CKUA Open House
Spinnin’ Grooves in the Record Library
CKUA’s Edmonton Headquarters are opening their doors on June 29th… come and see one of Alberta’s hidden treasures – the vast CKUA Radio music library. With over 1.5 million music tracks, this collection is the creative heart and soul of the station.
Join us for an evening of visual art, performances by U22 artists - The Command Sisters, Painting with Ella, Tanner Gordon - food and drink, and a few surprises!
You can also see another treasure - Baba - as he spins some vinyl.
Space is limited, so call 1-866-438-8765 before June 22nd to RSVP.
Baba, host of Baba's Grooves
This event is part of The Works Art and Design Festival’s 25th Anniversary.
Special Thanks to U22 and Organic Wine Connection.
A Time for Jazz in June
It’s Jazz in June on CKUA and on Saturday afternoon it’s A Time for Jazz Festival Tribute. Join host Tony King from noon to 3pm and learn about the highlights for the upcoming Edmonton, Medicine Hat and Calgary Jazz Festivals. He will feature interviews with the Artistic Directors as well.
A Time for Jazz in June, from noon to 3pm, Saturday June 12th.
Summerfest 2010
Summer is the festival season in Alberta and CKUA’s Summerfest 2010 will bring you the artists and festival producers, along with a taste of the performances and music to be enjoyed across the province.
Join Chris Allen, Sunday mornings at 8:30am as he previews some of Alberta’s hottest festivals with contributions from CKUA’s Calgary Arts correspondent, Kathleen Renne.
From the Banff Festival of the Arts through til the Symphony under the Sky at the end of August, CKUA puts the "fest in summer."
Find the broadcast schedule and listen to the archived programs here.
Sign up for a tour of CKUA this summer
This summer CKUA Radio is proud to participate in Doors Open Edmonton and the Edmonton Historic Festival. We will be offering free, one hour guided tours between July 9th -17th.
Discover the historic Alberta block and see the fascinating growth of Canada’s oldest public broadcaster. From our humble beginning over 80 years ago with a burlap sack ‘sound-proofed’ studio, a second-hand piano and a few wind powered transmitters, to becoming Canada’s first online radio station, and see how CKUA Radio operates today.
Explore our six stories of libraries, studios, performance rooms and even the basement which is full of records of all sizes, reel to reel audio tapes and where our resident ghost is most likely to be found!
CKUA tours will run July 9-11 and July 16-17 at 1:00 pm with an additional time on Fridays, July 9 and 16 at 4:30pm. For more information please contact Erin at 780-428-2012 or register online at ckua.com.
Summer merchandise has arrived
Get ready CKUA fans, new arrivals of our merchandise has arrived!
In stock, we have vinyl notebooks, travel mugs, t-shirts, and bandanas, to name just a few. This year we are also carrying youth size t-shirts and baby onesies available in three infant sizes. CKUA merchandise can be purchased at:
• festivals around Alberta
• in person at our Edmonton station, 4th Floor - 10526 Jasper Avenue
• or contact Erica Gayler at egayler@ckua.com or call 1-800-494-2582
and arrangements can be made to send merchandise to you
Show off your CKUA pride this summer!
CKUA Employs Summer Students
CKUA summer interns Brandy Huff and Erin Polowy
Hello, I’m Brandy, the CKUA Marketing Intern. This summer you will find me at many music festivals where I will be updating CKUA fans through Facebook, Twitter and a summer blog. I am originally from a town called Kearney in Northern Ontario. Before moving to Edmonton, I spent five years living and working in Toronto at The Second City (the world's premier comedy theatre and school of improv). I am currently completing the Arts & Cultural Management program at Grant MacEwan University.
Hi, I’m Erin - the new Fund Development Intern - and I’m excited to be here at CKUA Radio. This summer you will find me making tons of phone calls, doing lots of research and writing, helping out with some events, and working on the Edmonton Historic Festival tours of CKUA’s awesome building - with some occasional ghost hunting. I look forward to my time here and maybe you’ll get a call from me this summer!
CD of the Week - Jack Johnson's To The Sea
Reviewed by Lionel Rault, host of Nine to Noon and One Headlight
Although not an earth-shatteringly different approach from his earlier four CD's, Jack Johnson's latest outing To the Sea represents a gravitation towards a harder-edged sound and a welcome bit of up-tempo intensity.
Read the rest of Lionel's review and hear sound clips from this CD
As a way of saying thanks to our ongoing subscribers, CKUA conducts a weekly draw from our ongoing subscriber pool for CKUA’s CD of the Week. Tune in to Alberta Morning with Tony King on Fridays to hear the winner announced! To learn more about CKUA’s ongoing subscriber program and how to join, please contact our Donor Relations Office.
