Radio Recall no. 38 - Special Guest Heidi Shaeffer

Heidi Shaeffer got involved with campus / community radio when she attended Guelph University and began volunteering at CFRU. She later moved to Toronto where she got active with CKLN, Jass FM when it was known as CJRT, and CIUT before moving over to the CBC and beyond. Radio was her way of making things happen. 

 

Heidi's time at CIUT was very formative. She began coaching spoken word programmers on how to put a program together, including editing and other forms of production. She started at the station before we got our FM broadcasting license in 1987 and stayed for a few years during the transition. Since then she's travelled the globe helping various different communities from Africa, Asia and Canada's north to develop community based broadcasting. 

Heidi now runs Heidi Shaeffer Consulting from her base up in rural Ontario. She attributes the direction her life has taken as a result of her formative time on radio here at CIUT.