Wednesday, Feb 4, 2015
Remember that Sesame Street song, “These are the people in your neighbourhood?” Well, here’s a new feature about the people at your community radio station! You like to party, and we like to party, so why don’t we party together?
Friday, Jan 2, 2015
As the fog begins to clear on 2015, we'd like to give you a couple of lists ('tis the season after all) of a few of our hosts' favourite musical releases of the year that was 2014.
Tuesday, Dec 23, 2014
Many have asked how they can assist the family of Derek Bachman. Here is the info to donate to the Trust Fund that has been set up for his sons' education. Please share. Thank you all:
RBC…
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Monday, Dec 1, 2014
Remember that Sesame Street song, “These are the people in your neighbourhood?” Well, here’s a new feature about the people at your community radio station! You like to…
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Friday, Sep 19, 2014
Today marks the 2014 installment of Park(ing) Day on 20th St in Saskatoon. Businesses and organizations are out in force, occupying parking stalls by creating fun, eclectic public space for everyone…
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Friday, Aug 1, 2014
You may or may not know that Pirate Radio (Thursdays, 7:30-9pm) used to be hosted by a fella by the name of The Captain. He still comes in to fill in for The Jay of Spades now and again, and…
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Thursday, Jul 10, 2014
by Brendan Biddulph, host of Green Eggs & Ham (Wednesdays, 8-10am) As I drove through the rain between Saskatoon and Calgary, I couldn’t help but remember doing this same drive last year.…
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Wednesday, Jul 9, 2014
by Kevin McGuigan-Scott, host of The Wonder Years (Mondays, 11pm-12am)
After getting in late Wednesday night and experiencing a bit of a stressful drive (oh, you know, just a little bit of your…
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Monday, Jul 7, 2014
by Jay Allen, CFCR Program Director & host of Pirate Radio (Thursdays, 7:30-9pm)
At this point, Sled Island is like my second home. This was my fifth time to the Calgary music…
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Wednesday, Mar 26, 2014
Our friends over the Ness Creek Cultural and Recreational Society just announced their 2014 lineup, and as always, it's a doozy. Taking place from July 17th - 20th, Ness will see the likes of the…
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Monday, Dec 23, 2013
With the year coming to a close, we look back at some of the favourite albums of 2013 from a few of CFCR's hosts!
Host: Aaron Scholz
Program: RCMP (Tuesdays, 4-5pm), guitarist of Haunted…
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Friday, Nov 8, 2013
Before our FM-Phasis fundraising drive, Tuesday So Many Roads host Jeff Montgomery had an idea. He thought that if he could become CFCR's top pledge earner for the year, he would shave his beard --…
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Tuesday, Sep 17, 2013
Throughout the many years of FM-Phasis, CFCR's volunteer hosts have come up with some very creative ways to bring in your donations. Hosts have offered breakfast dates, band t-shirts and bike tune-ups…
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Thursday, Sep 12, 2013
Join us in celebrating the one-year anniversary of CFCR show Banglar Gaan O Kotha - wherever in the world you may be, Banglar Gaan O Kotha is close to you using your web or mobile browser!…
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Thursday, Aug 22, 2013
Gozar the Gozarian, host of Sunset Gatekeeper, takes his eyes off the horizon long enough to answer a few questions about tending the gates of the sky and guiding radio listeners through that…
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Wednesday, Aug 21, 2013
words and photos by Jay Allen, CFCR Program Director
It seemed odd that I had never been to the Regina Folk Festival, but I guess I've never been a real 'folk festival' type of guy. In its 44th…
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Wednesday, Aug 7, 2013
This week CFCR profiles volunteer Host Lenore Maier - she's been hosting Green Eggs and Ham on Thursdays, from 8:00-10:00 am for the past three years, and says it's the only thing that can get her…
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Friday, Jul 26, 2013
Ever wonder what drives a CFCR host, or rather - what a CFCR host drives? Check out this interview from "Verb" with Shakey Wilson, host of Tin Cans and Twine, Tuesdays at 1:00 PM on CFCR…
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Friday, Jul 26, 2013
Here's a page or two from the CFCR archives - Soundscape Magazine was produced by CFCR in the late 1990s, early 2000s and featured charts, reviews, music interviews and slices of Saskatoon's…
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Thursday, Jul 25, 2013
Matty D is the first in our new web-series profiling CFCR Volunteer Radio Hosts! Matty began as a host with his friend Shavonne on Rainbow Radio (Sunday nights, 9:30 PM) about four or five years…
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Thursday, Jul 11, 2013
by Jay Allen, CFCR Program Director
Walking home in the rain at the end of Wednesday night's festivities seemed normal enough. I had heard a couple people talking about water levels in…
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Saturday, Jul 6, 2013
by Brendan Flaherty, host of Green Eggs & Ham, Thursdays 6-8am
And so, we fled. We fled seeking music, seeking shelter, coffee, food, and higher ground. The music festival was officially…
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Wednesday, Jul 3, 2013
by Jay Allen, CFCR Program Director
Looking at my phone’s trusty weather app, there was rain in Calgary's forecast as we left for The Sled Island Music Festival. I made sure to pack an extra…
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Wednesday, Jun 26, 2013
It's been a wild few weeks here at CFCR. We've seen a bucket-load of great music at MoSo Fest and Jazz Fest (which continues until July 1st) in Saskatoon and Sled Island in Calgary (well, before the…
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Monday, May 27, 2013
This past weekend marked the start of the Nature City Festival in Saskatoon, which runs until this Friday. Produced by volunteer collective Wild about Saskatoon, the festival explores some of the…
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Friday, May 10, 2013
Over the past months, Saskatoon's newest pan-genre music festival MoSo has been revealing acts playing the 2013 edition of the fest one little morsel at a time. Termed "MoSo Mondays," the festival has…
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Tuesday, May 7, 2013
With the weather warming up, Saskatoon-area summer festivals are starting to kick things into high gear with some big announcements!
The Sasktel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival announced their full…
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Tuesday, Apr 2, 2013
After whetting appetites from here to Timbuktu with an initial announcement that included bands like legends The Jesus & Mary Chain and Swans to relative newcomers Metz and Divine Fits, The Sled…
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Thursday, Mar 21, 2013
MoSoFest 2013 has posted the first wave of bands slated to play this year's festival, and again, it's shaping up to be a doozy! Check out the artists below and see what Saskatoon has in store for…
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Tuesday, Jan 29, 2013
CFCR is excited to once again be a media sponsor for this years Saskatoon Blues Festival, taking place at multiple venues February 25th - March 3rd.
Heading into its eleventh year of celebrating…
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