OTTAWA — The Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) announced today it will award funding through its 2022-2023 Radiometres program to 42 community and campus radio stations.
“Radiometres has supported community projects for over ten years and is guided by three pillars including content creation, skills development and digital initiatives,” explains a press release.
The projects selected in this round of funding “build community in their local area while driving the production of Canadian content and innovating the entire broadcasting industry,” the release says, noting the funding “provides an opportunity for community radio stations to explore their community’s identity and bring local voices to air.”
This year’s projects “range from exploring queer histories to educating listeners on Indigenous truths across Canada.”
One of the recipients, community radio station 99.3 County FM (CJPE) in Prince Edward County, Ont., will use the funding to create an eight-part documentary exploring homelessness in rural communities, the release says.
“Homelessness is often perceived as an urban dilemma, as the homeless are more visible and more numerous. While the situation may seem similar in rural areas to that in big cities, the rural homeless face some unique challenges,” says 99.3 County FM in the press release.
“With CRFC funding, our ‘Voices from the Shadows: Homeless in a Rural Community’ project will shine the spotlight on what it means to be homeless in Prince Edward County (PEC) and Hastings County.”
Funding for the CRFC’s Radiometres program comes from the Canadian Content Development (CCD) contributions made by commercial radio stations.
The 42 community and campus radio stations selected for the CRFC’s 2022-2023 Radiometres program include:
- CFCR Radio, Saskatoon, SK
- Société de la radio communautaire du Grand Edmonton Society (CFED), Edmonton, AB
- Diffusion Communautaire des Îles Inc. (CFIM), Cap-aux-Meules, QC
- Radio Queen’s University (CFRC), Kingston, ON
- University of Victoria Student Radio Society (CFUV), Victoria, BC
- Peach City Community Radio Society (CFUZ), Penticton, BC
- Voice of Bonne Bay Community Radio (CHBB), Norris Point, NL
- San Lorenzo Latin American Community Centre (CHHA), Toronto, ON
- Coopérative radiophonique de Toronto (CHOQ), Toronto, ON
- Club de la Radio Communautaire de Plamondon-Lac La Biche (CHPL), Plamondon, AB
- Coopérative Radiophonique – La Brise de la Baie Ltée (CHQC), Saint John, NB
- CHSR Broadcasting Inc. (CHSR), Fredericton, NB
- Radio communautaire francophone de Montréal (CIBL), Montréal, QC
- Smithers Community Radio Society (CICK), Smithers, BC
- Société Radio Communautaire Victoria (CILS), Victoria, BC
- Radio de l’Épinette Noire Inc. (CINN), Hearst, ON
- Cobequid Radio Society (CIOE), Bedford, NS
- Communication du Versant Nord (CISM), Montréal, QC
- Société Radio Taïga (CIVR), Yellowknife, NT
- La Radio de la communauté francophone d’Ottawa (CJFO), Ottawa, ON
- Concordia University Student Radio (CJLO), Montréal, QC
- Kootenay Cooperative Radio (CJLY), Nelson, BC
- Nostalgia Broadcasting Cooperative (CJNU), Winnipeg, MB
- Prince Edward County Radio Corporation (CJPE), Picton, ON
- Radio Fredericton Inc. (CJPN), Fredericton, NB
- CJRU 1280 AM – Radio Ryerson Inc. (CJRU), Toronto, ON
- Simon Fraser Campus Radio Society (CJSF), Burnaby, BC
- First Alberta Campus Radio Association (CJSR), Edmonton, AB
- University of Calgary Student Radio Society (CJSW), Calgary, AB
- Utilities Consumer Group (CJUC), Whitehorse, YT
- CKDU 88.1 FM (CKDU), Halifax, NS
- Haliburton County Community Radio Association (CKHA), Haliburton, ON
- Radio Basse-Ville (CKIA), Québec City, QC
- Radio MirAcadie Inc. (CKMA), Miramichi, NB
- Coopérative Radio Halifax Metro Ltée (CKRH), Halifax, NS
- Radio Rivière-la-Paix (CKRP), Falher, AB
- Cortes Community Radio Society (CKTZ), Manson’s Landing, BC
- Les médias acadiens universitaires inc. (CKUM), Moncton, NB
- Radio CKUT (CKUT), Montréal, QC
- Winnipeg Campus Community Radio Society (CKUW), Winnipeg, MB
- Voice of the Shuswap Broadcast Society (CKVS), Salmon Arm, BC
- CKXU Radio Society (CKXU), Lethbridge, AB
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Image borrowed from the CRFC’s website.
