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Latest Updates (since June 24, 2011):
  • added new station and show: Sunshine 89.1 and Mariposa Music (Feb 17)
  • CFMU: updated emails for "Freewheeling Folk" and "Smokin' Bluegrass Show" (Jul 12)
  • CHRY: added a few showtimes (Jan 12)
  • CJAM: added "Border City Roots" (Jan 11); removed "Planet Funk" (Jan 16)
  • CJLX: removed bouncing email for "Saturday Night Blues Review" (Jun 22)
  • CKHA: updated info for "Paddling Beyond the Mainstream" (Jun 24); removed one Jazz show, added "Jazz at the 45th" (Jan 16)

Station Folk/Blues and
Open Format Shows
Jazz and
Open Format Shows
CBC Toronto
P.O. Box 500, Station A
Toronto, ON, M5W 1E6
Fresh Air
Saturday and Sunday 6am-9am
Mary Ito
freshair[at]toronto.cbc.ca
 
Roots & Wings (a second web page here)
Sunday 4pm
Philly Markowitz
 
CFOS 560 AM
Owen Sound, ON
The Hundred Mile Music Show
Thursday 8pm-9pm
Steve Ritchie
Box 1023, Owen Sound, ON, N4K 6K6
steve[at]100milemusicshow.com

CFBU 103.7 FM
500 Glenridge Ave.
St. Catharines, ON, L2S 3A1

Music Directors
Nathan Heuvingh, Marshall Hignett, Julie Gemeund

905-346-2644
md[at]cfbu.ca
Eclectic Blues
Tuesday 7pm-9pm
Deborah Cartmer

Sounds of Ireland (Irish, Celtic)
Thursday 3pm-5pm
William Mills
 
What the Folk? (Irish, Celtic)
Thursday 6pm-7pm
Jesse Reid

Bluewater Radio
267 10th Street
Hanover, ON, N4N 1P1

Music Director
Andrew McBride
519-364-0200
bluewaterradio[at]on.aibn.com
  Crooners And All That Jazz
Sunday 8pm-11pm
Lincoln Miller
Trent Radio
715 George Street North
Peterborough, ON, K9H 3T2

Music Archivist
Jean Reno
705-741-4011
jreno[at]trentradio.ca
Catfish Willie's Swingbilly Roundup (western Swing/Roots of Rockabilly)
Tuesday 12:30pm-1pm
Catfish Willie
cfwillie[at]yahoo.ca
 
Hard-Core Trubador (Folk, Roots, etc.)
Thursday 3:30pm-5pm
Josh McCallen
jdmccallen[at]gmail.com
 
Norman in the Morning (Bluegrass)
Friday 11:30am-1pm
Norm McHardy
norm.mchardy[at]sympatico.ca
 
CFMU 93.3 FM
McMaster University Student Centre
Room B119
Hamilton, ON, L8S 4K1

Music Director
Emma Ditchburn
905-525-9140 ext.22053
cfmumusic[at]msu.mcmaster.ca
Breakfast of Champions (Jazz, Roots, Blues)
Thursday 10am-12pm
Paul Panchezak
Freewheeling Folk
Saturday 10am-Noon
Jim Marino
jlmarino[at]shaw.ca, smokinfree[at]gmail.com
Cracked Vinyl
Tuesday 10am-Noon
From the Prairie to the Projects (Country and Hip-Hop)
Wednesday 7am-9am
Peter Corneil
pete[at]petecorneil.com
Urban Modernists
Thursday 10:30pm-Midnight
Mr. Pointy Shoes (Rock, Rhythm, Blues)
Tuesday 11pm-Midnight
Dennis Smith

Smokin' Bluegrass Show
Saturday Noon-1pm
Jim Marino
jlmarino[at]shaw.ca, smokinfree[at]gmail.com

CFOS 560 AM
Owen Sound, ON
The Hundred Mile Music Show
Thursday 8pm-9pm
Steve Ritchie
Box 1023
Owen Sound, ON, N4K 6K6
steve[at]100milemusicshow.com
 
CFRC 101.9 FM
Carruthers Hall, Queens University
Kingston, ON, K7L 3N6

Music Director
Scott Stevens
613-533-6000 ext.48449
cfrcmusic[at]ams.queensu.ca
Brother Brian's Bluegrass
Sunday 8am
Swing Swang Swung
Saturday 2pm
Folkin' Eh
Monday 10am
Unit Structures
Tuesday 10am
Salt Water Music
Friday 6pm
 
Small Towns Big Dreams
Thursday 6pm
 
The Blues Project
Saturday 6pm
 
The Yokal
Thursday 2:30pm
 
CFRE 91.9 FM
115 Student Centre
3359 Mississauga Rd. N.
Mississauga, ON, L5L 1C6

Music Directors
Daniel Wilson and Samantha Montgomery
music[at]cfreradio.com
   
CFRU 93.3 FM
Level 2 UC, University of Guelph
Guelph, ON, N1G 2W1

Music Director
Peter Bradley
519-824-4120 ext.56919
cfru.records[at]gmail.com
This Un-Godly Hour (Folk, Blues, Jazz, and more)
Sunday 7am-8am
Clan na Gael (Celtic/Folk)
Sunday 12pm-2pm

Fishing With Boston
Tuesday 9am-11am
My Kind of Jazz
Thursday 2pm-4pm
The Sandbox
Sunday 8pm-10pm
Old Be'eth The New Cool (Jazz, Experimental, Audio Art)
Tuesday 9:30pm-10:30pm
The Thrill Is Back (Blues)
Monday 1pm-3pm
Seems Like Old Times
Wednesday 2pm-4pm
Erin Radio
Box 881
Erin, ON, N0B 1T0

Music Director
Phil Taylor
music[at]erinradio.ca
Acoustic Planet
Thursday 8-10pm, rebroadcast Monday 11pm-1am
Steve Clarke
actonion[at]yahoo.com
Sunday Morning Jazz
Sunday 9am-Noon
Crossroads
Saturday 11am-Noon
Bruce McCabe
Sunday Music Mix (pop, jazz, acoustic, and rareties)
Sunday Noon-2pm
Peter Douglas
info[at]douglaswebs.com
Country Grass
Thursday 7pm-8pm, rebroadcast Sunday 2pm-3pm
Donna Muir
 
Not Your Regular Radio Show
Tuesday 8pm-9pm
Peter Douglas

 

The Sounds of Soul (R&B, soul, funk, blues)
Saturday 7pm-Midnight
 
CHCR 102.9 FM
Box 195
Killaloe, ON, K0J 2A0

Music Director
613-757-0657
stationmanager[at]chcr.org
   
CHRW 94.9 FM
Room 250
University Community Centre
University of Western Ontario
London, ON, N6A 3K7

Music Director
519-661-3601
chrwmp[at]chrwradio.com
Designated Driver
Susan Getchells
suzyq_50[at]sympatico.ca
All that Jazz
Allan Lavoie
allthatjazz[at]chrwradio.com
For the Folk
Wednesday 8:30pm-10pm
Amanda-Lynn Stubley
amandalynnst[at]hotmail.com
Dale Dubilowski
dale.dubilowski[at]yahoo.ca
Jazz for a Sunday Night (Jazz)
Sunday 8pm-10pm
Barrie Woodey
jazz4a[at]hotmail.com
Hardcore Country
Wednesday 10pm-Midnight
Fred Smith
fsmith[at]execulink.com
Pleasure Tantrum
Thursday 2am-6am
Randy J Fisher
The Blues Never Die (Blues)
Wednesday 7pm-8:30pm
John Hoovenaars
tbnd[at]chrwradio.com
Scott Wilkinson
swilkinson[at]execulink.com
Rhapsody at Noon
Tuesday Noon-12:30pm
Kevin Dunklee
rhapsodyatnoon[at]gmail.com
CHRY 105.5 FM
4700 Keele St.
413 Student Centre
Toronto, ON, M3J 1P3

Music Director
Ian Gormely
416-736-5293 ext.20185
chrymd[at]yorku.ca
New Wax Show (Open Format)
Everyday I Have the Blues (Blues)
Mondays 9-11pm
Vince Vitacco
Nu Beginnings

Smooth Jazzy Grooves
Mondays 11pm-1am
Glen Morgan

Some Experiences in Jazz
Friday 9pm-Midnight
Rob Fogle

Stolen Souls
CHUO 89.1 FM
65 Université Pvt., Suite 0038
Ottawa, ON, K1N 9A5

Music Director
Joni Sadler
613-562-5800 ext.2720
music[at]chuo.fm

Directeur Musicale
David Dufour
613-562-5800 ext.2722
musique[at]chuo.fm
Acoustic Roots
Thursday Noon-1pm
JC Bouchard
In Transition
Sunday Noon-2pm
Randy McElligott
L'express Country
Thursday 8am-Noon
Robert Guindon
lexpresscountry[at]gmail.com
I've Heard That Song Before
Sunday 11am
Stephanie Robinson
iveheardthatsongbefore[at]gmail.com
Lefty's Roadhouse
Thursday 10pm-11pm
Greg Harris
roadhouse[at]leftymcrighty.com
Jazz Et Compagnie
Monday 7pm
André St. Jacques
jazzetcie[at]gmail.com

Sunday Jazz
Sunday 10pm
Shawn Connolly
CILU 102.7 FM
955 Oliver Road
Thunder Bay, ON, P7B 5E1

Music Director
Harris Leech
807-343-8881
musicdirector[at]luradio.ca
Harpin' With The Blues (Blues)
The Old Vicar
blues[at]luradio.ca
Strictly Off The Record (Jazz)
Robin Ranger
strictly[at]luradio.ca
Jen's Bent
Tuesday 4pm-6pm
Jen Metcalfe
jensbent[at]shaw.ca
Thursday Afternoon Jazz (Jazz)
Dan Klein
jazz[at]luradio.ca
Outlaws & Heroes
Jason Wellwood
outlawsandheroes[at]gmail.com

CIUT 89.5 FM
91 St. George St.
Toronto, ON, M5S 2E8

Music Director
Ron Burd
416-978-0909 ext.214
r_burd[at]ciut.fm
Accoustic Workshop
Monday 6pm-7pm
Heather Fielding
 
Atlantic Ceilidh
Thursday 7pm
Patrick Simmonds
 
Back To The Sugar Camp
Thursday 6pm
Steve Fruitman
416-595-0909, 416-595-5604
steve[at]backtothesugarcamp.com
 
Let The Good Times Roll (Blues)
Thursday 3pm-5pm
John Valenteyn
 
Radio Boogie (Country, Bluegrass)
Wednesday 3pm-5pm
Steve Pritchard
radioboogie[at]ciut.fm
 
WhiStle Radio
PO Box 59
6379 Main Street
Stouffville, ON, L4A 7Z4

905-640-0311
whistle.radio[at]sympatico.ca
Dave's Jukebox and Dave's Oldies (Blues, Oldies)
Saturday Noon-1pm
Wednesday 7pm-10pm (rebroadcast)
Dave Booth
 
Howdy Neighbour Howdy (Blues)
Saturday Noon-1pm
Wednesday 6pm-7pm (rebroadcast)
Gary Tate
 
Live to Five
Friday 3pm-5pm
Jim Priebe
 
Nightly Blues Hour (Blues)
Every night 11pm-Midnight
 
Saturday Night at the Blues (Blues)
Wednesday 7pm-10pm
 
CIXX 106.9 FM
1001 Fanshawe College Boul.
P.O. Box 7005
London, ON, N5Y 5R6

Music Director
519-452-4430
rcollins[at]fanshawec.ca
Jazz Junction
Sunday 9am-1pm
Al Burton & Special Guests
 
CJAI 92.1 FM
5830 Front Rd.
Stella, ON, K0H 2S0

Music Director
Jim Gould
(613) 384-8282
air[at]cjai.ca
Bluegrass Cafe (Bluegrass, country, folk)
Tuesday 9am-11am, repeats Friday 7pm-9pm
bluegrasscafe[at]gmail.com
Jazz from Jim's Vault (Jazz)
Thursday 11am-1pm with 4 repeats
Canadian edition Saturday Noon-2pm, Sunday 11am-1pm
Bound For Glory (live folk and roots)
Sunday 8pm-11pm
Phil Shapiro
 
Bluegrass from the Barn
Wednesday 1am-11am, Thursday 5pm-6pm
 
Canadian Blues
Wednesday 6am-9am
 
Down the Rabbit Hole (live Folk, Blues)
Friday and Saturday 9am-Midnight
 
Island Folk (100% Canadian Folk)
Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday 4am-8am
 
The Wolf's Den (bluegrass, gospel and folk)
Wednesday 2pm-5pm, repeats Friaday 9am-Noon and Sunday 4pm-6pm
wolfsden[at]cjai.ca
 
Uncle Barry's Blues Hour (Blues)
Sunday 1:30pm-3pm
Tuesday-Thursday 8/8:30pm-9/9:30pm
 
CJAM 91.5 FM
401 Sunset Ave.
Windsor, ON, N9B 3P4

Music Director
Murad Erzinclioglu
519-253-3000 x2527
cjammd[at]gmail.com
Deliverance (Open Format)
Wednesday 1pm-2:30pm and via podcast
Chris Crossroads (Allison Brown for Summer 2011)
Border City Roots (Roots, Folk)
Monday 5pm-6pm
Allison Brown
allisoncbrown[at]yahoo.com
Jazz Hacienda (Jazz from near and far, new/vintage/bootlegged/self-produced)
Saturday 6pm-8pm
Vernon Smith
progcjam[at]uwindsor.ca
Daybreak in Dixie (Bluegrass)
Sunday 8am-10am
David Blakney
dblakney[at]mnsi.net
Jump Kat Jump
Thursday 6pm-7pm
Slim Gene Pignanelli
Hellhound Howl (classic blues and offshoots, blues-influenced modern music)
Wednesday 9am-10:30am, podcast available
Ben Dreadful
hellhoundhowl[at]hotmail.com
The Topic is Jazz (local and national Jazz, classic and new)
Tuesday 6pm-7pm
Todd Fraba
thetopicisjazz[at]cjam.ca
Some Folk Get the Blues (Blues, Folk, Country, World)
Tuesday 9am-10:30am
Devon Pastorius
pastorid[at]uwindsor.ca

Steel Belted Radio (Americana, Alt-country, Classic Country, Roots Rock, Folk, Blues)
Tuesday 5pm-6pm
Jim Meloche
jimxmeloche[at]gmail.com

Valley Heritage Radio
PO BOX 945
Renfrew ON K7V-4H4

613-432-9873
info[at]valleyheritageradio.ca
Got the Blues
Thursday 8pm-10 pm
Pat Watters
 
CJLX 91.3 FM
P.O. Box 4200
Belleville, ON K8N 5B9

Music Director
613-966-0923
music[at]91x.fm
Sunday Coffee House (Folk, Roots)
Sunday 10am-11am and Sunday 10am-11pm
sundaycoffeehouse[at]yahoo.ca
Night Cap (Jazz)
Tuesday 10pm-Midnight
Matt Taft
Saturday Night Blues Review
Saturday 6pm-7pm
George Vaughn

CKCU 93.1 FM
Room 517 University Centre
1125 Colonel By Drive
Ottawa, ON, K1S 5B6

Program Director
David Sarazin
613-520-3533
dsarazin[at]ckcufm.com
Back Forty
Ron Moores
 
Canadian Spaces
Chopper McKinnon
 
Music from the Glen
Gord Peeling and Colin Henein
 
Roots and Rhythms  
Saturday Morning  
The Music Hour
Janis Lockwood
 
Tone Bones  
Window of Opportunity
Laurie-Ann Copple
61 Highmont Court
Kanata, ON, K2T 1B2
 
CKDJ 107.9 FM
and on Rogers Digital Cable 945
(Note: Station off air for summer months)
Algonquin College, Room N-101
1385 Woodroffe Ave
Ottawa ON K2G 1V8

Music Director
Megan Haikalis
613-727-4723 x2408 or x2409
haik0002[at]algonquinlive.com


CANOE FM
Box 1125
Haliburton, ON, K0M 1S0

Music Director
705-457-9603
Bluegrass Saturday Afternoon (Bluegrass)
Saturday 1pm-2pm
Malcolm and Lee MacLean
Jazz at the 45th (Jazz)
Saturday 4pm-6pm
Tim Hagarty
Paddling Beyond the Mainstream (Folk, Roots, Blues, various fusions)
Thursday 7pm-9 pm
Kris Kadwell
canoedj[at]gmail.com

Lee's Got The Blues
Tuesday 7pm-9pm
Lee MacLean

R&B With Lee (R&B, Blues)
Saturday 9pm-11pm
Lee MacLean

Tripping Over the Roots (Folk, Roots)
Saturday 2pm-4pm
Malcolm MacLean
princathome[at]cs.com

Radio Humber
205 Humber College Boulevard
Toronto, ON M5W 5L7

416-675-6622 ext.4913
radiohumber[at]humber.ca
   
CKLN.FM
55 Gould St., 2nd Floor
Toronto, ON, M5B 1E9

416-979-5251
programdirector[at]ckln.fm
Acoustic Routes
Sunday 7pm-8pm
Joel Wortzman
168 Combe Ave
Downsview, ON, M3H 4K3
416-979-5251
jwortzman[at]sympatico.ca
AM/FM
Wednesday 7am-11am
Ron Gaskin
Blue Remedy (Blues)
Wednesday 8pm-10pm
Blues Doctor Julie Hill
bluesdoctor[at]gateshillpsych.on.ca
Corby's Orbit (Open format includes jazz and more)
Friday 11am-1pm
Paul Corby
The Long Note (Celtic)
Sunday 8pm-9pm
Colm O'Brien
Diasporic Music (Jazz and more)
Thursday 8pm-10pm 
Norman "Otis" Richmond and Dwayne Morgan

Jazz Bungie
Thursday 7am-11am
Wally "D"

Moovin' in the Right Direction (Jazz fusion, soul, world, electronic, and more)
Monday 7am-11am
David James

One Flight Up (Jazz)
Tuesday 7am-11am
Colin Smith

The Jazz Zone
Friday 7am-11am
Tien Providence
CKLU 96.7 FM
935 Ramsey Lake Road
Laurentian University
Sudbury, ON, P3E 2C6

Music Director
Mark Browning
705-673-6538
md[at]cklu.ca
Northern Lights
Derek Armstrong
 
Sound FM
200 University Ave. W
Waterloo, ON, N2J 3G1

Music Director
519-886-2567
frontdesk.soundfm[at]gmail.com
Poor Folks Blues
Monday 7:30pm-9:30pm
Let's Get Lost
Monday 9:30pm-Midnight
CKOL 93.7 FM and 100.7 FM
P.O. Box 551
Campbellford, ON K0L 1L0

(613) 473-5289
cocmadoc[at]bellnet.ca
   
CKPC 1380 AM
571 West St.
Brantford, ON, N3T 5P8
Just Us Folk
Sunday 8pm
Jan Vanderhorst
justusfolk[at]rogers.com, jan[at]ckpcradio.com
 
CKWR 98.5 FM
375 University Ave. East
Waterloo, ON N2K 3M7

519-886-9870
general[at]ckwr.com
Old Chicago Blues
Friday 9-10:30pm
Willie "A"
Smooth Jazz
Friday 10:30pm-Midnight
Dan Joseph
Songs From the Wood
Friday 7pm-8:30pm
Doug Gibson

CRSL (closed circuit)
St. Lawrence College
100 Portsmouth Ave.
Kingston ON K7L 5A6


INDI 101 - 101.5 FM
Mohawk College
135 Fennell Ave. W
Room G108
Hamilton, ON, L8N 3T2

905-575-2175
music[at]indifm.ca
   
Jazz FM 91.1
4 Pardee Ave, Unit 100
Toronto, ON, M6K 3H5

Music Director
Brad Barker
416-595-0404 ext.238
BLUZ FM (Blues)
Saturday 8pm-Midnight
Danny Marks
It's a Jazz radio station.
For a complete listing of Jazz shows, visit their website.
Radio Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier University
75 University Ave. W.
Waterloo, ON N2L 3C5

519-884-0710 ext.3565
greghopper.wlu[at]gmail.com
   
Scarborough Fusion Radio
University of Toronto Scarborough Campus
1265 Military Trail
Scarborough, ON, M1C 1A4

Music Director
Justin Fisher
416-208-2706
musicdirector[at]fusionradio.ca
   
Sunshine 89.1 FM
Orilla, ON
Mariposa Music (music, interviews, information about the Mariposa Folk Festival; old/new Roots music)
Sunday 7pm, rebroadcast Thursday 7pm
Sandi Bisset
(link to submit a message to her is on the show page)

The Riot
2000 Simcoe St. N.
Oshawa, ON, L1H 7K4

Music Director
Samantha Dean
905-721-3111 ext.2111
md[at]theriotradio.com
riotmusicdepartment[at]hotmail.com
   

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