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December 1st 2009
Waterloo based campus and community radio station will remain broadcasting intothe new-year from a new studio space.
Waterloo - From lockingits doors and planning to go off air to announcing the move to a new studio it'sbeen a busy few weeks at 100.3 SoundFM (CKMS Radio Waterloo). Monday night sawthe announcement of a new plan to keep the station on air. In January 2010 the32 year-old radio station will begin broadcasting from the upper level ofMaxwell's Music House at 220 King Street North. "Multiple options wereconsidered to keep the station broadcasting and this one was the best for us,"says Steve Krysak, President. "We are very excited about the opportunities thatthis brings to us, and to Maxwell's." The University of Waterloo'scampus and community radio station recently lost a referendum that would havehelped fund the station. The station was also served an eviction notice forJanuary 31st, with the promise that the transmitter could remain oncampus for a short time longer. This announcement comesafter station management temporarily locked out programmers earlier in Novemberand announced it would be possibly going off air as of December 4that 6:30 pm. The revised plan still uses that date, but this time as an end tooriginal program and the start of automated programming until the new studiosare online in mid January 2010. Maxwell's Music House offerslessons, music workshops, jam spaces and has an 80 person concert hall. Moreinformation about Maxwell's can be found at http://www.maxwellsmusichouse.ca. 100.3 SoundFM CKMS RadioWaterloo has been broadcasting from the campus of the University of Waterloofor over 30 years. More information about the station can be found at http://soundfm.ca. |
