Fall Sports Schedule is up!
Get ready for another exciting season of Queen’s Gaels football, hockey and basketball action, brought to you live on CFRC! Our broadcast schedules for the 2010-11 sports seasons are up: click here for all the details. We are currently accepting sponsors for the reigning national champions’ football season: for more information contact CFRC’s Business Manager, Irina Skvortsova at 613-533-2121 or cfrcbusiness [at] ams.queensu.ca.
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
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.
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.
This Week on Kingston Staged: Ohbijou Live in Kingston
Toronto orchestral indie-rockers Ohbijou electrified this years opening night Skeleton Park Music Festival concert at Chalmers United Church. CFRC mics were there, and the entire show can be heard on Kingston Staged this Thursday at 1pm.
CFRC was also present at Skeleton park this past weekend and recorded hours of local live music to bring to the airwaves over the next few weeks.
Kingston Staged, a showcase of local live music, can be heard each Thursday from 1:00-2:30pm on 101.9fm or cfrc.ca
Now Recruiting: New Volunteers!
CFRC is accepting applications for our summer volunteer recruitment and training cycle. If you are interested in getting involved at Kingston’s only campus-community radio station, please complete and submit the application form by Monday, June 28. Volunteers are involved in all areas of station operations, from producing on-air programming to creating radio documentaries and public service announcements, helping in the music library and participating in community outreach. CFRC provides free broadcast and audio production training. People of diverse backgrounds and interests are encouraged to apply!
