Bringing equity to the airwaves one member at a time

The Women’s Radio Collective formed in January of 2009 at CJAM 99.1 FM. Our mandate is to attract, train and retain female volunteers to create gender equity in campus-community radio. We offer opportunities for women to learn and develop broadcasting skills to produce their own alternative media. The collective fosters female empowerment on and off the airwaves, and encourages members to assert their feminist perspectives.

Wednesday, February 18, 2009

Genesis Does Burlesque

I was going write a well thought out SECOND post on Burlesque, because myself and Kate are hosting a special edition of Genesis tonight about the topic, but then I figured you should listen for yourself tonight, and THEN I'll post all the issues we discussed.

Burlesque is a form of theatrical entertainment involving parody and exaggeration. It's rooted within nineteenth century vaudeville theater and was later resurfaced in the early twentieth century as a blend of satire, performance arts and adult entertainment.

We're going to be looking more into the origins of the art, look at why it is NOT stripping, how it can be looked at as a feminist enterprise, and highlighting some of the contemporary burlesque dancers and how it has been adapted into our everyday culture!

Be sure to tune in tonight from 8:30pm - 9pm on CJAM 91.5fm, or stream it live from www.cjam.ca

Monday, February 16, 2009

Harry Enfield - Women, know your limits!



Via Jezebel. Hilarious clip from a 90's TV show on the BBC.
Women, know your limits!
This finally explains all the beard growth.

-Lama

Milk and Vodka with Cristina Naccarato and Nicole Markham!

Nicole and I had a very successful show tonight! Aside from a few minor technical difficulties, everything went really well. We had no set theme tonight, instead we went through our favorite femcon stuff and shared it with the world!
You can listen or download the show...here!

TRACKLIST!
Cristina's picks
Nicole's picks
Request!
* Canadian

Nanuchka - Madam Ching
Catlow - Added Up *
Dandi Wind - Drawing Straws *
Astrid Oto - Can't Farm In The Rain
Yoko Ono and Le Tigre - Sisters o Sisters
Bikini Kill - Rah-Rah Replica
Be Your Own Pet - Blackhole
Citywide Vacuum - Sweet Kraut *
Elbow Beach Surf Club - Our Hood *
Yelle - Amour Du Sol
Lemuria - Hours
Lemuria - Mechanical
Lemuria - Get Some Sleep
The Bran Flakes - You Can Do Most Anything
Miss TK and the Revenge - Fake Italians Aint No Stallions
Stereo Total - I Love you, Ono
Land of Talk - All My Friends *
Jenni Omnichord - The Old Prince *

Thursday, February 12, 2009

Genesis February 11

Yesterday's episode of Genesis was hosted by Hilda Coker and Lama Alsafi.
The topics covered ranged from international to local and featured music from MIA!
They were:
*The attacks by Hindu groups on Indian women in bars.
*The new vaginal gel which could prevent the spread of AIDS.
*Michelle Obama being featured on the cover of Vogue Magazine- the second First Lady and one of few African Americans to be featured.
*CJAM in danger of losing its signal and how you can help. As promised on the show, the information about this is below.
*MIA performing 9 months pregnant at the grammy's on Sunday- seriously, the birth could have been part of the performance- that's how pregnant she was.

It was an interesting show and Hilda and I disagreed on some issues, but in the end- we agreed to disagree.

We need your help to save CJAM!
This is taken from the station website:
CJAM is currently applying for an amendment to our broadcasting undertaking to assume a new signal at 99.1 FM. While CJAM has been broadcasting at about 1000 watts for over 10 years, the station was never granted “Protected Status” from the CRTC, thanks to pressures from the FCC who were concerned with CJAM’s level of interference with adjacent American stations. Without “Protected Status”, CJAM faces the risk of losing its signal to other applicants. In fact, CJAM faced that very risk recently when the CBC decided to apply for 91.5 in the fall of 2008. The CBC ultimately withdrew its application, but CJAM still faces possible removal from the FM band thanks to a pending American application for our signal.

CJAM has identified a new signal – 99.1 FM - that could afford the station protected status and has moved forward with applications for this new signal to Industry Canada and the CRTC. The application currently before the CRTC is now open for public comment, and this is where we need you, our community of listeners, programmers and volunteers to make your voice heard. If you value CJAM and community radio in Windsor and Detroit, please express your support of our application.
Letters may be submitted electronically at the CRTC website , by fax at 819-994-0218, or by conventional mail to the following address: CRTC Ottawa Ontario K1A 0N2.

The best thing you can do is to support our current application for a new Canadian broadcast license located at 99.1FM:

http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-41.htm

you can go to the link above and send and your comments of support for the application before the CRTC.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Genesis - TONIGHT at 8:30 PM

On tonight's episode of Genesis we'll be hearing an episode of Making Contact's Women Rising series entitled "Rescuers of Wildlife" (2008). Women are gaining influence as leaders throughout the world, fighting for peace, justice and the environment and civil society. In this program we profile four animal rights activists:

• Alice Ng has worked with Wild Aid, founded Animal Balance in the Galapagos Islands and is now the executive director of Animals Asia Foundation.
• Romsamira Guillen is the executive director of Proyecto Titi, promoting the survival of the Cotton-top Tamarian Monkey and its habitat in Columbia.
• Lorena Aguilar is an executive with the International Union for the Conservation of Nature, specializing in community and gender issues.
• Elena Bykova heads up Wildlife Conservation Network's Saiga Conservation Alliance to preserve the Saiga Antelope in Uzbekistan.

Playlist for Milk & Vodka - February 2nd, 2009 (Vinyl Vault Edition - Ladies of Jazz)

ARTIST/SONG/ALBUM/LABEL & YEAR

Flora Purim/Black Narcissus/Encounter/Milestone Records, 1977

Letta Mbulu/Let's Go Dancing/You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling/There's Music In The Air/A&M, 1976
Ella Fitzgerald/I've Got A Crush On You/Sings the George and Ira Gershwin Songbook/Verve, 1959
Vikki Carr/Can't Take My Eyes Off of You/It Must Be Him/Liberty Records, 1967
Shirley Bassey/Somewhere/Belts the Best!/EMI Columbia, 1973

Carmen McRae/I'm Always Drunk in San Francisco/Portrait of Carmen/Atlantic, 1967
Bille Holiday/That Mood I'm In/Lady Day (1939 - 1944): The Sixteen Original Commodore Interpretations/Commodore, 1988
Alive!/Call It Jazz/Call It Jazz/Redwood Records, 1981
Jane Fair Jazz Quintet/Everything I Love/Jane Fair Jazz Quintet/Radio Canada International, 1975

Erykah Badu/The Healer/New Amerykah: 4th World War/Universal Motown, 2008

If you missed the program, you can download the show via CJAM's MP3 Archives here.