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  • Best of Saint John Music Awards 2017 – Winners!

    Best of Saint John Music Awards 2017 – Winners!

    The 9th Annual Best of Saint John Music Awards took place on Saturday, May 27, with the 13 trophies going to a wide range of different local artists. The event took place at the beautiful Sanctuary Theatre in front of a lively, full audience and included performances by Kylie Fox, Brent Mason, and Burgundy Drive. The evening was capped off with an afterparty at Taco Pica and preceded the night before by an artist round table at Five & Dime.

    Please see below for a full list of winners.

    Special thanks to Picaroons Traditional Ales, the SOCAN FOUNDATION, and Chuck Teed.

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  • Top 107.3 Most Played Albums Of The Year 2016

    Top 107.3 Most Played Albums Of The Year 2016

    Since 2007, staff at Local 107.3FM have compiled and released the 107.3 most played albums of the past year. Better late than never, here is the most played albums of 2016! This list is influenced directly by the plays of our many volunteer DJs and are also directly impacted by your requests. Thanks for continuing to support local, Maritime, and Canadian music.

    We added 305 albums to our library and charted 289 albums in 2016 on !earshot, the national campus and community radio report.

    The 107.3 most played albums of 2016 on Local 107.3fm were:

    – 100% Canadian artists
    – 43% Maritime artists
    – 30% New Brunswick artists
    – 22% Saint John artists

    1. Tomato/Tomato – “I Go Where You Go”
    2. Nap Eyes – “Thought Rock Fish Scale”
    3. Earthbound Trio – “Ditch Flowers”
    4. Right Shitty – “Bachelor of Arts”
    5. Motherhood – “Baby Teeth”
    6. Tooth & the Fang – “Void, Moving Without Having Moved”
    7. Walrus – “Goodbye Something”
    8. PAPAL VISIT – “A Little Further Down The Flame”
    9. Various – “It’s Always Sunny In New Brunswick”
    10. Hard Charger – “Bad Omens”
    11. The Pack AD – “Positive Thinking”
    12. Erin Costelo – “Down Below, The Status Quo”
    13. Supermoon – “Playland”
    14. Wintersleep – “The Great Detachment”
    15. 1995 Zellers – “Family Restaraunt”
    16. SIRR – “Liar Cake”
    17. Cellarghost – “In The Whiteout”
    18. Brave Radar – “Lion Head”
    19. Jessica Rhaye – “Song In Me”
    20. Dylan Menzie – “Adolescent Nature”
    21. Shrimp Ring – “Humanity’s Last Hope”
    22. Hooded Fang – “Venus on Edge”
    23. Laura Sauvage – “Extraordinormal”
    24. Like A Motorcycle – “High Hopes”
    25. Towanda – “Playthings”
    26. Bad People – “You’re This Close”
    27. Little You Little Me – “I’d Watch The Day Til It Died”
    28. Black Mountain – “IV”
    29. Beauts – “Waves/Wash”
    30. AA Wallace – “In Alpha Zones”
    31. Hand-drawn – “loafin’”
    32. Holy Fuck – “Congrats”
    33. PUP – “The Dream Is Over”
    34. Heaven For Real – “Kill Your Memory”
    35. Various – “CiTR Radio 101.9FM Pop Alliance Vol. 4”
    36. LE MATOS – “Chronicle of the Wasteland”
    37. The Tasty Wangs – “The Tasty Wangs Go Goth”
    38. Reversing Falls – “Reversing Falls 2”
    39. Penny Blacks – “Moleskin Weather”
    40. Ghost Vines – “Ghost Vines”
    41. Kat McLevey – “Evergrown”
    42. Sheik – “Go Away From Yourself”
    43. Usse – “In Through Beyond”
    44. Dye Pack – “What A Mess”
    45. Jay Arner – “Jay II”
    46. Basia Bulat – “Good Advice”
    47. REPARTEE – “All Lit Up”
    48. Tanya Tagaq – “Retribution”
    49. Usse – “Cancelled Crop”
    50. Weaves – “Weaves”
    51. Rococode – “Don’t Worry It Will Be Dark Soon”
    52. Wooden Wives – “Workers! Strike Down These Enemies Of Victory”
    53. The Apex – “Underbelly EP”
    54. Paupière – “Jeunes instants”
    55. Shotgun Jimmie – “Field of Trampolines”
    56. Bad People – “Live At The Bourbon Quarter 7/14/15”
    57. Dilly Dally – “Sore”
    58. Operators – “Blue Wave”
    59. ttwwrrss – “ttwwrrss_3”
    60. Crystal Castles – “Amnesty”
    61. Lisa LeBlanc – “Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?”
    62. Dark for Dark – “All Dressed”
    63. BADBADNOTGOOD – “IV”
    64. Hannah Georgas – “For Evelyn”
    65. Learning – “Dirger”
    66. Rae Spoon – “Armour”
    67. Solids – “Else”
    68. Tim Hecker – “Love Streams”
    69. Weird Lines – “Weird Lines”
    70. Beauts – “Beauts”
    71. betterhalf – “cute doom e.p.”
    72. Sarah Neufeld – “The Ridge”
    73. Bart – “Holomew”
    74. SIRR – “Begat”
    75. The Radiation Flowers – “The Radiation Flowers”
    76. ELEPHANT SKELETONS – “The Traveler Pt 1”
    77. Peaches – “Rub”
    78. Programm – “A Torid Marriage of Logic & Emotion”
    79. Rah Rah – “Vessels”
    80. The Dirty Nil – “Comfort”
    81. Blank Banshee – “MEGA”
    82. Jaguar Knight – “Jaguar Party Edits Vol. 2”
    83. Monomyth – “Happy Pop Family”
    84. Ought – “Sun Coming Down”
    85. Stegosaurus – “PUMMELLED”
    86. SUUNS – “Hold / Still”
    87. The Zorgs – “Chew On It”
    88. Elaquent – “Less is More (Lo Definition)”
    89. Gawker – “Demo 2016”
    90. Jons – “At Work On Several Things”
    91. MINOTAURS – “Weird Waves”
    92. The Submissives – “Do You Really Love Me?”
    93. Various – Fixture Records 4″
    94. ZAUM – “Eidolon”
    95. Andy Shauf – “The Party”
    96. Autumn Still – “When It Was”
    97. Beard Springsteen – “Downer Punks of Fredericton”
    98. Brother Faye – “Brother Faye”
    99. Code Pie – “Pop Cycle”
    100. DIANA – “Familiar Touch”
    101. Fake Tears – “Nightshifting”
    102. Fox Opera – “Nowhere Native”
    103. Plants and Animals – “Waltzed In From the Rumbling”
    104. TV FREAKS – “Bad Luck Charms”
    105. What Seas, What Shores – “Spiritual Nap Machine”
    106. Fossil Cliffs – “Enter The Realm”
    107. LAL – “Find Safety”
    107.3. Michael Feuerstack – “Adult Lullabies”

     

  • Quality Block Party

    Quality Block Party

    Local 107.3FM are proud sponsors of the upcoming Quality Block Party!

    A new celebration of independent New Brunswick culture and talent, the Quality Block Party will bring together some of New Brunswick’s most talented artists for five days of music and mayhem during the 2017 East Coast Music Award Week in Saint John: April 26th-30th.

    Reflecting on the breadth and passion of New Brunswick talent, this block party offers a supplement and added experience to the ECMAs to those living in Saint John and to friends visiting from away.

    Music, art and speaker performances will take place all week in multiple Uptown Saint John businesses found on the Quality Block on Germain and Princess Streets. The amazing line-up already includes:

    Julie Doiron, Motherhood, Little You Little Me, Galpines, The Squirts, Janowskii, Keith Hallett, Bad People, CHIPS, The Waking Night, Reagans Rayguns, Jane Blanchard, The Hypochondriacs, Owen Steel, Young Satan In Love, Beard Springsteen, Nerve Button, Right Shitty, Some Dads, Penny Blacks, Graeme Kennedy, Cellarghost, Math Class, Butcher, ER and the Other, Wrote, 1995 Zellers, plus more artists and events to be announced.

    We can’t wait to bring you more details along the way!

  • 15th Annual Homelessness Marathon

    15th Annual Homelessness Marathon

    On Wednesday February 22nd, 2017, Local 107.3 FM in Saint John, NB will host the 2017 Homelessness Marathon.  Having aired the annual overnight radio marathon for a number of years, we are proud to take the opportunity to organize this year’s broadcast.

    This year marks the 15th annual Homelessness Marathon, a yearly overnight radio broadcast shared on campus and community stations from coast to coast, creating linkages and raising awareness of homelessness in Canadian communities.

    The Marathon began in 1998 in Geneva, New York and the 19th annual Homelessness Marathon was held in January at WMPG in Portland, Maine. The concept moved north to Canada 15 years ago with CKUT-FM in Montreal as the host station who took the reins for 11 years. The marathon has begun rotating hosts across Canada in recent years including Edmonton, Kingston, and Abbotsford.

    The 2017 marathon will air on 17 broadcasters representing 6 provinces and will feature local and national programming including 30-minute to two-hour segments. Topics will include the displacement of homeless populations, organisations and community members who provide resources, and in depth portraits of individuals who have experienced homelessness.

    This year’s broadcast will last 11 hours, starting on Wednesday February 22nd, 2017 at 7 PM (AST) and running until Thursday, February 23rd at 6 AM (AST). Regular Local-FM programming will be pre-empted for the entirety of the broadcast, airing instead public forums, pre-recorded stories, and other content from community broadcasters.

  • FEMCORE Collective Newsletter – December 15, 2016

    FEMCORE Collective Newsletter – December 15, 2016

    Check out the latest newsletter from our Women’s Collective Coordinator, Abigail Smith, here. It includes information about a collective name change, the radio program, upcoming events, and more.

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  • CFMH Celebrates 15 Years On The FM Dial

    While the history of campus-based community radio in Saint John (as spottily collected as it is) dates back to 1972, the momentous occasion of CFMH’s debut as a CRTC-licensed non-profit radio station on the FM dial occurred on January 12, 2001 at its ever-present home of UNB Saint John. Pre-existing this event and over the 15 years since, countless staff and volunteer hours from numerous members have gone into creating a strong arts & culture presence over the airwaves in our fine port city.

    To help celebrate and mark this milestone, in addition to great programming and events, we have commissioned and will be sharing pieces from local artists throughout the year. As found above, we kickoff with the first of a couple pieces from Stephanie Tierney, an on-again, off-again volunteer and staff member since 2003.

    You can also find an unearthed Fall 1999 schedule here, c/o past Programming Director, Jud Crandall.

    Encompassing everyone who has contributed to the strength of community radio in Saint John over the years, from staff, volunteers, listeners, and donors alike, would be a triumphant quest in and of itself. So, we simply offer a hearty THANK YOU and cheers to another 15 years.