CKUA

CKUA is a Canadian radio station. Originally located at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, it now broadcasts from studios in downtown Edmonton and south Calgary. Created in 1927 through a provincial grant, CKUA was the first public broadcaster in Canada and also the first to offer educational radio programming, including music concerts, poetry readings, and university lectures.

Culture

CKUA is considered a cultural icon by many musicians throughout Canada. The station's will to support local artists has helped launch the careers of such renowned musicians as k.d. lang, Jann Arden, and Bruce Cockburn. In addition, the employ of CKUA has contributed to the careers of Arthur Hiller, Robert Goulet, and Tommy Banks, among others.

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K.d. lang - Jann Arden - Bruce Cockburn - Arthur Hiller - Robert Goulet - Tommy Banks

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CKUA schedules different programs througout the week and thus can offer many different genres. These include, but are not limited to: blues, bluegrass, R & B, Celtic, country, classical, jazz, reggae, house, hip hop, dance, funk, rock, and world music. CKUA's music library boasts one of the largest and most diverse music collections in Canada, with over 70 000 CDs, 50 000 LPs, and 10 000 78 rpm records, as well as a few aluminum transcription discs, 45s, and other various media formats. CKUA also continues its history of educational programming with its broadcast of telecourses offered by the music and history departments of Athabasca University on weeknights. A highlight of weekday programming is the daily Call of the Land, a farm and agribusiness news program rumoured to be the basis of the SCTV parody, "Farm Film Blow-Up".

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CD - LP - 78 rpm - Aluminum transcription discs - Athabasca University - SCTV

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