Local FM was happy to invite the Strange Grooves Crew to the station for Vol. 43. Take a listen to the crew talk about the resurgence of physical formats, nifty recycling ideas, and the importance of sharing music with our community.
Visit Strange Grooves for more great content, and support your local podcasters!
Local FM staff members attended three Saint John All-Candidates forums over the first few weeks of September. We’re pleased to share recordings of the forums in the lead up to the 2018 New Brunswick Provincial election. These recordings have been edited for audio clarity, but have not been edited for content.
Please note that Local FM does not endorse any single candidate, or party, and any questions related to the candidates, parties, platforms, and their stances should be directed to those individuals/parties in question.
Portland Simonds (One Change // Nick Nicolle Community Centre)
Saint John – Harbour (Saint John Human Development Council // Outflow Men’s Shelter)
Saint John – Lancaster (Saint John Women’s Empowerment Network // Seaside Elementary School)
Local FM expresses it’s gratitude to the following groups for organizing and hosting these forums: Saint John Women’s Empowerment Network (SJWEN), The One-Change Inc, The Saint John Human Development Council (SJHDC), Seaside Elementary School, Outflow Men’s Shelter, Nick Nicolle Community Centre, and the Urban and Community Studies Institute at the University of New Brunswick.
Thanks to the support of the Canada Summer Jobs program Local FM is looking for a student to fill the role of Radio Camp Coordinator!
Radio Camp is a no-cost summer camp for youth in Saint John, hosted by Local FM in partnership with local arts & cultural groups. Now in it’s second year, Radio Camp aims to provide youth with the information and understanding of the vital role independent media and the arts play in our community.
The Radio Camp Coordinator will be responsible for ensuring that the camp runs smoothly, safely, and provides support and encouragement for youth.
Responsibilities (please note that tasks will include, but not be limited to the following):
Requirements:
Details
This position is supervised by Local FM’s Station Manager and includes training, mentorship, and frequent opportunities for feedback and evaluation. This position also requires a Vulnerable Sector check before commencing.
We thank all applicants, but only selected individuals will be contacted for an interview.
Local FM is excited to announce a marathon celebrating the contributions of nonprofits and community organizations to Saint John’s social fabric.
The marathon was produced by UNB-SJ students as part of a business administration course. Dr. Constance Van Horne, their instructor, describes the project as being:
The marathon will run twice, on Saturday, May 5th from 1 PM to 6 PM, and again on Sunday, May 6th from 8 AM to 1 PM. The marathon will feature the following local organizations:
For more information please contact:
Dr. Constance Van Horne – PhD, Assistant Professor of Management – c.vanhorne@unb.ca
It has been such a busy and amazing 2017 thus far at Local 107.3FM that our planned midyear report
has stretched into mid-August. We wanted to take a brief opportunity to tell you about some of our big accomplishments these past several months and our plans for the near future.
Since our most successful funding drive ever ($4,298.00!) in October 2016, we have been able to take on many new projects and grow several existing ones. We are increasingly proud of the efforts of our staff and volunteers within this ever-morphing and expanding non-profit arts and culture body. Here are a few of our recent highlights:
• In January 2017, we hosted volunteer awards where eleven different awards, chosen by staff and the public, were presented to our volunteer base.
• In February 2017, we hosted the 15th annual Homelessness Marathon, a yearly overnight radio broadcast shared on over a dozen campus and community stations from coast to coast, creating linkages and raising awareness of homelessness in Canadian communities.
• In April 2017, we sponsored the inaugural Quality Block Party, a new celebration of independent New Brunswick culture and talent. We also co-presented all-ages show during version 1.2 from Aug. 10-13 as well as several other arts & culture events in the summer and fall.
• In May 2017, we hosted the ninth annual Best of Saint John Music Poll.
• On June 10, we accepted national awards for “Best In Creative Production” and “Best In Syndicated Radio Show” at the 36th National Campus & Community Radio Conference in Abbotsford, BC.
• In late June 2017, our staff ballooned to five members thanks to granting programs which allowed us to hire a Volunteer Support Coordinator, Community Outreach Coordinator, and Marketing & Promotions Assistant.
• From August 21-25, 2017, we are launching our very first free Radio Camp for youth on the UNB Saint John campus with exciting, engaging, and informative workshops on a wide range of topics from improvisational theatre to sports broadcasting.
We’ve also seen growth in our feminist collective (FemCore), general programming, and community partnerships. You can find additional information about these initiatives and more (including our full summer 2017 programming schedule) at localfm.ca
Over the next several months, in addition to the continued welcoming of new volunteer programmers, we have plans to install new and updated equipment, begin an engineering technical brief to increase our broadcast range, launch a small local festival in September, and more.
We hope we can count on your support in late October 2017 during this year’s funding drive. We have some great items in the works and look forward to releasing more information in the next couple months.
Sincerely,
Brian Cleveland, Station Manager
This August, Local 107.3FM is launching its very first Radio Camp for youth on the UNB Saint John campus!
We are inviting youth (9-14) to join us from August 21st to August 25th, 2017 to speak their minds, to own their truths, and to feel empowered through creating media. Our facilitators will provide exciting, engaging, and informative workshops on a wide range of topics – from improvisational theatre to sports broadcasting!
Radio Camp is being made available AT NO COST to participants.
To register or view more information, please visit our Radio Camp page. Never hesitate to contact our Community Outreach Coordinator, Julia Rogers (julia@cfmh.ca), should you have any questions about Radio Camp.
From June 7-11, 2017, Local 107.3FM joined over 100 delegates in Abbotsford, BC to represent community radio stations from all across Canada at the National Campus & Community Radio Conference. Along with several days of panels and workshops, the week’s events included the National Community Awards. With 20 categories receiving over 200 topnotch submissions, competition was certainly fierce from producers all across the country. It is with ecstatic fervor that we can announce that for the first time ever, we took home two separate awards. These awards will sit alongside previous national awards for Best Small Station (2002) and Community Development (2012).
Best In Creative Production
Michael Mohan/Abigail Smith/Mike Specht/Sadie Donahue
Judge’s Comments: “Beautiful, simple production. Haunting. Reminds me of WireTap.”
Funded by the Saint John Community Arts Funding Board, local photographer/filmmaker and St. Stephen native Michael Mohan was chosen as Local 107.3FM’s first-ever artist-in-residence in August 2016. Working with Local-FM staff, Mohan created a fictional call-in show titled “Loveline” in which film, radio, and memory overlap. You can view the trailer for the accompanying short film here. There were pieces about this project on The East and CBC.
Best In Syndicated Radio Show
!earshot 20 (Anthony Enman & Brian Cleveland)
Judge’s Comments: “Interesting to discover Canadian Artists – Great hosts.”
Produced from Local 107.3FM, !earshot 20 is a nationally-syndicated radio program presently airing on over 30 campus and community radio stations across Canada (from Halifax, NS to Kamloops, BC). The program features a countdown of !earshot’s top 20 most played albums on campus and community radio stations in Canada, musician interviews, entertainment news from Exclaim!, and more.
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.
Do you need a refresher on 2016 releases to vote in this year’s Best of Saint John Music Poll? Here’s what we’ve collected and recall. Did we miss a release? E-mail brian@cfmh.ca
1995 Zellers – “family restaurant”
Adam Washburn & The Elements – “Lift Me Up”
Bad People – “You’re This Close”
Balaclava – “Tour Demo EP 2016”
Brother Faye – “Brother Faye”
Bustin’ – “Crystal Clouds”
Dye Pack – “Make A Mess”
Elephant Skeletons – “The Traveller pt.I”
FWLR – “Outsider”
Heavy Seas – “Mirage”
Isaiah Lightning – “Starry Crown”
Jessica Rhaye – “Song In Me”
Papal Visit – “A Little Further Down The Flame”
Right Shitty – “Bachelor of Arts”
Shrimp Ring – “Humanity’s Last Hope”
SIRR – “BEGAT”
SIRR – “LIAR CAKE”
The Boyer Bunch – “Not Singin’ The Blues”
The Honeyboys – “The Honeyboys”
The Not So Dandy-Lions – “Rough Translation”
The Tasty Wangs – “The Tasty Wangs Go Goth”
Tomato/Tomato – “I Go Where You Go”
Tooth & the Fang – “Void, moving without having moved.”
Usse – “Cancelled Crop”
Usse – “In Through Beyond/Maximilian, Help Me”
Yes/Now – “Yes/Now”
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”
