Local 107.3FM

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  • FREE WORKSHOP: Introduction to Sound in DIY Spaces with Local 107.3fm, Monopolized Records, and Quality Block Party

    Local 107.3fm & Quality Block Party are thrilled to co-present an “Introduction to Sound in DIY Spaces” workshop on Thursday, March 17th from 5-9pm at the Saint John Tool Library, located at 100 Princess Street in Saint John, NB.

    This workshop will be facilitated by Corey Bonnevie of Monopolized Records and is specifically designed to act as an entry level learning opportunity for artists, music enthusiasts, and community members interested in gaining the skills and knowledge required to comfortably tend to all sound-related needs in DIY spaces.

    All participants will put their new skills to good use during part 02 of this workshop, an all-ages show at the Saint John Tool Library on Saturday, March 26th. We will announce the lineup and all other pertinent details for the show within the next few days!

    We’re so excited for unique & inspiring DIY spaces to return to all corners of the City of Saint John this spring and summer as we collectively enter a new chapter.

    The workshop is being offered at no cost to participants and the all-ages show will be free to attend. This project is funded by the Saint John Community Arts Board in the context of Winter Fest.

    Register for the workshop now! We will accept a maximum of 10 participants (ages 16+) in an effort to provide a positive and tactile experience for all. We will provide snacks & non-alcoholic beverages for workshop participants on the 17th. That said, please eat supper beforehand! We’ll also have some treats on-site for show attendees on the 26th! Please note: the all-ages show is a DRY event.

    FINAL DETAILS FOR WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS: you must be available on Thursday, March 17th from 5-9pm and again on Saturday, March 26th from 6-10pm to participate. All necessary gear will be provided by Monopolized Records. Please bring a notebook to the workshop. Masks required upon entry.

    Keep your eyes peeled for show details on Local FM, Monopolized Records, and Quality Block Party’s socials between now and March 26th!

    CRSJ Inc. is an incorporated nonprofit organization that recognizes and respects that it operates on the traditional, unceded territories of the Wolastoqey, Peskotomuhkati, and Mi’gmaq Peoples.

  • 2019-2020 Best of Saint John Music Awards: Nominees & Award Recipients!

    Award #1: Best Album Artwork

    Dumpster Cub – [could I] Begin to Know (Dill Wong)

    Little You, Little Me – Hard To Say, Not Knowing (Michael Milburn & Corey Bonnevie)

    Papal Visit – Where Do They Swim? (Adam Mowery)

    Subtle – My Favourite Morning/Calculus Class (Jeff McLennan)

    Surface Wounds – The Tower (Madéa LeBlanc)

    Tooth & the Fang – Songs from the Broadview Wind Tunnel (Michael Milburn & Jason Ogden)

    Usse – Flowers For S. (Jud Crandall)

    WINNER: Surface Wounds – The Tower (Madéa LeBlanc)

    Award #2: Best Music or Concert Video

    Dad Patrol – Yellow

    Dan Verner – Smoke

    Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth – Wide Open

    Kylie Fox – Glowstars

    Little You, Little Me – Traveled

    Nurture Nurture – Up There

    Sonic Detour – Rise Up

    Sunnyside Uppers – If All Is Lost

    Surface Wounds – Exposure Therapy

    WINNER: Sonic Detour – Rise Up

    Award #3: Best Venue 

    Callie’s Pub

    Imperial Theatre

    Phoenix Dinner Theatre 

    Saint John Tool Library

    Sanctuary Theatre

    Taco Pica

    WINNER: Taco Pica

    Award #4: Best Musical Event/Concert 

    WHOOP-Szo // Usse // Cassette Tapes @ Taco Pica (11/27/19) 

    Papal Visit // Right Shitty // Usse // Sadie @ the Public House (12/21/19)

    Monopolized Records Year-End: Little You, Little Me // Adam K. & his Hired Friends // Adam Mowery & the Worry Warts // Wrote @ Callie’s Pub (12/27/19) 

    Jillian Richardson // White VHS // Stellaleona // Artifiseer @ Taco Pica (02/28/20)

    Designosaur // Matty Grace // Sadie // Subtle @ Taco Pica (03/13/20)

    “We Will Still Need A Song” [Facebook Livestream]: Bad People // Clinton Charlton // Sadie // The Hypos Trio (03/21/20)

    Quality Block Party x PRAM x Imperial Theatre: Sadie // Motherhood // Wolf Castle // Little You, Little Me @ the Imperial Theatre (09/26/20)

    WINNER: Monopolized Records Year-End: Little You, Little Me // Adam K. & his Hired Friends // Adam Mowery & the Worry Warts // Wrote @ Callie’s Pub (12/27/19) 

    Award #5: Best Song

    Artifiseer – Falsify

    Ava Strange – Faces

    Burgundy Drive – Running Red

    Dan Verner – Smoke

    David R. Elliott – Something About The Way

    Dumpster Cub – White Moth 

    Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth – Tall Pine

    Kylie Fox – Cradle Me

    Levi Rowan – Let It Go

    Millians – Edge of California

    Papal Visit – Inaudible (Feat. Sadie)

    Sadie – Popcorn

    Sonic Detour – Breathe Out

    Subtle – Calculus Class

    Surface Wounds – Milk Sop

    Sunnyside Uppers – If All Is Lost

    Usse – Hegemony

    WINNER: Artifiseer – Falsify

    Award #6: Best Album/EP

    Adam Mowery – Horseshoe Canyon

    Artifiseer – Syncretist

    Ava Strange – Heavy Cloud EP

    Burgundy Drive – Running Red

    Dash Talk – Dash Talk

    David R. Elliott – Common St.

    Doctor Mother Father – Catholic

    Dumpster Cub – [could I] Begin to Know

    Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth – Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth

    Kylie Fox – Green

    Little You, Little Me – Hard To Say, Not Knowing

    Surface Wounds – The Tower

    Tooth & the Fang – Songs from the Broadview Wind Tunnel

    Usse – Flowers For S.

    WINNER: Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth – Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth

    Award #7: Best New Artist/Group

    Artifiseer

    Ava Strange

    Dash Talk

    Doctor Mother Father

    Levi Rowan

    Nurture Nurture

    Sonic Detour

    Sunnyside Uppers

    Surface Wounds

    WINNER: Surface Wounds

    Award #8: Best Group

    Adam K. & his Hired Friends

    The Backstays

    Butcher

    Dumpster Cub

    Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth

    Little You, Little Me

    Papal Visit

    Subtle

    Tooth & the Fang

    Usse

    WINNER: Dumpster Cub

    Award #9: Adam Kierstead Memorial Award for Musicianship

    Adam Kierstead

    Corey Bonnevie

    Flora

    Geoff Smith

    Hayden White

    Levi Rowan

    Sebastian Fleet

    Yurgos Elisseou

    WINNER: Hayden White

    Award #10: FEMCORE Award for Musicianship

    Andie McCausland

    Dill Wong

    Emily Saab

    Hilary Ladd

    Jessica Rhaye

    Kylie Fox

    Sadie Donahue

    Stellaleona

    WINNER: Stellaleona

  • 2019-2020 Best of Saint John “From the Heat of Summer to the Dead of Winter” Music Awards: NOMINEES & PUBLIC VOTING FORM!

    Saint John artists, bands, promoters, enthusiasts, and fans:

    Please cast your votes for the 2019-2020 Best of Saint John “From the Heat of Summer to the Dead of Winter” Music Awards here. To better acquaint yourselves with all music videos, individual songs, and albums in contention for this year’s awards, please click on the various links included in the applicable categories below.

    In solidifying the final list of nominees for the 12th iteration of BOSJ, we:

    1) Relied upon self-nomination forms submitted by artists, bands, and fans.

    2) Scoured all Bandcamp releases with the #saintjohn tag from 07/01/19-12/31/20.

    3) Re-visited singles and albums that were especially popular among Local 107.3fm contributors on their radio shows prior to the campus closure on 03/17/20.

    We endeavoured to adequately represent the talent and diversity held within Saint John’s music community in compiling the contenders for this year’s awards. Our hope is that you’ll not only vote for your favourite artists and bands, but also take some time to delve into the offerings of other nominated artists whose creative work you’re less familiar with.

    The public voting period will end on Friday, February 19th at 5pm.

    If you have any questions about the Best of Saint John Music Awards, please contact Julia Rogers (Station Manager & Program Director, Local 107.3fm): julia@cfmh.ca

    We’d like to thank the City of Saint John’s Community Arts Board for their financial contribution to the execution of this iteration of the Best of Saint John Music Awards.

    2019-2020 BEST OF SAINT JOHN MUSIC AWARDS: FULL LIST OF NOMINEES

    Award #1: Best Album Artwork

    Dumpster Cub – [could I] Begin to Know (Jill Wong)

    Little You, Little Me – Hard To Say, Not Knowing (Michael Milburn & Corey Bonnevie)

    Papal Visit – Where Do They Swim? (Adam Mowery)

    Subtle – My Favourite Morning/Calculus Class (Jeff McLennan)

    Surface Wounds – The Tower (Madéa LeBlanc)

    Tooth & the Fang – Songs from the Broadview Wind Tunnel (Michael Milburn & Jason Ogden)

    Usse – Flowers For S. (Jud Crandall)

    Award #2: Best Music or Concert Video

    Dad Patrol – Yellow

    Dan Verner – Smoke

    Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth – Wide Open

    Kylie Fox – Glowstars

    Little You, Little Me – Traveled

    Nurture Nurture – Up There

    Sonic Detour – Rise Up

    Sunnyside Uppers – If All Is Lost

    Surface Wounds – Exposure Therapy 

    Award #3: Best Venue 

    Callie’s Pub

    Imperial Theatre

    Phoenix Dinner Theatre 

    Saint John Tool Library

    Sanctuary Theatre

    Taco Pica

    Award #4: Best Musical Event/Concert 

    WHOOP-Szo // Usse // Cassette Tapes @ Taco Pica (11/27/19) 

    Papal Visit // Right Shitty // Usse // Sadie @ the Public House (12/21/19)

    Monopolized Records Year-End: Little You, Little Me // Adam K. & his Hired Friends // Adam Mowery & the Worry Warts // Wrote @ Callie’s Pub (12/27/19) 

    Jillian Richardson // White VHS // Stellaleona // Artifiseer @ Taco Pica (02/28/20)

    Designosaur // Matty Grace // Sadie // Subtle @ Taco Pica (03/13/20)

    “We Will Still Need A Song” [Facebook Livestream]: Bad People // Clinton Charlton // Sadie // The Hypos Trio (03/21/20)

    Quality Block Party x PRAM x Imperial Theatre: Sadie // Motherhood // Wolf Castle // Little You, Little Me @ the Imperial Theatre (09/26/20)

    Award #5: Best Song

    Artifiseer – Falsify

    Ava Strange – Faces

    Burgundy Drive – Running Red

    Dan Verner – Smoke

    David R. Elliott – Something About The Way

    Dumpster Cub – White Moth 

    Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth – Tall Pine

    Kylie Fox – Cradle Me

    Levi Rowan – Let It Go

    Millians – Edge of California

    Papal Visit – Inaudible (Feat. Sadie)

    Sadie – Popcorn

    Sonic Detour – Breathe Out

    Subtle – Calculus Class

    Surface Wounds – Milk Sop

    Sunnyside Uppers – If All Is Lost

    Usse – Hegemony

    Award #6: Best Album/EP

    Adam Mowery – Horseshoe Canyon

    Artifiseer – Syncretist

    Ava Strange – Heavy Cloud EP

    Burgundy Drive – Running Red

    Dash Talk – Dash Talk

    David R. Elliott – Common St.

    Doctor Mother Father – Catholic

    Dumpster Cub – [could I] Begin to Know

    Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth – Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth

    Kylie Fox – Green

    Little You, Little Me – Hard To Say, Not Knowing

    Surface Wounds – The Tower

    Tooth & the Fang – Songs from the Broadview Wind Tunnel

    Usse – Flowers For S.

    Award #7: Best New Artist/Group

    Artifiseer

    Ava Strange

    Dash Talk

    Doctor Mother Father

    Levi Rowan

    Nurture Nurture

    Sonic Detour

    Sunnyside Uppers

    Surface Wounds

    Award #8: Best Group

    Adam K. & his Hired Friends

    The Backstays

    Butcher

    Dumpster Cub

    Jamie Comeau & the Crooked Teeth

    Little You, Little Me

    Papal Visit

    Subtle

    Tooth & the Fang

    Usse

    Award #9: Adam Kierstead Memorial Award for Musicianship

    Adam Kierstead

    Corey Bonnevie

    Flora

    Geoff Smith

    Hayden White

    Levi Rowan

    Sebastian Fleet

    Yurgos Elisseou

    Award #10: FEMCORE Award for Musicianship

    Andie McCausland

    Emily Saab

    Hilary Ladd

    Jessica Rhaye

    Jill Wong

    Kylie Fox

    Sadie Donahue

    Stellaleona

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    Local FM is an incorporated nonprofit organization that recognizes and respects that it operates on the traditional, unceded territories of the Wolastoqey, Peskotomuhkati, and Mi’gmaq Peoples.

  • 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]

  • Best of Saint John Music Awards 2019-2020: From the Heat of Summer to the Dead of Winter [SELF-NOMINATION FORM LAUNCH]

    We’re launching the self-nomination form for our 2019-2020 Best of Saint John Music Awards TODAY! Welcome to the “FROM THE HEAT OF SUMMER TO THE DEAD OF WINTER” edition of one of Local FM’s most cherished signature events!

    BOSJ acts as an opportunity to promote our local music scene and to celebrate artistic achievements by Saint John-based creators.

    Please use this form to nominate artists/bands, albums, individual songs, and more for the 2019-2020 Best of Saint John Music Awards. Remember: ALL NOMINATIONS MUST INCLUDE A RELEASE DATE. We are currently accepting nominations for music released from July 01, 2019 – December 31, 2020. The self-nomination period ends on Friday, January 22nd. The public voting period for all final nominees will follow shortly thereafter.

    Thank you for contributing to the vibrancy of our arts community!

  • Fun[D]rive 2018 – DAY 1!

    The first full day of our 2018 Fun[D]rive has come and gone. Thanks to the support of Saint John, we’ve already reached 50% of our goal!

    We’re sitting at $1687.89. Make your donations online at localfm.ca/donate, e-transfers to info@cfmh.ca, phoning in a pledge at 506 648 5925 or visiting our offices on the UNBSJ campus! Help get us closer to our goal of $3000.00!

    Local FM is grateful for all the support, donations, and excitement expressed by our surrounding community, and friends. Thanks to this support, Local FM will be able to improve on several of our community focused projects.

    Thanks to these donations, Local FM is excited to guarantee that we will be able to offer and operate our annual Radio Camp! A free summer camp for youth in Saint John aged 8-14 for a third consecutive year in the summer of 2019! Radio Camp! is offered in partnership with the Fundy Fringe Festival, and aims to foster a live-long love and appreciation of independent and emerging Canadian art in Saint John youth. Radio Camp! educates youth about the importance of independent media, and provides them with the tools and opportunities to create media to share their stories and their interests.

    Please continue to support Local FM, donations gathered through FunDrive will go towards supporting a variety of projects in addition to Radio Camp! These projects include advocacy support for FemCore, Local FM’s feminist collective, additional resources for our spoken word collective as they bring both journalism and creative spoken word (such as radio plays and slam poetry evenings) to the fore.

    Funds will also go to support Distortion, an independent magazine produced by Local FM members and featuring content from all members of the Saint John community, and finally to our Live From Local FM project, which provides up and coming new artists with the opportunity to record demos, and singles, practice their performances, and build their audiences, at no cost to the artists.

    Visit our merch page to view merchandize packages that are available as our expression of gratitude to our supporters!

  • Local FM on Strange Grooves

    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!

     

  • 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

     

  • Radio Camp 2018 Registration OPEN

    Local FM is excited to announce the second year of their youth radio camp. The camp is offered at no cost to participants.

    The camp is once again partnering with the Fundy Fringe Festival to conduct artist interviews to help hone skills in that area. Sarah Rankin, the director of Fringe Festival, had this to say:

    “The Fundy Fringe is thrilled and honoured to once again partner with Local 107.3 on their annual radio camp. It’s a joy to see the youth interact with performers from around the world, listening to and sharing their stories with each other.” 

    The camp will run for one week, starting Monday, August 20th until August 24th. Programming will run from 8:45 AM to 5 PM. The camp will also feature opportunities to connect with the following local organizations and more:

    • Huddle
    • Saint John Free Public Library
    • Saint John Arts Centre

    The online registration form can be located at www.radiocamp.localfm.ca

    For more information please contact:
    Brandon Logan – Local FM Camp Coordinator – brandon@cfmh.ca

    Glen Swarnadhipathi – Local FM Station Manager – glen@cfmh.ca