Bande à part (radio)
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| Broadcast area | Worldwide on the Internet Canada & Contiguous United States on Sirius Satellite Radio |
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| First air date | 2000 on the Internet 1 December 2005 on Sirius |
| Frequency | XS93 (Sirius) |
| Format | French indie music |
| Owner | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation |
| Website | bandeapart.fm |
Bande à part is the name of a website and a Sirius Satellite Radio station in Canada that are devoted primarily to Québécois arts and music.
Operated by the Société Radio-Canada (SRC), Bande à part is the French counterpart to CBC Radio 3. Bande à part also broadcasts on Sirius Satellite Radio channel 93. Some of its content also airs as a Friday to Sunday (12 midnight to 4 a.m.) night program on Espace musique, and the service produces a weekly podcast and several Internet radio streams, each devoted to a particular genre of music.
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[edit] Roots
Like its counterpart CBC Radio 3, Bande à part has roots in radio programming that predated widespread use of either the internet or satellite radio. It originally aired as a national radio program devoted to francophone alternative music, airing from Radio-Canada's studios in Moncton.
In 1997, the CBC announced tentative plans to open a third radio network, devoted to youth culture. Although the original radio network proposal was abandoned, the CBC launched Radio 3 as a pilot project through its new media division in 2000, and Bande à part followed in early 2001. In the fall of 2001, Bande à part also produced a short run television series, bandeapart.tv, for ARTV.
In 2004, Bande à part began airing on Espace musique in a weekend timeslot. The network launched its podcast in 2005, a few months after the debut of Radio 3's podcast.
Both Radio 3 and Bande à part became satellite radio stations with the launch of Sirius Canada in December of 2005.
[edit] Programming
Personalities associated with the network include Alexandre Bernard, Alexandre Courteau, Yuani Fragata, Élodie Gagnon, François Lemay, Natalie Poirier, Claude Rajotte and Tony Tremblay. Some of Bande à part's personalities also make occasional appearances on Radio 3.
The network primarily airs francophone music, although some English Canadian and international music airs as well. The network airs a freeform mix of rock, pop, folk, hip hop, punk and electronic music — however, because Montreal has a particularly prominent electronic and post-rock music scene, Bande à part's playlist leans somewhat more toward experimental genres than Radio 3's.
[edit] Concerts
The network also sometimes sponsors concerts.
Tour Tournée in the winter of 2006, jointly sponsored by CBC Radio 3 and Bande à part, included bands such as Wintersleep, Two Hours Traffic, Konflit DramatiK, Hexes and Ohs, Great Aunt Ida, Shout Out Out Out Out, Novillero, Les Breastfeeders, SS Cardiacs, Les Dales Hawerchuk, Pony Up! and The Deadly Snakes. Each of the eight locations had a different lineup of predominantly local bands.
On March 24, 2006, the network staged a fifth anniversary show at the Spectrum in Montreal, featuring Les Dale Hawerchuk, Akido, Karkwa and Malajube.
On October 1, 2006, Radio 3 and Bande à part again jointly sponsored See Vous Play, a show in Toronto featuring Les Breastfeeders, Emily Haines and the Soft Skeleton, Les Trois Accords and The Joel Plaskett Emergency.
[edit] Podcast
In addition to its regular weekly podcast, Bande à part has also produced a number of special podcasts, including daily podcast series during Tour Tournée and the 2006 Mutek festival, and a 10-part series profiling several young Québécois living in Banff. The network has also released a number of video podcasts.
On March 30, 2007, Bande à part had its last podcast since Radio-Canada pulled the plug on the show. The final episode was a best-of episode that featured various tracks from previous episodes and various audio pieces by the two Alex's.[1]
[edit] External links
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| FM/AM: Radio One | Radio 2 | Première Chaîne | Espace musique | CBC North |
| Digital: Radio 3 | Bande à part | Première Plus | Infoplus |
| International: Radio Canada International |
| Historical: Trans-Canada Network | Dominion Network |
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