Ch-ch-ch-changes June 4, 2010

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In addition to some new programmers joining our roster, CFYT radio has recently hired our Summer Student Station Manager. Monsieur Reuben Ward will be working with CFYT’s Board of Directors, Programmers, Volunteers and the community of Dawson City to bring you an exciting summer of radio action, events, and general fun. Stop by the station and meet Reuben, or send an email to cfytradio (at) gmail (dot) com and welcome him to the team. I eagerly anticipate all the action and I hope you all do too!

On the topic of new programmers, you’ll notice some new names debuting this weekend, and more will follow in the coming weeks– we are always looking for new volunteers in all capacities at CFYT,  so get in touch if you’re interested. The application and training process is straightforward and all applicable forms can be downloaded here. We hope to open up a Thursday Evening broadcast beginning this month to offer even more CFYT on the 106.9 and webstream airwaves, so tell yer friends and neighbours and let’s amp up this schedule even more (pun intended).


Here is the lineup for June 4,5,6.

As always, tune in on 106.9 fm or cable channel 11 (rolling ads) in Dawson City Yukon or click here to listen live from any ol’ place at all!



Friday June 4

2:30-3:00     John- Children’s Stories

3:00-4:00     John- An Hour on the John

4:00-5:00     John- Another Side of the John

5:00-6:00     Reuben – Spuky Reuben

6:00-8:00     Georgia- Money Where My Mouth Is

8:00-9:00     Sonny Boy Williams- Rockin’ Blues Show

9:00-10:00   Jim- Psychedelia

Saturday June 5

9:00-11:00      Jason- The Foxy Breakfast Hours

11:00-1:00       Aaron- Back in Effect

1:00-3:00       J’Ostrander- Sad Bastard Hours

3:00-4:00       Tim and Megan- Nuggets

4:00-5:00       Molly Shore- Don’t Ask Me, I Just Fill In Here!

5:00-7:00      Dr. Soundwave- This/That and Some Music

7:00-9:00       Morgan- A Row on the Tams

9:00-11:00    Andy, Josh, Graham- Brotherhood (with Jen)

Sunday June 6

1:00-2:00      Logan- Logan’s Lair (with Jen)

2:00-3:00      Julie- Francopen

3:00-5:00      Ben – Returns

5:00-7:00      Robyn- Ya, Whatever

7:00-9:00      Aaron- The Old Fashioned Gumption

9:00-11:00    Ben- The Party Time Machine

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Back on the Airwaves! May 15, 2010

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Hi Everyone,

Important CFYT Radio notes:

  • Our transmitter is repaired and back in action! Tune in to 106.9 FM in Dawson City, Yukon (CFYT is also still available on Cable Channel 11 in Dawson and right here on cfyt.ca!)
  • CFYT is currently seeking a Summer Station Manager. This is a Student position of 14 weeks at approximately 35 hours per week. We are looking for a responsible, motivated, and engergetic individual to join our team which includes year-round CFYT staffer Aaron Burnie and our active volunteer Board of Directors. Posting closes on Thursday, May 20th. For full details and information on applying, Please click here for the job posting.
  • New DJs welcome! With the summer season in full swing, we will be expanding our programming to include Thursdays as soon as we have enough new programmers trained. If you or a friend, relative, or co-worker is interested in hosting your own CFYT radio show, click here to get an application form or email us at cfytradio (at) gmail (dot) com for details.
  • CFYT will be offering FREE training sessions with CBC’s Bob Unger: Wednesday, May 19  6:30 – 8:00 pm RSS Library

    For Trained Programmers– Advanced Techniques
    Interview Techniques – how to prepare, research and conduct an interview, both live and recorded for later broadcast.

    Live Broadcasts with focus on Gold Show – explain how CBC would plan and implement a broadcast then adapt it for CFYT and local broadcasting. Intent is to increase our production levels for live events and get CFYT out in the community.

    Thursday, May 20  6:30 – 8:00 pm RSS Library

    For New Programmers/Interested Potential DJs—Basic Training

    New DJ Training including all the basic logistic and technical aspects of radio broadcasting. Includes an introduction to the sound board and its various inputs, show planning and preparation, CRTC rules and guidelines, announcements, interviews, and dialogue, and DJing music from record, tape, cd, and MP3/computer sources.

As always, email cfytradio (at) gmail (dot) com if you have questions or comments.

Here is the schedule for May 14-16:

FRIDAY

2:30-3      John – Children’s Stories

3-4           John – Hour On The John

4-5           John – Another Side of the John

5-6           Robyn- Ya, Whatever

6-8           Georgia- Money Where My Mouth Is

8-9           Sonny Boy Williams – Rockin’ Blues Show

9-10         Jim – Psychedelic

SATURDAY

11-1         Simon- The Story Hours

1-3           J’Ostrander– Sad Bastard Hours

3-4           DJ Tapedeck- Fill-In

4-5           Freddie- Howling Revivalist’s Hour Of Power

5-7           Jesse- J.Bob’s House of Wax: Fill-In Edition

7-9           Morgan- A Row on the Tams

9-11         Chris- Southside City Swag

SUNDAY
1-2           Tim/Megan – Nuggets

2-3           Julie - Francopen

3-5           Some Kinda Fill In

5-7           Kyla- All the Way with Auntie K

7-9           Jen- Definitely NOT The Old Fashioned

9-11         Ben- Party Time Machine

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Jazzin’ Up the Airwaves May 7, 2010

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Happy Weekend CFYT.

A few important updates at the station:

  • Our transmitter is repaired and on its way back! As of Friday, May 7th it’s in Whitehorse, so we just have to wait for the truck to bring it up on Monday! Spread the word! And thanks to everyone for your patience and understanding this technical difficulty.
  • CFYT is currently seeking a Summer Station Manager. This is a Student position of 14 weeks at approximately 35 hours per week. We are looking for a responsible, motivated, and engergetic individual to join our team which includes year-round CFYT staffer Aaron Burnie and our active volunteer Board of Directors.                                                                Please click here for the job posting.
  • New DJs welcome! With the summer season in full swing, we will be expanding our programming to include Thursdays as soon as we have enough new programmers trained. If you or a friend, relative, or co-worker is interested in hosting your own CFYT radio show, click here to get an application form or email us at cfytradio (at) gmail (dot) com for details. We will be offering an introductory radio training session on Thursday, May 20th– more details on this site soon.
  • It is so warm and sunny in Dawson City. Truly the Paris of the North.

Here’s the schedule for May 7-9, broadcasting live online and on Cable Channel 11 (Rolling Ads) in Dawson City, Yukon.

FRIDAY

2:30-3      John – Children’s Stories

3-5           John – Hours On The John

5-6           Robyn- Ya, Whatever

6-8           Molly- Sometimes I Work Here!

8-9           Sonny Boy Williams – Rockin’ Blues Show

9-10         Jim – Psychedelic

10-12      Jason – Foxy’s Hours of Death


SATURDAY

11-1         Simon- The Story Hours

1-3           J’Ostrander– Sad Bastard Hours

3-4           Tara- Come On

4-5           Freddie- Howling Revivalist’s Hour Of Power

5-6           Ian- Dirt Baggin’

6-7           Jim- Country Time

7-8           Jenna- Spires and Spindles

8-9           Emile- Pitch

9-11         Chris- Southside City Swag

SUNDAY


1-2           Tim/Megan – Nuggets

2-3           Julie - Francopen

3-5           Mike – The City Mic

5-7           Kyla- All the Way with Auntie K

7-9           Jen- Ghost Whisperer

9-11         Ben- Party Time Machine

11-12       Charles – The DEW Line

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May Day! April 30, 2010

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Jam out with CFYT this weekend!

Click-click here to listen live via our online streaming.

This weekend’s schedule:

FRIDAY

2:30-3      John – Children’s Stories

3-5           John – Hours On The John

5-6           Robyn- Ya, Whatever

6-8           Georgia- Money Where My Mouth Is

8-9           Sonny Boy Williams – Rockin’ Blues Show

9-10          Jim - Psychedelic

SATURDAY

11-12        Simon- The Story Hour

12-1          Caili – Eat My Shorts

1-3           J’Ostrander– Return of the Sad Bastard

3-4           Tara- Come On

4-5           John- Howling Revivalist’s Fill In

5-7           Jen- The Living End

7-8           Jenna- Spires and Spindles

8-9           FILL IN NEEDED

9-11         Chris- Southside City Swag

SUNDAY

1-2           Tim/Megan – Nuggets

2-3           Julie - Francopen

3-5           Mike – The City Mic

5-7           Kyla- All the Way with Auntie K

7-9           Aaron- Old Fashioned Gumption

9-11          Ben- Party Time Machine

11-12         Charles – The DEW Line

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Spring, Sprang, Sprung April 23, 2010

Hi Everyone,

It is serious spring business here in Dawson City and I sincerely hope it is the same for everywhere else…we’re typically one of the last to receive it, so I expect balminess is abound all over the land.

Firstly, a HUGE thank-you to all the community members who came out to last weekend’s Community Casino Fundraiser at Diamond Tooth Gerties. The quiz night was tonnes of fun and it was all for the great cause of community radio! Thanks also to all the local businesses and organizations that donated awesome prizes: Dawson City Music Festival, Bombay Peggy’s, Maximillian’s, Aurora Office, The Raven’s Nook, Hair Cabaret, and Bonanza Market. We couldn’t have done it without your generosity. Also thanks to Gertie’s and the Klondike Visitor’s Association for hosting this fundraiser and supporting community groups here in Dawson. Keep listening to CFYT and check this site for updates about more CFYT Quiz Night Events this summer!

And now, on with the show(s)!

CFYT will be broadcast right here on cfyt.ca and on cable channel 11 (Rolling Ads) here in Dawson City this weekend.

Schedule for April 23-25:

Friday April 23

2:30-3:00     John- Children’s Stories

3:00-5:00     John- Hours on the John

5:00-6:00     DJ Laptop- Fill In the Blanks

6:00-8:00     Megan- Fill Spector

8:00-9:00     Sonny Boy Williams- Rockin’ Blues Show

9:00-10:00   Jim- Psychedelia

Saturday April 24

12:00-1:00     Caili- Eat My Shorts

1:00-3:00        Ian- Don’t Ask Me, I Just Work Here!

3:00-4:00       Georgia- Money Where My Mouth Is

4:00-5:00       Freddy- The Howling Revivalist’s Hour of Power

5:00-7:00       Kyle- This/That and Some Music

7:00-8:00       Jenna- Spires and Spindles

8:00-9:00       Emile- Pitch

9:00-11:00     Chris- Southside City Swag

Sunday April 25

1:00-2:00       Tim & Megan- Nuggets

2:00-3:00       Julie- Francopen

3:00-5:00      Mike- The City Mic

5:00-7:00      Kyla- All the Way with Auntie K

7:00-9:00      Jen- Ye Olde Fashioned Grumption

9:00-11:00     Ben- The Party Time Machine

11:00-12:00   Charles- The DEW Line

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Pop Quiz, Hotshot. April 16, 2010

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Hi Internet,

One more reminder that CFYT is hosting a Fundraiser TONIGHT (Friday April 16th) at Diamond Tooth Gerties!

Hope to see many of you there for prizes, fun, and trivia!

**We are still awaiting a replacement FM Transmitter, so the CFYT broadcast this weekend will be online this weekend AND on Cable Channel 11 (Rolling Ads) too!

Please spread the word and the link: Click here to listen to CFYT Radio LIVE online.

Here is the CFYT Schedule for this weekend:

FRIDAY APRIL 16 (Quiz Night@Diamond Tooth Gerties!)

2:30-3      John – Children’s Stories

3-5           John – Hours On The John

5-6           Robyn – Yeah, Whatever

6-8           Georgia- Money Where My Mouth Is

8-9           Sonny Boy Williams – Rockin’ Blues Show

9-10         Jim - Psychedelic

SATURDAY APRIL 17

1-3        Molly and/or Ian– Don’t Ask Me, I Just Work Here

3-4        Tara- Come On

4-5        Freddy- The Howling Revivalist’s Hour of Power

5-7         Kyle- This/That & Some Music

7-8         Jenna- Spires and Spindles

8-9          Emile – Pitch

9-11       Chris- Southside City Swag


SUNDAY APRIL 18

1-2           Tim/Megan – Filladelphia Nugget Whipped Cream

2-3           Julie - Francopen

3-5           Mike – The City Mic

5-7           Kyla- All the Way with Auntie K

7-9           Jen- This is Why I Live Here

9-11          Ben- The Party Time Machine

11-12        Charles – The DEW Line

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Quiz Night Fundraiser! April 15, 2010

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“where always it’s Spring and everyone’s in love and the flowers pick themselves” April 8, 2010

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Spring and the events and action therein have started to heat up old Dawson City, Yukon. You can tell from all the puddles. CFYT Radio was live at many of the recent Thaw-di-Gras events and we will also have an exciting retrospective of the weekend to share in audio form sometime in the near future– stay tuned! And incase anyone missed it, CFYT made its Lip Sync debut during Thaw-di-Gras this year– with sexy results! Thanks to our awesome programmers for participating so fully and enthusiastically.
Last weekend’s Dawson City International Short Film Festival kicked off April, and now we’re well on our way to the busy busy summer season.We’ll have new programmers, bigger schedules, and exciting events all summer long, so keep checking this here website and if you use Facebook, check out our CFYT Radio Facebook Group for more updates and another forum to share your feedback about Dawson’s Community Radio Station!
There are some Djs away this weekend, but our trusty fleet of volunteers has once again risen to the challenge, so have a look at this week’s schedule to get the low-down on all your favourite programs as well as the line up of fill-ins.
*Special Note for April 9,10,11:  we’ve been experience some problems with our transmitter recently, so we have a replacement en route, but local radio coverage of CFYT might be interrupted this weekend, so I encourage everyone (Dawson City and beyond!) to check out our live, online stream of CFYT beginning Friday, April 9th at 2:30 pm.

Here be radio dragons:

FRIDAY

2:30-3 John – Children’s Stories

3-5 John – Hours On The John

5-7 Robyn – Yeah, Whatever

7-8 Megan – Filladelphia

8-9 Sonny Boy Williams – Rockin’ Blues Show

9-10 Jim - Psychedelic

SATURDAY

12-1 Caili – Eat My Shorts

1-3 Ian – Don’t Ask Me, I Just Work Here

3-4 Tara – Come On

4-5 Freddie – Howling Revivalists Hour of Power

5-7 Chris – Fill In

7-8 Jen – Fill In Like a Villain

8-9 Emile – Pitch

9-11 Kirsty – The Mixtape

11-1 Jason – Foxy’s Hours of Death

SUNDAY

1-2 Tim/Megan – Nuggets

2-3 Julie - Francopen

3-5 Mike – The City Mic

5-7 Chris – Southside City Swag

7-8 Jim - Country Show

8-9 Kyla – Fill In

9-11 Ben – The Party Time Machine

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Count Down to Getting Down! March 11, 2010

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It’s time for another CFYT Radio weekly newsbreak!

We’re just one weekend away from one of Dawson City’s most exciting events– Thaw-di-Gras Spring Carnival (more details here) is nearly upon us and you can count on CFYT 106.9 fm to entertain, inform, and report on the festivities all weekend long! If you aren’t lucky enough to be in Dawson City for this fun Yukon tradition, you can soak it up via the live stream at cfyt.ca too. CFYT Radio will also be participating in Dawson City Music Festival’s super-mega-fun Lip Sync event as part of the weekend madness, so if you’d like to see what kills these radio stars, be at Gerties on Friday, March 19th for all the action!

As ever, if you are a listener, fan, volunteer, DJ, or otherwise and you have feedback about CFYT’s Thaw-di-Gras coverage, email cfytradio (at) gmail (dot) com and let us know.

And since we’re on the topic of emails, a big shout-out to our loyal listener Juergen all the way in Charlotte, North Carolina! It’s emails like yours that make us warm and fuzzy and happy to be DJs/volunteers/supporters of a really great community radio station in the Yukon. Thanks Juergen!

And while the Thaw-di-Gras countdown ticks on, you might as well rock out….

The schedule is brimming these days– welcome to new DJ Megan and returning DJ Mike. Please listen to CFYT 106.9 all weekend long to check it out, or click here to listen live online!

CFYT Radio Schedule for March 12-14:


FRIDAY 


2:30-3        John – Children’s Stories
3-5           John – Hours On The John
5-6           Robyn - Yeah, Whatever
6-8           Georgia – Money Where Your Mouth Is

8-9           Sonny Boy Williams – Rockin’ Blues Show                     
9-10          Jim - Psychedelic
10-12         Jen – What, Me Worry?
12-2          Jason – Foxy’s Hours of Death

SATURDAY

12-1          Caili - Eat My Shorts
1-3           Molly - Don't Ask Me, I Just Work Here!

3-5           Jesse – J. Bob’s House of Wax

5-7           Dr. Soundwave – This/That and Some Music

7-8           Jenna – Spires and Spindles
8-9           Emile – Pitch


SUNDAY

11-12         Simon - The Story Hour

12-1          Allie - Working 9-5

1-2           Megan - Whipped Cream and Other Delights

2-3           Julie - Francopen

3-5           Mike - The City Mic

5-7           Chris – Southside City Swag
7-9           Aaron - Old Fashioned Gumption

9-11          Richard – Stellar Drift
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Marching In Like a Lamb March 4, 2010

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Welcome to the first CFYT broadcast weekend of March! The unseasonably warm and sunny weather here in Dawson City Yukon is conjuring hints of spring and dreams of summer; Thaw-di-Gras is just around the corner– stay tuned (pun intended) for updates on CFYT Radio’s coverage of and invovlement in this year’s festivities.

The schedule is brimming these days, so please listen to CFYT 106.9 all weekend long to check it out, or click here to listen live online!

CFYT Radio Schedule for March 5-7:

FRIDAY 


2:30-3        John – Children’s Stories
3-5           John – Hours On The John
5-6           Robyn - Yeah, Whatever
6-8           Georgia – Money Where Your Mouth Is

8-9           Sonny Boy Williams – Rockin’ Blues Show                     
9-10          Jim - Psychedelic
10-12         Jen – What, Me Worry?
12-2          Jason – Foxy’s Hours of Death

SATURDAY

12-1          Caili - Eat My Shorts
1-3           Molly - Don't Ask Me, I Just Work Here!

3-5           Jesse – J. Bob’s House of Wax

5-7           Dr. Soundwave – This/That and Some Music

7-8           Jenna – Spires and Spindles
8-9           Emile – Pitch

9-11          Kirsty - The Mixtape

SUNDAY

11-12         Simon - The Story Hour

12-1          Allie - Working 9-5

1-2           Tim - Whipped Cream and Other Delights

2-3           Julie - Francopen

3-5           Ben – The Party Time Machine

5-7           Chris – Southside City Swag
7-9           Aaron - Old Fashioned Gumption

9-11          Richard – Stellar Drift

11-12         Charles - The DEW Line
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