Local 107.3FM

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  • Local 107.3fm [CFMH-FM] Celebrates 20 YEARS on the FM Dial!

    Local FM listeners, contributors, and supporters:

    Today, we celebrate our 20th anniversary as a CRTC-licensed non-profit radio station on the FM dial! We are hosting a special broadcast from 4-6pm to mark the occasion. Tune in to hear music by local artists Dumpster Cub, Doctor Mother Father, Sadie, Adam Mowery, Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth, and more! We’ll also be chatting with Local FM programmers and former staff members about their experiences in the campus & community radio sector.

    It is impossible to adequately enumerate and thank all of the individuals who have contributed to our station’s growth over the years, but we are immensely grateful to all of our former staff members, past and current programmers and board members, community partners, and listeners for their continued dedication to and investment in Local FM’s success. Thank you for fostering and sustaining our presence in Saint John’s arts & culture community.

    In other news, the self-nomination form for this year’s Best of Saint John Music Awards is now available on our website. Additionally, our current programming schedule can be found here.

    We look forward to broadcasting live from our beloved home on the second floor of the Thomas J. Condon Student Centre on the UNB Saint John campus this afternoon! If you’d like to contribute to today’s broadcast, you can reach our live booth by dialing: (506) 648 5925.

    Kindly,

    Julia Rogers [Station Manager & Program Director]

  • RELEASED: Live From Local FM #1

    Local FM is excited to announce the release of the debut Live From Local FM compilation! The album features nine artists from Guelph, Mississauga, Fredericton and right here in Saint John.

    Local FM’s Live From Local FM project is designed to provide independent and emerging artists with the opportunity to perform live, and develop recordings at no cost. Funds gained through the EP will be reinvested in expanding on those opportunities for locally based artists! Support artists in your community today!

     

  • Saint John All-Candidates Forums

    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.

    This project was made possible with the support of the Community Radio Fund of Canada/Fonds Canadien de la Radio Communautaire (CRFC-FCRC). The CRFC-FCRC is the only organization mandated to provide financial support to Campus & Community Radio Stations in Canada.

  • FUNDING OFFERED TO LOCAL FM

    The Community Radio Fund of Canada proudly supports “Introducing, Increasing, and Improving Spoken Word Programming for/by Saint John”

     

    Saint John and Ottawa (August 27th, 2018) – Roger Ouellette, President of the Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) and Glen Swarnadhipathi, Station Manager of Local FM (CFMH-FM), a campus radio station based in Saint John, NB, are pleased to announce that $47,000 will go towards the implementation of “Introducing, Increasing, and Improving Spoken Word Programming for/by Saint John“. These funds were made available by the CRFC under their Radiometres program, a funding program aimed to improve local programming and volunteer participation. This is the 6th time that the CRFC provides financial support to CFMH-FM under this program, bringing the total awarded to $217,000.

     

    With the funds received, the station aims to increase the amount of locally reflective spok

    en word programming produced by CFMH by offering volunteers greater support, training, and encouragement in the development and production of locally focused, sustainable, and creative programming unique to Saint John.

     

    “Thanks to the support of the CRFC, Local FM has grown into a vital part of the social fabric of Saint John. Our membership, and community partners, are dedicated and passionate; with this latest Radiometres project, we’re excited to provide them with stronger tools, resources, and support systems as they continue to create diverse, creative, and locally reflective programming and initiatives,” says Local FM station manager, Glen Swarnadhipathi.

     

    Since its inception in 2012, the Radiometres program enabled a total investment of more than $12 million in the campus and community radio sector. It is an im

    pressive number of 360 funded projects that have been approved. “I’m happy to add this project to the growing list of funded initiatives. I have no doubt as to the positive impact that this new, innovative, and truly local programming will have on the station and its listeners,” says the CRFC President, Roger Ouellette.

     

    For more information about the CRFC, the only organization mandated to financially support the c/c sector in Canada, and get the complete list of all funded projects in this round of funding, please visit www.crfc-fcrc.ca.

     

    For more information about Local FM and their project, please visit http://localfm.ca/.

     

     

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    For further information, please contact:

     

    Glen Swarnadhipathi

    Station Manager
    Local FM (CFMH-FM)
    506-648-5667
    glen@cfmh.ca

    		 Marie-Ève Laramée-Gauvreau

    Communications Officer

    Community Radio Fund of Canada

    613-321-3513

    marie-eve@crfc-fcrc.ca

     

  • Best of Saint John Music Awards – 2018 Nominees!

    We’ve spent the last month polling, and Saint John has decided on it’s nominees for the 2018 Best Of Saint John Music Awards! Congratulations to all the nominees! All nominees are asked to get in touch with Local FM (info@cmfh.ca) right away for comped cover charges!

    FEMCORE Award for Musicianship
    Kylie Fox
    Erin Muir
    Hilary Ladd

    Adam Kierstead Award for Musicianship
    Adam Kierstead
    Gavin Downes
    Luc Poirier

    Best New Artist
     Butcher
    The Wiseaux
    Subtle

    Best Group
    Butcher
    Shrimp Ring
    Subtle

    Best Album or EP
    Burgundy Drive (Burgundy Drive)
    In Under Fourteen Highly Concentrated Minutes (Little You Little Me)
    Long Lights (Penny Blacks)

    Best Song
    Long Lights (Penny Blacks)
    Mountain (Little You Little Me)
    She Wanders (Lads & Lasses)

    Best Album Artwork
    Golden Grove (Papal Visit)
    Procrastinator (Subtle)
    So I Can Go Away (Butcher

    Best Music or Concert Video
    Human Brain Freezer (Shrimp Ring)
    Seed (Jamie Comeau & The Crooked Teeth)
    Won’t Let This Go (Butcher)

    Best Venue
    BMO Studio Theatre
    Sanctuary Theatre
    Taco Pica

    Best Musical Event or Concert
    Curtains For Santos
    Quality Block Party
    Youth For Youth 2018

     

  • Local FM to air marathon produced by UNB-Saint John students

    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 best way to learn about Business Communications is to use it. My students needed to use all aspects of communications in this project and they also had to craft appropriate narratives for these organizations that don’t get enough attention for the great work they do. I could not be prouder of the students – contacting organizations, arranging interviews, developing a storyline in collaboration with their organization and getting it all put together in a final documentary. Most importantly, they found their voices through helping others find their own – that is the beauty of community radio and the beauty of learning by doing.”

    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:

    • Teen Resource Centre
    • KV Oasis Youth Centre
    • Bee Mee Kidz
    • Big Brothers, Big Sisters
    • People United in the Lower South End
    • Pregnancy Resource Centre
    • South Central Social

    For more information please contact:
    Dr. Constance Van Horne – PhD, Assistant Professor of Management – c.vanhorne@unb.ca

    Glen Swarnadhipathi – Local FM Station Manager – glen@cfmh.ca
  • Local FM to host 2018 Homelessness Marathon

    Local FM to host 2018 Homelessness Marathon

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  • EGM Notification + Pizza Party!

    EGM Notification + Pizza Party!

    Local-FM is hosting a pizza party to thank it’s volunteers for their continued dedication and contributions to our community. All volunteers are welcomed and invited to join us at the Whitebone Lounge on Sunday, February 11th at 12:30 PM.

    We’ll also be holding a short vote on bylaw reform. We’ve been creating an updated version of our constitution that better reflects how we operate. Feel free to take a look at the two constitutions, current and reformed, as well as the report from the bylaw review committee who developed the new constitution in response to certain issues with the current set.

    Now let’s eat some ‘Zza!


  • Saint John Represented On Polaris Music Prize Grand Jury

    Saint John Represented On Polaris Music Prize Grand Jury

    Saint John, NB’s campus-based community radio station Local 107.3FM (CFMH-FM) is pleased to recognize that Station Manager, Brian Cleveland, has been invited to participate on the 2017 Polaris Music Prize Grand Jury. The Grand Jury is set to determine this year’s best Canadian album, judged solely on artistic merit, without consideration of genre or record sales.  The winner will be announced at the Polaris Gala at The Carlu in Toronto on September 18, 2017 and will be awarded $50,000.

    The records on the 2017 Polaris Short List are:

    A Tribe Called Red – We Are The Halluci Nation
    BADBADNOTGOOD – IV
    Leonard Cohen – You Want It Darker
    Gord Downie – Secret Path
    Feist – Pleasure
    Lisa LeBlanc – Why You Wanna Leave, Runaway Queen?
    Lido Pimienta – La Papessa
    Tanya Tagaq – Retribution
    Leif Vollebekk – Twin Solitude
    Weaves – Weaves

    Brian is joined on the Grand Jury by the following jurors:

    Francella Fiallos, CKDU, Halifax, NS
    Erin Flynn, CHUO 89.1FM, Ottawa, ON
    Vish Khanna, Kreative Kontrol, Guelph, ON
    Nick Krewen, Freelance Journalist, Toronto, ON
    Erik Leijon, Freelance Journalist, Montréal, QC
    Tara McCarthy, CBC Radio One, Whitehorse, YT
    Catherine Pogonat, Radio-Canada, Montréal, QC
    Sandra Sperounes, Edmonton, AB, Capital City Records
    Laura Stanley, Freelance Journalist, Toronto, ON
    Brad Wheeler, The Globe And Mail, Toronto, ON

  • Local 107.3FM To Launch Radio Camp For Youth

    Local 107.3FM To Launch Radio Camp For Youth

    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.