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Jazz Gems • Alphabet Jazz (Part 4)
Sunday, April 19th Jazz Gems • Alphabet Jazz (Part 4) with Host Bill Smith 4:00 until 6:00 on CHFR-FM - 96.5 When I left Toronto 25 years ago to come live in paradise I auctioned off most of my long-playing records so I could arrive in my new home debt free. Just...
Songwriter Circle is moving to Tuesdays
For the past couple of years, the Songwriter Circle has been on Wednesday afternoons from noon til two in the winter and shoulder seasons, and on Saturdays from four til six in July and August. I've been looking for a more stable home for the show, that does not...
International Women’s Day
Sunday, March 8th/2015 Just Like A Woman A Celebration of Women on International Women’s Day with Host Bill Smith 6:00 until 8:00 on CHFR-FM – 96.5 The 2 hour show will feature Judy Collins, Marianne Faithful, Patti Smith, Marion Williams, Bonnie Raitt, Nina Simone,...
New Patch Bay on It’s Way
It seems like the cables and ends for our 3.5mm (laptop) connections are constantly giving us problems. It's a pretty challenging environment for them - getting plugged and unplugged many times a day. Because of the way our board is wired, it's not always as easy as...
Liberal candidate interview on CHFR Morning Train
Tomorrow (Thursday) morning at 11am, Dale DeVost will be interviewing Carrie Powell-Davidson, the Liberal candidate for our area in the upcoming Federal election. Tune in and be informed!
CHFR: four years on the air! Happy 2015
This past December 6, CHFR celebrated four years on the Hornby Island airwaves! Next December will be five years. You can look forward to lots more amazing talk, music, comedy and eclectic shows of all sorts. We are grateful to every one of our listeners and...
Jazz Gems (Alphabet Jazz – Part 3)
Sunday, January 4th/2014 Jazz Gems (Alphabet Jazz - Part 3) with Host Bill Smith 4:00 until 6:00 on CHFR-FM - 96.5 When I left Toronto 25 years ago to come live in paradise I auctioned off most of my long-playing records so I could arrive in my new home debt free. I...
Thursday Dec 18th from 3 to 5 pm
Music From The Deep Dark Woods presents Gypsy Flamenco and Spanish classical guitar music plus Jack Kerouac's History of Bop and Jazz of the Beat Generation ... this Thursday afternoon from 3 to 5 pm on CHFR 96.5 FM Hornby's Community Radio Station now broadcasting at...
Soapbox Radio
The Singularity is Near. You've heard of the Communist Manifesto, what of the Cosmist Manifesto? Listen in with Scott Sweeney and Ed Hoeppner discussing the relationship between Cosmism and the Singularity. CHFR Hornby Radio, 2:00 pm, Tue. Dec. 16, 2014. 96.5 on your...
New Story Begins Tonight!
The "Thursday Evening Story Hour" Thursdays 7-8pm on CHFR-FM 96.5 begins a new fantasy adventure tonight now that the HarryPotter and Fishin' With Grandma Matchie stories are over. Tonight we begin "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman, first of a trilogy entitled...
A Child’s Christmas In Wales
A Child's Christmas In Wales Over the years I have been asked to perform the Dylan Thomas masterpiece "A Child's Christmas In Wales". For many years (years ago) I was active among the Hornby cultural glitterati as a saxophonist & narrator and in partnership with...
Crooked Brothers live on Songwriter Circle tomorrow
Tune in to the Songwriter Circle tomorrow midway through the show at 1pm for a preview of The Crooked Brothers concert tomorrow night. The band are playing a house concert tomorrow evening on Hornby Island, and will be appearing on the Songwriter Circle for a live...
Spin-Off Saturday, drinking songs!
This Saturday, drinking is the theme! Songs about alcoholic beverages, and their consumption and its consequences, are many. Some are happy, rowdy party songs (lots of those), some are morning-after regret songs, some are crying-in-my beer songs, some are...
No Spin Off this week
Spin Off will be back next week, with a fun theme - drinking songs. In the meantime, Albini LaPierre will sit in while I go dance to David Gogo (thank you Albini!), and I am sure you will enjoy his eclectic mix of French and other sounds. Check out Bing Bang Patof...
Songwriter Circle this week: John McLachlan live
I have the privilege this Wednesday of interviewing John McLachlan, who will be playing music and talking to me in the studio between 1 and 2pm. Do tune in and you'll hear the song below, and more; as well as some others with a Hornby Island theme. It's been a while...
New Story, “Fishin’ With Grandma Matchie” Begins Thursday Evening 7pm!
The Thursday evening 7-8pm slot has been re-christened the Thursday Evening Story Hour, now that the Harry Potter series is completed (with DVD's featuring all 159 episodes of "Pea Reads Potter" hopefully completed by the time of the Christmas Fair, get your...
Spin Off tonight: scary songs!
It is the Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, today, the day after All Hallow's Eve. So of course, on Spin Off tonight I have to feature scary songs, tunes to terrify you! Some of the old classics of course will be included, such as Monster Mash, but as always I...
Spin Off tonight, Heartbreak
Get ready to cry in your beer; tonight from 9 till 1am I'll be spinning songs and tales of broken hearts and grief. You've been through it, so have I. Everyone knows the feeling. Many great songs have been written on the theme. Tonight you'll hear a lot of them. On...
The Final Episode of Pea Reads Potter – Thurs Oct 23
Appropriately on the Scorpio New Moon, sign of death and endings...yet with a new moon signfying new beginnings, possibilities, and intentions...Pea Reads Potter is coming to an end with our final episode of JK Rowling's seven book classic series being read this...
Spin Off tonight: friendship
Last week on the show, I said that this week we would start looking at breakups, but I changed my mind. We're still in Libra, so we'll stick with the positive for a little longer. But after this week, we'll start to explore the dark side of love, relationship and sex!...
Spin-Off Tonight: Universal Love
Tonight we will be looking at universal love--spiritual, collective love, 'All You Need is Love' type love. We are continuing to explore the deep and broad subject of love in all its dimensions! Love has got to be the most written-about subject in song, and it seems...
Spin Off Saturday Night: Self Love
Yes, we are still riding the Love Train! It's October, Libra love month, and I am using Libra inspired themes. This week, my theme is self love. If love for another isn't first found in ourselves, then it won't last. And we want love to last; nobody likes having their...
Spin Off theme – falling in love
Falling in Love! This week on Spin Off Saturday Night, I'll continue on with the theme of Love, focusing on the falling stage; young love, new love, addicted to love, can't sleep cuz I'm in love, the shock and awe of love, don't want to be in love but yikes, that sort...
On-Air Test is over
Well folks, we made it through the three weeks, and hopefully this will do it. We'll keep you posted! Thanks for the calls, and to all our patient and dedicated DJs.