CJSW Radio
Room 312 MacEwan Hall, University of Calgary T2N 1N4 Calgary, AB, Canada

It's mailout month again, pals! If you’re a musician in the Calgary area and want to get a new release out to 50+ stations across Canada, we’re here to help! The next deadline is March 31 for digital and physical releases. You can read more about the mailout program on our website, or get in touch with our Music Director at [email protected] https://cjsw.com/music

We've just about made it to the end of 2020 and while there's been plenty of bad news, we have found new and meaningful ways of connecting with each other, and there was most certainly no shortage of new music to find solace and joy in this past year. Visit cjsw.com/top2020 to see our Top 100 Albums of 2020. Tune in to CJSW Radio daily from December 28 through 30 at 11:00 am and 8:00 pm for an 8-part special featuring a dedicated exploration of each specialty genre as well as a Top 10 Countdown on December 31 at 11:00 am! P.S. It's #BandcampFriday, so why not head over to Bandcamp to support some of these great artists from our Top 100 Albums of 2020!

This Wednesday from 8 - 9 pm, tune in to CJSW to hear SOUNDS FROM THE MYSTIC BEACH the debut of new sound art, spoken word, guided meditation, comedy, poetry, and music by artists from Calgary, Vancouver, and Toronto. Part 1 of The Hibernation Project on CJSW, SOUNDS FROM THE MYSTIC BEACH uses the invisible power of radio to transport you somewhere far away from here.... is the mystic beach a paradise outside reality? The utopia within? Or something else entirely? Original sound pieces by: Chris Locke, Crystal Eyes, Jay Heule, Julia Gunst, Luba Diduch, Michael Ander Schok, Rachel Ziriada, Rebecca Reid & Ryan Bourne, Wayne Garrett, Caitlind Brown, and more TBA. Visit www.hibernationproject.home.blog for more information.

Join the team! CJSW 90.9 FM is looking to hire an energetic, innovative and community-minded individual for the position of Marketing & Development Director. Think you’re the right fit? Submit your cover letter and resume to CJSW Station Manager at [email protected]. The deadline to apply is Friday, February 12 at 5:00 pm.

CJSW Radio is looking for an energetic, innovative and community-minded individual for the position of Marketing & Development Director! The deadline to apply is Friday, February 12, at 5:00pm. For more information, click the link below! cjsw.com/job-posting-marketing-development-director/

New Year, New Mailout! We’ve made a few tweaks to our campus mailout program so we can serve local artists and other stations even better in 2021. If you’re a musician in the Calgary area and want to get a new release out to 50+ stations across Canada, we’re here to help! The next deadline is January 31 for digital and physical releases. You can read more about the mailout program on our website, or get in touch with our Music Director at [email protected]... https://cjsw.com/mailout/

Episode 5 of CJSW Radio's Treaty 7 Sessions is now live on cjsw.com/treaty7sessions, with an interview & performances from After The Prophet. After the Prophet is a band of 5 friends who are doing what they love - making music and getting up on stage. They take their music career professionally but at the same time, they love to party hard, drink beers, and give the crowd the immense energy they deserve. Their journey together has taken them through pain and helped them heal and turn it into something beautiful - music. View the full Treaty 7 Sessions series on cjsw.com/treaty7sessions or subscribe to our YouTube Channel!

Episode 4 of CJSW Radio's Treaty 7 Sessions is now live on cjsw.com/treaty7sessions, with an interview & performances from MomBod. MomBod formed specifically for FLIP Fest, a femme-festival in Lethbridge, and decided to just keep that riot girl train a-rollin’ with rock ‘n’ roll: a little bit noisy, a little bit soft, a little bit wild kinda like their kids. Tune in next Wednesday at 9:00 am for the launch of the final episode of CJSW's Treaty 7 Sessions series - Episode 5 with After The Prophet!

That’s a wrap on our 2020 Funding Drive! Thank you, listeners, near and far! Together, you’ve helped CJSW raise $237,364.46, keeping our beacon broadcasting strong for another year!

CJSW Radio is volunteer-powered radio, and we're looking for our next Volunteer Coordinator! Check out the posting below to see if this fun and exciting opportunity to work with 200+ volunteers is right for you or someone you know! Apply by November 30th! cjsw.com/job-posting-volunteer-coordinator-3

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Every bowl has a bottom, and it seems that we've reached the end of the Sun Ramen bowl. Cavan is hanging up his chef hat after years spent in the kitchen mixing up delicious soul, beats, and hip-hop every Wednesday morning. Tune in tomorrow on 90.9 FM or cjsw.com from 7:00-10:00am to celebrate Sun Ramen!

CJSW Radio is gearing up for its 2020 Funding Drive from October 23 to October 30! Every year, for one week, we look to you - our listeners - to show your support for campus & community radio and make a donation to your favourite CJSW program. Over the last 35+ years, CJSW has become a beacon in Calgary’s media landscape and a pillar of the local community, sharing music, spoken word and multicultural programs in more than 10 languages, and covering stories and music you won’...t find anywhere else. Throughout the pandemic and civil rights movements of the past year, CJSW has remained a beacon of hope in these unprecedented times. We have aimed to provide you, our listeners, with an escape from the real world and invite them to immerse themselves in local music, local stories, and local radio. We are more than just a voice on the radio. We are the voice of a friend in a time of isolation and general loneliness. CJSW is here for you, through the good times, and the not-so-good times. We’re here to bring you music you love, stories you love, radio you love. To make a donation, visit www.cjsw.com.

It's Canada Summer Jobs - Winter Edition at CJSW! Join our team in one of 4 creative and flexible positions, for full-time, 8 week terms running from November 2020 through February 2021. The positions are: - Digital Media Coordinator - Audio/Video Producer - Production Assistant... - Multiculturalism Project Officer Deadline to apply: November 13, 2020 at 5:00pm These positions are funded through the Government of Canada's Canada Summer Jobs program, and are limited to individuals between the ages of 18 and 30.

It's #BandcampFriday, with 100% of the revenue going directly to the artists! There are so many local and Canadian artists who can use your support today. Before you buy your favourite artists newest release, why not add one of CJSW's live session compilations to your cart as well? Visit CJSW.Bandcamp.com for 15 years worth of musical live session yearbooks!

Coming up tonight at Midnight, it’s the 35th anniversary of CJSW’s Megawatt Mayhem!! It’s going to be a heavy and fast show with your host, JP, spinning his favourite metal artists. If you have a need for speed and a feel for the steel this is the show for you! Tune into Megawatt Mayhem on CJSW 90.9 FM at Midnight (MST) Saturday or check out cjsw.com for streaming as well!

CJSW Radio is partnering up with Wild Rose Brewery to bring you the Broadcast Brew! This classic American-style pale ale made with Origin malting’s Chinook malt, Cascade, Tettnang and Northern Brewer hops make this a clean, malty pale ale with notes of citrus and spice! Find it on tap at the Ship & Anchor Pub and the Wild Rose Brewery Taproom. $1 from every pint goes towards CJSW’s 2020 Funding Drive!

CJSW Radio is excited for the release of a new podcast, The Drop and the Turning, produced in partnership with New Works Calgary, an organization dedicated to the creation and performance of contemporary concert music! Launching tomorrow night (Wed., Sept. 30) at 8:00 pm, be sure to tune in to 90.9 FM or cjsw.com to hear the first episode, exploring the unpredictable magic of change - change we didn’t anticipate, change we shape, change we deeply long for. The first episode features Nathaniel Mann, an experimental composer, performer, and sound designer.

Join us next week on Thursday, October 1 at the Ship & Anchor Pub to kick off our 2020 Funding Drive month! We'll be starting off the evening with a live broadcast of CJSW's 'Alternative to What' and 'Union Jacked', with interviews from Wild Rose Brewery and Local Laundry. After that, stick around for music from your favourite CJSW DJs for the rest of the night!... - Connor Morrell (Union Jacked) - DJ BLKFT (The Dog House) - DJ Anput (Neon Window) We'll also be launching our new 'Broadcast Brew', a pale ale brewed in collaboration with Wild Rose Brewery! $1 from every pint goes to CJSW’s 2020 Funding Drive.

Hello local musicians! We've got another Campus Mailout coming up at the end of September, and can help you get your recent or upcoming release out to stations across Canada. If you've got CDs, vinyl or cassettes you'd like to send out, check out all the details at cjsw.com/mailout - the deadline for drop-off is Wednesday, September 30. If you have a digital-only release, we'd love to include that in our monthly e-mailer as well. You can get in touch with our Music Director at [email protected] to participate.

We are live at 2:00 PM with Bronwyn Ford of Fat Possum Records, Luminelle Recordings, House Arrest Distribution, and Arbutus Records!

EVER NEW is a Bandcamp-exclusive compilation of new music and covers by Canadian artists including CJSW Radio favourite's Yves Jarvis, Sarah Davachi, Chad Vangaalen and more! Named after pioneering singer and composer Beverly Glenn-Copeland’s 1986 song of the same title reinterpreted here by Toronto experimental duo The Head (Joseph Shabason and Thom Gill) and singer Jennifer Castle the collection of songs spans diverse genres and voices, with 100% of proceeds going to Black, Indigenous, and LGBTQ2S charities (Black Health Alliance, Indspire, and The 519) doing vital work across the country. Check out this amazing Canadian artist compilation that supports Black, Indigenous and LGBTQ2s charities!

Join us tomorrow (September 22) for the CJSW Playhouse, featuring an adaptation of James Thurber’s The Catbird Seat, a delightful comedy written for the New Yorker magazine in 1942. Brought to you by the same team that made Darkside Drive, you’re invited to tune in and experience CJSW’s new theatre event. Listen live on 90.9 FM and cjsw.com tomorrow at 11:00 am and 8:00 pm!

The sixth edition of BIG Winter Classic is taking place January 28-31, 2021 and they want YOU to play! We might not know what the 2021 festival will look like, but rest assured the BIG team is hard at work to bring you a fun (and safe!) time! Check out the call for music submissions at www.bigwinterclassic.com! Deadline is October 4.... PC: @aronjamesphotos

CJSW Radio listeners are all over the world! Where do you listen to CJSW from? Tell us in the comments below for a chance to be on air!

CJSW's 'French Transe en Danse' program (Mondays, 6-7pm) is putting on a Pétanque (Bocce) Tournament this Saturday, September 19 at 1:00 pm at Glamorgan Park! Proceeds go to CJSW's Funding Drive! To register, visit La Parlotte Facebook group!

We are live at 2:00 PM with Stacey Kerslake as part of SoundOff Music Talks!

As the University of Calgary campus reopens, we've been getting ready to safely welcome artists and bands back in to our studios for live sessions. Live performances on CJSW Radio is probably one of the things we've missed the most over the last 6 months. Did you know that we have a whole archive of Live Session videos from all your favourite groups up on our Youtube page? Check it out! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC00u6RHG4LNC3MUwYm6SnXw

The Calgary Public Library is inviting Indigenous Artists from the vast and beautiful nations and communities who reside within Treaty 7 territory, to work on and design art & installations that will activate Indigenous Placemaking in Calgary Public Library locations. This opportunity is designed to include both Traditional Indigenous methods of making and Contemporary art practices. The deadline is October 5. For more information, click the link below!

University of Calgary Alumni is celebrating University of Calgary Alumni Month all month long, and we're kicking things off with some specially curated Alumni Month playlists on Spotify! Check them out: shorturl.at/dirFP Plus, check out www.alumni.ucalgary.ca for dozens of interactive online workshops, Zoom gatherings, digital experiences and on-demand streaming options led by award-winning authors and trailblazers in the entertainment industry as well as researchers, CEOs, humanitarians and entrepreneurs.

We are live at 2:00 PM with Eman Safadi of THOT NATION! Tune in to SoundOff Music Talks.

It's another Bandcamp Friday, with 100% of sales going directly to the artist! We've seen a ton of great releases over the last few months, and we’re stoked to see so many fantastic local and Canadian musicians getting lots of love on the CJSW Radio airwaves. Don’t forget to support these albums by purchasing them on Bandcamp, or wherever you buy music!