Sports Season Kicks Off, August 31!
CFRC launches its coverage of this year’s Queen’s Gaels football season with action live and direct from Hamilton, Ontario, where the Gaels will be facing off against the McMaster Marauders. Tune in over the air or on-line at 7pm to catch all the plays! For more information on CFRC upcoming live sports coverage, click here.
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Prison Farms, Prison Justice
The scene at Collins Bay Pen last Monday.
Listen to CFRC 101.9fm for breaking news and in-depth coverage of prison farms and prison justice. Monday, August 9 at 5pm we pre-empt our regular national alternative radio news program, Groundwire, for a special edition of Alternative Frequency, offering breaking news on the Prison Farm issue and sound from the blockade protest. We’ll talk about the latest developments, those who were arrested today, and where the movement to save the prison farms will go from here. Tuesday, August 10 from 5pm to midnight, CFRC brings you a special broadcast in recognition of Prisoners Justice Day, an annual event in remembrance of all those who have died behind bars. The program will feature more news on the local prison farms issue, features on aboriginal, women’s and queer issues within the penal system, a memorial segment and music requests made by people in Kingston-area facilities. Download our flyer and tune in.
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Nuclear Waste to pass through Kingston
Mark Mattson, President of Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
On Alternative Frequency, Melissa Bryant interviews Mark Mattson, the president of the Lake Ontario Waterkeeper Project about the shipment of radioactive material going through lake Ontario. This material is travelling all the way to Sweden and will be passing right through Kingston. Mattson will weigh in on the great gamble with the great lakes. Alternative Frequency will also feature an interview with Dr. Vince Sacco of the Queen’s sociology department. Dr. Sacco takes us through collective behavior and how crowds act. Through this lens, we will dissect the events of the G20 weekend and the how the media failed to interpret the truth. Tune in Tuesday July 20th at 5 PM for a great show. For regular updates, check out The Alternative Frequency Blog.
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Final Voyage of The Groove Cruise
Join Tyler and Diann on Monday July 5th as the the Groove Cruise makes its final voyage. The Goove Cruise has been sailing from the basement of Carruthers Hall – in different time slots – for more than 4 years, broadcasting almost 150 shows, playing a great mix of dance music, new and old. Drum and bass was an early staple of the show while remixes and mashups have taken centre stage over the past two years. There were even a few video remixes featured on the “youtube (doo-do doot!)” segment!
We hope that you have enjoyed your Monday musical vacations - we certainly have! If you feel that you are in need of a party in the next three months, be sure to check out the archives. And if you long for a musical vacation after that, be sure to break out your favourite tunes, take off your shoes, wiggle your toes into the warm sand, top up your umbrella drink and board your own Groove Cruise!
Tyler, The Cruise Director and Diann, the Navigator
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The Odds on Absolutely Frivolous
Craig Northey, lead singer of the band The Odds, discusses his band’s new play “Good Weird Story” on Absolutely Frivolous on Wednesday, June 30th at 4pm.
A Good Weird Story was written by Craig Northey and Kids In The Hall performer Bruce McCulloch. The play is a one-time show here in Kingston, Ontario on Tuesday and chronicles the lives of Odds band members and the funny yet poignant events they have experienced while on tour and off. Robert Baker of Kingston’s “the Tragically Hip” and “Strippers Union” will be performing along with The Odds on July 6th at the Octave Theater, 711 Dalton Avenue, Kingston at 8pm.
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CFRC brings you the G20
This weekend Toronto will host the G20 Summit. The summit is billed by organizers as the world’s premier forum for international economic cooperation; however, critics are quick to point out that policies supported by and promoted by the G8 and G20 countries, beyond exerting neo-colonial rule in the global south, have actually led to economic slowdown in low and middle income countries.
CFRC is proud to present coverage from live on the scene in Toronto. CFRC will have reporters on the streets with activists and protesters, as well as inside the summit’s International Media Centre. Tune in to hear a range of views with regards to what is going on in Toronto during the G20 summit.
Friday, turn on your radios at 5pm for The Lumberyard with host Ian, featuring a G20 Report from a coalition of campus/community radio stations, and at 5:30PM our own intrepid News Coordinator Elamin Abdelmahmoud will be phoning in to give us his thoughts.
Saturday, June 26th, tune in at 4pm for Kingston to Kingston, host Al in addition to playing his irresistible, unstoppable reggae riddims will be receiving two calls in from our reporters down in Toronto. An update from the protests, and from inside the media centre.
Sunday, June 27th, at 2pm, CFRC will bring you a two-hour G20 special, featuring interviews, updates, and call ins from all our reporters down in Toronto.
If you would like to catch up on what has already happened visit the Toronto Media Coop’s G20 Alternative Media Centre website - here.
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