Local 107.3FM

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  • Local FM is HIRING a Special Projects Coordinator!

    Local FM is HIRING!

    Due to the flexible nature of this year’s Canada Summer Jobs program, and due to our inability to host our annual Radio Camp for Youth as a result of restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic, we’re thrilled to announce that we are now seeking a candidate to fulfill an entirely new position at our radio station!

    We are hiring a “Special Projects Coordinator” to tackle a wide array of exciting initiatives & ongoing creative endeavours at Local FM. As noted, this position is funded by the Canada Summer Jobs program, which exclusively hires youth between the ages of 15-30. Applicants must either be Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents. If you’ve already held a CSJ position in 2020, you are still eligible to apply, just as long as your previous contract has ended.

    Responsibilities (please note that tasks will include, but not be limited to the following):

    • Developing ideas & guidebooks for future radio workshops with youth.
    • Assisting in the planning & execution of a virtual iteration of Local FM’s annual celebration of our music scene, the Best of Saint John Music Awards.
    • Assisting in the planning & execution of our first-ever DIY Sound Tech Workshop for Women & Non-Binary Individuals in the City of Saint John.
    • Making improvements & alterations to Local FM’s website. 
    • Producing Station IDs, promos, and PSAs on Adobe Audition to benefit our campus & community partners.
    • Injecting fresh content into Local FM’s various social media channels (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter).
    • Maintaining Local FM’s physical & digital Music Libraries. 

    Requirements:

    • Basic knowledge of WordPress and Adobe Audition.
    • Strong oral and written communication skills.
    • Time management and organizational skills.
    • A somewhat self-directed approach towards work (Local FM staff will, however, consistently provide guidance and support).
    • Previous event management & curriculum development experience preferred, but not necessary.

    Details (two options available):

    8-week contract: 35 hours/week @ $12.00/hour

    14-week contract: 20 hours/week @ 12.00/hour

    Anticipated Start Date: TBD

    Application Deadline: Friday, October 30th, 2020 at 5pm

    Please email resumes & cover letters to: julia@cfmh.ca 

    This position is supervised by Local FM’s Station Manager & Program Director, Julia Eleanor Rogers, and includes training, mentorship, and frequent opportunities for feedback and evaluation.

    We thank all applicants for applying, but only selected individuals will be contacted for interviews.

  • Local 107.3fm’s 2019 FunDrive: Celebrating our Local Music Scene, Promoting Community Radio, and Spotlighting the Importance of Compensating Artists for their Creative Work

    CALLING ALL SAINT JOHN ARTISTS, BANDS, AND COMMUNITY RADIO ENTHUSIASTS!

    As detailed in our previous newsletter, Local FM’s operating budget has decreased substantially this year. As a result of this, ensuring the success of our 2019 FunDrive is especially important. For this reason, we’ve chosen to revisit the format and execution of our various fundraising endeavours. We’re happy to announce we’ll be hosting a FunDrive launch show on Saturday, November 2nd at Taco Pica at 10pm. We’ll also be co-presenting a FunDrive finale show with Monopolized Records on Friday, November 8th at Callie’s Pub at 10pm. We can’t yet share the lineups in full, but we can promise you this: the first show will be a DANCE PARTY and the second will be an opportunity to hear some tunes by beloved Saint John bands, both old and new. The nostalgic energy will be VERY REAL, my dear friends.

    The on-air pledge drive component of this year’s FunDrive will unfold from Monday, November 4th to Thursday, November 7th from 7am-midnight each day. Our pledge incentives will include COMPENSATE ARTISTS FAIRLY shirts, Local FM mugs, Local FM fanny packs, copies of the second issue of our zine (Distortion), and VERY limited quantities of shirts featuring lyrics by Saint John bands. As always, our programmers will offer special programming, and we’re even hoping to organize a live session or two to spotlight underrepresented genres of music in our shared city!

    This year, we want to ensure our FunDrive efforts act as an opportunity for our station to simultaneously celebrate our local music scene AND everything our campus & community partners work so hard to offer to the good people of Saint John (from theatre festivals to literary events to safer spaces initiatives).

    If all goes well, this year’s FunDrive earnings will allow us to host our fourth annual FREE Radio Camp for Youth on the UNBSJ campus in August of 2020, launch our live-on-location broadcast booth at local events & festivals (and possibly on Partridge Island, but I digress), host the 12th annual Best of Saint John Music Awards, and develop a system to consistently utilize the Local FM website as a hub to promote upcoming shows at various venues throughout the City of Saint John.

    Please stay tuned for more information about our two shows, on-air FunDrive programming, and pledge incentives over the next few weeks!

    ***If you’re in a Saint John band and would like to have some of your lyrics printed on a VERY limited run of shirts to support our 2019 fundraising efforts, please email me directly: julia@cfmh.ca

    Kindly,

    Julia Eleanor Rogers (Local FM Station Manager & Program Director)

  • Entering A New Era At Local 107.3fm

    Local FM Members, Partners, and Listeners:

    On August 26th, Local FM will officially enter a new chapter. To be frank, our operating budget has dwindled substantially for this next academic year, which has required our board to carefully consider how to ensure consistency and order within the organization moving forward. We’re confident we’ve restructured Local FM’s approach to staffing and operations in a manner that will allow us to continue to serve both the UNB Saint John campus and the City of Saint John with purpose and intent.

    Moving forward, I’ll inhabit the roles of Station Manager and Program Director simultaneously. After I’ve settled into this hybrid role, we’ll hire a part-time staff person to step into the role of administrative assistant for approximately 15 hours/week.

    Although this approach varies substantially from what you’re all accustomed to, I can assure you I’m wholly dedicated to ensuring you continue to feel adequately supported and championed as volunteer programmers and external partners.

    Although I’ll need to scale back on certain special projects (including our collectives, live sessions, and zines) while captaining the ship into uncharted waters, I will work diligently to retain all existing campus-based partnerships. In that same vein, I hope to strengthen and deepen our established relationships with local arts & culture organizations during this time period.

    Simply put, the organization will prioritize producing radio programs that reflect the needs, interests, and passions of our listeners. I’ll continue to act as a cheerleader for UNBSJ students and community members who yearn to speak of their passions and niche areas of interests on-air. I’ll promote local artists and bands, homegrown festivals, community events, and UNBSJ initiatives and athletics.

    Please know this is not a time of crisis. It is an opportunity to prioritize our membership’s needs, to sustain the outside partnerships we’re immensely proud of, and to focus on making good radio that reflects the diversity of our shared city. We’ll continue to highlight music, literature, and theatre made by those who spend their days creating art in this foggy city’s brick-laden streets.

    We’ll make space for underrepresented communities, speak proudly of what we believe in, celebrate what makes Saint John beautiful, and critically examine what others can’t (because we can, and therefore we must).

    I view our station’s 250 watt range on the FM dial as an avenue for individuals to express the inner workings of their hearts & minds on-air. Local FM’s magic stems from its ability to be unencumbered by a need to satisfy the masses. Instead, we aim to foster a safe(r) space for those who exist in this world in ways that sometimes defy conventional norms. I’m tremendously grateful for this opportunity to continue to exist within this realm with all of you.

    Thank you for your continued dedication to Local FM. I hope you’re just as excited as I am for what’s to come!

    As of August 26th, please redirect all Local FM inquiries (unrelated to Board matters and the Music Department) to julia@cfmh.ca.

    Kindly,

    Julia Eleanor Rogers, Local FM Station Manager & Program Director (as of August 26th, 2019)

    “All will be well and all will be well and all manner of things will be well.”

  • Local FM’s Spoken Word Collective presents… a free workshop with Scott Thomas!

    Want to learn polish up on your storytelling skills? Why not try a FREE improv workshop with Scott Thomas?

     

    Scott Thomas is the founder of Improvisation Corporation – a local improvisation theatre group which has been performing shows in the Saint John area for over a decade including the Rogers TV programs Cheese, Monkey, Box, Pirate and Funzai! He has also produced several improv related musical shows including Less Miserable, Insert title here: The Musical and Hamilton McKenzie.

    At the workshop – participants will be introduced to basic improv concepts (listening, yes and-ing, offers, team story building) and given a safe and encouraging opportunity to begin using those skills via games, discussion and light scenework.

     

    Interested? Check out the Spoken Word Collective website for more information: http://swc.localfm.ca/2019/06/20/a-free-improv-workshop-with-scott-thomas/

  • JOB POSTING: Spoken Word Production Assistant

    Job Posting: Spoken Word Production Assistant

    Desired Start Date: As soon as possible
    Wage: $12.40/hour
    Hours: 180 hours over the course of the contract (flexible work times)
    Contract End Date: Hours must be completed by August 16, 2019
    Application Deadline: **DEADLINE EXTENDED TO SUNDAY FEBRUARY 24TH**

    Local 107.3 FM (parent company: Campus Radio Saint John Inc.) is hiring production assistant. We have a grant that is focused on Spoken Word Programming that will run until August 16, 2019.  We are looking for someone to work a total of 180 hours on grant funded projects that are already in progress. The hours need to be completed by August 16, 2019, but there is no set weekly expectation for work hours. This position offers a high-level of flexibility, but also requires the ability to work with staff  who are already working on the projects related to this grant. The main aspects of this position involve audio production on spoken word projects such as: radio documentaries on priority, vulnerable communities in Saint John, public service announcements for local community groups, and helping to produce new spoken word programming that is being developed by our Spoken Word Collective.

    Local 107.3 FM is a non-profit volunteer-driven campus-based community radio station located on the UNB Saint John campus.  An integral part of the Saint John community for over two decades, Local-FM is open to all community members as a cultivator of volunteerism, social engagement, independent music, citizen journalism, and more.

    Job Description:

    • Working with staff on grant funded projects focused on spoken word programming and support.
    • Specific projects related to the grant that will be the focus of the contract position:
      • Producing radio documentaries on priority, vulnerable communities in Saint John (some of this work is already in progress)
      • Producing  our zine – Distortion
      • Helping to produce new spoken work content
      • Helping with broadcasting of varsity sporting events

    Qualifications:

    • Previous community radio or audio production experience
    • Experience producing spoken word content would be an asset
    • Strong time management skills, communication skills and ability to work within a team

    Applications should be submitted to the attention of Carly Maicher, Station Manager, at info@cfmh.ca and include resume and cover letter.

    Local-FM is an equal opportunity employer. Everyone is thanked for applying; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

  • Spoken Word Collective Open House + Interviewing 101 Workshop!!!

    Spoken Word Collective Open House + Interviewing 101 Workshop!!!

    Two very exciting events are on the Local FM horizon! As some of you may know, Local 107.3 FM has just started its first Spoken Word Collective. The collective also has two very exciting events to announce.

    This collective will be community-run, and we need your input on what the future of the collective will bring.

    The first collective open house will be on Nov. 12.

    Find the Facebook event here: https://www.facebook.com/events/531044470690453/

    Please join us at 6:30 p.m. at Second Cup King Street to have your say!

    Second Cup is located at 16 King St, Saint John, NB E2L 1G2

    Things to look forward to:

    Workshops – First workshop is in November! More at the meeting.
    Poetry Slams
    Collaboration on documentaries
    Radio dramas/plays
    Experimental spoken word radio
    And more! – Depending on your input at the meeting.

    Can’t make the meeting? Email your ideas to shawn@cfmh.ca, or message the Spoken Word Collective via out Facebook page here:  https://www.facebook.com/localfmswc/?modal=admin_todo_tour

     

    Finally, we’d also like to announce our Interviewing 101 Workshop with Huddle’s Cherise Letson! This workshop, which is open to the public, will take place in UNBSJ’s Whitebone Lounge on Nov. 26, from 7 – 10 p.m.

    Find the Facebook event page here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1662529503852373/

    If you want to learn how to conduct a good interview, or how to get the most out of your interviewee, this is the workshop for you!

    Cherise Letson is the Associate Editor of Huddle Today, former CBC Reporter, has also worked the Telegraph-Journal, The Canadian Press and Rabble. She is also the Co-host of the Strange Grooves Podcast. Cherise has also had a great relationship with Local 107.3 FM, and we are absolutely delighted to have her join us.

    UNBSJ’s Whitebone Lounge is located at 100 Tucker Park Road, Saint John, New Brunswick.

    Once at UNBSJ, head to the Student Centre Building, up the stairs, and towards the left.

     

    Safer Spaces
    We as musicians, friends, show-goers and Local FM staff thank you all for treating this space and the people in it with respect and safety. It’s a community’s responsibility to make effort to ensure that shows are free of unkind, unfair, or oppressive behaviors on the basis of language, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, sex, age, body size, race, ethnicity, nationality, religion, socioeconomic standing, family status, as well as all acts of violence and harassment, sexual or otherwise. If you experience something that makes you feel uncomfortable, please know you can approach Local FM staff and you will find support. Thank you for helping us be a better community.

    Land Acknowledgement
    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.

    Accessibility Notes
    Second Cup King Street has two accessible entrances at the front and back. There are two single use, gender neutral washrooms.

    UNBSJ’s Student Centre has elevator access from the back of the cafeteria as well as two multi-use gendered washrooms.

  • 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