DONATE at https://radiowaterloo.ca/how-to/donate/
I created the audio track of this radio promo for the 2025 Spring Fundraiser for Waterloo Region’s best Community Radio Station.
Radio Days
My mother appeared on the legendary CKNX Radio Station (home of the CKNX Barn Dance) in Wingham, Ontario before she’d even met my dad. A shared love of country music got my parents together, and they became the “Pine River Sweethearts.”
My father hosted his own country & western music radio show on a (or maybe the) local radio station in Kitchener-Waterloo (which is now part of Waterloo Region).
CKMS Radio Waterloo
is a CRTC regulated Community Broadcaster, located at 102.7 on the FM dial, broadcasting over the airwaves in Waterloo Region, Ontario. Many of the shows generate podcasts or videos for the station’s @RadioWaterloo Youtube Channel. In the 21st century it can also be streamed anywhere in the world online at https://radiowaterloo.ca/
Ordinarily a donation of $24 buys you a year long CKMS membership, which comes with a certificate to host your own broadcast radio show., which is why I’ve included the photo of my family performing on Dad’s. The reason I’ve included the black and white photo of my Dad, Lynn Russwurm, with my brother Lance Russwurm, and mother, Laura Gaede Russwurm, performing on Dad’s show is because my promo centers around this opportunity, which cost just $20 during the week long fundraising campaign.
Although the fundraiser is over, the non-profit volunteer driven CKMS can always use any donation you care to make. (And if you mention this video, you might still be able to get the reduced rate!)
DONATE at https://radiowaterloo.ca/how-to/donate/
Picture Track
To turn it into a video, I added various photos I’ve taken at CKMS over the years, beginning with the Agriculture show, where host Jeff Stager interviewed my husband Bob Jonkman, when he was a candidate for the Green Party of Canada in 2015. These were photographed at the previous CKMS location in Waterloo (next door to Ethel’s Lounge). In his post-politics life, Bob began volunteering at CKMS, and now involved in some show work, as well as providing technical support.
Photo Credits
Appearing in the video:
• Jeff Stager (CKMS “The Agriculture Show:)
• Bob Jonkman (GPC 2015, GPO 2018, CKMS show host)
• Michael Harris (2015 Ontario Progressive Conservative Party MP)
• David Weber (Green Party of Ontario, 2018)
• Lynn Russwurm
• Lance Russwurm
• Laura Gaede Russwurm
• Ethan Russell (Green Party of Canada, 2025)
• Maya Bozorgzad (New Democratic Party, 2025)
• Darren Bondy (Maya’s campaign manager)
With the exception of my b&w Russwurm family radio station photo and the two
Sound Credits:
I had a lot of fun putting this together, and would like to thank all the creators who shared their sound work under sharable free culture licenses at Freesound.
pistol_riccochet.ogg by Diboz
https://freesound.org/s/213925/
License: Creative Commons 0
[ MPooman ] Horse Sounds (SE515) (High Quality) by MPooman
https://freesound.org/s/681727/
License: Creative Commons 0
CGC-castanets by suonisordi
https://freesound.org/s/737094/
License: Creative Commons 0
Because I used only the 1st musical phrase (a fraction of a second) from the following piece by LittleAlienXXX (credited below) I believe it would constitute a "fair use,” and would not require attribution under copyright law. Regardless, as a free culture advocate, if at all possible I always provide attribution, even of public domain works.
The_good_the_bad_&_the_ugly_02.wav by LittleAlienXXX
https://freesound.org/s/369402/
License: Attribution 3.0
I also used my own recording of wild birdsong in the morning in my own back yard… which I’m planning to upload to Freesound shortly, along with a few other sound files. (Licenced CC0, of course!)