News about the station, charts, job postings and more.
21 years ago this week we officially went on the air in downtown Nanaimo.
Since that date back in 2001, through thick and thin, we've brought you an eclectic range of programming. We have brought you old classics you had forgotten, and their b-sides. We've brought you breaking new singles, EPs, and albums from Canada and abroad, always with a focus on local artists. Independent rock, pop, hip-hop, blues, reggae, electronic, metal, jazz, classical, world-beat and so much more!
Read MoreToday is the official last day of our Fall Fund Drive. If there was any time to make your donation to help CHLY flourish today, and in the future, now is the time.
Read MoreToday on December 3rd, 1997, twenty-two years ago, we officially became the Radio Malaspina Society, the organization that still to this day operates CHLY 101.7FM.
Read MoreHey there, this is Robin from Media Studies at VIU. One of the things I like the most about our campus-community radio station, and independent media in general, is the open-access approach.
Read MoreA Saturday update for you on this cloudy wet day on our coast. We are $11687.22 away from our December 6th goal of $30,000. If you like what CHLY does for local arts and culture, and want to support our developing student collectives, and ability to report on important issues in our broadcast community, now is the time.
Read MoreLocal media? What does it mean? It means a voice for the community, a voice for students, and a place to express what we love. Hi, I'm Erin Coole. VIU Student, Volunteer Events Coordinator, Board Member, and co-host on the VIU Meter at CHLY 101.7FM. Our station would not be possible without the support of our listeners. We offer a variety of content for you to enjoy, and if you like what you hear, please support us and our $30,000 goal by visiting chly.ca/donate and making a donation.
Read MoreIt's your last chance to win tickets to the Vancouver Island Music Festival in the Comox Valley! Enter to win by signing up for a $5+/month Sustaining Donation to CHLY 101.7FM. As part of CHLY’s Listener Un-Drive, we have two pairs of complimentary day passes to give away, so your chances are pretty decent, and you support CHLY 101.7FM in doing so!
Donors get an entry in the draw for every $5/month they donate, so someone signing up for $10/month would get two entries. If you’re a current Sustaining Donor, you are automatically entered to win!
Read More“Hey there friends. This is Cassandra Blondin-Burt speaking to you from Gabriola Island. I'm here to thank listeners from Nanaimo and around the world for tuning into CHLY 101.7fm and CHLY.ca. It is because of the support of people like you that stations like this can continue to broadcast local relevant content, giving a voice to our community, and letting us better know each other, real-life content that isn't marred by too much advertisement, and giving us what mass media can't. Events and stories in our every day lives. So let's keep on tuning in and sending support, so they can keep doing what they do best, giving us content as evolving and dynamic as our island community continues to be.”
Read MoreI really can’t stress this enough—we are listener supported. We don’t lean hard as much as we could on advertising—which I am sure is appreciated—we certainly don’t lean on corporate advertising to pay the bills at the station.
Today we have about 800 or so people on our mailing list who get these emails. Some are current sustaining donors, some are past donors, but most are people who haven’t supported us yet with a small monthly donation.
Read MoreWe're aiming once again to raise $20,000 for the year of 2017. Starting from where we left off with the Spring Fund Drive around $10,000, we only need to raise another $10,000+ to succeed in that goal!
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