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Local News
News from Nanaimo, the Comox Valley, and the Salish Sea.
After decades of hard work and determination, 194.7 acres have been returned to the Snuneymuxw First Nation.
The Cumberland Culture and Arts Society are warming up for the 9th annual Woodstove Music & Arts Festival this November; tickets sold out in record time, a month ahead of lineup announcements.
What should have been a celebration, kicking off its 41st season, TheatreOne is now having to cancel shows as it figures out if it can even keep the theatre company going.
Tanille Johnston had downtown Nanaimo as her backdrop as she kicked off her campaign to become the next leader of the federal New Democratic Party.
Vancouver Island University has been recognized for its work on campus raising awareness around gender-based violence.
Loudon Park will likely have a new look in the near future, following the City of Nanaimo’s recent land purchase.
Nanaimo Postal Workers are back to the picket lines, continuing the strike they started late last year.
Midcoast Morning
Our news and current affairs program.
More than a dozen authors, poets, profs, and students spoke at a festival aimed at fostering connections between Palestinian and local literature this past weekend. The 2nd annual Watermelon Seeds festival of literature took place at VIU Saturday.It comes on the heels of an event last spring that took place at the Palestinian solidarity encampment that had been set up on campus…
With Nanaimo City Council voting in favour of a motion Monday to name the park at 933 Park Avenue Five Acres Farm Community Park, Midcoast Morning explores the history behind the name, as well as the urban farming that’s still taking place on the land.
Cree artist and creator George Littlechild is sharing his art with the Comox Valley this fall with a vast exhibition at the Comox Valley Art Gallery and a special film screening at North Island College. The film being screened this Saturday, October 4th is nanekawâsis, a documentary featuring Little Child's life and art. Both the artist George Littlechild and the filmmaker Conor McNally will be in attendance at the screening on Saturday…
Station Updates
Updates about station happenings.
The Radio Malaspina Society Board of Directors has moved to hold our 27th Annual General Meeting in person at Vancouver Island University. The meeting will occur on Thursday, October 30th with sign-in starting at 5:30 PM, and meeting business starting at 6:00 PM.
In honour of the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR), also known as Orange Shirt Day, CHLY 101.7FM in partnership with APTN and others, will air commercial free Special Programming from 4:30PM to 6PM on Tuesday September 30th.
This special programming is Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a 90 minute commemorative gathering, live from Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
Burgan, a senior of 83 years, and a lounge pianist of 35+ years, first started as a volunteer host in 2019 with a one hour program called Mozart at One. Over the years, the show grew to two hours and saw a name change to Amadeus and Friends. This year, the program shifted to a three hour format under the name Midday Mozart, which now airs Tuesdays from noon to 3PM. It is our station’s flagship classical music program, among many other music programs that feature genres not typically heard on other local stations like jazz, blues, electronic, metal, punk, and independent rock, pop, and hip-hop.
In June of this year, we at CHLY 101.7FM had the pleasure of hosting NCRC43, the 43rd National Campus and Community Radio Conference of the National Campus Community Radio Association/L'Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires.
92+ attendees came to Nanaimo from all across Canada, from the Maritimes, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, to everything in between, and even Australia and the United States! For four days from June 17th to June 20th, thirty fascinating sessions were hosted by 45 presenters invigorating those involved in campus and community radio.
Once again our Summer Radio Camp for Youths returns for 2025! With funding returning to normal, this years camp will run larger with room for 15 youths per week. Don’t forget to register soon to reserve a seat for your youth!
As Conference Coordinator for NCRC43, you will be working with both CHLY 101.7FM staff, as well as staff from the National campus and Community Radio Association to help coordinate the 43rd National Community Radio Conference.