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Join our team at CHLY, where we are dedicated to fostering student success and engagement. As a Graphic Design Student Intern at VIU student’s campus-community radio station, you will have the opportunity to showcase your creativity and contribute to meaningful projects that will make a difference at our station.
Read MoreOnce again our Summer Radio Camp for Youths returns for 2024!
Due to funding constraints, this years camp will run smaller with room for 8 youths rather than 12, so don’t forget to register soon to reserve a seat for your youth!
Read MoreFor thousands of years, fluffy white dogs could be found across the Pacific Northwest. Their exceptionally soft, crimpy hair was shorn like sheep’s wool, spun into yarn, and woven into blankets and robes by indigenous women who carefully tended them in communities across Coast Salish territory. But a hundred years ago, the woolly dog quietly vanished. Why?
Read MoreAs a Junior Producer 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 August; 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!
Read MoreThe Operations Director will play a critical role in shaping the future of the NCRA/ANREC by driving business development initiatives, optimizing operational efficiency, and overseeing key projects and contributing to financial strategies. The Operations Director will work closely with the Executive Director and the Board of Directors to align the operational execution of the NCRA with its strategic plan, ensuring sustainable growth and achieving its mission through its vision and values.
Read MoreA statement produced by the NCRA/ANREC Board of Directors on the use of Artificial Intelligence in our sector. It has been posted here as it will inform our eventual approach to developing policies regarding the use of AI at our organization and station.
Read MoreThe Radio Malaspina Society’s Board of Directors has ratified several new policies for the operation of CHLY 101.7FM, and the organization. The new policies fill previous gaps in policy.
Read MoreCHLY 101.7FM is thrilled to welcome back Joe Pugh as host and producer of its news and current affairs program Midcoast Morning. Joe is taking over the role as current host Lauryn Mackenzie moves into an interim full-time role as an LJI Reporter at CHLY. He previously served as host and producer of an earlier version of Midcoast Morning in the summer of 2021.
Read MoreThe Radio Malaspina Society Board of Directors has again moved to hold our 25th Annual General Meeting in person at Vancouver Island University. The meeting will occur on Thursday, October 26th with sign-in starting at 5:30 PM, and meeting business starting at 6:00 PM.
Read MoreOn September 1st, 2023, CHLY Station Manager Jesse Woodward was interviewed by CBC Rundown regarding the impact of Meta's social media ban on campus-community radio stations like CHLY in retaliation for Bill C-18, the Online News Act. It was broadcast on CBC News Network.
Read MoreCHLY 101.7FM is excited for the return of its news and current affairs program Midcoast Morning with the recent hiring of Lauryn Mackenzie as the host and producer of the program. Lauryn returns to CHLY after working this past summer as a junior producer at the station.
Read MoreCHEK reporter Tchadas Leo interviewed CHLY Station Manager Jesse Woodward, Lauryn Mackenzie, as well as others involved in student media on Vancouver Island.
Read MoreGreat news for local journalism! You probably read that we recently hired Mick Sweetman as a reporter at CHLY 101.7FM and will be posting a weekly newsletter and eventually local news podcasts. I am excited about this.
Bad news for local journalism. In the coming days or weeks, maybe even today, Meta is going to block access to news on Facebook and Instagram in retribution for Bill C-18, the Online News Act. The Online News Act, based on the "Australian Model", is meant to rectify the financial imbalance between tech giants and news organizations that has developed over the last decade.
Read More“Local news is so important for building an informed citizenry,” said CHLY's reporter Mick Sweetman. "I'm looking forward to covering the stories that matter to our listeners in the under-served communities in our broadcast area."
Read MoreThe Life on Gabriola Media Society seeks two journalists with video journalism background for paid positions beginning July 17, 2023.
Read MoreCHLY is seeking a motivated and dynamic reporter with a solid foundation in journalism to cover local news in Nanaimo, as well as Ladysmith, Gabriola, and the Comox Valley (Courtenay, Comox, and Cumberland). In this position, you will produce four local stories a week for distribution via our website, airwaves as well as Canada-Info.
Read MoreAs one of three 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 a lead in hosting our Summer Radio Camp in August; 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!
Read MoreHouse of Wonders (Manitoba 🇨🇦)—Topping our charts this past week, is a debut EP that will likely make at least a handful of end-of-the-year lists, if at least our own. Tinge are the songs of Veronica Blackhawk, a self-described "Anishinaabe multi-hyphenate" originally from Lake of the Woods Ontario. Previously compared to Big Thief and Julian Baker, this is a lyrically strong EP, with the track "Burden Complex" reminding me of Tracy Chapman's 1988 folk hit Fast Car. Don't just stream it, buy this EP!
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