CJTR Blog

Check out our 2011 Top 5 lists on the ‘News‘ Page.  More to come later this week.

A World of Possibilities, a long running syndicated spoken word show that airs Monday mornings at 9am on CJTR, has ceased production.  Click below for a farewell message from Mark Sommer, host and producer of the program.

AWP Farewell Msg

A World of Possibilities rebroadcasts will continue to air on CJTR for the next few weeks.

Happy New year from all of us at Regina Community Radio!

Here are some notable programming changes that take effect this week, and in the weeks to come at CJTR.

Regina’s Mighty Shores has signed off after 8+ years in our Thursday afternoon drive slot.  Fear not though, folkies!  Brenda will be launching a new folk and roots show called A Deeper Well on Saturday Jan 7th.  The show will be heard Saturdays from 10 to 11am. The syndicated Woodsongs Old Time Radio Hour will move one hour earlier Saturdays to the 9am slot and lead Brenda”s new show nicely.  Brenda promises that Roman will be around for occasional guest appearances.

Hits for Zoomers with DJ Larry C moves from Thursdays 2-4pm to it’s new slot on Saturdays from 11am to 1pm.  Same great oldies…new time!  Catch Larry twice this week as he wraps up the Thursday slot and debuts on Saturday!

Nadeem Naz moves his Mehfil program from 11am to 1pm on Saturdays.  Nadeem is looking forward to serving his loyal listeners and reaching new ones with his show that features Pakistani news and music.  Mehfil has been on the air since the very early months of CJTR’s existence.

Bulldog, your host of Listening Back and Forth, is excited to be moving his show to Thursday afternoons from 4-6pm. Enjoy Bulldog’s eclectic style on your drive home!

CJTR’s schedule is always evolving!  Listen for some new shows coming soon including some hip-hop on Friday nights, Gospel music on Saturday mornings, and the return of 29:45, the U of R J-School news-magazine show returning for a 12 week run this spring! Ray Smith will be expanding his Scotland Calling Show to 2 hours in February, and there will be new time slots for syndicated shows like Putumayo World Music Hour and Art of the Song.

Thanks for listening, and for supporting CJTR!  Ten years and counting!

Hot on the heels of CJTR’s tenth season on-air, Your’s Truly Ruly, The Conductor In Black has marshalled together some new acquisitions to get 2012 off to an impressive start.

The Prairie Lily Special WILL NOT air it’s first edition of the new year on Saturday, January 7th. Our station’s special show devoted to the celebration of Ukrainian Christmas airs that night starting at 7 pm. But that doesn’t mean I won’t be there with a good, short (1 hr) slice of radio to serve up. All throughout January on the Rockabilly Boogie Time segment of TPLS, Elvis Presley’s early, immortal recordings for RCA will be presented alongside rare, recorded live performances and other rarities for a limited series called ELVIS ’56. This series will premiere with a special one hour program on January 7th, starting at 6 pm and continuing on Rockabilly Boogie Time segments of TPLS on January 14th, 21st and 28th. Now that you know it’s coming…GET YER’ LIP ON!

The Prairie Lily Special’s season opener on January 14th kicks off another year of terrific Bookender Artist Spotlights. Artists due to be profiled include:

CHET ATKINS & JERRY REED (January 14th & 21st) – Two of Nashville’s greatest gitarzans of all time collaborate on two rare RCA LPs released back in the 1970′s but recently re-issued for our enjoyment today.

SUSAN RAYE (January 28th) – As promised following our November Bookender pairing her on some timely duets with Buck Owens, the solo sides of this versatile Oregon-native will be heard on the 28th, pre-empting Johnny Bond (sorry Hoss, be we’ve got a good reason why we did it).

JOHNNY CASH: THE BOOTLEGS (February 4th, 11th, 18th and 25th) – One of the most heavily-awaited series’ of historic Country releases involves The Man In Black and contains absolutely nothing he recorded for Rick Rubin and American Recordings. Compiled and selected by the great man’s son John Carter Cash and released by Sony Legacy beginning in 2006, The Bootlegs series’ not only gives listeners an insight into Cash’s work habits, it also collects many signposts and innumerable highlights of a great career, from his first-ever radio appearance on Memphis radio to a White House performance for then-president Richard Nixon. Hear, climb and ride the well-earned highs and canyons of despair with the great man himself throughout the month of February.

JOHNNY BOND (March 3rd & 10th) – One of TPLS’s favorite singin’ cowboys of all time receives a proper and worthy examination of his Columbia Records output from the late forties’ through early fifties’, befitting this lovable lamb of a man who possessed a lion’s pride of talent.

As always, The Conductor will continue to bring you the best Rock and Pop and Soul your way on Boss Radio (Fridays 4 – 6 pm). Now that you know what’s headed your way in the new year, let’s all pledge to have a happy one in 2012!

‘Later Friday Freedom Riders and Pards’ Of All Ages!