Comment 49980

By Borrelli (registered) | Posted October 21, 2010 at 10:38:35

While it's easy to pig out on the aural junkfood that CHML might feed you, there are other options for listeners who want more independent and community-centered views on our City.

CFMU 93.3FM (McMaster Community Radio) is one the few remaining independent radio stations that serve our fair City. When you first think of CFMU, you might think it's all about playing music no one's ever heard of, or Marauder games, but the station has been offering a variety of spoken word and community shows for years.

As many listeners know, Sunday is dedicated to ethnic programming, and hosts with roots in places like Turkey and the Phillipines reach out to their communities in Hamilton. Shows like Queer Hamilton (Mon @ 7pm) covers topics of relevance to the Queer community, and disRespect (Thurs @ noon) deal with the important issues of disadvantage and discrimination. Today I believe disRespect will even be playing an old show on Larry DiIanni from a few years back--as relevant today as ever.

So if you're looking for radio that's not dictated by profits and fealty to corporate overlords (like advertisers and local professional sports teams), check out CFMU's Programming Schedule at cfmu.mcmaster.ca, find a show you like, make an effort to tune in weekly, and maybe become involved with the CFMU Community by engaging with host(s) or starting your own show!

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