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| slogan = Canada's National Aboriginal Radio Network
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'''The Aboriginal Voices Radio Network (AVR)''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] national radio network with radio stations in five Canadian metropolitan areas. The network also has two channels on SiriusXM satellite radio in Canada. It airs programming produced by Indigenous people in Canada, The network provides a music service from Monday to Saturday and carries talk radio on Sundays.
'''Aboriginal Voices Radio (AVR) Network''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] national radio network with licensed radio stations in nine Canadian metropolitan areas, all which are licensed under the calls of Toronto flagship station '''CKAV-FM'''. It airs programming produced primarily by and for [[Aboriginal people in Canada]], featuring music and personalities from around the world.


==History==
==History==


AVR was founded in 1998 by a group of high-profile Indigenous Canadians, including actor [[Gary Farmer]], playwright, novelist and author [[Tomson Highway]], filmmaker [[Alanis Obomsawin]] and actress/producer [[Jennifer Podemski]]. Other founders and key contributors to creation of the network included project manager and training coordinator Brian Wright-McLeod, Christopher Spence and Andre Morriseau (production and programming), John Matthews and [[Mark MacLeod]] (licencing), Robert Templeton and J. Robert Wood (corporate funding), Elaine Bomberry, David Deleary, Sherman Maness, Nicole Robertson, Minnie Two Shoes and Doug Bingley (strategic advice).
AVRN was founded in 1998 by a group of high-profile Aboriginal Canadians, including actor [[Gary Farmer]], playwright, novelist and author [[Tomson Highway]], filmmaker [[Alanis Obomsawin]] and actress/producer Jennifer Podemski. Other founders and key contributors to creation of the network included project manager and training coordinator Brian Wright-McLeod, Christopher Spence and Andre Morriseau (production and programming), John Matthews and [[Mark MacLeod]] (licencing), Robert Templeton and J. Robert Wood (corporate funding), Elaine Bomberry, David Deleary, Sherman Maness, Nicole Robertson, Minnie Two Shoes and Doug Bingley (strategic advice).

AVR's first station, CFIE-FM in [[Toronto, Ontario|Toronto]], was licensed by the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]] in 2000. CFIE changed its callsign to CKAV in 2006. AVR had previously operated on 106.3 FM (JUMP FM) for a short 6 day period in 1998 during the Aboriginal Voices Festival at [[Harbourfront Centre]] in Toronto.

The network's earliest and largest corporate sponsor is [[Newcap Broadcasting]].

Some sources have confused the Aboriginal Voices network with the [[Aboriginal Multi-Media Society|Aboriginal Multimedia Society of Alberta]], which operates a distinct [[community radio]] network in rural northern [[Alberta]] that is ''not'' affiliated with Aboriginal Voices.

==Station launches==

The network has faced technical and logistical problems which have prevented it from launching some of the licensed stations listed below. For some of the stations, the network had applied to the CRTC for extensions five or six times as of the end of 2005. Since then, however, the network has moved forward with most of the approved licenses.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2005/pb2005-118.htm
|title=CRTC public notice
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=Decision #2005-118
}}</ref>

== Programming ==
AVR's playlist represents not only an American and Canadian presence but that of [[Indigenous peoples|indigenous]] and [[Diaspora|diasporic]] performers from around the world, including [[Oceania]], [[Africa]] and [[Latin America]]. Within the last two years more popular main-stream music has been introduced into AVR's playlist. The names below represent a sample of Aboriginal and diasporic artists that have been or are currently being aired. Occasionally, identities and/or song titles are announced on-air by prerecording.

=== Artists ===
<div style="-moz-column-count: 2; column-count:2; ">
* [[Susan Aglukark]] ([[Inuk]])
* Asani
* [[The Band]]
* Tracy Bone
* JC Campbell
* [[Rita Coolidge]] ([[Cherokee]])
* Kimberly Dawn
* [[Eagle & Hawk]]
* Eekwol ([[Muskoday First Nation|Muskoday Cree]])<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.saymag.com/canada/spokesppl/eekwol.html
|title=SAY Magazine © (2006)
|accessdate=2008-03-04
|work=Lindsay Knight recording artist
}}</ref>
* [[Melanie Fiona]] ([[Guyana|Guyanese]])
* [[Leela Gilday]] ([[Dene|Dené]])<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.myspace.com/leelagilday MySpace.com
|title=Leela Gilday
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=About Leela Gilday
}}</ref>
* Annie Humphrey ([[Ojibwe]])<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.makoche.com/Artists/viewarticle.asp?id=101
|title=Makoché Records © (2000)
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=Featured Artist
}}</ref>
* [[Lucie Idlout]] (Inuk)
* Jacques and the Shakey Boys ([[Potawatomi]])
* [[K'naan]] ([[Somali people|Somali]])
* [[Kashtin]] ([[Innu]])
* Chester Knight (Cree)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.nativeamericacalling.com/nac_musmak03.shtml
|title=Native America Calling © (2005)
|accessdate=2008-03-04
|work=Music Maker 2003: Chester Knight
}}</ref>
* [[Ladysmith Black Mambazo]] (South African)
* Wayne Lavallee ([[Cree]]/[[Métis people (Canada)|Métis]])<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.waynelavallee.com/#
|title=Wayne Lavallee © (2004)
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=Biography
}}</ref>
* [[George Leach]] ([[St'at'imc|Sta'atl'imx]])
* [[Lhasa de Sela|Lhasa]] ([[Mexico|Mexican]] American)
* [[Cheri Maracle]] (Mohawk/Irish)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.aboriginalpeopleschoice.com/artists?eid1118=367
|title=Aboriginal Peoples Choice © (2007)
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=
}}</ref>
* [[Andrea Menard]] (Métis)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.andreamenard.com/artist.html
|title=Andrea Menard
|accessdate=2008-03-03
|work=Artist
}}</ref>
* [[Derek Miller]] ([[Iroquois|Six Nations]])<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.manataka.org/page756.html
|title=Derek Miller
|accessdate=2008-03-03
|work=Contemporary
}}</ref>
* Shelley Morningsong (Northern [[Cheyenne]])<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://zangomusic.com/shmoofas.html
|title=Zango Music (2008)
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=Out of the Ashes
}}</ref>
* [[Ndidi Onukwulu]] ([[Nigeria]]n/German)
* [[Aaron Neville]]
* [[The Pappy Johns Band]] (Six Nations)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.myspace.com/pappyjohnsband
|title=The Pappy Johns Band
|accessdate=2008-03-03
|work=General Info
}}</ref>
* Plex (Ojibwe)
* Janet Panic (Métis)
* Tamara Podemski ([[Saulteaux]]/[[Israelis|Israeli]])<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.tamarapodemski.com/bio.html
|title=Tamara Podemski © 2008
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=Biography
}}</ref>
* [[Redbone (band)|Redbone]]
* ReddNation
* [[Robbie Robertson]] (Jewish [[Mohawk nation|Mohawk]])
* [[Ray St. Germain]] (Métis)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.ncifm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=29
|title=NCI FM Aborignial Radio © (2008)
|accessdate=2008-03-03
|work=Ray St. Germain
|archiveurl = http://web.archive.org/web/20080323020359/http://www.ncifm.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=16&Itemid=29 <!-- Bot retrieved archive --> |archivedate = 2008-03-23}}</ref>
* [[Buffy Saint Marie]] (Piapot Cree)
* Sandy Scofield (Métis/Cree/Saulteaux)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.sandyscofield.com/about.html
|title=Sandy Scofield © (2007)
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=About
}}</ref>
* [[Crystal Shawanda]] (Ojibwe)
* Arigon Starr ([[Kickapoo people|Kickapoo]])<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.arigonstarr.com/Diva/dox/arigonbio.html
|title=Wacky Productions © (2001-2008)
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=Biography
}}</ref>
* [[Kinnie Starr]] (part Mohawk)<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/kst/bio.asp
|title=MapleMusic Ltd. © (2000-2008)
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=Biography
}}</ref>
* Taima
* [[John Trudell]] (Santee [[Sioux]])
* [[Team Rezofficial]]
* Tru Rez Crew
* [[Florent Vollant]] ([[Innu]])
* [[Shane Yellowbird]] (Cree)
* [[War Party (hip hop)|War Party]] (Cree)
</div>

Between every second or third song, AVR does insert their station identification.

=== Special programming ===
Fridays, between 10 PM and midnight ET, featured '''''The Plex Show''''',<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://theplexshow.podomatic.com/
|title=AVR podcast
|accessdate=2008-02-01
|work=The Plex Show
}}</ref>
a showcase of [[Hip hop]] artists hosted by emcee Plex (Doug Bedard).<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendid=59736405
|title=MySpace.com
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=About Plex
}}</ref> The last and only program to be produced for AVR has since been cancelled. {Doug Bedard AKA: Plex, 2009}

=== Weekend programming ===
Airplay on Sundays features '''''Wisdom of the Elders''''' with program host Arlie Neskahi (Dine' [[Navajo Nation|Navajo]]), a [[Public broadcasting|public radio]] talk show that showcases native culture, musicians, storytelling, drumming practices and flute playing. Co-hosts include educator and [[Herbalist]] Judy Bluehorse Skelton ([[Nez Perce tribe|Nez Perce]]-[[Chickasaw]]-Cherokee), music director Nico Wind ([[Assiniboine people|Assiniboine]]/[[Ojibway]]) and [[storytelling|storyteller]] and song-carrier Judy Trejo among other recordings taken from the Smithsonian's Pulling Down the Clouds CD.<ref>{{cite web
|url=http://www.wisdomoftheelders.org/radio_team.html
|title=Wisdom of the Elders © (2004)
|accessdate=2008-03-01
|work=Radio Team
}}</ref>


==Stations==
==Stations==
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*[[Vancouver]] - CKAV-FM-2, 106.3&nbsp;MHz <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2006/db2006-258.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-258]</ref>
*[[Vancouver]] - CKAV-FM-2, 106.3&nbsp;MHz <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2006/db2006-258.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-258]</ref>


===Licensed but not launched===
=
*[[Regina, Saskatchewan|Regina]] - 96.1&nbsp;MHz <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/db2007-156.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-156]</ref> (approved May 2007, launching 2009){{Update after|2010|11}}
*[[Saskatoon]] - 102.9&nbsp;MHz <ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2007/db2007-155.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-155]</ref> (approved May 2007, launching 2009){{Update after|2010|11}}

===Surrendered licenses===
In 2009, the network surrendered its licenses for transmitters in [[Kitchener, Ontario]] (CKAV-FM-8, 102.5&nbsp;MHz)<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-177.htm CRTC Decision 2009-177]</ref> and [[Montreal]] (CKAV-FM-10, 106.7&nbsp;MHz).<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-178.htm CRTC Decision 2009-178]</ref>


On August 20, 2009, the CRTC approved an application by Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio (CHCR) to amend the broadcasting licence for its station in Montreal at 106.3&nbsp;MHz, a second adjacent frequency to CKAV-FM-10 at 106.7 FM, requiring AVR to find an alternative frequency in the event of any interference with the signal of CKAV-FM-10.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-508.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-508]</ref> As of January 2011, CHCR's station, [[CKIN-FM]], has signed on at 106.3&nbsp;MHz. Furthermore, CKIN-FM's sister station, [[CKDG-FM]], filed an application with the CRTC to relocate that station to 106.7&nbsp;MHz in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-271.htm#2 Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-271]</ref>
On August 20, 2009, the CRTC approved an application by Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio (CHCR) to amend the broadcasting licence for its station in Montreal at 106.3&nbsp;MHz, a second adjacent frequency to CKAV-FM-10 at 106.7 FM, requiring AVR to find an alternative frequency in the event of any interference with the signal of CKAV-FM-10.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2009/2009-508.htm Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-508]</ref> As of January 2011, CHCR's station, [[CKIN-FM]], has signed on at 106.3&nbsp;MHz. Furthermore, CKIN-FM's sister station, [[CKDG-FM]], filed an application with the CRTC to relocate that station to 106.7&nbsp;MHz in May 2010.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2010/2010-271.htm#2 Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-271]</ref>
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==External links==
==External links==
*[http://www.avr-radio.com/ The AVR Radio Network]
*[http://www.avr-radio.com/ The AVR Radio Network]
*[http://www.aboriginalvoices.com/ Aboriginal Voices Radio]
*[http://www.aboriginalvoices.com/ Aboriginal Voices Radio] {{Dead link|date=June 2011}}
*[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=768&historyID=328 CKAV history] at [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=768&historyID=328 CKAV history] at [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]
*[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=1172&historyID=1119 CKAV-2 history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
*[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=1172&historyID=1119 CKAV-2 history at Canadian Communications Foundation]

Revision as of 20:48, 20 January 2012

CKAV-FM
Broadcast areanational
Frequencyvarious
BrandingAboriginal Voices Radio
Programming
FormatAboriginal programming
Ownership
OwnerAboriginal Voices Radio Inc.
History
First air date
2002
Former call signs
CFIE

Aboriginal Voices Radio (AVR) Network is a Canadian national radio network with licensed radio stations in nine Canadian metropolitan areas, all which are licensed under the calls of Toronto flagship station CKAV-FM. It airs programming produced primarily by and for Aboriginal people in Canada, featuring music and personalities from around the world.

History

AVRN was founded in 1998 by a group of high-profile Aboriginal Canadians, including actor Gary Farmer, playwright, novelist and author Tomson Highway, filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin and actress/producer Jennifer Podemski. Other founders and key contributors to creation of the network included project manager and training coordinator Brian Wright-McLeod, Christopher Spence and Andre Morriseau (production and programming), John Matthews and Mark MacLeod (licencing), Robert Templeton and J. Robert Wood (corporate funding), Elaine Bomberry, David Deleary, Sherman Maness, Nicole Robertson, Minnie Two Shoes and Doug Bingley (strategic advice).

AVR's first station, CFIE-FM in Toronto, was licensed by the CRTC in 2000. CFIE changed its callsign to CKAV in 2006. AVR had previously operated on 106.3 FM (JUMP FM) for a short 6 day period in 1998 during the Aboriginal Voices Festival at Harbourfront Centre in Toronto.

The network's earliest and largest corporate sponsor is Newcap Broadcasting.

Some sources have confused the Aboriginal Voices network with the Aboriginal Multimedia Society of Alberta, which operates a distinct community radio network in rural northern Alberta that is not affiliated with Aboriginal Voices.

Station launches

The network has faced technical and logistical problems which have prevented it from launching some of the licensed stations listed below. For some of the stations, the network had applied to the CRTC for extensions five or six times as of the end of 2005. Since then, however, the network has moved forward with most of the approved licenses.[1]

Programming

AVR's playlist represents not only an American and Canadian presence but that of indigenous and diasporic performers from around the world, including Oceania, Africa and Latin America. Within the last two years more popular main-stream music has been introduced into AVR's playlist. The names below represent a sample of Aboriginal and diasporic artists that have been or are currently being aired. Occasionally, identities and/or song titles are announced on-air by prerecording.

Artists

Between every second or third song, AVR does insert their station identification.

Special programming

Fridays, between 10 PM and midnight ET, featured The Plex Show,[17] a showcase of Hip hop artists hosted by emcee Plex (Doug Bedard).[18] The last and only program to be produced for AVR has since been cancelled. {Doug Bedard AKA: Plex, 2009}

Weekend programming

Airplay on Sundays features Wisdom of the Elders with program host Arlie Neskahi (Dine' Navajo), a public radio talk show that showcases native culture, musicians, storytelling, drumming practices and flute playing. Co-hosts include educator and Herbalist Judy Bluehorse Skelton (Nez Perce-Chickasaw-Cherokee), music director Nico Wind (Assiniboine/Ojibway) and storyteller and song-carrier Judy Trejo among other recordings taken from the Smithsonian's Pulling Down the Clouds CD.[19]

Stations

On air

Licensed but not launched

Surrendered licenses

In 2009, the network surrendered its licenses for transmitters in Kitchener, Ontario (CKAV-FM-8, 102.5 MHz)[27] and Montreal (CKAV-FM-10, 106.7 MHz).[28]

On August 20, 2009, the CRTC approved an application by Canadian Hellenic Cable Radio (CHCR) to amend the broadcasting licence for its station in Montreal at 106.3 MHz, a second adjacent frequency to CKAV-FM-10 at 106.7 FM, requiring AVR to find an alternative frequency in the event of any interference with the signal of CKAV-FM-10.[29] As of January 2011, CHCR's station, CKIN-FM, has signed on at 106.3 MHz. Furthermore, CKIN-FM's sister station, CKDG-FM, filed an application with the CRTC to relocate that station to 106.7 MHz in May 2010.[30]

References

  1. ^ "CRTC public notice". Decision #2005-118. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  2. ^ "SAY Magazine © (2006)". Lindsay Knight recording artist. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  3. ^ MySpace.com "Leela Gilday". About Leela Gilday. Retrieved 2008-03-01. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  4. ^ "Makoché Records © (2000)". Featured Artist. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  5. ^ "Native America Calling © (2005)". Music Maker 2003: Chester Knight. Retrieved 2008-03-04.
  6. ^ "Wayne Lavallee © (2004)". Biography. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  7. ^ "Aboriginal Peoples Choice © (2007)". Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  8. ^ "Andrea Menard". Artist. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  9. ^ "Derek Miller". Contemporary. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  10. ^ "Zango Music (2008)". Out of the Ashes. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  11. ^ "The Pappy Johns Band". General Info. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  12. ^ "Tamara Podemski © 2008". Biography. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  13. ^ "NCI FM Aborignial Radio © (2008)". Ray St. Germain. Archived from the original on 2008-03-23. Retrieved 2008-03-03.
  14. ^ "Sandy Scofield © (2007)". About. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  15. ^ "Wacky Productions © (2001-2008)". Biography. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  16. ^ "MapleMusic Ltd. © (2000-2008)". Biography. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  17. ^ "AVR podcast". The Plex Show. Retrieved 2008-02-01.
  18. ^ "MySpace.com". About Plex. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  19. ^ "Wisdom of the Elders © (2004)". Radio Team. Retrieved 2008-03-01.
  20. ^ Decision CRTC 2001-172
  21. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2004-134
  22. ^ Decision CRTC 2001-627
  23. ^ Decision CRTC 2000-204
  24. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-258
  25. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-156
  26. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2007-155
  27. ^ CRTC Decision 2009-177
  28. ^ CRTC Decision 2009-178
  29. ^ Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2009-508
  30. ^ Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2010-271
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