CKVI Radio Focus Program
Who are we?
CKVI Radio is a CRTC-licensed community radio station,
housed at Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute
in Kingston, Ontario. It is the first such station in
Canada. The radio station is operated in conjunction
with a county-wide high school radio program of the
Limestone District School Board. It can be found at
91.9 on your FM dial.
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CKVI's Broadcasters
CKVI and the radio broadcasting focus program of high
school students who run it are indeed unique. Students
come from miles around the city of Kingston, Ontario,
Canada, to work exclusively at the radio station for
a semester of classes. There is a daily classroom period
where a whole curriculum devoted to radio is taught.
Students also earn credits for working at keeping the
station broadcasting by doing interviews, programming
some specialty shows, and learning to follow computer
generated logs for preprogrammed shows. They help organize
benefit concerts by high school bands --there are many
in Kingston-- to help raise funds for the station. They
learn about microphone use, delivery, digital editing,
sound production, “Person on the street”
contact and interview techniques. The interviews include
community organization representatives, people in the
news, visiting dignitaries, experts or people with specialized
knowledge , and of course interviews with the bands
whose music we play at our station.
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Radio and Broadcast Journalism Focus Program
Program Type: Articulation
Program Length: One Semester
Credits:
-Media English EMS 3O (One Credit)
-Radio Co-op EMS 3O (Two Credits)
Program Description:
As a student in this program you’ll learn about
radio and broadcast journalism while working at Kingston’s
most interesting radio station CKVI 91.9fm The Cave.
CKVI Radio is located inside KCVI and broadcasts to
the city at 91.9fm and to the world on the internet
at www.thecave.ca.
Become an on-air host, producer, editor, reporter, news
reader and interviewer as you help run an actual radio
station.
Training is provided in basic technical skills including
the use of on-air equipment, recording equipment and
computer editing software.
Music lovers host shows featuring the best in Alternative
Rock as well as Jazz, Blues, Funk, Soul, Classical and
World Music. Hosts also do interviews with local and
national recording artists.
Young journalists deliver hourly newscasts, produce
and host daily spoken word programs, and produce radio
documentaries. Interviewers also speak with local, provincial
and national political figures and celebrities.
Classes teach the fundamentals of broadcast writing
including “writing for the ear”, news writing,
creating broadcast scripts, movie and theatre reviews,
and radio documentaries.
You’ll leave the Radio and Broadcast Journalism
Program with a demo CD of your best work, the hands-on
experience you need to study radio or journalism after
high school and the skills to function in our media
rich society.
For more information or to arrange
a visit call
Tim Orpin (Student Services) 544-4811
Anthony Harty (Station Manager) 544-7864
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THANKS
K.C.V.I. student, Matt White, for his help in redeveloping
the site in 2004.
K.C.V.I. student, Jason Sutherland, for his help in
redeveloping the site in 2003.
Faculty of Education student teacher candidate, Carinna
Pellett (B. Ed. 2003) who redeveloped the site in 2003.
K.C.V.I student, Torrie Scilley, for additions and
updates to this site from Spring of 2000 to 2002.
Faculty of Education teacher candidates, Chad Norbraten
(B.Ed. 2000), and Maurizio Romano (B.Ed. 2000) who updated
this site in the Winter of 1999.
K.C.V.I. student, Graeme McGaw, for his creative excellence
in developing the page.
Dan Aykroyd (AKA: Blues Brother, Elwood Blues) for
making a large donation to our blues library.
Queen's University Professor of Education, Bill Egnatoff,
for continued support and for introducing the Cave to
all the people who helped make the Net Radio project
possible, which included:
Donna Hamilton and Marco Giacomello from Queen's University
Information Technology Services, who orchestrated the
link; and Marco again for his continued technical support;
Faculty of Education teacher candidates, Pete Pereira
(B.Ed. 1998) and Rick Alexanderson (B.Ed. 1999) who
offered development support.
The
Limestone District School Board
Queen's
University
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