Eighty Years of CKUA

This fall, our all time favourite radio station is eighty years old. Eighty years of public radio broadcasted from Alberta. Some reasons we like CKUA - Big Band with the Old Disc Jockey. - Royyyyyyy's Record Room! You really have to hear him to understand. Really. - World Music from allllll over, Cuba, Africa, Quebec, you name it. - Local artists--must I remind you again of John Wort Hannam (see funeral blog) - David Ward--afternoon show broadcasted out of Calgary gives us a real local perspective - Wade Kozak from CIBC Wood Gundy with the morning business report. - Call of the Land--update on farming in Alberta every week day at twelve thirty - free tickets to concerts and shows. We've won twice this past year! - Lionel's Vinyls (now called Baba's grooves). Often could also be called Kirstin's vinyls, because he plays my kind of music spot on.Well, we like Lionel Rault (he plays Leonard Cohen) and he now hosts The Nine til Noon show. - They play Leonard Cohen...at all times of day. I can't argue with that. - The Road Home with Bob Chelmick (Kirstin's absolute favourite announcer). Broadcast live from his cabin north east of Edmonton by solar power. And he has a composting toilet. And he plays live nature from the goings-on around his house. And he plays Leonard Cohen. :) - Peaceful classical evenings and weekends. Most of all, the musical education we receive. The variety of music is endless. Pretty much anything except mainstream, and the morning guy Tony King even plays mainstream from time to time (but to be honest, he's our least favourite announcer). We highly highly recommend the station if you're up for something new. Jazz, blues, world, electronica (late at night), classical from all eras, indie, folk, country, it's all there! So go have a listen at www.ckua.com and if you already listen, go give them a little money to help them keep it going for many many more years. We did.