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Andrea Smith, Rykka, and Boodaboom are the top 3 this week. Some day I’ll figure out how to make the thumbnail so you can read it
In the meantime, click on the headline or the charts button on the right to go to the full list.

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The National , Tim Williams, and Dubmatix take the top three spots this week. Click the headline to see them all in their formatted glory.

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Channel Total Plays % Plays Station Browser iTunes Mobile Other The Massive 17875 41.4% 176 16 8102 7331 2250 The Big Groove Radio Show 5793 13.4% 341 2046 543 193 2670 Elevator Club 1770 4.1% 298 882 179 70 341 The Barley Show 1602 3.7% 420 34 575 374 199 Be the Media 1455 3.4% [...]

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Top 3
1 Boodaboom The Answer Self-Released
2 Mark Crissinger Live At The Black Rock Self-Released
3 Benoit Delbecq and Fred Hersch Double Trio Fun House Songlines
Click through for the rest

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Charts are back after a week off for the fundrive… Pamela Parker, a soundtrack CD lead by Dave Grohl, and jazz from Michael Blake round out the top 3. Click the headline to go to the whole list

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Click on the headline to see the Top 30.
Or click on the thumbnail picture to see the Top 10 ——->

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The thumbnail shows the Top 3…Click on the headline to see them all. They’ll be bigger too

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Not that much marked new this week, so I didn’t report the charts this week. But here is what was played, ignore the rankings, except for the first four they were all tied and are in alphabetical order.

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Local Curtis C takes the # 1 spot this week, followed closely by JGarrett (local-ish Vancouver) and Chris Potter. I’m sure Chris lives in a nice place too but I don’t have that info at the moment.
See all the rest by clicking the headline.

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Nice to see all the good local stuff high up in the charts this week
#1 Joan Wallace
#2 CurtisC
#3 James Danderfer
Click on the headline to see the whole chart.

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Hel-l-l-l-o, Blues fans! He’p yo’ se’f to the finest blues from days gone by and today, from the Mississippi Delta to the shores of beautiful Vancouver Island, from North America to Europe and Scandinavia! We never stop searching for tomorrow’s stars, so all you artists out there with some tracks you are proud of, send ‘em along, we spin a few for ya! Broadcast live on CHLYfm, 101.7fm and www chly.ca

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RadioBoss is Playlist software designed for the radio broadcast environment. Level one focuses on the following RadioBoss concepts

1. How to create a profile
2. How to create a playlist
3. Playback commands
4. Switching profiles

Radio Malaspina and CHLY 101.7 FM is a not for profit radio station located in Nanaimo, BC. www.chly.ca

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A good percentage of the top 10 are bands that played live in the studio during the reporting period. No surprise there. Most were not in the earshot database…they are now Hopefully our chart support starts some national buzz.

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Sorry for not posting last week’s chart. It is now up in the chart archive (click the button that says charts on the right side of this page) but it was never on the front page as it should have been.
This week the other Ide No More compilation Vol.2 takes the #1 spot, followed by Frightened Rabbit and Theo Massop’s new project Boodaboom. Could not figure out if we have a pre-release version or if it is actually released. Let’s just call it “available very soon”, I mean now is very soon right, so I’m covered

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Top 3:
1 Wool On Wolves Measures Of Progress Self-Released
2 Kaminanda Ancestors and Guardians Merkaba Music
3 Dope Soda Dope Soda Self-Released
See the rest – click the header

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1 John Pippus Howl At The Moon Self-Released
2 The Mahones Angels & Devils Divergent
3 The 4th Ward Afro-Klezmer Orchestra Abdul The Rabbi Self-Released
see the rest by clicking the headline…

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First chart of the new year and it’s late. Sorry to all but particularly to Mantrakid who took the #1 spot. Sick child and other things gong on I forgot to post the list. I’m taking a break from working on the next one to post this now…

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Top 100 New Releases played during 2012
Every time we play a track we have to log it. One of the check boxes is “new”. If enough people played it and remembered to check off the “new” box it’s here…simple right? Yeah, not so much…

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Last weekly chart for this year. Guess I got so excited I forgot to post it.
David Gogo took the number 1 spot as expected
The Sweet Lowdown and Tor were the runner ups.
See it all by clicking the headline..
Enjoy the Season folks, in one of the many religious and secular ways that there are . Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward All. Drive safe.

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1) Melinda Whitaker – Lucky So and So
2) David Gogo – Christmas With The Blues
3) Iskwew Singers – Ninakamawinan: Songs Of Our People
Click through to see the rest…

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1) Delhi2Dublin
2) Nuela Charles
3) The Hokum Steamers

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#1 -Lost in the revolution – Nanaimo metal band’s new release
#2 – Nardwuar and the Evaporators – veteran Vancouver crazy boys
and a whole bunch of other great stuff…check out some great music today…and everyday

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1) George Leach – Surrender
2) Bend Sinister – Small Fame
3) David Vest – East Meets Vest
Click on the title/link to see the rest…

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[Editor's Note: For more information on the comic book author Alan Moore, his contribution to Anonymous, and his thoughts on the Occupy Movement, please see: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/nov/05/alan-moore-debut-single-occupy.]

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1 The Evaporators Busy Doing Nothing Nardwuar Records
2 Plants And Animals The End of That Secret City
3 Opiuo Butternut Slap Part 3 Addictech
see the rest by clicking the link

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From Pilot MC-Miti-Swell: Monday November 5th will represent the 53rd and final episode of Three Packs A Day. The 4 hour farewell gets under way at 5am and will contain-amongst other things-an entire grateful dead concert from 1977. “Dust off those rusty strings just one…more…time.” and TKU JRY. Tune in Monday, November 5th from 5:00am-9:00am [...]

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Discreet Nation’s “All The Spots” feat. Francois The Whizz Kid

Free EP download: http://archevil.bandcamp.com/album/the-wavelength-ep

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If you haven’t done yourself something nice go download my album Rollercoaster for free and give your ears something tasty ! -Fatty.
http://fattydown.bandcamp.com/album/roller-coaster

Also November 15th with People Under The Stairs performing at the Fortune Sound Club Fatty down – Attikus FATTIKUS with Northwestdivision and People Under the stairs ! Grab your ticks now !

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Hibernation – The Fallen Sound by interchill
From http://soundcloud.com/interchill/hibernation-the-fallen-sound:

One of the more having it tunes from Seb Taylor’s new Hibernation album Second Nature, out on Interchill November 13.

Hibernation is Seb Taylor’s electronic downtempo project. With a distinct sonic palette that includes stand up bass, muted trumpet, brush drums, glitches, womps and warm subs the Hibernation sound is crucial listening. Seb brings a lifetime of musical experience to his production, composition and arrangements, and it shows. Listening to Hibernation conjures up future memories of dark smoky jazz clubs, Bladerunner cityscapes, parallel universes, dreams half forgotten and epic nights. This is music with spirit, narrative and detail.

[Editor's note: interchill is a label based on Salt Spring Island, BC. interchill's website is: http://interchill.com/. PS-Not at all a music video, but you get the point.]

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1) Em.Ash
2) Blackberry Wood
3) Vibesquad
click the header to see them all

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Shh, Rez Pirate Radio is now on CHLY.ca on Saturdays @noon! Hey! they’re letting me back in Come and check out Aboriginal music, news, & culture. The first half hour is news and culture, and the 2nd half hour is music…

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Altered Egos is a news show that has been broadcast on CHLY radio for many years. Bob Hansen, the current host, has been manning the mike for the last 2 years. In order to produce the two hour show Hansen spends about twenty hours a week pulling clips from a handful of related websites. He readily credits Redeye Coop radio in Vancouver, Kapput radio in Australia, Kootenay Coop Radio and Rabble.ca for their cutting edge material. Technology aside, Hansen is buoyed by dozens of real-life activists that populate the Gulf Islands. Clearly there is no shortage of material or inspiration.

Hansen is passionate about the importance of independent media and believes that commercial media has failed us. He quotes Barbara Frum, “tell us something that we don’t know about something that we are interested in.” Hansen has put her words to work and informs his audience about the native perspective on the Enbridge Bi-Directional Pipeline project, skyrocketing hydro rates, water extraction and senior’s health care.

In conversation his interests become apparent by the increasing volume of his voice as he speaks about trade agreements, energy consumption, patents, health care and unions. Not one to back away from conflict, Hansen spent over 20 years in the field of biomedical engineering, working for both the Vancouver and Nanaimo General Hospitals. Too often, he believes, people shut themselves down. He, on the other hand, is more inclined to try to be shut down. He willingly pushes the envelope and would like to see Altered Egos get even closer to the edge.

Hansen believes that people lack information and if they knew the truth, would take action and create change; change that would better ourselves, our community and the planet. He was the chair of the local chapter of the Council of Canadians and strongly influenced by his father, who worked for the CBC.

If Hansen wasn’t dedicating his personal energy to the show, he would be editing his book, writing a second book, or creating a film documentary. The medium would change but the message would remain: get informed, know the truth and act accordingly. He wants to fix the current system, find ways to live sustainably and allow citizens to make an honest living.

As stated on Redeye’s website, the only way to have an independent, accessible and democratic media is for the people to own the media themselves. In keeping with that belief, Hansen would like to expand on the news platform and encourage others to participate via submitting audio clips or conducting interviews. If you want to be a part of this revolution, get in touch with CHLY. But a word of caution: participation could lead to big changes.

In an ideal world independent media would be funded properly. Until that time, you can listen to the truth every Saturday morning from 10:00am to 12:00pm on 101.7fm.

Alison Roberts discovered community radio in the fall of 2004, thanks to the seek button on her stereo. Since finding 101.7 fm, she has been educated, entertained and ultimately hooked by the authenticity, variety and passion of independent media.

Photo: Denisa Krausova

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Get your weekly dose of Vitamin J as DJ Doc prescribes the best in combo jazz, big band. Tune in on 101.7 FM or stream live here

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Ladies and gentleman, we are ecstatic to present to you: TODAY IS THE DAY (A short musical about the end of the world).

Spread the word and please SHARE with everyone!

Also: Upcoming Funk Vigilante show announcements:

Nanaimo at Headliners Nov 30th!Victoria at Lucky Bar Dec 20th! (Midnight is the beginning of the end!)Vancouver at the Railway Club Dec 22nd!
Cheers, everyone! And have a very merry Apocalypse!

[Editor's Note: This video contains Mature Subject Matter and may not be suitable for all viewers. Viewer Discretion is advised. PS- Best wishes for the final disaster]

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[Editor's Note: The following animation video contains fictional scenes of BRUTAL VIOLENCE committed by a teddy bear which may offend some viewers. VIEWER DISCRETION ADVISED. This clip and release were sent to CHLY from info@amontobin.com and are available online on Amon Tobin's website, http://amontobin.com.]

Watch Now!

Download Track: http://bit.ly/tf-vengeance

Amon Tobin presents the next brutalist masterpiece wired up under his Two Fingers guise, “Vengeance Rhythm.” A low-slung exercise in violence, brooding power and pure production smarts, in the words of a recent Resident Advisor feature, it’s “a little like dubstep built on an interplanetary scale.” The tune has been brought to life (and death) in a truly jaw-dropping video from stop-frame animator and director Chris Ullens. Ullens transforms a pile of toys, a love of super slo-mo explosions and a huge pile of mince into the funniest, most eye-popping and shocking exercise in animated ultra-violence since Walt Disney discovered Mickey and Donald were engaged in Un-American Activities together.

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1 Various Aboriginal Music Week 2012 Sampler Self-Released
2 GRiZ Mad Liberation Self-Released
3 Ben Folds Five The Sound Of The Life Of The Mind Self-Released
click on the header to go to the chart page to see the rest

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Locals Wax Organix and Mother Mother (hey Vancouver is sorta local) were 1and 2 this week. Probably on the strength of their Rifflandia appearance The Flaming Lips take the number 3 spot. Click through to see the rest.

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1 Propagandhi Failed States Epitaph
2 Glen Foster The Reckoning Rescue
3 Opiuo Butternut Slap Part 2 Addictech
Hit the link …see the rest

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1 Wax Organix Blackened White Neferiu
2 Myles Black and the Pearly Whites Folk-Ass Bitch Music Self-Released
3 GRiZ Mad Liberation Self-Released

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1 Big John Bates Headless Fowl Self-Released
2 Carlos Franzetti Pierrot et Colombine Sunnyside
3 Steve Kozak Lookin’ At Lucky Self-Released
click to see all

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Local release by Wax Organix takes the #1 spot. Mike Allen on the strength of his prolific output this year and his interview on Rhythmaning takes the #3 and #6 spot. Click on the headline to see the rest.

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Danny Marks, Wax Organix and Sugarpill head up the top 30 this week. Click the header to go to the full list.

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1 Steve Kozak Lookin’ At Lucky Self-Released
2 Los Fulanos Si Esto Se Acaba Que Siga El Boogaloo Vampi Soul
3 Cara Luft Darlingford Self-Released
click the header to see the rest

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1 Various Get Excited and Make Techno – Victoria 2012 Self-Released
2 Angus Stone Broken Brights Nettwerk
3 Melodic Yoza Ride on Natty nuday records
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1 Annie Lou Grandma’s Rules For Drinking Self-Released
2 Burnt Radio Quemado Stems and Seeds
3 Matthew Shipp Elastic Aspects Thirsty Ear
Click the headline to see the rest.

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1 Dooze Jackers Trippin’ EP Self-Released
2 Various Urbnet Certified Vol. 3 Urbnet Label Website
3 Mantrakid Dragon Lullabies Neferiu
Click through to see the rest

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Last Thursday CHLY 101.7 FM and the DNBIA brought Toronto’s Woodshed Orchestra to Nanaimo’s own China Steps.

Woodshed Orchestra at the China Steps, Nanaimo, BC from Len Imbery on Vimeo.

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Missed the deadline to submit to earshot but here are the charts anyway.

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1 Metric Synthetica Mom + Pop
2 The 24th Street Wailers Unshakeable Self-Released
3 Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra Nashville Recordings Self-Released

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1 Jennifer Scott & Brasileira Sonho Meu Cellar Live
2 Saint Dirt Elementary School Abandoned Ballroom Barnyard
3 11 Acorn Lane Swing Thing Self-Released

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Local jazz artist Phil Dwyer gets the top spot this week on the strength of his in studio visit. Good CanCon showing again this week. Click through to see the whole list.

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Taking a spin through the top 26 on Earshot Chart this week. We’re also joined by Leonard

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1 White Lung Sorry Deranged
2 The Harpoonist & The Axe Murderer Checkered Past Self-Released
3 Patrick Watson Adventures In Your Own Backyard Domino

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Local musicians Auliya Hodson (Andreassen) and Trevor Bradbury supporting CHLY at the Vault’s Fundraiser May 31 2012

Thanks to all the musicians who supported the Radio Malaspina Society last Friday. With your help, Radio Malaspina raised over $300.00

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Lisa, Manager of Around the World Travel joins Ashta for a “random number generator” draw for a trip for two to Las Vegas.

Congratulations to Alison Roberts, long time supporter and volunteer for Radio Malaspina.

Thanks to Around the World Travel for giving away the trip.

A big thanks to everyone who supported the Radio Malaspina Society during the FunDrive, with your help over $23,000 was pledged.

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1 Steve Lehman Trio Dialect Fluorescent Pi
2 Mike Allen Quartet A Hip Cosmos Almus
3 Patrick Watson Adventures In Your Own Backyard Domino

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This is Fund Drive week. This will impact the next two charts so I’m taking a break for two weeks.

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1 Michal Menert Even If It Isn’t Right Pretty Lights
2 Linda McRae Rough Edges & Ragged Hearts 42 RPM
3 Roommates Winnifred Slumberland
see the rest when you click the headline…

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CHLY Spring Fling Event @ China Steps SATURDAY APRIL 28TH 2012 12pm-6pm Featuring Top Men: A Nanamio based band called Top Men are headlining at a fundraiser for CHLY on Saturday April 28th. Picked by destiny, brought together by fate, these Top Men were born for a single purpose: To shock and [...]

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All Canadians in the Top 10 this week…

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This week on People First Radio…Thursdays at noon (live) and Mondays at noon (rebroadcast)–or click the links below to listen on demand.  Read our weekly ENEWS in PDF here. Youth stand up, speak out against hate A community dialogue in Nanaimo on April 21 provides opportunities tor youth to listen, be heard, and make change [...]

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Metal, Jazz harmonica and Blues make up the Top 3 this week, click the headline to see all Top 30

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This week on People First Radio…Thursdays at noon (live) and Mondays at noon (rebroadcast)–or click the links below to listen on demand.  Read our weekly ENEWS in PDF here. March 29 and April 2, 2012 Helping and healing How Dr. Abram Hoffer and orthomolecular psychiatry transformed thousands of lives We speak with Frances Fuller of [...]

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Top 30 for the week ending Mar 27-12
1 Filastine Loot Muti Music
2 Soulfly Enslaved Roadrunner
3 Rose Cousins We Have Made a Spark Self-Released
click on the header to see the rest

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This week on People First Radio…Thursday March 22 at noon (live) and Monday March 26 at noon (rebroadcast)–or click the links below to listen on demand. Read our weekly ENEWS in PDF here.

A mother’s story of her son’s addiction
June Ariano-Jakes shares a search for answers and the lengths she went to in trying to help her drug-addicted son
We speak with June Ariano-Jakes about her new book Addiction: A Mother’s Story.

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This week’s top 30 had no runaway favourites. A lot of releases had pretty close to the same plays for the week. It just happens that way sometimes…

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David Gogo comes back to the #1 spot. No doubt helped by his Maple Blues award nomination.

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The Top 3 are Canadian releases again this week. Click through to see the list.

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Brad, host of Subversive Resistance sings for us during his show. check out his show thursdays 2PM live on www.chly.ca/listen or check out the podcast http://chly.dailysplice.com/subversive/

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Top 30 for this week
1 Charlotte Cornfield Two Horses Self-Released
2 The Gertrudes Till the Morning Shows Her Face To Me Apple Crisp
3 Dubmatix Clash of the Titans Renegade
click through to see the rest

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yay! A local top 3 to our top 30 list for this week. Plenty of local in the rest too
Top 3:
1 The Falcons Atomic Guitar Almostereo
2 The Boxcar Boys Don’t Be Blue Fedora Upside Down
3 Reprisal Within A Taste of Blood Self-Released
….as reported to !earshot -the national campus and community radio report (http://www.earshot-online.com)

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As reported to !earshot the official zine of the NCRA
Top 3:
1 John K. Samson Provincial Anti-
2 Great Aunt Ida Nuclearize Me Zunior
3 Mike Edel The Last of Our Mountains Self-Released

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top 3:
1 Bernice What Was That Self-Released
2 Ben Wilkins Ben Wilkins Milagro
3 Michael Waters Acoustic Psychedelic Chill Ladybird Music

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Dr. Paola Lake, registered psychologist, established her practice in 2004 after moving from Ottawa, Ontario. Shortly after settling into west coast living, she received a call from CHLY programmer Pam Edgar; host of Living for the Health of It, who invited Lake to become a monthly guest on her show. Lake eventually decided to produce [...]

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Here are this week’s top 30 as reported to Earshot – the official zine of the NCRA. click through to see it all
Top 3:
1 Penny Sidor Not One Mile Self-Released
2 Dixie’s Death Pool The Man With Flowering Hands Drip Audio
3 Veronica Falls Veronica Falls Slumberland

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Here’s the top 3, click through to see the rest.
1 Guided By Voices Let’s Go Eat The Factory Self-Released
2 Bonzai Suzuki Bonzai Suzuki Self-Released
3 Knight Riderz 12th Dimension Muti Music

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Bliss Rider Jennifer Paige has been involved with CHLY since 2002. She recalls another student at Vancouver Island University stating that she could have her own show on the campus community radio station. Skeptical but intrigued, Paige and another student followed through and began a metal show that lasted almost 3 years. She progressed to [...]

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Tommy Roden initially began his community radio career as the Sound Engineer for Gord Theedom, a fellow octogenarian programmer at CHLY radio. After helping Theedom to record his weekly program onto CD, he was hounded for about a year by both Theedom and the station manager before he finally capitulated and agreed to do his own show. What’s Next began in May of 2010 and continues to surprise listeners each week…..

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Boy am I happy I only have to do this once a year. This is a relatively “unbuffered” listing, normally we limit the number of plays we count in one show (prevents a complete CD play from dominating the charts).
Stats:
total songs played in the year: 30,000
total plays of new releases: 1800, (961 Cancon, 847 other)
Most played new CD was played 51 times this year.

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1 Kathryn Calder Bright and Vivid File Under: Music
2 Indigo Girls Beauty Queen Sister Vanguard
3 Skellig Kingdom Come Self-Released
click to see more…

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1 Kirsten Nash The View From Here Self-Released
2 Various The Lost Notebooks Of Hank Williams Columbia
3 Various An-Ten-Nae presents Acid Crunk Vol. 4 Muti Music
Click through to see the rest…

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Top 30 for Dec 6-11
1 La Bottine Souriante Appellation D’Origine Controlee Borealis
2 Isabel Boulay Les Grand Espaces Audiogram
3 Deadmau5 The Remixes 2007 Cubrik Solutions

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The weekly Top 30 as reported to !earshot: the national campus and community radio report.
1 The Beach Boys The Smile Sessions Capitol
2 Real Estate Days Domino
3 Various An-Ten-Nae presents Acid Crunk Vol. 4 Muti Music
Click the title to see the whole chart and visit http://www.earshot-online.com/ for other charts and great reviews and interviews.

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Our Weekly top 30 as reported to !Earshot magazine
Top 3:
1 David Gogo Soul Bender Cordova Bay
2 Gerry Barnum Step On In Self-Released
3 Various An-Ten-Nae presents Acid Crunk Vol. 4 Muti Music
click through to see the rest

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