Update as of the morning of November 20th, 2024: Power has been restored to the station, and we are working towards getting back to regularly scheduled programming. The previous headline of this update was “Power outage due to bomb cyclone”.
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The date is set for our annual Winter Social, and staff, volunteers, members, VIU faculty and students are welcome to attend!
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The Radio Malaspina Society Board of Directors has again moved to hold our 26th Annual General Meeting in person at Vancouver Island University. The meeting will occur on Tuesday, October 29th with sign-in starting at 5:30 PM, and meeting business starting at 6:00 PM.
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Nominations are now open for those seeking to join the Board of Directors of the Radio Malaspina Society, the organization that operates CHLY 101.7FM, Nanaimo’s non-profit campus-community radio station. Nominations are open until Friday, October 18th.
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On October 8th, 9th, and 10th, students from the Nanaimo Campus of Vancouver Island University will have an opportunity to vote yes to support their campus radio station.
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Friday, October 4th is World College Radio Day, and as a member of the National Campus-Community Radio Association (NCRA), CHLY 101.7FM will be participating in Open Doors, a collaboration between the two organizations! Saturday, October 5th also marks our 23rd year of broadcasting since we started back in 2001. How time flies!
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The Radio Malaspina Society Board of Directors has moved to hold a Special General Meeting online via Zoom. This meeting has been rescheduled to Monday, August 26th with meeting sign-in starting at 5:30 PM, and meeting business starting at 6:00 PM. It was originally scheduled for August 19th.
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For thousands of years, fluffy white dogs could be found across the Pacific Northwest. Their exceptionally soft, crimpy hair was shorn like sheep’s wool, spun into yarn, and woven into blankets and robes by indigenous women who carefully tended them in communities across Coast Salish territory. But a hundred years ago, the woolly dog quietly vanished. Why?
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The Radio Malaspina Society’s Board of Directors has ratified several new policies for the operation of CHLY 101.7FM, and the organization. The new policies fill previous gaps in policy.
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CHLY 101.7FM is thrilled to welcome back Joe Pugh as host and producer of its news and current affairs program Midcoast Morning. Joe is taking over the role as current host Lauryn Mackenzie moves into an interim full-time role as an LJI Reporter at CHLY. He previously served as host and producer of an earlier version of Midcoast Morning in the summer of 2021.
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The Radio Malaspina Society Board of Directors has again moved to hold our 25th Annual General Meeting in person at Vancouver Island University. The meeting will occur on Thursday, October 26th with sign-in starting at 5:30 PM, and meeting business starting at 6:00 PM.
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On September 1st, 2023, CHLY Station Manager Jesse Woodward was interviewed by CBC Rundown regarding the impact of Meta's social media ban on campus-community radio stations like CHLY in retaliation for Bill C-18, the Online News Act. It was broadcast on CBC News Network.
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CHLY 101.7FM is excited for the return of its news and current affairs program Midcoast Morning with the recent hiring of Lauryn Mackenzie as the host and producer of the program. Lauryn returns to CHLY after working this past summer as a junior producer at the station.
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CHEK reporter Tchadas Leo interviewed CHLY Station Manager Jesse Woodward, Lauryn Mackenzie, as well as others involved in student media on Vancouver Island.
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Great news for local journalism! You probably read that we recently hired Mick Sweetman as a reporter at CHLY 101.7FM and will be posting a weekly newsletter and eventually local news podcasts. I am excited about this.
Bad news for local journalism. In the coming days or weeks, maybe even today, Meta is going to block access to news on Facebook and Instagram in retribution for Bill C-18, the Online News Act. The Online News Act, based on the "Australian Model", is meant to rectify the financial imbalance between tech giants and news organizations that has developed over the last decade.
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“Local news is so important for building an informed citizenry,” said CHLY's reporter Mick Sweetman. "I'm looking forward to covering the stories that matter to our listeners in the under-served communities in our broadcast area."
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House of Wonders (Manitoba 🇨🇦)—Topping our charts this past week, is a debut EP that will likely make at least a handful of end-of-the-year lists, if at least our own. Tinge are the songs of Veronica Blackhawk, a self-described "Anishinaabe multi-hyphenate" originally from Lake of the Woods Ontario. Previously compared to Big Thief and Julian Baker, this is a lyrically strong EP, with the track "Burden Complex" reminding me of Tracy Chapman's 1988 folk hit Fast Car. Don't just stream it, buy this EP!
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