration of the best of CKUW. Voting for the Peoples Choice Awards is open until April 7th and winners will be announced at our annual Volunteer awards on May 4th.

    Tell us about your favourite CKUW moments from the last year or just send in comments to let us know how we’re doing. You can view photos from last years event on our Flickr page: Volunteer Awards

    Cast your vote here: ckuw.ca/awards

  • Pledge Payment & Prize Pickup

    Posted by Rob on March 1st, 2013

    Thanks again Winnipeg for your support of CKUW & Listener Driven Radio!

    Our Bookstore location is open for pledge payment & prize pickup until March 16th. The U of W Bookstore is in the AnX building, formerly the downtown Greyhound terminal. There is free parking off of Colony St. south and metered parking on Balmoral off of Portage. Fundrive desk hours are:

    • Noon – 5pm Weekdays
    • Noon – 4pm Saturdays

    After March 16th pledges can be paid in person at the CKUW offices. If you have any questions about Fundrive or need to make alternate arrangements for your pledge, please contact our office at 204-786-9782 / [email protected]

  • Thank you to our Community Partners

    Posted by Rob on February 21st, 2013

    It takes an entire community to make a special station like CKUW thrive and we were thrilled by the listener support during last weeks Fundrive. We are still taking pledges online and at the bookstore if you missed your chance.

    We also want to thank all the community partners who helped us out behind the scenes to make Fundrive 2013 our best ever:

    FOOD & DRINK THANK YOUS

    • Booster Juice – 491 Portage Avenue
    • Diversity Foods – 515 Portage Avenue
    • Duckworth Café – Duckworth Centre
    • Garbanzos Pizza Pub – AnX at UW
    • Go Ethiopian – 533 Sargent Avenue
    • Jonnie’s StickyBuns – 941 Portage Avenue
    • Mondragon – 91 Albert Street
    • Organic Planet – 877 Westminster Avenue
    • Pizza Pizza – 600 Portage Avenue
    • SOMA Cafe – Duckworth Centre

    GOODS & SERVICES THANK YOUS

    • Brendan Ackerman
    • Copy Plus
    • Jazz Winnipeg
    • Karen Taylor Fine Porcelain
    • Mike Furnish
    • No Label Collective
    • Rose n Bee Pub
    • Special T-Shirt Co. 
    • The West End Cultural Centre

    & all the local artists, record labels & distributors (far too many to list) that so generously donated pledge incentives and performed during the drive