Welcome to the CKCU 50th Anniversary headquarters! Here, you will find:
- info about special anniversary events
- links to anniversary projects (commemorative book; indie music compilation; reunion weekend events; etc.)
- sign-up for 50th Anniversary email updates
Commemorative Book
Coming soon to your coffee table! A group of volunteers headed by Michael (tic) Houston is compiling the history of CKCU-FM into a richly illustrated 12″ x 12″ book, featuring contributions from CKCU alumni throughout the ages. To learn more, to pre-order your copy, or to contribute your memories, contact tic and his team at ckcubook@gmail.com
We Need Your Skills!
The 50th Anniversary Reunion Weekend is being organized by a small group of volunteers, on a shoestring budget. Y’know, a typical CKCU effort. We can’t do much about the budget, but it would be wonderful if we could make the team a bit bigger.
We need CKCU alumni to help with graphics, shopping for caterers, event planning, party decor, sourcing branded swag, crafting awards, writing scripts for the gala evening, collecting photos & reminiscences, and – this is kind of meta – recruiting more volunteers.
If you think our ragtag group needs your help, you’re probably right. So right now, email alumni@ckcufm.com to pitch in. (Photo is to make this blurb look a bit better; any inference about the ragtag nature of any of those pictured is totally unintentional. Just sayin’.)
Reunion Weekend
At 12:00:01 am, November 15, 1975, Joni Mitchell’s “You Turn Me On, I’m A Radio” sparked the beginning of FM broadcasting by Radio Carleton, CKCU-FM, at 93.1 on the dial. Fifty years later – and coming up really soon! – we’ll be celebrating with a full weekend of activities, from Friday, November 14 to Sunday, November 16.
Here’s what we know so far:
• The Friday night social will culminate in an outburst of enthusiasm and pride at midnight in the CKCU studios as we ring in the next 50 years
• On Saturday afternoon (at an undisclosed location), volunteers and alumni will gather to spell out a large human “CKCU” for an epic overhead drone photo
• Saturday night’s gala dinner will feature speeches, awards, reminiscences, photo ops and, of course, dinner. After dessert, music and much merriment will continue until the authorities intervene.
For more information, watch for updates on this web page, or subscribe to the Best Alumni Email List Ever by contacting Bruce at alumni@ckcufm.com