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  • Make Your Choice!

    Posted by Rob on April 22nd, 2008

    The Peoples Choice Awards online ballot is now live, follow this link and vote for your favourites:

    • VOTING IS NOW CLOSED, THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED MAY 10 ***

    • Vote!

  • The People’s Choice

    Posted by Robin on April 16th, 2008

    • VOTING IS NOW CLOSED, THANKS FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION. RESULTS WILL BE ANNOUNCED MAY 10 ***

    • The 2nd Annual People’s Choice Awards are fast approaching and we need your vote to help us determine this year’s winners. Call the station at 786-9782 or email [email protected] to place your vote for your favourite music show, spoken word show, program host, and special radio moment from the past year. Voting ends April 28th so don’t delay. Please respect democracy and vote only once per category.

    Winners will be announced May 10th at our Volunteer Recognition and Awards Party, Saturday, May 10th at the Yellow Dog Tavern.

  • At The Monarch’s Convenience

    Posted by Rob on April 15th, 2008

    At The Monarch’s Convenience, CKUW’s new weekly radio drama launches next Monday evening at 5:30pm.

    The story revolves around the fictional Monarch’s Convenience Store. At the Monarch’s Convenience is a quilt of experience, drama and art, it is oral story telling, the passing on of history and the creation and re-discovery of the hero’s, myth’s and legends that are Winnipeg’s heart and soul.

    The people who create At the Monarch’s Convenience are all volunteers and come directly from the neighbourhood. They come together with a shared love and commitment to the West End.

    The drama is the ongoing project of CKUWs’ Artist in Community Residence, Jason Hooper.

    “This is a different kind of experience! I’m excited to see how the community responds“says Hooper.
    For more information about At The Monarch’s Convenience call CKUW radio at 786-9782, email Jason Hooper at [email protected] or check out the website http://radiodrama.ckuw.ca/.

    The CKUW Artist in Residence program is made possible through the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council and the City of Winnipeg through the Winnipeg Arts Council.

  • Primordial DEVO

    Posted by Rob on April 15th, 2008

    Radio Schitzophrenio presents a D E V O special this Thursday night starting at midnight.

    Six hours of DEVO hits, demos and rarities. Featuring a special phone interview with Gerald Casale!

  • World Juno Winner on Sounds International

    Posted by Robin on April 8th, 2008

    Join Adam Toy as he speaks with 2008 Juno Award winner Alex Cuba tomorrow morning. The Cuban-born singer and multi-instrumentalist has played with such artists as Roberto Fonseca and Javier Zalba (of Buena Vista Social Club), Ron Sexsmith, and Corrine Bailey Rae, and is one part of the Puentes Brothers. Alex’s music blends rock, folk, trova, pop, and soul elements with Afro-Cuban rhythms on his latest album “Agua Del Pozo,” winning the 2008 Juno Award for World Music Album of the Year.

    Alex Cuba live on Sounds International, Wednesday, April 9, 6-8am.