Mrs Vicious had a passion for music at an early age, was a band and choir nerd, played in some bands you've never heard of, loved listening to CJTR, and vowed to one day host a show! A Hot Mess started in 2009 with the current host and her BFF, who has since left but makes quest appearances. The show is a great way to stay involved with music, friends, and the community despite being a busy adult with many important things to do!

The program has a team and the host is Naeila Alshatir the member of the Regina Community Radio starts work for more than 3 years now, inspired by having the opportunity to provide support to our community by building on their strengths, enhancing their skills, and connecting them with community resources. And empowered to know that her own experiences and resilience to life challenges have contributed to her ability to build trusting media with so many wonderful Shows in the Regina Radio Station.

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I started my job as a host at 2017, and it was my first show in Canada. She has a Bachelor Degree in Literature in Syria, and I had worked as a high school teacher for 5 years, and during the Syrian War I work 3 years inside of Syria with homeless children as Psychosocial worker and caregiver, and I had worked for 3 years in Camps with Refugees as a trainer and Psychosocial worker in many mental health programs to empower women and education popular, which is a great experience in our society. Alhadad Arabi stuff are excited to continue our journey in building our multicultural society.

Outside of hosting the Chinese Connection, Helen is a family physician, musician & Kung Fu teacher.

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).

In his young adult years Campbell followed a fundamentalist interpretation of Christianity. His literal reading of the Bible convinced him that he knew “the truth” and that sharing it and defending it was his life’s mission. Then, through a series of events his religious views began to change, which in-turn led to a shift in his politics. This shift in worldview is something that fascinates Campbell and he will be exploring it through this show.

Kent Rocks grew up around small towns and farming communities in the '80s and '90s when country music was at a high. As a small boy, he was enamored by 70's country music be it watching his aunts and uncles play in bands, watching the Grand Ol' Opry with his grandmother and mother, or family road trips with the DIrt Band on repeat.  As he grew older he discovered rock'n'roll and singer-songwriter music, but country music was always deep in his roots. He has emceed for several acts and built many relationships over conversations about country music. The Road has been a passion and outlet for Kent for several years now. He looks forwards to bringing you a hand-selected mixtape each week. 

Derek Pho is a local, practicing visual artist and art educator who is self-educated when it comes to music history (and has no talent in creating music although people have told him he has a very loud voice). Rock Mollusk is a passion and labour of love meant for anyone who loves to listen to and learn about music.

April A. Jamora-Ymas Born and raised in Southern Leyte, Philippines, she immigrated to Canada last July 2015. She is a Pediatric Physiotherapist by profession and devoted most of her professional life in helping children with medical and developmental needs. She is currently a Physical Development Consultant of a medical daycare in the city. She is an active member of Regina Filipino Community and Lifegiver Church, Regina.
(also, an aspiring model, beauty queen and philanthropist)

Hello there, my name is Logan Schwartz. I’m a 23-year-old man who was born and raised in a “small” town East of Regina called White City. Throughout my childhood, adolescence, and adulthood, I have been heavily involved in soccer, musicals, one act plays, tennis, football, and track & field. Whether I’m heading to practice, going camping with my family, or simply hanging out with my friends, music has been a huge part of my life. I often feel like an old soul because I have listened to Led Zeppelin, The Beatles, and Bob Marley more than a lot of modern music. But I have also found plenty of music from my generation that is both meaningful and easy to jam along to. I believe that the more we learn about other people, music, and lifestyles, the more we’ll be able to appreciate them and respect it. This concept has been the way I approach my personal life, career, and dealing with unfamiliar situations. I may be humble, but I’d like to brag a bit here. My personal traits that I am most proud of are as followed: My undeniable love for conversation, my ability to turn a negative into a positive, my eagerness to surprise others, and my love for making others smile.

I have been a fan of radio since I was a child. I even went to radio school at Fanshawe College in London, Ontario becoming a radio commercial writer. It was this skill that brought me out to Saskatchewan over 40 years ago where I worked at CKRM, and 92.1 FM. However, It was always my dream to be an on-air personality, and music programmer. I have fulfilled that dream at 91.3 FM CJTR, Regina Community Radio. Being a volunteer music programmer has been the positive thread that has run through my life for almost 20 years, achieving many rewarding accomplishments on and off the air. Unfortunately, that thread was temporarily cut due to Covid-19. However, it’s been tied back together, and I’m looking forward to many more years on-the-air. Thank you for listening.

DarBar is immersed in Canadian music. She contributes a weekly playlist to OurBasement.ca, a Canadian Indie Music Blog, and has been a Polaris Music Prize juror since 2017. DarBar is a big supporter of local and Canadian artists and enjoys helping other people discover them too.

Devin "Devo" Zerr is a Regina-based musician, CJTR board member and a skid who enjoys zesty language and community involvement. A veteran of the local music scene, Devo can often be found attending shows or performing in them around the Queen City; all the while forgetting to wear his earplugs. With the remaining years of hearing Devo has left, he hopes to spend them continuing to create music in Regina as well as producing engaging, listener-centric radio with his off-beat personal touch. Give @uglyagain and @thedefinitelays a follow to keep up with Devo's musical antics.

Ciaran Keating-Schindelka has been a music fan since his father took him to an Iron Maiden concert at age eight. Since then his music tastes have grown to include bits from every genre. From Afrobeat like Fela Kuti to punk rock like The Dead Kennedys, Ciaran loves a bit of everything.

From an early age I had a penchant for curating music, so when the opportunity came about to host a radio show, it was a natural fit.

The Secret Life of Entrepreneurs is hosted by Barb McGrath, local business owner and #GoogleGirl.

Sandee Moore is an artist, curator, art critic, university instructor and someone who perennially does too much. Moore’s artworks have been exhibited across Canada and internationally.

Afshin and I, Zara have been co-hosting proudly the program “Navaye Ashena” since March 2003, then Yegi and Zohra joined us in last 2-3 years and added beautifully more energy and values with their unique skill sets that added more diversity and viewpoints to our show.

I'm Zohra, one of the four hosts of Navaye Ashena, a Persian language radio show on 91.3 CJTR. I'm a poet and a nerd, so I try to keep my show balanced between the arts, the sciences, and current events. I play different genres of music - from jazz to rap, from instrumental to rock, from classic oldies to pop. What I choose depends on the theme of my show, which I choose beforehand. I play a variety of songs from Afghanistan, Iran, Tajikistan, and Uzbekistan, and in different languages, such as Persian, Pashto, Uzbek, Lori, Turkish, etc.

In March 2003, Zara and I started Navaye Ashena to give a voice to the Persian community in the Regina area. The radio show consists of music, current events, interviews, and poetry spoken in Farsi. Zara enjoys sharing poetry and social media information and I generally focus more on the music side since music in my passion. Every week I research the latest music trends so the show stays current, but we also play popular and traditional songs many people appreciate and request. Today our radio show has four hosts since we added Zohreh and Yeganeh to the team and with their hard work and unique skill sets we have added more diversity and viewpoints to our show. I am proud to co-host Navaye Ashena and see how it has evolved over the years keeping the Persian culture alive and flourishing with listeners locally and globally.

Trent is a graduate of U of R and the University of Toronto’s Jazz program. He’s played his saxophone locally with Jack Semple, the Regina and Saskatoon Jazz Orchestras, 15 years on Toronto's jazz scene, across Canada with Jully Black, Matt Dusk, Kardinal Offishal, Shad, Luke McMaster, Valery Gore, and with visiting artists The Temptations, The SNL All Stars, Don Rickles, Dukes of Hazzard, Bob Newhart and more. Trent also shares his love of music by teaching at the Regina Conservatory, and in 2020 joined the U of R's Faculty of Music as a sessional lecturer (Jazz Improv, Ear Training).

DJ Soda is the on-air alias of Dana Rempel, a local musician, sound technician, and arts administrator. Since completing his degree in music education at the University of Regina in 2015, Rempel has toured across Canada and internationally with artists such as Bears in Hazenmore, Megan Nash & the Best of Intentions, Wolf Willow, The Moon Runners, Poor Nameless Boy, Gunner & Smith, and more. Since 2018 he has worked as the Managing Director of Artesian Performing Arts, a charitable non-profit that operates the Artesian, a multi-use live event venue and community hub in Regina's Cathedral neighbourhood. Rempel has a passion for new, independent music and community engagement.

Ray writes and presents Scotland Calling and Mists of Thyme. His career began touring the British 'schools circuit' doing marionette plays. He performed everywhere from Heysham Head, Morecambe to the Kelvin Hall in Glasgow. He did small parts on such tv series as The Avengers and Emergency Ward Ten. As light comedian, singer and feed, Ray got his 'end of the pier' start at the Priory Theatre, Whitley Bay. Although he moved to an admin. career in Regina. Ray keeps his hand in at such events as The Scottish Pavilion; The Highland Games; Saint Andrews Nights and Rabbie Burns suppers. He lectures on tik old Lyme radio and for decades, has contributed such newspaper columns as Lights-Cameras... Kilts for The Scottish Banner. He really enjoyed 'hamming it up' on Uncle Ray's Corner, part of CITR's popular Imagine This kids program.

Jo started Daebak a few years ago to simply share her love of Korean pop music with all the listeners of CJTR. Since then the show has blossomed into a wonderful community of like-minded people who just want to geek out with each other about their favourite K-pop group or song. Jo has a background education in audio editing and producing and currently works as the production manager of CJTR.

Erika is an artist, educator, and administrator. She loves making art, teaching the arts, and supporting the arts. She also loves Korean music and enjoys sharing her favourites songs each week. She hopes to build a community to connect K-pop fans looking for a space to geek out. Bias idol groups: SEVENTEEN, GOT7. Genres of interest: K-rnb, K-indie, K-ballad.

Ben grew up working and playing within the Regina music community and Regina Community Radio has shaped so much of his life and passion throughout the many years that he has been involved. Ben first got his start in community radio as producer and volunteer host at 91.3FM CJTR over fifteen years ago, and continues to host two radio shows today ('Wake & Break' & 'OffStream'). Ben will wrap up his time on the CJTR board this year after serving in a variety of board and committee positions over the fifteen years including President, Promotions Committee Chair, member-at-large, and even interim secretary. His commitment to music continued within the halls of the University of Regina where he enrolled in the Interdisciplinary Studies Masters Program with a focus on live performance. While attending the university, Ben was also Research Assistant at the Interactive Media & Performances Labs teaching workshops and hosting community hours for those who want to learn how to make electronic music, scratch records, or record. Currently Ben is in his third year working at SaskMusic which is the not-for-profit Music Industry Association of the province focused on promoting and supporting Saskatchewan artists within the province and beyond. Ben has been a turntablist for over ten years and hosts a monthly DJ night, some video game twitch streaming, an old skool Games Workshop fan, as well as DJing a number of events in and around Regina. Ben would not be the person he is today, or the strong member of the Regina community, without 91.3FM CJTR Regina Community Radio.

Outside of hosting Dodecahedron, Hayley can be found at a local pub having a beer or walking her dog, Bruce Springsteen.

Aidan Morgan does all kinda of things. He loves hats, cameras, books and community radio. He one day hopes to gain mutant powers and be known through the land as Artisanal Professor X.

My name is Caitlin, and I have a passion for finding stories that inspire me to be better, and heroes that women, children and pretty much anyone who is looking for an amazing role model can look up to. I am new to comics, but heroes have always been a major part of my life. My mom being my first hero that I always looked up to.

Ilse is 6 years old and little sister Aksel Lena is 4 years old. They love to sing, dance, makeup stories, climb trees, and perform. Mama Charity (she/her) is a scholar of Popular Music, a professor at the UofR, and a member of Abrupt Dystopia, a band that formed during the first Girls Rock Regina Adult camp. Evie (they/them) is a socially engaged interdisciplinary artist and digital storyteller, and a PhD student in the Cultural Mediations program at Carleton University.

Dustin is the founding member of Just Drawn that Way. He came to Earth with an expired power ring, and a Flerken named Pixel. As there's slim to nil chance the mothership is ever going to bring him home, he's decided to use his powers to talk about art and comics. Alright, all strangeness aside. I have a history of writing and art, from tattoos to comic books, and the message you can pull from comic books. Be it believing in yourself, you are stronger than you think, or with great power comes great...something or other. Thanks for listening.

Matty V is a base model overweight, cishet, white and nerdy manbeast. And I know what you're thinking, we never hear enough about what guys like that are thinking, eh? Each year, he tries to be a little less of a garbage person. Which he largely credits to some rad feminists calling him on his "poop", mostly in art school. If you compared the amount of money he's spent on Warhammer miniatures, as opposed to how much of his student loan he's repaid, the answer is profoundly disappointing.

Ernie Dulanowsky enjoys any and all sounds, and the weirder they are, the better. In addition to hosting My Electric, Ernie also performs drone and ambient music as Pulsewidth and e.dulanowsky

Sherry Lee has worked as an editor/general manager in the magazine publishing industry for the past 8+ years. Throughout her professional career, she has served in a variety of roles in the private, public and non-profit sectors. Sherry is an experienced project manager and group moderator/facilitator with an extensive background in post-secondary education, business-education partnerships, event coordination, planning, research and training. She holds a BA with Distinction from the U of S and an MPA in Public Management from the U of R.

Hi my name is Ginger, I'm one of the hosts of Muzyka Ukraine. I'm also a Ukrainian Dance Instructor and a board member of the Regina Multicultural Council! Love working and volunteering for all cultural events here in our city!

Sean is an entertainer, writer and decorated actress admirer. He represents viewers with low taste levels and high enthusiasm. Current wig level is high.

Sonia is a student and writer who acts as the show’s lady host, human air horn, and gleeful intersectional feminist buzzkill. She has a lot of feelings, is passionate about representation and socially-conscious storytelling, and probably hasn't seen the movie.

Geremy is the resident film nerd, in charge of reminding is what was actually a practical effect, and why the original was better. When he isn't rocking the radio waves he makes stuff, does dad things, and generally procrastinates.

Cory is a local music enthusiast and purveyor of trivial knowledge. His experience in indie and underground rock and other styles is paramount to Operation Manatee.

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Chris is a local musician and probably more into anime than he lets on. His obsession for new, independent music keeps Operation Manatee crate-digging for those rare and future-popular gems.

As a high school senior, Victoria is one of CJTR’s youngest members. After she graduates, she is planning on moving to Saskatoon to attend the Western Academy of Broadcasting College to pursue a career in radio broadcasting. Staying true to her theme of rock and roll, she plays multiple instruments; including guitar, drums, and bass.

Vincent Murphy began his radio career fresh out of high school and has continued his association with radio, television and print media. While others of his teen years were buying the latest Rock 'n Roll hits, Vincent was enjoying the early years music of Duke Ellington, Count Basie and Louis Armstrong et al. He is currently active as a creative writer, playwright and professional story performer. Vincent has been a program host and activity volunteer at CJTR since 2005.
Quote: "It's great to get 'behind the mike' and make the magic of radio happen. What a fantastic asset CJTR is to our community!"

DEEPER WELL is your weekly radio fix for folk and roots music, every Saturday morning from 10-11 a.m. It's a contemporary twist on traditional music. Host Brenda Tacik focuses on recent releases in bluegrass, acoustic blues, troubadour, Celtic, Americana, old-timey and more. Brenda has been programming folk at CJTR since 2002, but got her start in radio in the early 80s at college stations CFRC and CKCU. To see previous playlists, check out http://www.facebook.com/deeperwell and email Brenda at deeperwellradio@gmail.com.

Dane Imrie is your friend for 2 hours a week. Dane is a comedian and failed businessman from Regina, Saskatchewan.

I am a songwriter from Regina Sk. I am married to a wonderful, supportive wife & have 3 amazing kids.

DJ Chicken Shawarma has been a programmer since March 2017. He enjoys golf, frolf, and curling, soft-poached eggs, laying on the couch, and camping. In his spare summertime, you can find him driving to golf courses, grilling hot dogs, or suspended in a body of water. In the winter you may find him under a blanket, having a Gran Marnier, or in many layers. In spring and fall you may find him sitting on a bench and having coffee.
His favourite game is Cribbage.
His favourite green is cabbage.
His favourite radio station is 91.3 CTJR.

Host of WORLD OF BLUES Sunday afternoons at 1:00
Growing up in the '60s in a house that was full of music (my dad was the guitar player in a local band) and being lucky enough to have parents that took me to a lot of concerts as a child, I have always found music to be one of the defining factors in a person life. Becoming a teenager in the late '60s, radio was full of great musicians like Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin and Eric Clapton but it wasn't until later in life that I realized that these were "blues" musicians. Armed with that enlightenment, I started digging deeper and deeper into the many styles of blues until I became fully immersed in the sounds that originated in the American south and of course the electric blues coming out of Chicago. With a blues collection numbering in the thousands, I jumped at the chance to join the CJTR "on air" family where I could share my love of this unique form of north american music that has become known worldwide. I hope you join me every Sunday afternoon at 1:00 for 2 hours of blues from around the World Of Blues on 91.3 FM CJTR Regina Community Radio.

British Bazz and Kent Rocks became friends over a musical debate between Led Zep and Pink Floyd. From that day forward, they were destined to host the Rok Boutique together. Bazz found his love of rock music way back in the early 90’s, from the first day his Uncle handed him a copy of ‘Permanent Vacation’ by Aerosmith. Having moved to Canada back in 2008, Bazz has been on an adventure discovering all new (to him…) rock music that didn’t make it across the pond. For more info on Kent, visit his bio on The Road.

Brenda was inspired by her programmer son, Ben (Wake and Break) to host her own show in 2008. As an educator, art therapist, and artist her weekly playlist themes on Spirit Mix grew out of her passion for supporting others in their personal growth. She loved doing the show and enjoyed learning more about music and how it supports the spirit. With this desire to continue learning she recently retired the show to host a drive time show on Wednesday’s 4 - 6. The music she shares in this new time slot is focused on recharging, reflection, and renewal in the middle of the week. She enjoys all programming on 91.3 FM CJTR Regina Community Radio because of its diversity and its response to the community that connects us all in so many wonderful ways!

Milly C loves being the co-host of Jubilee Gospel Show with Paulette Dey every Saturday morning 8 am to 9 am. I love playing contemporary Christian praise and worship music to encourage and energize our community! Born in Regina and loves Jesus, our city, and CJTR Regina Community Radio.