How To Get Support From Campus and Community Radio
Johnnie Regalado
Victoria, BC
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Illustration by: Flora Hammond

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From the friendly frequencies of Johnnie Regalado with contributions by Erin Flynn & Penny Clark:

So you’ve got some music and you want people other than your friends and family to listen to it. Sure you can throw it on the web and add your voice to the cacophony, but there is another way… campus and community radio.

Start local

Campus and community radio is a strange and fickle creature. Every station is independent and operates under its own set of rules and procedures. For that reason it’s best to begin close to home at your nearest campus and community station. Most Canadian universities have a station and many rural communities have stations as well. A good resource for finding stations is the National Campus and Community Radio Association member directory, although there are many more stations in the country.

Do your homework

Just like you, a station is excited to know they’ve got an engaged community of listeners, so it helps a lot to actually be familiar with your local station. Do they play ambient electronic music? Do they have a metal show?

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