CJSW Programming Podcasts

Keeping dudes pitted with radical surf and garage rock n roll in the landlocked prairies!

Music and happenings from Eritrea and the Eritrean community in Calgary.

Beat Salad is a fresh take on your weekday morning CJSW jazz routine. A recipe to ease you into your day, jazz is complimented by hip hop and soul with flavours that explore the sounds that link the three together.

Welcome to the Blues Witness, featuring the best in blues from across Canada and beyond. Sponsored by Avatara Pizza

What’s in a name? Everyone knows Wednesday’s are the beginning of the end of the week—what better way to start that “hump” than with 3 hours of curated genre-bending goodness. Discover more about your new favourite artists through weekly guest features and engaging dialogue.

A music mix to accompany your first sip of tea. Ease into the day with a blend of ambient, classical, and electronic music. Sponsored by Lukes Drug Mart

Enticing, sometimes challenging, music from the vast underground for thirsty ears and enquiring minds: post-punk, instrumental, math rock, avant, jazz, electronic, indie, funk and global grooves. Kerry has been mashing up independent, non-commercial sounds that cross disciplines and decades since 1987. Sponsored by Community Natural Foods

Katharsis/Processed is a weekly journey to the polar regions of contemporary music. These unfamiliar musical frontiers are scoured for adventurous new sounds still grounded in harmony, melody and beauty. Selections range from the sublimely quiet and reverent to overwhelming aural overload, but more often than not sustain a tranquil and soothing mood appropriate for later on a Sunday evening.

This program is dedicated to the education and exploration of disabled life, giving voice to the life and experience of people with disabilities. We cover a wide array of issues and disabilities. We are people who discuss issues we are passionate about and topics we are interested in. We show how disability is in the mind of the beholder.

The Good Medicine Show is here to bring you good medicine through music. Hosts Hannah Many Guns and Cam Siferd are your guides to music that is nostalgic and refreshing. Rediscover music. Reclaim music. Listen to the beats that take you back. Sponsored by Indigenous Resillience in Music

When things are looking bleak on the ice, you can always look to your 4th line. Thursday's from 10-11am, tune into "The 4th Line Grind", for some Canadian tunes that aren't afraid to put pucks deep. Each week we'll be getting gritty with the latest Canadian music and artists that aren't afraid to dump and chase. Stay tuned, and keep your stick on the ice. Sponsored by the CJSW Friends Card

The Palgary Almanac alternates with the Rambler's Almanac every Thursday morning. The Palgary Almanac Thoughtfully curated new music spanning the genres of experimental, avant-pop, electronic, folk, world, and hip-hop featuring interviews on the subjects of art, politics and community in Calgary, Alberta and beyond. Hosted by Peter Oliver. Facebook Twitter The Rambler's Almanac On the Rambler’s Almanac, not all those who wander are lost. Start off on the right foot and get your bearings with ...

One of modern modern music’s most enduring genres, progressive rock has flourished since the late sixties when radio switched to FM and music became adventurous and more artistic outside of the comfort zones of Pop. Progressive rock also branched into sub-genres; progressive folk, progressive metal, RIO — rock in opposition, avant-garde & experimental, progressive electronic, Psychedelic space rock, progressive Italiano, post-rock, krautrock, canterbury, jazz fusion, and many others. Unlike ...

This program is dedicated to the best of contemporary jazz music, affirming that jazz music is relevant and thriving today. In each episode, expect to hear music from current and recent releases and some classic jazz.

This upbeat program focuses on Soca/Calypso music, showcasing artists, interviews, and news from the Caribbean.

'Lift The Bandstand' is Wednesday evening Jazz on CJSW. The show is hosted by Gordon Hilton Fick. Gordon has been with CJSW for more than 25 years. Most weeks, 'Lift The Bandstand' has a specific theme. The theme might be based around the compositions and performances by a specific artist. Sometimes an entire show is devoted to a single composition and the varied interpretations of that tune. The show title 'Lift The Bandstand' comes from a Steve Lacy quote: 'When I used to work with Monk, h ...

A lot of good music starts in the garage, and then works its way into your ears. The mechanics here have been putting together a weekly mix tape for your ears, and car stereo, off and on for 25+ years. This show tries to help guide you to the quirky coolness that's always existed left of the dial, as we broadcast out of our garage, and into yours. Sponsored by the Chemistry Association of Canada: Responsible Care

State of Solace is a program to free your mind of concern and confusion. Healthy amounts of NeoSoul, RnB and LoFi curated to provide sonic therapy, and to get you over that mid-week hump. Sponsored by Citizen Brewing Company

A program dedicated to educating, helping, informing, and inspiring the general public to be better versions of themselves and enjoy an enhanced quality of life. The topics offered cover a variety of lifestyle areas such as social, cultural, health and wellness, business, civic programs and initiatives, provincial and federal programs which impact local Calgary life - all presented in a new, fresh and dynamic package which listeners will easily understand and identify with.

Artslink is a half-hour monthly program about the arts in Calgary. We will bring to listeners interviews on theatre, dance, visual arts and film that happen mostly in Calgary while being mindful of a larger audience. Hear from dancers, theatre artistic directors, filmmakers, performers and many more artists.

Bumping into Walls is a monthly, conversation-style spoken word program about living with vision loss, the challenges, the successes, and the day-to-day walls we all bump into.

LiveWire Calgary’s monthly spoken word program done in partnership with CJSW 90.9 FM, with interviews and information on the city’s hottest news topics.

English The original Pilipino radio program in Calgary, Radyo Pilipino broadcasts every Sunday from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on CJSW 90.9 FM. Focusing on Filipino music, culture, news from the old country around the globe and here in Calgary, local events, and happenings of both our 1st and 2nd generation Filipino Canadians. Our dedication line is open so we can celebrate birthdays, weddings, and more with listeners. With the current increase of immigrants from the Philippines, we also have spec ...

The Voice of Ethiopia is one of the many multicultural shows broadcasted on CJSW 90.9 FM. The Voice of Ethiopia focuses on current affairs and radio dramas in the Amharic language. We also air a variety of Ethiopian music, some of which very similar to blues and jazz. This program is the only source of information on Ethiopia on Calgary airwaves.

English: Every Saturday morning we are on air for our local and international listeners with our German radio show “Bunte Welle”. We are focused on the most beautiful German hits of all times, and entertain a wide range of people with our music selection, information about the artists, current affairs and local events. We are part of the multicultural program. Responsible for radio “Bunte Welle” are Hilli and Fritz Schmitt, whereby Hilli leads you through the show as a moderator and Fritz ac ...