Station IDs 

We encourage listeners, interesting people, musicians and artists, to submit a Legal Station Identification (ID) for airplay at the top of the hour. We do not charge for these being played, but we ask that they don’t contain external calls to action “ie, stream my new album.”

You can tell the listener however to keep the station ‘tuned to’ or ‘locked’ to CHLY.

All Legal Station IDs must contain You’re listening to C-H-L-Y 101.7FM in Nanaimo. What you do beyond this is up to you so long as it’s less than 15 seconds long!

If you’re planning to send us a Station ID, you might as well record a few Program Bumpers as well! Find a guide on program bumpers here.

Example Scripts for Station IDs

Station IDs—Your live read should be 9 to 12 seconds long (14 to 17 words long), which will be played over top of a 15-second audio-bed. For musicians and labels, this would be something from your discography; for listeners and other interesting people, we’ll choose an audiobed for you.

  • “This is Tsatassya White. Broadcasting from the traditional territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation, you’re listening to C-H-L-Y 1-0-1.7FM in Nanaimo. Listener Supported on the Salish Sea.” (A 13-second live read for a 15-second legal station ID).

  • “Hi, I'm Sook-Yin Lee and you are listening to C-H-L-Y 101.7FM in Nanaimo.”
    (A 9-second live read for a 15-second legal station ID).

  • “This is Arlen from Wolf Parade, you’re listening to C-H-L-Y 101.7FM in Nanaimo, listener-supported on the Salish Sea.” (An 11-second live read for a 15-second legal station ID).

  • “Celebrating 20 years of broadcasting on the Salish Sea, this is Joe Pugh, and you’re listening to C-H-L-Y 101.7FM in Nanaimo!” (A 12-second live read for a 15-second legal station ID).

  • “From Baltimore Maryland, this is Sam Herring of Future Islands, and you’re listening to C-H-L-Y 101.7FM in Nanaimo!” (A 12-second live read for a 15-second legal station ID).

  • “This is Laura! Celebrating 20 years of broadcasting on the Salish Sea, you’re listening to C-H-L-Y 101.7FM in Nanaimo” (A 9-second live read for a 15-second legal station ID).

  • “This is Duncan Symonds, and Tristan Armstrong from the Actual Goners. You’re listening to CHLY 101.7FM in Nanaimo. Listener Supported on the Salish Sea.” (A 11-second live read for a 15-second legal station ID).

Pronunciation Guide

  • Nanaimo – “NAN-nigh-MOE”.

  • Snuneymuxw – “Snoo-NAI-muk” / “Snuh-NAY-mow” (See this pronunciation video created by School District 68 for voice example). The Station ID from Tsatassaya White is also an excellent example.

  • Salish – “SAY-lish” (Also, be careful to avoid saying Salish ‘She’ instead of Salish Sea)

  • CHLY 101.7FM – C-H-L-Y one-zero-one point seven FM. (We can’t use ‘Chili’ in a legal station ID)

Recording

  • If possible, a nice pro recording set up is ideal.

  • Recording using your smart phone’s voice memo app is more likely. If recording your voice memo at home we recommend that you record it:

    • In your bedroom closet. Hanging clothing will decrease ‘room noise’ and you’ll get a better recording. You can also get the same effect under a heavy blanket!

    • Hold your smart phone’s microphone (usually found next to the speaker at the bottom of your phone) about six inches from your mouth at a 45° angle. This will help to avoid plosives (ie popping Ps) into the microphone of your phone.

    • Listen to your recording on a pair of headphones to make sure it sounds pretty good, with no distortion or plosives.

Submit Your Recording and/or Sound Bed

You can attached several files with different takes, all of which gives us more material to work with for your recording. If you are a musician, you can also attach a couple songs that you think would be great as a sound bed under your recording!

Land Acknowledgements

As part of a broader project of Indigenous Reconciliation through the calls to action of The Truth and Reconciliation Commission (particularly calls-to-action 84 to 86), we seek your assistance! We encourage those submitting to include a version of their legal ID or Station ID that recognizes the territory they are recording from. As a matter of respect, if you do submit a ID with a land acknowledgment, please do your best to ensure that the territory is pronounced correctly.

Do your homework! It is also worth considering whether or not the land you are recording from has a treaty or not. In some regions like that of the Salish Sea, there is a mix of unceded and treatied nations which can be confusing. It is important to recognize the treaties that exist, as local First Nations like that of the Snuneymuxw work to see those treaties honoured.