The people of Radio Malaspina are committed to engaging our listeners with an inclusive, intelligent and innovative alternative media experience. We encourage personal responsibility in all levels of community. We are a campus- and community-supported forum and stage for the voices of Vancouver Island University, Nanaimo, the Islands and beyond.

1. You hear the music you want to hear, music that can’t be heard on commercial radio. We are mandated to provide what commercial radio does not.
2. When so much of what we see and hear daily in the world around us is created and controlled by a commercial and consumer driven culture it is truly a relief to have an alternative, and not just any alternative, but a REGIONAL alternative.
3. We care about what you listen to.  Because we are listener funded and only accountable to you, the listener, we are free from the mandate of corporate sponsorship.  We are free to bring you news, information and editorials on all issues (no matter how controversial), affecting your community.  But this freedom comes at a price, a price we are not able to pay alone.
4. We are providing such a diverse selection of programming, from a list of music genres too long to recite, to live music and spoken word, art and politics, current events to environmental awareness, cultural programming, health and family wellness, community events and philosophy.  We are working everyday to make our community a better place, a wiser place, a place with greater integrity.
5. We broadcast live nearly 100 hours a week.   That means that there is someone, a volunteer, here at the studio, ready to hear from you, ready to help you, working hard to bring you great programming.
6. CHLY is an outlet for your voice.  We invite all members with show ideas to come down to the station and find out how to make your ideas radio reality.  Even if you don’t want to create a show, you can still have your say in shaping independent media in your community, as your membership allows you a vote at CHLY’s AGM.
7. CHLY is a venue through which local talent can gain some exposure.  YOU! Writers, actors, musicians, poets, activists, politicians, correspondents from the frontlines…we are your voice!
8. CHLY supports local business, through our reasonably priced on-air advertising opportunities and the word-of-mouth power available in a community organization.

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