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We’re Recruiting!
Alternative Frequency is looking for new members!
Are you frustrated with the media around you? Why not make your own? Help us make alternative media — become a part of Alternative Frequency, CFRC’s News Collective. We provide coverage for events and perspectives ignored by mainstream sources.
Anyone interested in joining Alternative Frequency should fill in a general CFRC application form and specify an interest in news coverage.
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What we’re about.
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Alternative Frequency airs every Tuesday & Thursday at 5pm.
You can find all of our shows in the Archives.
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Recent Shows
No Alt Freq February 23 - tune in for the CKUT Homelessness Marathon
CFRC Radio will be pre-empting Alternative Frequency on Tuesday, February 23, to present full coverage of CKUT’s annual Homelessness Marathon. Tune in starting at 5 pm at 101.9 FM in Kingston or listen online at cfrc.ca.
February 18 - Interview with Valarie Steele
On Thursday, February 18, Alternative Frequency featured Christopher Currie’s interview with Valarie Steele, former president of the Jamaican Canadian Association. Ms. Steele was in Kingston for a talk entitled, “The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere: Anti-Black Racism Following the 2005 Boxing Day Shooting.”
February 16 - Interview with Alexandre da Costa
On today’s program, Sonja Grgar interviewed Queen’s graduate student Alexandre da Costa, who presented the paper, “Afro-Brazilian `Ancestralidade’: Critical Perspectives on Knowledge and Development” at 1 pm on Thursday, February 18 at B204 Mackintosh-Corry Hall (Queen’s University).
February 9 - Vagina Monologues and Sustainable Kingston
Today’s Alternative Frequency program guest correspondent Annie Crane’s interview with Paul MacLatchy from Sustainable Kingston and Christopher Currie’s interview with Vlada Bilyak, the producer of an upcoming Queen’s University performance of The Vagina Monologues. Tune in at 5 pm on CFRC Radio, 101.9 FM in Kingston or listen online at cfrc.ca.
February 8 - Special Monday Broadcast
CFRC Radio (101.9 FM in Kingston) ran a special edition of “Alternative Frequency” this Monday from 5 to 5:30 pm. Christopher Currie’s interviewed a representative of the United Way of Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox and Addington about the new Workers’ Help Centre, a joint initiative with the Kingston & District Labour Council. This program also featured an encore presentation of Sonja Grgar’s interview with Amber Potter, an organizer of Kingston’s recent rally against prorogation.
February 4 - Central America and KCCPP
Alternative Frequency featured two interviews on February 4, 2010: Christopher Currie interviewed Alan Rankin and Terry Bridges from the Kingston Central America Solidarity Committee, and Sonja Grgar interviewed a representative of the Kingston Community Cultural Policy Plan.
February 2 - Black History Month
Tuesday’s show featured two pieces on Black History Month in Kingston. Christopher Currie interviewed Sacha Atherly from the Queen’s African and Caribbean Students Association (ACSA) about both Black History Month and ACSA’s role in Haitian relief efforts. For the second piece, Jessie Stephenson interviewed Anna Thomas, coordinator of Black History Month at Queen’s.
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Alt Freq history
“Alternative Frequency,” CFRC’s locally produced independent news program, was started in the summer of 2007. Many of the program’s original members were formerly involved with a different news program called “Groundswell,” which ran from 2002 to 2007 in affiliation with OPIRG Kingston. Several programmers were involved in “Alternative Frequency” during its first year before the show’s membership became more stabilized in 2008–09. We are currently seeking new members to replace correspondents who have graduated or left Kingston. The next chapter of “Alternative Frequency” could be written by you!
