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CKCU Needs Your Support!

Posted in The Biblio File on November 5th, 2009
CKCU’s Funding Drive goes until this coming Sunday.  The goal is to raise $109,000. Right now the total sits at just over $79,000. In order to keep putting programs such as The Biblio File and other zany, unpolished, gratifyingly non-commercial, eclectic and totally wonderful shows on the air, the station needs your support. November 14th will mark 34 years on the air. Please help to keep it doing what it does so well: Dial and Donate by calling 613-520-3920 or donate using a secure online pledge form. You can also call toll free from anywhere in North America 1-877-520-3920. Your support will be appreciated, and put to very good use.

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Donate to the CKCU Funding Drive

Posted in The Biblio File on October 5th, 2009

On November 14, 1975,  radio history was made. 93.1 FM, CKCU  hit the airwaves to become the first campus-based community radio station in Canada. During the ensuing years, CKCU has pioneered many positive changes in community broadcasting, excelling in its mandate to provide an alternative voice for communities not served by commercial radio and the CBC.

In 1978, the station held its first annual funding drive. Since then, donors have pledged more than $1 million. Several years ago I approached the station to find out if they’d be interested in airing a radio program about books. Not just author interviews, although there would be those, but conversations with booksellers, publishers, book collectors, printers, designers, you name it. The response was positive, and ever since station Manager Matthew Crosier has been an enthusiastic supporter of The Biblio File.

To show your support, please consider contributing to this year’s  Funding Drive. It goes from October 23 – November 8. Donations provide 1/3 of CKCU’s yearly operating budget, so every dollar, every donation is important.

To get behind this worthy enterprise you can Dial & Donate beginning October 23rd (details to follow), or donate on-line right now by using this Secure Online Pledge Form. Thank you!

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The Ten Most Popular Biblio File Programs

Posted in The Biblio File on August 7th, 2009
 
I was looking at the stats for my radio program/podcast The Biblio File recently. Here, in order of total downloads, is a list of the ten most popular broadcasts (with links):

Martin Levin, Editor, Globe and Mail.
Jamie Byng, Publisher, Canongate
Peter Ellis, London-based Antiquarian Bookseller
Kate Wright Morris, London-based spokesperson for Foyles Bookshop
Boris Wertz, former COO of Abe Books
Ken Rockburn, Canadian cultural/political interviewer/broadcaster.
Margie McMillan, Co-owner Granny Bates children’s book shop, St. John’s, Newfoundland.
Stephen Weiner, Librarian, Graphic Novel Expert
Ron Cohen, Bibliographer of Winston Churchill
Barbara Clubb, CEO Ottawa Public Library

Interesting to note that it’s not just about the authors.

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