| CJLY | |
| City of license | Nelson, British Columbia |
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| Branding | Kootenay Co-op Radio |
| Frequency | 93. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station This page is about the city of Nelson British Columbia For the provincial electoral districts Nelson (electoral district, Nelson City, Nelson-Creston British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 5 MHz |
| Format | community radio |
| Owner | Kootenay Co-op Radio |
| Website | Kootenay Co-op Radio |
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History
Kootenay Co-op Radio was started by volunteers in December 1996 and incorporated as a co-operative in 1998 in Nelson, BC. The station first went on air in Nelson full time in autumn On November 6, 2000, the station began broadcasting about 18 hours a day at a power of 70 watts. In November 2004, CJLY expanded its range and began broadcasting in the Kootenay Lake region, north of Nelson, at a new FM frequency, 96. Kootenay Lake is a Canadian Lake located between the Selkirk and Purcell Mountain ranges in the Kootenay region of 5 FM. [1]
The organization purchased a building at #308a Hall St in Nelson in March 2006. [2]
Structure
Kootenay Co-op Radio is co-operatively-owned and operated by its members, who employ five part-time staff for day-to-day operations.
As of August 2007, Kootenay Co-op Radio has approximately 1500 paid members and almost 150 active volunteers.
CJLY is a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association[1]. The National Campus and Community Radio Association/L'Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires ( NCRA/ANREC) is a Non-profit organization of
Notable Shows
Several national and internationally syndicated radio programs are produced in the studios of CJLY, including Deconstructing Dinner, Canadian Voices, and World Report. In Broadcasting, syndication is the sale of the right to broadcast Radio shows and Television shows to multiple individual stations without going through Deconstructing Dinner is a syndicated public affairs show which discusses Food and sustainable food systems which is produced and recorded in the studios Canadian Voices is a public affairs radio series produced by CJLY-FM (Kootenay Cooperative Radio a volunteer-run Non-profit community radio station in
Other notable shows produced at KCR include Sinixt Radio, a show hosted by members of the Sinixt First Nation, Pickin' & Grinnin, the region's bluegrass music show, By the People, a show about participatory democracy in the Kootenay region,The Writer's Show, hosted by Holley Rubinsky[3], The Rank and File Voice, a show about labour-related topics and 'Nelson Before Nine', a weekly public affairs show spotlighting local issues. The Sinixt (also known as the Sin-Aikst or Sin Aikst, " Arrow Lakes Band " are a First Nations People Bluegrass music is a form of American roots music, and is a sub-genre of Country music. Participatory democracy is a process emphasizing the broad Participation (decision making of constituents in the direction and operation of political systems Holley Rubinsky is a Canadian Novelist and Short story writer Public affairs, a broadcasting industry term refers to programming which focuses on matters of Politics and Public policy.
Awards
Kootenay Co-operative Radio has received two National Campus and Community Radio Association Broadcasting Excellence awards as of February 2008. The National Campus and Community Radio Association/L'Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires ( NCRA/ANREC) is a Non-profit organization of
- Programming Excellence (2004): Nelson Before Nine: A morning public-affairs magazine, segment by Bill Metcalfe.
- Best Newscast (2007): Weekly World Report: Jim Terral's weekly 10-13 minute segment on international affairs from a Canadian perspective. The main emphasis is on Canadian foreign policy beyond Canada-US relations and may include under the international heading stories on aboriginal rights, French Canadian politics, or events in which neither Canada nor the US plays a direct role.
Podasts
The station Podcasts a select number of its spoken word programs on its Podcasts page. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download Spoken word is a form of literary Art or artistic performance in which Lyrics, Poetry, or stories are spoken rather than sung
Music charts
The KCR Music Department submits weekly music charts to the National Campus and Community Radio Report (!Earshot), which is a project of the National Campus and Community Radio Association
References
- ^ CJLY Website
- ^ CJLY Website
- ^ Van Luven, Lynne. The National Campus and Community Radio Association/L'Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires ( NCRA/ANREC) is a Non-profit organization of "Holley Rubinsky's The Writer's Show: Broadcasting from the Kootenays, Wordworks: Federation of B. C. Writers Magazine, Winter 2007, pp12-13
- Articulate Arts Magazine, "Turn me on, I'm a radio" by Amme DeGrace, Fall 2005, pp 13/14
- CRTC Licensing 2000
- CRTC renewal 2006
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