Blogs
CKUT blogs are run by staff and volunteers. We archived a ton of our blog posts from our old websites below and will be adding more new stuff weekly.
Music Department
CKUT’s music programming emphasizes the uncommon, the new, and the daring.
This is CKUT's Music Department blog... weekly music charts, interviews with artists, reviews of local shows, and more.
EpicConcert.Wav: George Clanton at the SATosphere (POP 2026)
CKUT at FME: chatting with Mek’Dr’Dr
WHERE IT’S AT: LIVE BLUES & ROOTS MUSIC IN & AROUND MONTREAL
CKUT at FME: chatting with haha Laughing
Spoken Word
CKUT’s spoken word programming features alternative community news, public affairs and arts and culture shows. We cover queer culture, environmental and social justice issues, feminism, theatre, African and Latin American current affairs, Indigenous languages and more.
This is our blog!
Introducing “Small Little Foot Soldiers: A People’s History of the Anti-Apartheid Movement in Canada”
Five episodes from the Amandla! Radio Collective at CKUT 90.3 FM: the people who built Canada's anti-apartheid movement, in their own words. Episode 1 arrives November 9. Airing on…
Film Review: Summer 2000 – The X-Cetra Story (Film POP)
Screened as part of the POP Montréal festival, "Summer 2000 – The X-Cetra Story" documents the creation of Stardust, the DIY girl group X-Cetra’s sole album released in 2000, and t…
Film Review: The Eyes of Ghana
The 22nd edition of the Montreal International Black Film Festival opened with Ben Proudfoot’s documentary, "The Eyes of Ghana," which spotlights Chris Tsui Hesse, the personal cam…
Film Review: Filipiñana
What is the meaning of Filipiñana? Traditionally, it translates directly to Filipino culture in regards to its history and folklore such as music, literature, and identity. In Rafa…
Upstage talks The Sound of Dogs [Transcript]
The Sound of Dogs Collective is composed of Jennifer Roberts, Pamela Witcher, and Micheline Chevrier. The Collective was formed out of the artists’ mutual desire to amplify Deaf vo…
Time Capsule
A history of some of our most interesting stories, 1987-today.
Stories about the station in the form of interviews, audio clips, scanned materials, and more.
A History of Radio at McGill University
CKUT (founded in 1987) has roots going all the way back to early McGill radio projects in 1921... here's some of the history.
A History of CKUT Programming
Here is a list of every* show that has aired on CKUT since 1987.
Pioneer Grooves – Afro Caribbean Oral History Project Photos
A collection of pics by Kioni Picou from our 2024 Pioneer Grooves project.
A History of Older Women Live with Rose Marie Whalley
From A Piece of Chalk to the Microphone - A lookback at OWL’s 20 years at CKUT with Rose Marie Whalley!
CKUT’s Time Capsule ‘Zine
The Time Capsule blog in a nutshell. 30 Years of stories and station history crammed into 100 pages of paper and PDF. Check it out for a crash course in CKUT history.