Sandy & Nora Live in Winnipeg West End Cultural Center Nov the 24th
Sandy Hudson and Nora Loretto bring their incisive and critical political commentary to the West End Cultural Center on Nov 24th. Sandy Hudson is a Jamaican-Canadian political activist, writer from...
View ArticleNovember 28th is Giving Tuesday
This is a great time to renew your support to CKUW or to make a first time donation to CKUW. We rely on your the donations of listeners like you to maintain and improve upon the independent, locally...
View ArticleJustTV Winter Showcase
Just TV is having a Winter Showcase on Dec 7th at the Park Theatre 698 Osborne St. Doors at 6pm show at 630pm. Admission is Free The Just TV Winter Showcase will feature music and videos from youth in...
View ArticleDeath Cassette EP release party
CKUW 95.9fm was a proud sponsor of the Death Cassette EP release party at the Good Will Social Club on November 17th 2023. Here are a few photos Alan of Night Danger Radio (Tuesday Midnight to 3am)...
View ArticleAPTN Documentary on CKUW Fridays 11am to noon
CKUW will be playing the five part APTN documentary Our Relatives on Dec 22nd, Dec 29th, Jan 5th 11am to noon. For the past three months, APTN News reporter Kathleen Martens has been interviewing...
View ArticleChristmas Bird Count Special Jan 23rd 2024 8am to 830am
On December 17th in Winnipeg, birders from all over Winnipeg gathered to participate in the 124th running of the Christmas Bird Count. The idea behind the event is for volunteers to spread out across...
View ArticleFundrive 2024 Nears
Part of our success story of the last 25 years is our reliance on listener support. Direct listener support means we don’t have to play advertising or sell listener data to corporations, we can focus...
View ArticleFundrive Marathon Feb 9 -23
Thank you for choosing CKUW radio! We are a non-profit, community and campus radio station founded in 1963 at the University of Winnipeg. We broadcast to the city of Winnipeg on FM and worldwide...
View ArticleFundrive Update - Wed Feb 14th
We are so grateful for the support we’ve received so far but we’ve still got a long ways to go! The final goal of $60,000 before Feb 24th is based on our hopes to improve our FM and Internet service...
View ArticleArchive Outage
Our archives are temporarily offline. We’ve experienced a serious technical fault with our archive and podcast system. Archives should be restored in the next few days, we apologize for the...
View ArticleCan’t spell CKUW without ‘YOU’!
Donations during Fundrive go towards essentials at CKUW like paying for staff and covering rent for our transmitter location. Donations are also used for projects like our youth Radio Camp and our...
View ArticleOur Live Drive Has Ended
Thanks once again to everyone who has donated to CKUW for Fundrive 2024 our total so far is just past $51,000 for our independent airwaves! Now that the live drive has ended donations must be made...
View ArticleArchive & Podcasts Update
Our archives and podcasts have been unavailable since February 8th when we had to take the system offline for security updates and preservation. Our technician is working on the problem and we hope to...
View ArticleSchedule Changes and New Shows
CKUW’s program schedule keeps on evolving. Here are some schedule changes and new shows to keep track of. Winnipeg Arena is on Fire (Tuesdays 3 -5pm) is now being replaced by Radio Free Winnipeg...
View ArticleArchives Partially Restored
CKUW’s archives and podcast system are back online. Programs since March 7th should be available now and older programs will be eventually restored. Thank you for your patience in this, we know our...
View ArticlePremium Pickup at Into The Music
Our Fundrive Incentive pick up is underway. If you have any questions about the station or your donation please respond to this email or call our office at 204-786-9782. Incentive Pickup – Friday...
View Article25 Years FM!
25 years ago on April 30 1999, CKUW 95.9fm went live on the FM dial in Winnipeg. Thanks to volunteer power and listener support we’ve been providing Winnipeg with local music and local issues for a...
View ArticleHappy Birthday CKUW, FM launch April 30 1999
At midnight on April 30th 1999 a small crew of CKUW faithful gathered at the studio at the University of Winnipeg, that Friday was to be the first official day of FM broadcasting for the long running...
View ArticleRadio Camp Summer 2024
Radio Camp returns this summer! If you have a child aged 10-13 or know of interested youth, consider Radio Camp. It’s free, fun and includes lunch! Registration and more details are on the camp...
View ArticleRecommended Podcast Software
As of Monday June 24th our recommended podcast software ‘Google Podcasts’ will be shut down, if you’ve been using it to listen to our archives you’ll need to make a change. While it’s easy to move...
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