CKDU - your community radio station

Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2000 15:53:45 -0400 (AST)
From: Lyse Boyce <at427@chebucto.ns.ca>
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cc: paul falvo <pfalvo@chebucto.ns.ca>
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Dear Sust-Mar subscribers,

CKDU's annual funding drive is well underway. Halifax's only community / campus 
radio station has to raise 50,000 $ every year in order to stay on the air. 
While this isn't the whole operating budget, this community support is 
absolutely necessary for alternative radio to stay on the air. 

If you haven't tuned in yet, turn your dial to 97.5 FM. Right now we're in
the middle of funding drive and the programmers are offering up prizes to
entice you to donate to the station. Programming is a little crazy this
week because of funding drive, but it's fun to listen to for a while.

I'm writing to you from CKDU's news room right now. It's Tuesday afternoon
and the fundraising total is close to breaking the 20,000 $ mark. There's
lots of good energy around here. People are working on funding drive, a
programmer is in the production room editing a reel to reel tape, and the
staff are keeping things organized.

After this weekend the station will return to it's regular schedule,
bringing you diverse programming 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

I have been a programmer at CKDU for 4 years now. I started out doing a
current affairs show and then switched over to an open format timeslot
that allows me to mix music and stories. You can hear my show every
Wednesday afternoon at 3 pm. It's called Wallflower's Revenge. Imagine a
flower growing through asphalt.

Last year one of the people who donated to my show won the grand prize
draw, a trip for two to Amsterdam! To enter this year's grand prize draw
you need to donate 25 $ for each entry. This also gets you a prize like a
CD, and a "Friends of CKDU card" that gives you discounts at local
businesses. (50 $ gets you 2 entries into the draw, a couple of prizes, a
t-shirt, and a friends card.) You also get interesting progrmamming all
year round.

Dial 49-HAPPY to donate to CKDU.

Here's a selection of shows that people interested in environmental issues
might be interested in:

Monday - noon - ECOLOS - hosted by Paul Schreenan 
 -a focus on local environmental issues and activists

Monday - 6 pm - THE WALKING STICK - John Sylliboy and Lola Doucet
 -native news and music

Tuesday - 6:30 am
Friday  - 3 pm    - TIME OF USEFUL CONSCIOUSNESS -
 - a current affairs show from away that often focuses on environmental
issues

Sunday - 11:00 am - ALTERNATIVE RADIO
 - another current affairs show from away that has recordings of
interesting talks

Weekdays at 5 pm - THE EVENING AFFAIR
 - a daily current affairs show that explores alternative news stories and
interviews, often about environmental issues.

Other shows that I haven't listed often discuss environmental issues and
lots of other interesting things. You can pick up a programming guide at
most local libraries. You can also get involved as a programmer if you're
interested. Call the office at 494-6479.



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Sponsors: Chebucto Community Net   	http://www.chebucto.ns.ca 
Sierra Club - Chebucto Group		http://www.sierraclub.ca
Volunteer listowner: Paul Falvo   	sust-mar-owner@chebucto.ns.ca

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