We are Regina’s voice. We provide diverse and unique programming created and delivered by volunteers for this great city. We’re tuned in to the community!
91.3FM CJTR, Regina Community Radio is now accepting new program and podcast applications. The submission deadline is Friday, February 19, 2021, at midnight.
The CJTR Programming Committee is especially interested in show ideas that explore the diverse perspectives and identities of our local people, programs produced in languages other than English and French, creative approaches to audio production and broadcasting, and under-heard specialty music.
Due to the constraints of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are only accepting applications from those who are able to produce remotely (off-site/at home) until further notice.
The Programming Committee will notify applicants of their application results within three weeks of the submission deadline. The Programming Committee selects programs according to broadcast schedule needs, licencse compliance, programming quality, and service to the community.
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The Plain A.I.R. artist-in-residence this month is Hilarey Cowan, presenting Current Temperature. Current Temperature is an audio experiment in calming informational services. Stemming from a long-held interest in (automatic) weather broadcasting and in response to rapid growth in ASMR (autonomous sensory meridian response) content over recent years, this hour of radio aims to intertwine these typically discrete types of service.
Tune in every Saturday in January from 3-4pm to listen or head over at CJTR.ca after the broadcast for the show archive.
How to Listen:
91.3FM on the dial in the Regina area
Via on-line streaming over at cjtr.ca
Via our free, downloadable CJTR app (available in app stores)
Via the free RadioPlayerCanada app or TuneIn Radio app (available in app stores, search for CJTR)
TV Channel 806 on the Sasktel Max System
TV Channel 700 on the Access Communications digital service
ABOUT HILAREY: Hilarey Cowan (she/her) is an artist, researcher and adaptable freelancer, working between video, sculpture, digital media and performance. After several years abroad she is currently reconnecting with her prairie roots on Treaty 4 Territory, while examining her place and voice as a settler within Canada’s colonial history and reality. Her work explores ideas around labour, care, alienation, networks, geography and touch.
ABOUT PLAIN A.I.R.: What happens when radio is considered a creative space similar to a laboratory, studio or venue, supporting expression and experimentation?
Plain A.I.R.is an artist-in-residence radio program that airs on 91.3FM CJTR, Regina’s community radio station. Each month the program features a different local artist, DJ, musician, band or community member as a guest host who programs a month’s worth of live, weekly radio shows. The program airs Saturday afternoons from 3-4pm.
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ANNOUNCING CJTR’S LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD 2020 WINNER…Ben Valiaho!
Many of our listeners will know Ben’s name already, and for good reason, as he has been with the station since 2004 (!) and currently hosts the longest running morning program, Wake and Break! He’s been involved with the station in many ways, including sitting on the Board of Directors for eight years (2013 to 2020) in various capacities including President. Ben has always been a huge supporter of the station on the air, as well as in the community. Congrats Ben, this is well deserved! He shared some words of thanks:
“CJTR Regina Community Radio has played a large part in the development of who I am as a person over the many years and I am forever grateful for the opportunity to have connected up with such a good cause! The people I have meet, the friends I have developed, the events I’ve taken part in, the career path it influenced, my goodness the music I have discovered, and the community-mindedness that I hold so dear, major thanks to CJTR and here is to many more years of being tuned in to the community. “
ABOUT BEN: Ben grew up working within the Regina music community and is excited to keep supporting the wonderful community in his varied roles within the city. Ben first got his start working in the music industry as producer and volunteer host at 91.3FM CJTR Regina Community Radio over fifteen years ago, and still hosts radio shows at CJTR to this day. Ben has been a turntablist for over ten years, including running a 5+ year monthly DJ night ‘2 Beats & A Hat’ in Regina, some video game twitch streaming, old skool Games Workshop fan as well as DJing a number of events in and around Regina. Ben currently works at SaskMusic in their Regina office supporting Saskatchewan artists within the province and beyond.
ANNOUNCING CJTR’S VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR 2020…Janielle Ogilvie!
During a very difficult pandemic year, Janielle Ogilvie ensured the success of three major projects:
The development and execution of the new on-demand listening website cjtr.ca
The emergency Membership Drive with lawn/window signs
The rebranding of CJTR’s visual identity
Janielle brought both her expertise and enthusiasm to these time-sensitive projects which guaranteed the relevancy and capacity of our non-profit for years to come. Her work helped keep this station on the air and tuned in to the community.
ABOUT JANIELLE: Janielle Ogilvie is a graphic designer from Regina, SK with a strong passion for music and art. Janielle evidently applies her passions towards her work, and is dedicated to making a positive impact within the community. She is SHA’s newest Biomedical Media Technician, CJTR’s Chair of CJTR’s Branding committee, and a former long-term member of Long & McQuade Musical Instruments.
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CJTR is seeking motivated volunteers who are ready to roll up their sleeves and get to work on community radio. Check out the new opportunities below!
SOCIAL MEDIA MANAGER: CJTR is looking for a volunteer Social Media Manager. If you’re social media savvy with a creative mind and a passion for community radio, please contact us at radius@cjtr.ca.
CJTR COMMITTEE MEMBERS: CJTR is looking for people with passion and experience in a variety of fields to help out with our Fundraising, Twentieth Anniversary, Sponsorship, Branding and Policy Committees. If you enjoy meeting and working with new people in the name of great community radio, please contact us at radius@cjtr.ca.
Season’s Greetings: Happy Diwali, Shab-e Yalda, Kwanzaa, Hanukkah, Christmas, Yule, New Year’s, and more! The year 2020 has been a year like no other and we wish everyone a safe and peaceful winter ahead.
Since we are unable to safely gather with CJTR members this holiday season, we have created a free download of the first ever CJTR Holiday Cookbook! Available as a PDF those members can either print or view on their devices; this community project is both a COOKBOOK and a COLOURING BOOK.
Regina Community Radio hosts, staff, volunteers and board members contributed recipes and the digital book was designed by Jaecy Bells featuring drawings by Paul Dechene of the Queen City Improvement Bureau. This is a gift for our CJTR members who keep us “tuned in to the community”.
Members, you can find your link to the cookbook in ‘The Radius’ members-only newsletter that was sent December 17, 2020!
To become a member and to receive access to the cookbook, please visit this page to buy or renew your CJTR membership.
The Plain A.I.R. artist-in-residence this month is The Graveyard Tapes, a radio drama about Finn Valentine, private investigator and part-time magician. He’ll take care of the thing going bump in the night… for a price. Or maybe just a pint. The series is produced by CJTR’s ‘Just Drawn That Way‘ comic book radio show podcast!
Tune in every Saturday in December from 3-4pm to listen to the radio drama or over at CJTR.ca after the broadcast!
How to Listen:
• 91.3FM on the dial in the Regina area
• On the Plain A.I.R page on CJTR: https://cjtr.ca/plain-air/
• Via our free, downloadable CJTR app (ava ilable in app stores)
• Via the free RadioPlayerCanada app or TuneIn Radio app (available in app stores, search for CJTR)
• Via on-line streaming
• TV Channel 806 on the Sasktel Max System
• TV Channel 700 on the Access Communications digital service
ABOUT PLAIN A.I.R.: What happens when radio is considered a creative space similar to a laboratory, studio or venue, supporting expression and experimentation?
Plain A.I.R.is an artist-in-residence radio program that airs on 91.3FM CJTR, Regina’s community radio station. Each month the program features a different local artist, DJ, musician, band or community member as a guest host who programs a month’s worth of live, weekly radio shows. The program airs Saturday afternoons from 3-4pm between January and June (Season 1) and September and December (Season 2) in 2020.
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91.3FM CJTR, Regina Community Radio and CFCR 90.5FM, Saskatoon Community Radio are pleased to announce the music compilation Got It Covered: Saskatchewan Artists Cover Saskatchewan Songs Vol. 3, sponsored by SaskMusic, Long & McQuade, RAIS (Recording Arts Institute of Saskatoon), and SoulSound Studio. The compilation features 10 songs by Saskatchewan bands covering other Saskatchewan bands, and is available now!
TRACK LISTING
1. Megan Nash & The Best Of Intentions:
“Prairie Girl” (by Rah Rah)
2. The Whiskey Jerks:
“Sun Goes Down” (by Johnny Grit)
3. The Moon Runners:
“In Your Head” (by Bears In Hazenmore)
4. MechaDroid:
“I Believe You” (by Rosie & The Riveters)
5. The Sex Geckos:
“World Of Sh*t” (by The Switching Yard)
6. Ariel & Sean:
“Early To The Party” (by Andy Shauf)
7. Bears In Hazenmore:
“Repeat Affections” (by Denise Valle)
8. The North Sound:
“Lavender And Leather” (by Megan Nash)
9. Corey Dahlen (ft Clayton Linthicum & Greg Reese):
“Democracy” (by Rey Dahlen)
10. Dale Mac (ft Meghan Bowman) :
“Pulsing Colours” (by Ryan Hicks)
The compilation is a partnership between Regina Community Radio and Saskatoon Community Radio, and a fundraiser for both stations. CJTR and CFCR are grateful that the music community has generously stepped forward with their energy and talent in support of Saskatchewan-made Community Radio during these difficult times.
The album features a wide array of genres, from rock to folk; from soul-pop to country. Cover songs include artists covering their contemporaries (Megan Nash & The Best Of Intentions covering Rah Rah; The Sex Geckos covering The Switching Yard), artists crossing genres (Ariel & Sean making Andy Shauf’s “Early To The Party” into a soul-pop toe-tapper; MechaDroid putting a fuzzy alt-rock spin on Rosie & The Riveters’ “I Believe You”), and even a son covering his dad’s song from the late 1960s (Corey Dahlen covering Rey Dahlen’s “Democracy”).
“This project has really solidified the relationship between CJTR and CFCR. We’re so happy to be part of it, and excited to share it with everyone.” – CFCR Program Director Jay Allen.
“We feel so grateful for the resource-sharing and support we’ve exchanged between the two stations, as well as the generosity of the musicians and bands involved with this fun project.” – CJTR Executive Director Amber Goodwyn
After CJTR launched the first volume of the Saskatchewan cover songs compilation in 2016 to great success, CFCR joined in to further broaden the scope of the audience & bands involved. The project sought submissions in early 2018 and received almost 50 applications from a wide range of Saskatchewan musicians, which were whittled down to 16 selections. Because of various constraints due to the COVID pandemic, the 2020 compilation features 10 bands who frequently collaborate with the two stations. In more stable times, the two stations plan to return to a submissions-based intake process.
For further information, please contact:
Amber Goodwyn (CJTR Executive Director) – 306-525-7274 – agoodwyn@cjtr.ca
Jay Allen (CFCR Program Director) – 306-664-6678 – pd@cfcr.ca
The Plain A.I.R. (November 2020) artist-in-residence is V, presenting a special listener-interactive storytelling experience called The Garden; details below. Tune in every Saturday in November from 3-4pm to listen and as well as the Plain A.I.R. page for the broadcast archive!
‘A good definition of art, it seems to me, might be the science of making meaning-making tools.’ Garth Greenwell, for Harper’s Magazine
THE GARDEN is a malleable fiction told over four parts. told through the frame of a STUDENT-TRAVELLER documenting their journey as they pass through a strange realm full of powerful mystery, it is a piece of storytelling conceived to experiment with the bonds that tether artist and audience together. it also stands as an exploration into unconventional ways of connecting with one another during these times of extreme isolation and mass psychological distress.
listeners are positioned as a DIVINE COLLECTIVE- a great, intangible entity that is, by virtue of the fiction’s transmission, able to observe the STUDENT-TRAVELLER as they document their progress for their unseen beloved. Those who observe the journey as it airs will be presented with the opportunity to influence the direction of the STUDENT and the nature of what they encounter.
intro / outro music: ‘may avalon heal you’ by witchknife
RULES OF ENGAGEMENT FOR THE DIVINE COLLECTIVE:
listen to the story’s broadcast (on the airwaves at 91.3FM or via the CJTR website) during November 2020. each part will close with the STUDENT-TRAVELLER actively seeking guidance as they contemplate the next phase of their journey.
an accompanying social media post will be made available across different platforms as each part airs, as well as an email address that can be messaged. the address and the posts will serve as temporary portals through which the DIVINE COLLECTIVE may influence the story. posts & messages will be observed for 48 hours after each broadcast, and the overall result from the collective input (reactions, comments, messages, etc) will be integrated into the next installment of the story.
there will be multiple iterations of each post as they are shared by several accounts across different platforms.
Individuals engaging as part of the collective may interact with as many or as few of the portals as they wish, and are encouraged to respond to the STUDENT as literally or as abstractly as they see fit. the accounts and addresses that will be monitored for input from the divine collective is as follows: @thegarden.cjtr on instagram and @thegarden_cjtr twitter and via thegarden.cjtr@gmail.com
discriminatory, disrespectful, or abusive behaviour will not be tolerated. This explicitly includes (but is not limited to) racism, misogyny, homophobia, transphobia, fatphobia and anti-disability prejudice.
input from the DIVINE COLLECTIVE will be integrated as faithfully as possible each week, with the understanding that there will be a certain element of open-endedness to the storytelling process.
this piece was created with experimentation in mind, not ‘goodness’ or ‘success’ as such. please be reminded that the opportunity for failure remains actively present throughout the process and to extend kindness and understanding when possible as the story is collectively brought to bear.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
V is the progeny of colonizers. they are an undefined artist, sprung from what is known as treaty 4 land. they use art as a survival mechanism to pursue expression, connection, pleasure, and freedom in the face of crushing systemic despair.
👉 👉 What happens when radio is considered a creative space similar to a laboratory, studio or venue, supporting expression and experimentation?
👉 👉 👉 Plain A.I.R.is an artist-in-residence radio program that airs on 91.3FM CJTR, Regina’s community radio station. Each month the program features a different local artist, DJ, musician, band or community member as a guest host who programs a month’s worth of live, weekly radio shows. The program airs Saturday afternoons from 3-4pm between January and June (Season 1) and September and December (Season 2) in 2020.
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CJTR is pleased to share a monthly program called Render Unto Caesar produced by Josh Campbell, which dissects the connection between religion and the public sphere.
Tune-in to the first edition of the program this Sunday November 1st at 6pm, to hear Josh talk with Michael Coren about his fall from grace as the voice of conservative Christianity, and why he is not turning back.
About Josh Campbell:
Josh Campbell is the co-founder and president of Wascana Solar Co-op (WSC), Saskatchewan’s newest solar energy co-operative (est. 2018). In 2016 he completed Sirocco: Winds of Resistance about the oppression of an Indigenous group in northwestern Africa and how Canada’s Nutrien (formerly PotashCorp and Agrium) is contributing to it.
For a day job, Campbell loves working at Miller Comprehensive Catholic High School where he teaches religion, journalism, coaches rugby, and advises the environment, social justice and chess clubs.
Campbell’s roots go back to Caroline, Alberta, where his father’s family raised prize sheep. He first came to Saskatchewan after attending Athol Murray College of Notre Dame for high school. Notre Dame catapulted Campbell into the University of Calgary where he earned science and education degrees in addition to playing linebacker for the Dinos football team. He has since taught at Aga Khan High School in Kampala, Uganda, back at Notre Dame, Dr. Martin LeBoldus Catholic High School, and now at Miller.
In-between his teaching assignments Campbell earned both bachelor and master degrees in journalism from the University of Regina. While on assignment with the Regina Leader-Post in 2010, he met his wife Morgan Campbell (nee Reed). He and Morgan now have two beautiful and powerful girls: Clare (7) and Greer (5).
Campbell is a passionate visionary who feels it’s his moral duty to work towards a more equitable and sustainable world. He tries to live his values by gardening in his Regina Heritage neighbourhood backyard and using solar panels to power his house and family car.
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Donate by noon on Tuesday, November 3rd and receive limited edition gifts!
Donations of $50 will get a cool scarf mask, donations of $100 will get a fancy T-shirt silk-screened by Articulate Ink, and donations of $150 or more will get both!
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