CJLY-FM

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name = CJLY


city = Nelson, British Columbia
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branding = Kootenay Co-op Radio
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frequency = 93.5 MHz
format = community radio
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owner = Kootenay Co-op Radio
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website = [http://www.kootenaycoopradio.com Kootenay Co-op Radio]
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Kootenay Co-op Radio, CJLY, is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 93.5 FM in Nelson, British Columbia, Canada, and 96.5 FM radio in Kaslo, and the Kootenay Lake area. Kootenay Co-op Radio is expanding into the Slocan Valley.

History

Kootenay Co-op Radio was started by volunteers in December 1996 and incorporated as a co-operative in 1998 in Nelson, BC. The station first went on air in Nelson full time in autumn On November 6, 2000, the station began broadcasting about 18 hours a day at a power of 70 watts. In November 2004, CJLY expanded its range and began broadcasting in the Kootenay Lake region, north of Nelson, at a new FM frequency, 96.5 FM. [ [http://www.cjly.org/index.php?/about-us/ CJLY Website] ]

The organization purchased a building at #308a Hall St in Nelson in March 2006. [ [http://www.cjly.org/index.php?/about-us/ CJLY Website] ]

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Kootenay Co-op Radio is co-operatively-owned and operated by its members, who employ five part-time staff for day-to-day operations.

As of August 2007, Kootenay Co-op Radio has approximately 1500 paid members and almost 150 active volunteers.

CJLY is a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association [http://www.ncra.ca/business/stations.cfm] .

Notable Shows

Several national and internationally syndicated radio programs are produced in the studios of CJLY, including Deconstructing Dinner, Canadian Voices, and [http://cjly.net/worldreport/ World Report] .

Other notable shows produced at KCR include [http://sinixt.kics.bc.ca/radio.html "Sinixt Radio"] , a show hosted by members of the Sinixt First Nation, [http://www.westkootenaybluegrass.com/kcr.html "Pickin' & Grinnin"] , the region's bluegrass music show, [http://bythepeople.info/cm/modules/news/ By the People"] , a show about participatory democracy in the Kootenay region, [http://www.kootenaycoopradio.com/writers/ The Writer's Show] , hosted by Holley Rubinsky [Van Luven, Lynne. "Holley Rubinsky's The Writer's Show: Broadcasting from the Kootenays, Wordworks: Federation of B.C. Writers Magazine, Winter 2007, pp12-13] , [http://www.bcgeu.bc.ca/Rank_n_file_radio_program_hits_Kootenay_airwaves The Rank and File Voice] , a show about labour-related topics and 'Nelson Before Nine', a weekly public affairs show spotlighting local issues.

Awards

Kootenay Co-operative Radio has received two National Campus and Community Radio Association Broadcasting Excellence awards as of February 2008.
* Programming Excellence (2004): "Nelson Before Nine": A morning public-affairs magazine, segment by Bill Metcalfe.
* Best Newscast (2007): "Weekly World Report": Jim Terral's weekly 10-13 minute segment on international affairs from a Canadian perspective. The main emphasis is on Canadian foreign policy beyond Canada-US relations and may include under the international heading stories on aboriginal rights, French Canadian politics, or events in which neither Canada nor the US plays a direct role.

Podcasts

The station podcasts a select number of its spoken word programs on its [http://www.cjly.org/index.php?/listen/podcasts/ Podcasts] page.

Music charts

The KCR Music Department submits weekly music charts to the National Campus and Community Radio Report ( [http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/cjly.cfm !Earshot] ), which is a project of the National Campus and Community Radio Association

References

* [http://wkarts.kics.bc.ca/ARTiculate%20PDF/Articulate%20Fall05%20sm.pdf Articulate Arts Magazine, "Turn me on, I'm a radio" by Amme DeGrace, Fall 2005, pp 13/14]
* [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2000/DB2000-344.htm CRTC Licensing 2000]
* [http://canadagazette.gc.ca/partI/2006/20060617/html/commis-e.html CRTC renewal 2006]

External links

* [http://www.kootenaycoopradio.com/ CJLY (Kootenay Co-op Radio)]
* [http://www.earshot-online.com/charts/cjly.cfm Earshot! CJLY-FM Monthly Top 30 Albums]
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