CKUT-FM

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CKUT-FM

City of license	Montreal, Quebec
Broadcast area	Greater Montreal area
Branding	90.3 FM CKUT MoNtReal
First air date	1989
Frequency	90.3 MHz
Format	campus radio
ERP	5.6 kW
Class	B
Callsign meaning	n/a
Owner	Radio McGill (non-profit organisation)
Website	http://www.ckut.ca

CKUT-FM is the official campus-community radio station of McGill University. It can be heard at 90.3 MHz FM in Montreal, 91.7 on cable, or on the CKUT website [1]. CKUT's FM signal, broadcast from a tower on the top of Mont Royal, reaches as far as the Eastern Townships and Upstate New York. CKUT was voted as the Best Radio Station in The Montreal Mirror's Best of Montreal Readers Poll for 2006.

CKUT's programing is produced by more than 200 volunteers - McGill students and members of the community. The station also employs a handful of full time coordinators. The station's format is freeform in that each programmer is responsible for choosing music without regard to commercial interests.

A great variety of music and spoken-word shows are broadcast daily in a multiplicity of languages, including English, French, Korean, Hindi, and Haitian Creole.

CKUT established and has for the last three years hosted the annual Canadian Homelessness Marathon. Every February, the marathon broadcasts fourteen hours of live programing on homelessness in Canada from the streets of Montreal.

[edit] Controversy

In the past few years, criticisms have been levelled against CKUT claiming that they take student support for granted and are not committed to the McGill campus community. Critics alleged that CKUT's radio broadcasts could not be heard from McGill's Upper Residences, the station had a low profile on campus, and the absence of any McGill-centric or McGill-hosted content. These criticisms came to a head in Spring 2006 when the SSMU held a referendum to decide whether or not to continue being affiliated with CKUT. In the end the students decided to maintain affiliation, although another referendum held in March 2007 rejected a proposed fee increase.

[edit] Programs

Folk Roots/Folk Branches, hosted by Mike Regenstreif
Dobbin's Den, hosted by Len Dobbin
Off The Hook, hosted by DJ Buddablaze , Revolution and Flow
WeFunk, hosted by Professor Groove and DJ Static
Native Solidarity News, hosted by the Native Solidarity News Collective
Off The Hour, hosted by the Community News Collective
Samedi Midi, hosted by Raymond Laurent
West Indian Rhythms, hosted by Howard "Stretch" Carr
Latin Time - Tiempo Latino, hosted by Sergio Martinez
Caravan, hosted by Samaa Elibyari
Voice of Korea
Freekick, hosted by David Macaulay and Shawn Kennedy
International Radio Report, hosted by Janice and Steve Karlock
The Hearing Trumpet, hosted by Iain Cook
No I'm Iron Man, hosted by Dan Maxham and Detroit Burns

[edit] External links

McGill University
Academics	Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Faculty of Arts • Faculty of Dentistry • Faculty of Education • Faculty of Engineering • Faculty of Law • Desautels Faculty of Management • Faculty of Medicine • Schulich School of Music • Faculty of Religious Studies • Faculty of Science • Centre for Continuing Education
Campus	Macdonald Campus • McGill University Health Centre • Osler Library • Redpath Museum • Royal Victoria Hospital
Athletics	Molson Stadium • McGill Redmen • McGill Martlets • McGill-Queen's Rivalry
Student life	CKUT-FM • Le Délit français • McGill Daily • McGill Tribune • Students' Society of McGill University

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FM radio stations in Montreal