CKUT-FM

CKUT-FM

Montreal, Quebec
Broadcast area	Greater Montreal area
Frequency	90.3 MHz
Branding	90.3 FM CKUT Montreal
Programming
Format	campus-community
Affiliations	Pacifica Radio Network
Ownership
Owner	Radio CKUT (non-profit organisation)
History
First air date	1966 as CFRM (Radio Mc Gill) November 16, 1987 as CKUT-FM
Technical information
Class	B
ERP	5,003 watts horizontal polarization only
HAAT	242.5 meters (796 ft)
Transmitter coordinates	45°30′20.16″N 73°35′30.12″W / 45.5056000°N 73.5917000°W / 45.5056000; -73.5917000
Links
Website	http://www.ckut.ca

CKUT-FM is the official campus-community radio station of McGill University in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It can be heard at 90.3 FM in Montreal. CKUT's FM signal, broadcast from a tower on the top of Mount Royal, reaches as far as the Eastern Townships and upstate New York.

CKUT-FM has its roots in McGill University's radio club, founded in 1921, and then in the closed-circuit station CFRM on the campus of McGill University.^[1] It started broadcasting on FM on November 16, 1987.^[2][3][4]

Among CKUT's many programs are:

• Bluegrass Ramblings, established by Ross Harvey; formerly hosted by Adam Schwarzenberg; currently hosted by Dara Weiss
• Country Classics Hour, established by Ross Harvey; currently hosted by Little Andy, Katie Moore, and Julia Kater
• Dromotexte, hosted by Fortner Anderson
• The Free Kick Radio Show, hosted by Clara-Swan Kennedy
• Folk Directions, hosted by Gerry Goodfriend
• Grey Matters, hosted by Fortner Anderson
• Jazz Amuck hosted by john b since 1986
• International Radio Report, on CKUT weekly since November 19, 1987, currently co-hosted and co-produced by Sheldon Harvey & Gilles Letourneau
• Latin Time - Tiempo Latino, hosted by Sergio Martinez
• Macondo & El Club de los Feos, hosted by Juan-Carlos Quintana, DJ Irwin Franco, and Diego Puente "El Farandulero"
• New Shit, a collective program hosted by the Music Department
• Off The Hook, hosted by DJ Buddablaze, Revolution and Flow
• Off The Hour, hosted by the Community News Collective
• Positive Vibes: hosted by Johnny Black, Roger Moore and Nadine, airing since 1986
• Roots, Rock and Reggae, hosted by Fluxy, Singing P, and Mr. Boom, airing since 1996
• Samedi Midi, hosted by Raymond Laurent
• The Weekend Groove, created by RonniLov hosted by Mikey Don, Everton Green
• Underground Sounds, hosted by Nick Schofield
• Voice of Korea
• WeFunk, hosted by Professor Groove and DJ Static
• West Indian Rhythms, hosted by Howard "Stretch" Carr & Faithlyn Sankar
• William Shatner's Whiskey Tears, hosted by the enigmatic and mysterious "Gary", along with a collective of McGill students and alumni

Underground Sounds broadcasts Montreal music on CKUT Mondays 8-10pm, and has been airing since 1987. Host Nick Schofield features new music from emerging artists, focusing on upcoming concerts and album releases through interviews, live performances and playlists. In 2014, Cult Montreal readers voted Schofield #1 Radio Host and Underground Sounds #1 Radio Show in Montreal.

Voice of Korea ^[5] (not to be confused with the North Korean shortwave radio service of same name) is an hour-long program broadcast every Tuesday at 2PM. Entirely created by volunteers composed of 1st and 2nd-generation Koreans as well as other Asians, Voice of Korea features content for both the local Korean community and local residents through its bilingual (English and Korean) programming. Each show contains International News, Local Korean Community News, Weekly Event Calendar, Korean Movie Preview, Korean Culture Feature Story, Language Exchange for learning Korean and French and Top 5 Korean movies and songs for the week.

Macondo & el Club de los Feos ^[6]"Macondo & El Club de los Feos" is a two-hour show that plays Latin music, Salsa, merengue Bachata and Ballads. Show in English, French and Spanish. The Show is divided in 4 segments: El set de Salsa Clásica pal que sabe y el que no que aprenda / El Haha Mix, Las novedades / La Pausa Cuchi Cuchi / Aqui mando yo (we play what you want)

One of the longest running shows on CKUT, originated by Janice Dayle “J.D”, in 1986 (pre-FM licence) and arguably, opening the door to other Caribbean, Afro-centric programmes. It has had various other hosts over the years including Sistah P (Pat Dillon, currently host of Bhum Bhum Time) Prym Tyme, and Majesty. The current hosts are Johnny Black, Roger Moore and Nadine. Montreal’s reggae matrix, they play all forms of reggae, roots, rub a dub, ska, dancehall, vintage, rarities and keep reggae lovers informed of all the events happening in Montreal.

On the air since Thursday, November 19, 1987, the 30-minute show featuring news and information on all aspects of radio, radio broadcasting, and communications, locally, nationally and internationally, is one of only a few shows to have been on CKUT continually since CKUT obtained its FM license and began broadcasting on 90.3 FM on November 16, 1987. The show was created by Sheldon Harvey, who continues to co-host and co-produce to this day, with current co-host Gilles Letourneau. The crew on the show has changed from time to time over the years, including Bill Westenhaver, Richard Casavant, Janice Laws, Steve Karlock, and David Asselin. International Radio Report originally aired on Thursday afternoons at 2:30, but after several years moved to the Sunday morning, 10:30 am time slot. The show has a Facebook Group "International Radio Report" with over 950 members. Our YouTube channel "International Radio Report", now with over 900 subscribers, allows everyone the opportunity to tune in and listen to editions of the program on their own time schedule. There is also a new "X" account @irrckut.

• AACK!!, hosted by Lorrie Edmonds (on air 1988-2013)
• Caravan, hosted by Samaa Elibyari
• Dobbin's Den, hosted by Len Dobbin
• Dykes on Mykes, hosted by Shannon Herrick
• Eugene Weems Presents, hosted by Eugene Edgar Weems (CFRM era)
• LegalEase, hosted by a collective of McGill law students
• Movement Museum, hosted by Chris 'Zeke' Hand, Finn Upham and Jon Crellin.
• No I'm Iron Man, hosted by Dan Maxham and Matthew Maxham
• Native Solidarity News, hosted by the Native Solidarity News Collective
• Roots Rock Rebel, hosted by Aaron Lakoff
• Sigaw ng Bayan MTL, hosted by the Sigaw ng Bayan Radio Collective
• Spitfiyah! Women of Colour Radio
• The Friday Morning After, hosted by Craig Sauve, Josh Hind, Ken McMurray and Amie Watson
• The Tuesday Morning After, hosted by Scott Erik, Elena Razlogova & Oz Cohen^[7]
• Where's the Beat?, hosted by Eliot Handelman with Andie Sigler, and Aj
• Your Radio is Broken, hosted by Dj Melon and Rhys Taylor

Dykes on Mykes ^[8] was founded in 1987 to produce media that would both represent the diversity of the lesbian community, and would provide the opportunity for these communities to critically examine pertinent political and cultural issues. The show took place bi-weekly in English. CKUT maintains a substantial archive of Dykes on Mykes.

Roots Rock Rebel was a weekly music program hosted by Aaron Lakoff, which featured ska, reggae, soul, and punk music. The show began in an overnight time-slot in 2003 under the name "Rude Rude Radio", and moved into its time slot in January 2006 under the name "Roots Rock Rebel". Some of the legendary ska and reggae artists who have been interviewed on Roots Rock Rebel include Lynn Taitt of The Skatalites, Pauline Black of The Selecter, and Hopeton Lewis, who is often credited as the originator of the rocksteady genre. The program aired Wednesday nights from 10pm-12am between 2006 and 2015, at which point it became The Rebel Beat, also hosted by Lakoff.^[9]

• Decision CRTC 87-189

• Official website
• CKUT-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CKUT-FM in the REC Canadian station database