Hailing from Toronto, Sandro Perri is one of those artists from whom the unexpected should always be expected!
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It’s not as often as you might imagine that the Fascinating Rhythm staff are unanimous in their high praise for an album, but we all love this blistering debut by the boys from Dublin.
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Today on December 3rd, 1997, twenty-two years ago, we officially became the Radio Malaspina Society, the organization that still to this day operates CHLY 101.7FM.
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Hey there, this is Robin from Media Studies at VIU. One of the things I like the most about our campus-community radio station, and independent media in general, is the open-access approach.
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On the back of a debut EP and full-length album that’s essentially a collection of bedroom demos concocted with her brother, Finneas, Billie Eilish has had an extraordinary year.
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Today is Black Friday. One of the most important weekends for not only small local businesses (please support them), but also massive multi-national corporations that one day will be colonizing Mars (oh hey Amazon) to avoid paying their taxes. We know Black Friday is still less of a "thing" here in Canada, but never the less, we know your email is probably full of Black Friday deals trying to capitalize on your desire to 'save money' by spending it on deals.
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If you’re a fan of Gogol Bordello and have fond memories of your Sesame Street watching days, you’ll enjoy this mashup of the two.
So very much on point!
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A Saturday update for you on this cloudy wet day on our coast. We are $11687.22 away from our December 6th goal of $30,000. If you like what CHLY does for local arts and culture, and want to support our developing student collectives, and ability to report on important issues in our broadcast community, now is the time.
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Local media? What does it mean? It means a voice for the community, a voice for students, and a place to express what we love. Hi, I'm Erin Coole. VIU Student, Volunteer Events Coordinator, Board Member, and co-host on the VIU Meter at CHLY 101.7FM. Our station would not be possible without the support of our listeners. We offer a variety of content for you to enjoy, and if you like what you hear, please support us and our $30,000 goal by visiting chly.ca/donate and making a donation.
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CBC Radio alumni Lisa Cordasco will be in Nanaimo Monday, November 25 for a media workshop presented by CHLY Radio 101.7 FM. The workshop is titled “News Radio and The Art of the Interview” and will run from 4:30 to 7:30 PM on the 22nd.
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Since early 2018, Jacqueline Ronson has been a community reporter with The Discourse in the Cowichan Valley. The Discourse is building a new way of bringing independent, in-depth news to communities in Canada.
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Another year has gone by at CHLY 101.7FM, and with that our 21st Annual General Meeting is coming up fast! As usual for our AGM, we will be electing several new board members, and we will have some special resolutions to vote on to update our bylaws.
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The Bookkeeper of CHLY works with the Executive Director to ensure that the financials are tracked and accounted for. This includes tracking and scheduling bills to be paid, drafting cheques, following up on sales invoices, and supplying the auditor with the information that they need to complete the financial audit for the October Annual General Meeting.
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I am happy to inform our listeners that we at CHLY have again received great news from The Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) Radiometres program. Our station, CHLY 101.7FM has been granted approximately $47,000 for a project I submitted earlier this year to create Student Media Collectives at the station.
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Have you been hearing our new 3-minute news updates?
About a month or so ago, Spencer Medford applied to be a volunteer at CHLY. It took a little bit of time for us to follow up with him, but as it turns out, it was probably one of the smartest things we could have done.
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It's your last chance to win tickets to the Vancouver Island Music Festival in the Comox Valley! Enter to win by signing up for a $5+/month Sustaining Donation to CHLY 101.7FM. As part of CHLY’s Listener Un-Drive, we have two pairs of complimentary day passes to give away, so your chances are pretty decent, and you support CHLY 101.7FM in doing so!
Donors get an entry in the draw for every $5/month they donate, so someone signing up for $10/month would get two entries. If you’re a current Sustaining Donor, you are automatically entered to win!
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“Hey there friends. This is Cassandra Blondin-Burt speaking to you from Gabriola Island. I'm here to thank listeners from Nanaimo and around the world for tuning into CHLY 101.7fm and CHLY.ca. It is because of the support of people like you that stations like this can continue to broadcast local relevant content, giving a voice to our community, and letting us better know each other, real-life content that isn't marred by too much advertisement, and giving us what mass media can't. Events and stories in our every day lives. So let's keep on tuning in and sending support, so they can keep doing what they do best, giving us content as evolving and dynamic as our island community continues to be.”
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Did you know we’re running a listener survey right now? Summer Station Kaylie Russell helped put it together for us! As part of our Listener Un-Drive, we at CHLY want to hear from you in order to help plan for our future. What do you want to hear more of? What are you listening to? How are you listening? Etc.
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