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Hooked on Sonics talks to Several Futures and Best Fern- Thurs 6-8pm!

May 4 2016 // CJLO

Tune in Thursday for a jam packed episode of Hooked on Sonics (6-8pm)! Around 6:30pm, we'll be chatting with Best Fern (Alexia Avina + Nick Schofield of Saxsyndrum). Best Fern is part of Montreal's Oh Hi collective and will be playing May 12 at Casa del Popolo with Merganzer + Tess Roby, presented by POP Montreal.

Psychic City Special HEAVY MTL Edition- Wed @ 11am

April 26 2016 // CJLO

Get yer ears ready, because Preston Ward of Wild Wolf Productions will be co-hosting this week's episode of Psychic City, Wednesday (Tomorrow!) at 11am!

The show will feature music from local metal bands, info on how you could win yourself a free pair of HEAVY tickets and other other freebies! We will be taking your calls too, so feel free to call in with your best and worst Metal show stories.

Strange Froots - CJLO's first Hip Hop Artists in residence!!!

April 22 2016 // CJLO

It is with great pleasure that we welcome Strange Froots, our Hip-Hop On Rotation Artists in Residence. Under the guidance of our team and various guest mentors, the Montreal's all-female hip-hop/r&b group composed of Sage, Naïka, and Mags will have the opportunity to record and produce an EP in our studio, have 200 copies pressed and distributed to campus and community radio across Canada. Learn radio skills and experience professional development workshops with some of Montreal's finest industry individuals. The residency will end with an official EP launch that will happen by the end of June 2016 -- Stay Tuned!!

The 12th Annual Diego Award Nominees

April 22 2016 // RoboDJ // CJLO

It's the end of another academic year, and that means: THE DIEGO AWARDS!

Named after a volunteer who sadly left the station to pursue their dreams (we miss you, Diego Ferro!), the CJLO Diegos is an annual awards ceremony created to celebrate a year of hard work and quality programming that our amazing DJs and Volunteers put into CJLO day after day. So let's celebrate their dedication and tireless effort in making CJLO 1690 AM a quality radio station, and also celebrate independent media and community radio at large.

 

Aaaaaaand the nominees are...

 

MOOGFEST 2016: A CONVERSATION WITH FESTIVAL DIRECTOR MARISA BRICKMAN

April 20 2016 // Julie Matson // CJLO

Recently on Beyond the Black Rainbow, I spoke with Moogfest's Festival Director Marisa Brickman, giving us a taste of what to expect of this year's festival happening from May 19 - 22, 2016 in Durham, North Carolina.

Monday @ 4pm: Beyond the Black Rainbow talks Moogfest!

April 15 2016 // CJLO

Monday, on a special episode of Beyond the Black Rainbow, Julie will go in-depth with Marisa Brickman, Festival Director of Moogfest! Moogfest takes place May 19-22 in Durham, North Carolina and CJLO will be there! Julie from BTBR will be on the ground, bringing us a taste of the eccleticism of Moogfest! Founded in 2004, Moogfest is a tribute to Dr. Robert Moog, pioneer and innovator/ inventor of the infamous synthesizer that bears his name.

Today: Sate Interview on The Groovemaster's Hour: 5pm

April 15 2016 // CJLO

Coming up today at 5pm on The Groovemaster's Hour, we will be talking to blues rock powerhouse SATE! SATE has just released a new single "Know My Name" and will be playing Canada Music Week May 4th at Lee's Palace in Toronto and May 7th in Montreal at Festival Anachronik at Le Loup Garou.

Tonight @ 6pm on Champions of the Local Scene- Rap Battle 4 Gender Freedom w/ Lucas Charlie Rose

April 6 2016 // CJLO

Tonight at 6pm on Champions of the Local Scene- we preview Rap Battle 4 Gender Freedom, happening this Saturday at Reggie's (1455 de Maisonneuve W.). Lucas Charlie Rose, a QTPOC multidisciplinary Hip Hop artist who is very active in the trans and anti-racist activist scenes, will come by to tell us more about the event (which is the 5th in a series of Rap Battles for Social Justice.) 

Tonight @ 6pm- The Commonwealth Conundrum talks Solos Festival- live from Reggie's

April 5 2016 // CJLO

Tonight at 6pm, we are broadcasting The Commonwealth Conundrum live from Reggie's (1455 de Maisonneuve), leading up to CJLO's CLASSED DISMISSED DJ night, which commences at 7pm.

Tonight @ 9pm- Spiro Malandrakis visits The Trend!

April 5 2016 // CJLO

Coming up tonight (Tuesday) at 9pm on The Trend, we have talented home-grown actor Spiro Malandrakis!

Following a major supporting role in the U.S. on Discovery's new series Real Detective, Spiro continues his steady rise to stardom with a recurring role on Bravo's award-winning series 19-2. Over the course of 6 episodes in this year's upcoming 3rd season, Spiro joins the talented cast of 19-2 (Jared Keeso, Adrian Holmes) in a game-changing role—both for his career as much as for the show—that's set to shake up the plot in a major way!

Raveen and Kickdrum on Champions of the Local Scene: Wed @ 6pm

March 29 2016 // CJLO

CJLO is pleased to team up with Kickdrum to co-present Raveen with Ivory Hours, St. Lawrence Warehouse Company, and Men & Company at Reggie's Bar (1455 de Maisonneuve O.) this Saturday, April 2nd.

Tonight on Champions of the Local Scene @ 6pm: Sugarface Nene chats with Marc-Antoine Bilodeau

March 23 2016 // Kelly Belfo // CJLO

Champions of the Local Scene spotlights artist Marc-Antoine Bilodeau, a 29-year-old resident from the south-shore of Montreal. Multi-instrumentalist, composer and producer who, at the age of 12, started playing drums and piano after hearing Phil Collins and Tony Banks' album A Trick of the Tail. Marc-Antoine has a music-concentrated academic background and has won many top-position competitions including winning best singer at "Emergenza" worldwide amateur contest in 2015.

HIP HOP Residency Submissions deadline extended to March 21 at 11:59pm!

March 17 2016 // CJLO

It's still not too late to apply- Submission deadline has been extended to Monday, March 21st at 11:59pm! 

Are you an entry-to-medium level artist? Want to record an EP?
CJLO has what you need to kickstart your music career.  
The "On Rotation” Multi-Genre Artist Residency Program!!

Under the guidance of our CJLO team, you and your band will have the opportunity to record and produce an EP in CJLO’s studio with included 100 pressed copies/ host a radio special, and organize / promote a show. The residency will also offer various workshops related to the fundamentals of “behind-the-scenes” within the music industry, such as PR, Management and Touring, to name a few. 

Tonight on Champions of the Local Scene @ 6pm: Head & Hands w/ Joyce N'sana, Art Matters + Zugathon!

March 16 2016 // CJLO

Tonight at 6pm on a jampacked episode of Champions of the Local Scene, we enter a blissful zone of campus/ community madness, going behind the scenes of a few special events happening this week and the organizations and artists involved. Check it out:

The Atom! Saturday on Brave New Jams

March 11 2016 // Brave New Jams // CJLO

Brave New Jams has the pleasure to announce that Montreal band The Atom will be making a special live appearance in the CJLO studio, The Oven, Saturday March 12th. The Atom features fuzz laden guitars and echo drenched vocal harmonies tightly arranged within short and melodic, hook filled songs. The band consists of Allan Glashan (guitar and vocals), Paul Burke (bass and vocals), and Paul Frey (guitar and vocals). Brave New jams is on Saturday nights 10pm till midnight.

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