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Friday November 14th, 2025 with Regina Sosing, Julie Cormier and Chris White
CKCU's 50th anniversary broadcast -- long live CKCU!

CKCU's 50th anniversary broadcast -- long live CKCU!
CKCU operates on the unceded unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin Nation.
02:30 – Albert Dumont, Algonquin spiritual adviser, author and former Poet Laureate of Ottawa, congratulates CKCU on its 50th anniversary and reflects on the role of radio in connecting and supporting communities across the country.
07:30 – Panel discussion: 'The Early Years at CKCU, Part 1' with David Mowbray, Jim Hurcomb and Roland Kushner
20:00 – Recorded messages from CKCU supporters from across Canada and beyond.
Get It While It's Good
23:30 – Claude Munson - live in the studio Canadian
28:40 – A fire alarm requires everyone to leave the building!
29:00 – Tracks from the LP 'Still The Mighty: Celebrating 50 Years of CKCU 93.1 FM'
Waves – AMC Eagle Remix
The Peptides with Jason Jaknunas - Still The Mighty Canadian New
Cobweb Blues
LH Express - Still The Mighty Canadian New
Jennilee
James LeClaire - Still The Mighty Canadian New
Shoes
Vicki Brittle - Still The Mighty Canadian New
On Your Mind
OK Naledi - Still The Mighty Canadian New
Intersmellactic Highway
Smelloship - Still The Mighty Canadian New
43:10 – David Dalle wishes CKCU a happy anniversary.
45:40 – More recorded messages from CKCU supporters from across Canada and beyond.
49:00 – Panel discussion: 'The Early Years at CKCU, Part 2' with Al Thaw, Eric Dormer and Monique Lanoix
55:20 – Steve Colwill, the first-ever announcer on CKCU FM, introduces 'You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio'
You Turn Me On, I'm A Radio
56:51 – Joni Mitchell - For The Roses Canadian
59:40 – Conversation with Al Thaw and Eric Dormer about the early years at CKCU (continued)
Turn Your Radio On
1:06:30 – Bec & Rusty - Tea For Two Canadian
1:10:00 – Panel discussion: 'Public Affairs Programming' with Carolyn Brown, Cristina Usubiaga, Andrea Clark and Susanna Gonzlez
1:25:00 – The late Chopper McKinnon talks about the phrase, 'The Mighty 93'.
1:25:40 – Former CKCU station manager Patrick Nagle talks about the national impact of CKCU and the impact on his own career as the manager of CBC Northern Services for 33 years.
1:36:30 – Excerpts from CKCU's 1976 'birthday tape', a creative assortment of zany skits, sound effects and madcap mayhem.
1:44:00 – Panel discussion: 'Music at CKCU' with Anne-Marie Brugger, Lance Baptiste and Roland Kushner
La tempête
2:04:40 – Julie Stella - . Canadian New
Banks of Sweet Thyme
2:08:30 – October Browne - Salmagundi
2:08:40 – In Memoriam – A tribute to CKCU's fallen volunteers and staff who are gone but not forgotten
2:19:00 – More recorded messages from CKCU supporters from across Canada and beyond.
Interactive CKCU
tic (host)
I'm only hear to say Happy 50th Birthday. I was there, but couldn't fit in the studio!

1:49 PM, November 21st, 2025