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CJSR is winding up its Fund Drive as CKUA launches there's.
And Both give you TAX Receipts for your $$$$$$$.

And they both offer you swag and prizes over and above that!!

And as an added incentive both the Alberta and Federal governments will top up them donations. So support YOUR radio. Public Radio for the People.

You can listen to both stations online via your computer so donations can come from anywhere in Alberta, Canada, around the world (no tax reciept for you though, bwaa)

FunDrive is on!

Just 23 hours and 52 minutes till Fundrive is over!
We're already 88.2% through it!

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• Campaign Starts Tomorrow!
• Calgary Dances the Night Away!

Campaign Starts Tomorrow!

Are you ready? We are!! A fantastic new phone system is in place, excellent volunteers are anxious for your calls, and all CKUA staff are ready to make this the BEST campaign yet!

The fun begins tomorrow at 6 AM! Make your pledge online or call in to speak to one of our awesome volunteers. While you are here - online, I mean - be sure to check out the fabulous prize line up...which do you want to win??

We wish you all the best of luck and thank you in advance for showing your support, and celebrating this amazing 80 year old radio station with us. With your support, we look forward to celebrating the next 80 years.

"Thank you so much for what you do. I love that I can listen to Canada (home) and the whole world on CKUA via the internet...you enrich and enliven me every day."
Connie - Eugene, Oregon

SEE:

CKUA: Ten Years After The Privatization Putsch

The End of Public ACCESS

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Alberta's First Killer Tornado

Twenty years ago today was declared Black Friday in Edmonton, when an F4 Tornado hit the city killing 27 people. The majority of those killed lived in Evergreen Trailer park.

It was the worst natural disaster in the city and provinces history, and unexpected since Alberta never had Tornado's before that day.

Today we have an advanced province wide emergency weather reporting system, the only one of its kind in Canada, which operates through CKUA radio.

And it has been broadcasting last night and this morning about Tornado's in the south of the province.

Climate Change, nah nothing to worry about.


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Tornado In Southern Alberta

CKUA is reporting that a Tornado has touched down in Crossfield, Alberta, and is moving east at 40 clicks per hour. We have severe weather warnings across the province and Tornado watches in the south; Wheatland, Ardrie, Rockyview, Strathmore, Vulcan, Drumheller, etc.

The Alberta Emergency Public Warning System was created following the 1987 Edmonton Tornado as a joint public alerting initiative with CKUA funded by the Alberta Government.

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CKUA: Ten Years After The Privatization Putsch

CKUA the Alberta non profit public radio station is doing it's annual spring fund raiser.

CKUA is celebrating the tenth anniversary of the attempted privatization putsch that led to the closing of the station resulting in mass public protests and activism that got it back on the air. See my The End of Public ACCESS

That was the first ever fund raiser for the formally publicly funded station. And it has been going ever since.

It was begun eighty years ago in 1927 as a public broadcaster, founded as University of Alberta Radio. Today that tradition of public community broadcasting remains on campuses across Canada, including CJSR at the U of A.

Both stations now do annual fund raisers and for Canadians these are charitable tax write offs.

If you are an Albertan the government has increased the value of charitable donations as tax write offs in their last budget, " The charitable donations tax credit will almost double to 21 per cent.",as has the Federal Conservatives.

So dig deep and donate, and save yourself some taxes and support damn fine radio.

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