We have received numerous emails from authors reporting emails from a “Falcon BookNook” claiming that they are associated with CHLY 101.7 FM and work as an intermediary for interviews. They are not and we have never worked with them.
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To celebrate Earth Day 2026, CHLY 101.7FM is once again participating in the annual Wetland Project, broadcasting a majority of the “slow radio” event from midnight to midnight Wednesday April 22nd. Created by Brady Marks and Mark Timmings, this year marks the project’s 10th anniversary.
Listeners will be connected with the circadian rhythm of the ṮEḴTEḴSEN marsh on Saturna Island, and the sounds of birds, frogs, insects and airplanes will take over the majority of our airwaves.
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As a Youth Producer (previously known as Junior Producers) at CHLY, you will be working within a broadcast facility that provides a community service to its listeners. You will be responsible for a variety of tasks. These tasks include but are not limited to, taking the lead in hosting our Summer Radio Camp in July; filling in on the VIU Meter, our daily drive time new music program; recording ads and PSA, as well as helping to develop other on-air programming!
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As a Youth Reporter at CHLY, you will be working within a nonprofit newsroom that provides local civic and community news to its listeners and readers. You will be responsible for a variety of tasks including, but not limited to, researching news stories, interviewing sources, writing copy, as well as recording and editing audio for our news updates. Youth Reporters will also have an opportunity to contribute to Midcoast Morning, our news and current affairs program.
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Listener you may have noticed some changes on our airwaves as of last April 1st with BBC Newshour now airing during our noon-hour Monday through Friday. This follows our station having aired the program at 6AM since November 2024.
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Established by UNESCO, since 2011, February 13th has marked World Radio Day, a day to celebrate what is still a powerful communication medium for entertainment and dissemination of information. This year the event will explore the intersection of radio and artificial intelligence (AI).
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CHLY is seeking a motivated and dynamic reporter with a solid foundation in journalism to work in its Nonprofit Newsroom to cover local news in the Comox Valley, and northern Oceanside area.
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Our annual Love Drive Returns for 2026, this year with two prizes that entrants will have a chance to win, with the submission of their love notes or voice memos! Be lovely, and send a note today to be read or played on the air!
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We’ve set a policy and procedure for Artificial Intelligence usage at CHLY 101.7FM.
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Policy updates for Fall 2025 from the Board of Directors and Executive Director.
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Our Winter Social returns for December 2025!
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The Radio Malaspina Society Board of Directors has moved to hold our 27th Annual General Meeting in person at Vancouver Island University. The meeting will occur on Thursday, October 30th with sign-in starting at 5:30 PM, and meeting business starting at 6:00 PM.
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It was last year we got a inquiry from the CBC about doing a tape sync regarding the late Norval Morrisseau. To be honest, I had refresh my memory of the name and google him. While I went to art school, I went for communication design and did some printmaking and art history. It had been a while since I last thought of fine art.
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The Radio Malaspina Society Board of Directors has moved to hold our 27th Annual General Meeting in person at Vancouver Island University. The meeting will occur on Thursday, October 30th with sign-in starting at 5:30 PM, and meeting business starting at 6:00 PM.
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In honour of the fifth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (NDTR), also known as Orange Shirt Day, CHLY 101.7FM in partnership with APTN and others, will air commercial free Special Programming from 4:30PM to 6PM on Tuesday September 30th.
This special programming is Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, a 90 minute commemorative gathering, live from Parliament Hill in Ottawa.
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Burgan, a senior of 83 years, and a lounge pianist of 35+ years, first started as a volunteer host in 2019 with a one hour program called Mozart at One. Over the years, the show grew to two hours and saw a name change to Amadeus and Friends. This year, the program shifted to a three hour format under the name Midday Mozart, which now airs Tuesdays from noon to 3PM. It is our station’s flagship classical music program, among many other music programs that feature genres not typically heard on other local stations like jazz, blues, electronic, metal, punk, and independent rock, pop, and hip-hop.
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In June of this year, we at CHLY 101.7FM had the pleasure of hosting NCRC43, the 43rd National Campus and Community Radio Conference of the National Campus Community Radio Association/L'Association nationale des radios étudiantes et communautaires.
92+ attendees came to Nanaimo from all across Canada, from the Maritimes, Montreal, Toronto, Winnipeg, to everything in between, and even Australia and the United States! For four days from June 17th to June 20th, thirty fascinating sessions were hosted by 45 presenters invigorating those involved in campus and community radio.
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Once again our Summer Radio Camp for Youths returns for 2025! With funding returning to normal, this years camp will run larger with room for 15 youths per week. Don’t forget to register soon to reserve a seat for your youth!
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