Local 107.3FM

Category: New Brunswick

  • 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 Schedule

    15th Annual Homelessness Marathon Schedule

    Pleasantly countering the above promotional material, the ever-expanding 15th Annual Homelessness Marathon schedule now runs for 13.5 hours from Wednesday, February 22nd at 7pm Atlantic to Thursday, February 23rd at 8:30am Atlantic. Please find the full schedule below

    7pm CiTR (Vancouver, BC): Profiles of folk who live and work in the Downtown Eastside live from Megaphone Magazine; along with discussion of the opioid crisis and the resilience/activism with which the community has faced it.

    8pm CICK (Smithers, BC): A compilation of interviews from people living on the street and those who provide services to them.

    9pm CJSR (Edmonton, AB): Intimate portraits of individuals in academia who have experienced homelessness.

    10pm CJSR (Edmonton, AB): Exploring displacement, specifically the challenges faced by newcomers to Canada and the displacement of Edmonton’s homeless population.

    11pm CKUT (Montreal, QC): A discussion featuring the voices of women of colour on homelessness and communities of colour.

    12am CKUT (Montreal, QC): An open format space for people to share their experiences.

    1am Local-FM (Saint John, NB): The FEMCORE Collective interviews local figures about the role of gender in homelessness. Abigail Smith speaks with Jennifer Megeney from the Coverdale Women’s Centre, and Diane Kerns and Julie Dingwell from AIDS Saint John.

    2am CFCR (Saskatoon, SK): Laundry List – Women & Gender Topics

    2:30am CFCR (Saskatoon, SK): Civically Speaking – Local Saskatoon Civic Politics

    3am CHUO (Ottawa, ON): Interviews with people currently experiencing homelessness in Ottawa.

    4am CKXU (Lethbridge, AB): Interviews with support workers involved in Lethbridge homelessness initiatives.

    5am CFUR (Prince George, BC): Interviews with people working on the front line and people who have, or are presently, experiencing homelessness. Includes a feature on Prince George’s Street Humanities Program.

    6am CFUZ (Penticton, BC): Focusing on themes of “Sharing When You Have Nothing” and ‘Keeping Your Dignity When You Are Ostracized.”

    6:30am Groundwire: A collaborative production of community radio producers across Canada present a collection of pieces relating to homelessness.

    7am CFCR (Saskatoon, SK): Laundry List – Women & Gender Topics

    7:30am CFCR (Saskatoon, SK): Civically Speaking – Local Saskatoon Civic Politics

    8am CFCR (Saskatoon, SK): Snake Mountain Mixtape – Open Music Show

     

  • 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.

  • Thank You, Saint John!

    Thank You, Saint John!

    Funding drive is an exhausting week in the most positive sense of the word. Months of planning from staff is put into action by our tireless volunteers who give it their all and hope you respond. Well, Saint John; respond you did! You made those phones ring and threw your love online to give us our best funding drive result ever.

    We expect to announce a final, official tally at the end of November as we collect donation bins and last minute pledges, but our preliminary total is amazing:

    $3773!

    That’s nearly double what you helped us raise in 2015!

    Thank you, thank you, a million times thank you!

  • Welcome Sadie Donahue To Our Team This Summer!

    Local 107.3FM is happy to announce the inclusion of summer intern Sadie Donahue to our team for the next eight weeks as our Marketing/Fundraising Assistant. A local artist in her own right who is working towards obtaining a Bachelor of Music degree at Mount Allison University, Sadie joins us with experience from CHMA 106.9 FM in Sackville where, in addition to producing radio, she has been involved in organization, promotion, sponsorship, networking, and more.

    Sadie writes: “Becoming so involved with the station gave me the chance to meet people I may have otherwise not met, introduced me to music that I now love, and has taught me not only the importance of reaching out to a community, but how to reach a community. Radio is important to me because it gives a community a mutual interest, a mutual goal, and a sense of a collective purpose for your area. It can also be a way for an individual to express themselves to a community, whether it is through their discussions/music on their show or what an individual chooses to vote for within a certain poll.”

    Say “Hi!” to Sadie when you see her around the station and events this summer.

  • 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.