Radio Recall

Radio Recall 45 - Hume Baugh

We are known for going back in time to discover the rich history of CIUT but this time we had the unique opportunity to speak with Hume Baugh, a brand new programmer (Mondays 2 pm) who is just starting out. It made for a pretty cool angle to discover. Also features the Nazz in various Nazz Nazz ways and ends in a train wreck - in a good way. 

Radio Recall 43 - Cheri DiNovo - the Radical Reverend

The beginning of our 3rd Season! To start things off, we welcome 24 year programmer / host Cheri DiNovo. Cheri hosts The Radical Reverend heard Tuesdays at 11 a.m. Peter and I had a wonderful chat with her about being the Radical Reverend (performed the first same sex marriage in Canada) as well as her 12 years as an elected official in the Ontario Legislature as NDP MPP for Parkdale. And then there was her Three Women show during the Radical Reverend haitus (while she was an MPP). And to top it all off, there's the Santiago de Camino trail she did with her son. A wonderful expose of a celebrated servant of the people. 

RR 44 - Barry Livingston

For some reason, this year old interview was never put up for the podcast. That has been corrected now.

RR42 - Radio Recall - Guest Ken Stowar

Ken Stowar began his decades long association with CIUT in 1988 but we have already spoken with him (RR26) about his work as a volunteer programmer. This time we concentrated on his job as Program Director (since 2002) and taking on the Station Manager's role in 2010. We spoke about the ups and downs, the sacrifices, the wiping out of our debt and being struck with (2026) a dead transmitter two days before a funding drive and Covid. It's a fascinating tale of dedication, love and thinking outside of the box.

Radio Recall no. 41 - Steve Fruitman

I know, it's weird being interviewed on your own program, but co-host Peter Stamp was insisting that we do this. And it worked! It worked really well - i was totally surprised at how good the show turned out. 
 
So we follow my career from the late 1950s to the present, including my stint at CHOO radio in Ajax in the 1970s. 

Radio Recall #40 - Gaywire Recalling

Roy Mitchell and Ken Fraser speak with us about how they founded the first Canadian radio program about gay rights and issues, culture and creating a better future. They're hilarious taxing their minds about the mid 1980s and how the show evolved. 

Radio Recall 39 - Melissa Rodway

Melissa Rodway worked at CIUT for a few years as our Volunteer Coordinator. She also helped tech on Career Buzz before doing her own show called 'Fly' which was based on stories told by extreme travellers. She took last year off and traveled. 

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. 

RR37 with Anastasiya Romanska

Anastasiya Romanska came to CIUT as a 15 year old co-op student. When her five month placement came to an end, it was suggested that she apply for her own radio show which she did for nearly four years. She currently works as a producer for Breakfast TV. A lively chat which tells many stories

Radio Recall no. 36 Jennifer Norfolk

Jen Norfolk talked me into putting in a show proposal at CIUT in 1988. She began programming at the station in 1984, prior to our FM days. She actually married CIUT programmer Alan Baekeland who did the show right after hers. 
On today's program, we hear Jen's stories and wax heavily on her late husband (who passed on in 2020). Four songs from Al's various incarnations including he and I doing a Wilf Carter song: I'm Gonna Tear Down The Mailbox. 
This was a really good show!