Naughty or nice, BVST has a gift for you... it's BVST Goes Santapalooza XIII on CJLO 1690AM! For the lucky 13th year in a row, Angelica is joined by special guest Matt Kiernan on Christmas Day for their annual celebration of carefully curated and newly released Christmas music, with absolutely none of the same old songs you're used to. Tune in December 25 at 7pm ET and unwrap a final Christmas gift from CJLO 1690AM. And as a bonus: you can hear vintage episodes of BVST Goes Santapalooza over the course of Christmas Day!

We’ve made it to the end of 2024! It’s been a HUGE year here at CJLO. We put out over 25 Live from the Oven sessions and even more interviews and show takeovers. Funding Drive was one of biggest successes to date, raising over $13,000 for the station! 2024 also saw more original journalism published at the station than ever before. With help from the Community Radio Fund of Canada, CJLO was able to launch the Discordia series, which will be going strong through 2025. Further, CJLO’s schedule is now jam-packed with brand new shows, and volunteers are buzzing around the station in ways we haven’t seen since pre-Covid.

La Cartomancie de Territoire (Foretelling the Land) is a documentary that is one part video essay in contrast to images of the natural landscape of First Nation reservations, as the documentary interviews members of the First Nations as they try to reconcile with the past and look towards their future. This is what makes this documentary powerful and poetic at the same time, with an emotional grip that will hold the audience. Arising from several stays in First Nations and Inuit communities, the film examines our connection to both Indigenous and natural reserves, exploring themes of colonization, land and thought.

 It is of utmost importance to Hayden Pedigo that you know he’s from Amarillo, Texas. A place where the plains stretch on forever and the edge of town feels like the end of civilization as we know it. This great empty expanse called the Texas Panhandle is the background for Hayden Pedigo’s musical project. In numerous interviews, he’s cited Amarillo’s beautiful desolation as his greatest inspiration.

Zoe, DJ and host of Something for the Mood, sat down for the show's first-ever interview with Montreal-based indie-jazz artist Jonah Yano. The two discuss touring, inspirations for his latest record Jonah Yano and the Heavy Loop, Morgan Wallen, and more. Yano is playing La Sala Rossa Wednesday, December 4th. 

Zoe is the host of Something for the Mood, Wednesdays 2pm-3pm on CJLO 1690AM