Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 782 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 1:34 pm: | |
I finally donated money to a radio station and its public radio in canada(the motherland). Anyone else love this station? I know im stealing some elses thread idea. Support our brothers to the south. |
Jfried Member Username: Jfried
Post Number: 914 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 2:10 pm: | |
they were really pushing for u.s. donations earlier. "since wdet's daytime format changes, we're metro detroit & windsor's only daytime independent music source." I'm going to donate, too. |
Jfried Member Username: Jfried
Post Number: 915 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 2:11 pm: | |
Oh, yeah. I do miss wdet's afternoon music, but I have to say that bbc's "world have your say" is the most addictive radio around.... |
Cambrian Member Username: Cambrian
Post Number: 273 Registered: 08-2006
| Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 2:39 pm: | |
I like em' when I can get em in, their signal's so weak, I barely get them in at my house in Hazel Park. |
Upinottawa Member Username: Upinottawa
Post Number: 607 Registered: 09-2005
| Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 2:49 pm: | |
It appears that you can listen to the station live over the internet: http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/i ndex.html |
Yupislyr Member Username: Yupislyr
Post Number: 168 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 4:18 pm: | |
And they have mp3 archives of the past month's worth of programming. http://web2.uwindsor.ca/cjam/n vd_mp3.php I've been listening pretty often since I was 13 at least. They've always had a loyal U.S. following as I can tell. It was a big event when they finally got a local number for callers from Detroit. A couple of my favourite shows from days gone by were hosted by guys from Detroit, |
Goat Member Username: Goat
Post Number: 8952 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 4:42 pm: | |
CAmbrian, CJAM used to have a 50 watt signal, but due to donations that was changed to 1000 watts in about 1998 or there abouts. Keep those donations coming in and perhaps the station will increase that signal as well. |
Bussey Member Username: Bussey
Post Number: 301 Registered: 12-2003
| Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 7:23 pm: | |
fibonacci sequence rules! |
Jimaz Member Username: Jimaz
Post Number: 925 Registered: 12-2005
| Posted on Friday, November 03, 2006 - 8:47 pm: | |
´The numbers of clockwise and counterclockwise spirals in a pinecone are always adjacent numbers in the fibonacci sequence. |
Barnesfoto Member Username: Barnesfoto
Post Number: 2690 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 9:44 am: | |
yes, but it's not as good as it used to be. They continue to give all-talk slots to religous dullards with monotone voices...(ugh, Krishna Unconsciousness, anyone? My new discovery: WFMU in Jersey, perhaps the best radio station in the US: http://www.wfmu.org/ |
Rjlj Member Username: Rjlj
Post Number: 176 Registered: 11-2003
| Posted on Saturday, November 04, 2006 - 10:32 am: | |
I hope CJAM continues to grow. Detroit area radio is slowly coming beginning with 93.9FM |
Genesyxx Member Username: Genesyxx
Post Number: 610 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Monday, November 06, 2006 - 4:27 pm: | |
I love it when I can get it. I can only seem to get a good signal 2 blocks from the river. |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 783 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 11:20 am: | |
should get a signal almost everywhere in detroit proper. |
Oldredfordette Member Username: Oldredfordette
Post Number: 762 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 11:41 am: | |
Barnes, a pal of mine subs on the air at wfmu sometimes, I became aware of them through him. Their website is as good as their on-air. Wild and wooly. |
Sticks Member Username: Sticks
Post Number: 128 Registered: 08-2005
| Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 10:29 pm: | |
Mathematics is the language of nature. CJAM is the best radio station around here, sans maybe WHFR at HFCC. |
Yupislyr Member Username: Yupislyr
Post Number: 170 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 10:49 pm: | |
I was going to pipe up and say I love WHFR too, but I can usually only ever pick them up in my car. Oh well Anyway, CJAM raised $20,000 folks! Way to go |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 786 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 11:28 pm: | |
humm is that a lot for CJAM?? |
Yupislyr Member Username: Yupislyr
Post Number: 172 Registered: 07-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 11:46 pm: | |
Yes indeed. A new pledge drive record in fact |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 787 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Tuesday, November 07, 2006 - 11:48 pm: | |
maybe a stronger signal yippie |
Steelworker Member Username: Steelworker
Post Number: 790 Registered: 02-2004
| Posted on Wednesday, November 15, 2006 - 1:49 pm: | |
Any other station play indie rock fairly consistently as CJam? |