An overview of the history and current landscape of community radio in Canada.
Speakers:
Melissa Kaestner Melissa Kaestner has many roots in both music and radio. She began working in
commercial radio in the states in 1993 but found her passion for campus and
community radio in 1997 at CHSR FM in Fredericton, NB. From there, she went
to Toronto and worked as music director at CHRY FM. While she actually did
like Toronto, she left for NCRA/ANREC pastures in Montreal and then Ottawa.
While staying on top of community radio news and issues, she plays music, is
learning to rock climb, volunteers at CHUO FM, and lives for the journey
instead of the destination.
Kristiana Clemens, CKUT
Kristiana Clemens is the music programming coordinator at CKUT 90.3FM. She has been working in campus and community radio in Canada for more than 15 years, and has also worked as a freelance journalist, community organizer and dj. Her current radio program, New Shit, airs on Monday afternoons on CKUT.
Rufo Valencia
Rufo Valencia is a Bolivian-Canadian journalist. He worked as a community radio volunteer in programming at Radio Continental, a station owned by the union of factory workers in La Paz, Bolivia. After three years studying communications at the Catholic University, he pursued a degree in literature at the Universite de Montreal. He came to CKUT as a volunteer in 1992, where he became Spoken Word Coordinator and helped later in the administration of the station. Currently he works as a presenter-producer at Radio Canada International. He is still a volunteer at CKUT.
