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CKUT’s music programming emphasizes the uncommon, the new, and the daring. We have a variety of specialized music programs as well as open format programs that span many musical genres. DJs make their own musical selections, without the aid of a playlist, choosing from recordings sent to CKUT by artists and record companies around the world as well as from their own private collections.

CKUT’s spoken word programming features alternative news, public affairs and arts and culture shows.

Visit our schedule for a look at the weekly calendar. Click here to see a selection of some of our favourite recent episodes of CKUT programming.

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Programming News Spoken Word

Alternative Radio

Alternative Radio, established in 1986, is an award-winning weekly one-hour public affairs program offered free to all public radio stations in the U.S., Canada, Europe and beyond. AR provides information, analyses, and views that are frequently ignored or distorted in corporate media. With headquarters based in Boulder, Colorado and with only two full-time and two part-time paid staff, AR airs on almost 300 radio stations. Our project is sustained by donations and by listener purchases of season subscriptions, recordings, and transcripts. Airs on Grey Matters, Thursdays at 7pm.
Programming Arts & Culture Queer / LGBTQIA2S+ Seniors

Gay & Grey Live [ARCHIVED]

Gay & Grey Montreal is a social, mutual aid and sensitization network for English-speaking 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals over the age of 50 in Montreal and the surrounding area. We are committed to reducing isolation and improving the quality of life for 2SLGBTQIA+ seniors, while promoting appropriate services in a positive, caring environment for 2-spirited, lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer, intersex, asexual and anyone who identifies as belonging within this rainbow umbrella who lives in Montreal and Quebec.
Programming Arts & Culture Indigenous Other Language

All Kanien’kéha Radio [ARCHIVED]

All Kanien'kéha Radio is a rebroadcast of a show airing originally on Reviving Kanehsatà:ke Radio - RKR 101.7 FM in Kanehsatà:ke. It is entirely in Kanien'kéha, the Mohawk language. CKUT is proud to make this program available to its listeners. 2021-2024
Programming Community News Spoken Word

Local Journalism Initiative Stories

Funded by the Community Radio Fund of Canada, CKUT’s Local Journalism Initiative will publish local news stories from reporter Jules Bugiel. You can also read the stories as we publish them at https://ckut.ca/lji/.
Programming Feminism Spoken Word

WINGS

The Women’s International News Gathering Service (WINGS) has been raising women’s voices through radio worldwide since 1986. Airing during Dragonroot on alternating Mondays from 7-8pm.
Programming Arab World News Palestine

electronic intifada

An independent online news publication and educational resource focusing on Palestine, its people, politics, culture and place in the world.
Programming Critical Race Theory Environmentalism Healthcare

Democracy Now!

Democracy Now! produces a daily, global, independent news hour hosted by award-winning journalists Amy Goodman and Juan González. Our reporting includes breaking daily news headlines and in-depth interviews with people on the front lines of the world’s most pressing issues. On Democracy Now!, you’ll hear a diversity of voices speaking for themselves, providing a unique and sometimes provocative perspective on global events.
Programming Arts & Culture Canadian Politics Community News

Girls Meet World

Tackling everyday politics with a specific highlight on women. Each episode takes on a different issue specific to Gen Z culture: everything from cancel culture, identity on social media, to our unlimited access to knowledge.
Programming Community News En français Morning Magazine

Points de vue / Viewpoints

«Points de vue» est le nouveau magazine d’information produit par le Fonds canadien de la radio communautaire (FCRC). On y présente une sélection hebdomadaire de reportages produits par les équipes radio de l'Initiative de journalisme local (IJL) en poste à travers le Canada. "Viewpoints" is the latest podcast and news magazine produced by the Community Radio Fund of Canada (CRFC). It provides an overview of what’s happening across Canada, thanks to some 20 radio reporters posted across the country and working for the Local Journalism Initiative (LJI).
Programming Arts & Culture Environmentalism News

The Environment in Canada

A podcast about the environment in Canada (and sometimes elsewhere) by Sierra Club Canada. Topics include climate change, biodiversity, pollution, renewable energy democracy, and the Rights of Nature. Tune in and take action!
Programming Arts & Culture Queer / LGBTQIA2S+ Sex

Ask Miss Chris [ARCHIVED]

Miss Chris hosts the most recent iteration of our long-running queer issues show Queercorps. She interviews local queer and trans musicians, DJs, performers, etc. and takes your calls live on the air (514-448-4013). Tell her something good and she'll tell you something better.
Programming Community News Housing News

Radio Renoviction

Radio Renoviction is a new monthly radio program on CKUT, putting a human face to the wave of gentrification and renovictions plaguing Montreal. Once a month, we'll broadcast personal stories of displacement and provide information, analysis and solutions to this growing housing crisis affecting tenants everywhere. If you’ve had the misfortune of being renovicted and want to share your story, contact the team at: radiorenoviction@ckut.ca
Programming Arab World Arts & Culture Palestine

Radio AlHara

Radio Alhara راديو الحارة - Interviews with Musicians Stefan Christoff, host of Free City Radio, hosts a monthly artist interview series on Radio AlHara in Palestine.
Programming Spoken Word Student Life Worker's Rights

What’s Up With Work Lately? [ARCHIVED]

Youthful Cities is a social impact group that does community-action research on city affordability all across Canada and asks young people why it's so hard for them to survive, especially underserved, underrepresented people aged 15-29. We work with the municipalities of Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal and Calgary and host annual summits where we fund youth-designed projects. Hear members of Youthful Cities talk to Montrealers about the economic landscape and why anyone would want to work in Canada's broken system.
Programming Canadian Politics Media Criticism News

Harbinger Showcase

Weekly highlights from Canada’s #1 coast-to-coast community of politically and socially progressive podcasts including Alberta Advantage, The Breach Show, Tech Won’t Save Us, Press Progress Sources & 55 more. This podcast is syndicated for community and campus radio at CIUT 89.5FM in Toronto, CKUT 90.3FM in Montreal, CKUW 95.9FM in Winnipeg and at Vancouver Co-op Radio.
Programming Arts & Culture Spoken Word

Future Is Now [ARCHIVED]

FUTURE IS NOW is a podcast series exploring intersections between art and social change, produced by Z Gallery’s Shahrzad Arshadi and Caroline Künzle. The title comes from a song by German punk rock singer Nina Hagen. She sings: “1968 is over, it’s over, … Future Is Now! It’s really gonna be a better world.” Her lyrics express our feeling that change for a better world is happening right now, through the work of many. In each episode, we will tell you these stories of change: stories of artists and art projects that inspire us. As you listen, we hope they will inspire you too.
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Programming Arts & Culture Spoken Word

Other Worlds on Earth

A radio show of unapologetic romanticism and utopian yearning for people with unlimited vision. Expect deep dives into counter-culture, counter-history, altered states, ethnobotany, radical anthropology, esoteric explorations, and other worlds on Earth.
Programming Avant-garde Electronics Experimental

Show For Children

Show For Children brings high-quality enigmatic and eclectic voyages through sound to your listening device. You will hear audio from either anonymous or publicly disclosed/recognizable sources, as was commonplace with CKUT's late night programming throughout the early 90s.
Programming Arts & Culture En español Experimental

Noise Not Borders presents: La Hora del Ruido

Noise Not Borders is an independent emerging music and arts festival based in Tiohtià:ke aka Montreal. With the help of CKUT, we’re now happy to share our new radio show ‘Noise Not Borders presents: La Hora del Ruido” where we get to play music from bands that we feel represent the global underground scene.
Programming Feminism Science Student Life

STEMinism

A show that highlights new research being conducted by underrepresented groups in STEM. Hosted by Allie, Amelie, and Nour, STEMinism comprises a mashup of interviews with scientists, young and old, where we summarize and discuss new published research in a way that makes it easy for anyone to understand. We aim to make current research accessible to everyone, all the while playing some local tunes along the way.
Programming Ambient Avant-garde Everything

ATTIK

ATTIK is a program broadcasting to you on accident; Sometimes from specific places, other times general spaces, both imaginary and recalled. Every other week The Custodian, ATTIK’s solitary caretaker, produces an intimate audio capsule intended to capture the atmosphere of a specific coordinate in time.
Programming Feminism Spoken Word

Alright, Now What?

"Alright, Now What?" is a podcast from the Canadian Women’s Foundation. On the first Friday of every month, CKUT will air one new episode and two episodes from the archives where the CWF's experts and partners put an intersectional feminist lens on one topic or story we’ve all been hearing about.
Programming Arts & Culture Mental Health Spoken Word

Panacea

Panacea has the goal of initiating open conversations and reducing stigma surrounding mental health and mental illness. To do so, Michelle teaches 'mental health 101' and shares some of her own experiences living with mental illness. The positive impact that mental health literacy can have in your own life, and for the people around you, is what drives her. If her words can inspire empathy and change at least one person's perspective or make someone feel less alone, then she has done her job. Join us for some fun tunes and vulnerable conversations!
Programming Arts & Culture McGill Spoken Word

Voices of Montreal: New Voices

Wanna be on the radio? Join our Spoken Word Coordinator on the first Thursday of every month from 2-3pm to learn the ropes of live community radio. No experience or preparation necessary! Just email spokenword@ckut.ca if you want to join.