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On Climbing Frozen Trees and Killing Babies

In CBC, personal, Prince George, radio on 24 February 2011 tagged cbc, Daybreak North, ice climbing, ice tree, Prince George, radio, winter with no comments

Iceclimbing – Daybreak Edition “Please don’t mess this up.” That thought kept jumping into my head as I stood on the outskirts of the city, in a complete strangers’ front yard, against the backdrop of a completely frozen tree being used for iceclimbing. That’s right. Iceclimbing. On a tree. I first got wind of this [...]

Live Radio

In CBC, personal, radio on 15 January 2011 with Comments Off

So, I’m now a researcher at CBC Radio. I’ve even taken some training. And as time goes on, I’m starting to feel more and more like I might actually know what I’m doing around there. But over the last couple of weeks, I’ve had to do something I wasn’t sure I was ready for: go [...]

Canning At the Hadih House

In CBC, personal, radio on 26 October 2010 with Comments Off

A couple of weeks back, when fall was still warm rather than frigid and wet, I was able to go out to the Hadih House in Prince George to gather some tape on canning sessions they were holding there. The day before they had done salmon and the next day they were doing moose, but [...]

This American Life: 20 Acts in 60 Minutes

In radio on 27 July 2010 tagged audio, This American Life with 1 comment

I don’t listen to a lot of radio from the States, but after seeing three recommendations for “This American Life” in three days, I decided to give it a go. I visited their website and clicked on “Favorites” and ultimately chose “20 Acts in 60 Minutes.” The gist is simple: in the hour-long show, they [...]

New Funding for Community and Campus Radio

In radio on 23 July 2010 with Comments Off

“The Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC) is pleased to announce that the campus and community radio sector will receive vital funding following the decision released today by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on the Review of the Campus and Community Radio Policies. “The Commission approved part of the CRFC’s request for mandatory [...]

The Personal Relationships of Radio

In personal, radio on 18 July 2010 tagged cbc, Daybreak North with 2 comments

I went to going-away shindig for a coworker earlier this week. That’s not altogether unusual. What is unusual is the number of people outside of my workplace who are aware of and care about the fact that this going-away is happening. You see, it was for none other than Daybreak North host Chris Walker who, [...]