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CKUT’s “Prison Radio” was included in the will of someone previously incarcerated. As a result we were able to hire Gene as the coordinator of the Prison Radio show for a year. He educated us on a number of realities facing those behind babylon walls. Check out Soundcloud for archives of this programming.

He also told us how to make alcohol out of ketchup inside prison. Here is how you do it.

72 HR. PRISON KETCHUP BREW

Ingredients for a three-gallon ketchup brew:

1. 1. 3 lbs of sugar
  2. 1 gallon of ketchup
  3. 1 ripe orange or approx. 4 ounces of bread dough for our homemade yeast starter
  4. 3 gallons of warm water
  5. bicarbonate soda powder

Materials to make the brew:

1. 1. 1 (preferably 2) large plastic garbage bags
  2. any clean rubber tube, preferably at least 12 to 18 inches, ¼ to ½ inch internal diameter
  3. any plastic/glass jar and lid (a clean 500 gr to 1 lb peanut jar is ideal size)
  4. tape (hockey, medical, packaging) or even a shoelace will work
  5. pillow case(s) (3 or 4 would be ideal)
  6. cardboard box or footlocker or even a pillowcase will do here

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DJ Genius & The Prophet aired on CKUT early 90s. Two McGill students who dj’ed frat parties and then created a radio show and ruled the clubs with their blend of hip hop house and reggae. The Prophet aka Dave Welchsler, went on to be the Assistant Direct on Marvel Studios Neflix series as well other feature films. DJ Genius aka Jeremy Harding returned to Jamaica where he produced Beenie Man’s Who Am I? (Sim Simma) Assassin, Something’s Gotta Give, Mr. Vegas – Nike Air (Hands in the Air) and worked extensively with Sean Paul – just to drop a few names. Take a listen to Pat Dillon Moore catch up with Jeremy who is currently a lecturer (reggae in the digital age) at the University of West Indies in Kingston, Jamaica.

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Oral History in Conversation with Andy Williams

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30year Andy Williams

Sunday Aug 19th The Goods Radio show went live from Casa Del Popolo for a live interview with Andy Williams conducted by Doug Miller (co-host of Amandla, CKUT’s African News Programme since 1987). They go through Andy’s musical origins in Derby, England, Jamaica, Toronto, Lennoxville and now Montreal. He speaks of the music he listened to growing up and his insatiable hunt for sounds that are sweet to his ears.

Oral History with Martha Marie Kleinhams

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Marth Marie Kleinham

(above picture Donnie Rossiter and Martha Marie Kleinham)

As part of CKUT’s 30th Anniversary Oral History project, we interviewed Martha Marie Kleinhans who was one of the key driving forces behind CKUT’s fm licence application and move to FM. She says that Concordia University was expected to get the licence because of their active ties to the local scene however, CKUT’s (McGill) application put a strong focus on community programming and she believes this is what worked in the end. She also said there was some internal resistance as programmers knew that they would be evolving to a different kind of radio station. She volunteered prior to the license and ran for station manager on the basis of delivering the fm licence. She was the first station manager at CKUT 1986-87. She said she worked closely with Don Rossiter and had the help of McGill Legal Professor Dr. F.H. Buckley who said “they rejected my idea that they go All-Monkees, All the time.”

She and Donnie went around to various cultural communities with a large hypothetical grid and said “should we get the licence would you be interested in producing radio”.

“We got the licence based on a promise.” The rest is history.

Oral History with Andrea Jane Cornell

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Andrea Jane began listening to the CKUT radio show AACK as a teen. When in University Alex Moskos walked into her class and did a presentation. He mentioned volunteering opportunities at CKUT and before long she was filling in for Where’s the Beat , then became the Music Resource Coordinator and then Music Department Coordinator (2006 – 2011). She talks about the passion she had for the music library and some of the unexpected challenges she faced as Department Coordinator (like the time someone broadcasted a police scanner over the air!). She describes the listening experience as an eclectic mix and “just as you don’t know what your are going to hear when you tune in to CKUT, you do not know what your are going to encounter when you walk into the station”.

Oral History with Ian Pringle

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30year Ian

Ian Pringle was a Bookkeeper, then Spoken Word Coordinator from 1987-1991.

He discovered CKUT when he was a McGill student, assigned to do a piece on CKUT getting our FM license for the student newspaper The Tribune. Taken with the diversity and excitement of the station he became a volunteer and ultimately staff member. In this interview he talks about the passion and commitment to diversity and the democratization of media. He also talks about the profound impact people like Martha Marie Kleinhans, Lisa Vinebaum, Christof Migone and especially hosts of the Homo Show, David Shannon and Donnie Rossiter had on him. He also recollects the infamous and historic turning points in the Queer Community, the death of Joe Rose and the Sex Garage raid, police brutality and community uproar.

He went on to work internationally in communications and radio, and now resides in Ottawa.

Here are some links to the HIV/AIDS PSAs Ian mentions (warning: explicit content)

CKUT TIME CAPSULE

A history of some of our most interesting shit, 1987-Today.

Welcome to CKUT’s Time Capsule!

Welcome to CKUT’s Time Capsule!

1980’s AND Earlier

1990’s

2000’s

2010’s

25th Anniversary

30th Anniversary

Voices of CKUT Station id mid Nineties

How to make Prison Hooch

Protest and Pedagogy Funky Revolutions 2019

Oral History in Conversation with Andy Williams

Oral History with Martha Marie Kleinhams

Oral History with Andrea Jane Cornell

Oral History with Ian Pringle