Looking for info about 88.1 FM CKAV

[fredr123]

Surely there must be some radio buffs on the board that can shed some light on my curiosity.

A couple days ago I was stuck in traffic and started scanning the dial. One of the first stations I came across was 88.1 FM (yes, I'm the jackass that still listens to terrestrial radio). I lingered for a few moments because it was playing a Queens of the Stoneage Song. After that, the station went into Dave Matthews and then something I think was performed by Aretha Franklin. Pretty eclectic.

The only information I could find online about this station was that it is supposed to be Aboriginal Voices. I've listed for a grand total of maybe half an hour in the past few days and only heard a station ID twice. I've heard songs by Coldplay, Radiohead, Michael Jackson and some jazzy stuff from the 70s in addition to the artists noted above. Maybe I missed a Shane Yellowbird ditty in there but not once have I heard anything else remotely close to resembling Aboriginal programming.

Does anyone here know anything about who runs the station and what kind of programming they offer? Is the special Aboriginal programming just played during certain times of the day? Is this station going through a format change?

[Hack&Lube]

This station is awesome. I listen to it every morning around 8:00 AM on my drive. I don't know if this programming lasts all day. The music is always excellent and eclectic and diverse. Tons of great 70s grooves and funk and indie and pop and jazz. I haven't even heard any commercials on it.

If this really is still Aboriginal Voices, whoever is running it has ridiculously excellent taste in music and isn't bending to the blandness of our backward Calgarian redneck radio paradigm that all other stations eventually fall into. It may be one example of someone taking Aboriginal funding to create something really great to express themselves and not boxing themselves into an ethnic stereotype of programming...at least during my morning drive.

I pretty much assumed it was some kind of college/university/student run radio or something because of the music variety and the broadcasters didn't sound like your typical Calgary radio #######s but more like the guys/gals on CKUA/CJSW.

[Northendzone]

it is only a matter of time before they play a superset of Nickleback songs.....

[sa226]

Are you really considered a Jackass nowadays if you listen to terrestrial radio?

Jeez, I gotta get with the times, that's all I listen to and have no desire to switch in the near future.

[Bigtime]

I'll have to check this station out, thanks for the heads up!

[HotHotHeat]

From Tune In radio...

About Aboriginal Voice's Radio 88.1
The National Aboriginal Radio Network of Canada
AVR's mission is to provide a distinctly Aboriginal service in large urban centres where the majority of Aboriginal people now live. The Aboriginal Voices Radio network informs, enlightens, and entertains with culturally relevant Aboriginal programming for all people.

On Next:
Native America Calling

Native America Calling doesn't sound like my thing, but that playlist is promising.

[Madman]

You were probably picking up the Sirius FM modulation signal from the car beside you - that's why the music was good and sans-Nickleback.

[troutman]

http://www.aboriginalvoices.com/

http://www.facebook.com/pages/CKAV-FM/108020769232021

http://streema.com/radios/Aboriginal...adio_CKAV_FM_3

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Voices

[fredr123]

In May 2010, the CRTC heard submissions on the renewal of CKAV's license which was set to expire August 31, 2010. There were concerns at the time that the stations had been broadcasting in contravention of the Radio Regulations and in particular they had violated conditions related to local programming: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/broadcast/eng/...10/ag12_05.htm

The license was renewed, after the CRTC gave the station a stern rebuke for failing to abide by previous conditions, until August 31, 2012: http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-614.htm

[fredr123]

Originally Posted by Madman

You were probably picking up the Sirius FM modulation signal from the car beside you - that's why the music was good and sans-Nickleback.

I thought of that but I don't lose the signal as I drive around the city. Also, I just tuned in at work on a radio here and they were playing Amy Winehouse.

[REDVAN]

A) I've heard nickelback on satellite.
B) why are we still complaining about them?

[fredr123]

They're playing "Common - Forever Begins" right this second.

Edit: Now it's Emm Gryner's East Cost Angel

[macker]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

From Tune In radio...



Native America Calling doesn't sound like my thing, but that playlist is promising.

I don't have any luck getting this on Tune In but have heard it on standard radio. Top 5 Favorite presets that I flip around on commercial free :

1. NME radio
2. KEXP- Seattle
3. 105.2 Phantom : Dublin
4. 104.9 XFM : London
5. 98.8 BBC Radio 1 : London

All have Aboriginal voice taste

[fredr123]

They played a newscast at 5:00 pm that was mainly local Calgary stuff. The guy reporting was named something Thibodeau and had a pretty wooden manner about him.

[McG]

this is all well and good but this station can't hold a candle to brockett 99.

[Derek Sutton]

I'm guessing the DJ's probably just show up whenever they fell like it and that the news in never on at the top of the hour

[killer_carlson]

CKUA is still the best radio station if you're in it for the music. It's like the PBS of radio, and if they play popular music, it will be some rare live recording of eric clapton or something like that.

Awesome stuff.

[HotHotHeat]

Originally Posted by macker

I don't have any luck getting this on Tune In but have heard it on standard radio. Top 5 Favorite presets that I flip around on commercial free :

1. NME radio
2. KEXP- Seattle
3. 105.2 Phantom : Dublin
4. 104.9 XFM : London
5. 98.8 BBC Radio 1 : London

All have Aboriginal voice taste

XFM definitely isn't commercial free..

[macker]

Originally Posted by HotHotHeat

XFM definitely isn't commercial free..

That is why I mentioned that I have to flip around to keep it commercial free....out of those mentioned NME and KEXP are the two that I tend to stick to the longest without being squeezed out by commercials as they rarely have any....

[browna]

Looks like the allegations are not enough spoken word content. I am guessing with "Aboriginal Voices" the license was originally granted to this company for all those stations on the premise that there would be a First Nations presence. Of course, that was somewhat of a exxageration to this point, it was just that company's way of getting their foot in the door over competitors; make a loose deal with the First Nations so that they back them to get the license, then sort out the details with the First Nations after they get the station.

My guess is the owners and the First Nations haven't really organized anything (thus the slap on the wrist), so in the meantime, this company has their station, with a programming guy or gal who has free reign to play whatever. The owners have the station, which is the toughest step of the process, and are biding their time to determine what to do with it.

All for diversity and allowing those different options, but when push comes to shove, and it ends up being a mainstream station sprinkled with tid bits of cultural favlour, IMO it defeats the whole purpose and spirit for why it was created.


Similar to Omni, channel 4. Gets a prime channel spot (ok, in the digital age, maybe not so much a deal anymore, but still) and has Cantonese and Indian News (the rest of the cultural programming is well out of prime time, or on the weekens)...and just before the Indian News, you can watch Apu on the Simpsons and after, Charlie Sheen on 2 and a half men.

Go to their webpage and you have to go a couple links deep to find that cultural programming, once you get past all the splashy listings for those US reruns that Rogers is promoting on the front page as the clear focus for the station.