A History of CKUT’s Funding Drive
Since 1990, CKUT has held an annual funding drive where we ask our listeners to donate and help keep the station alive and well.
Since 1990, CKUT has held an annual funding drive where we ask our listeners to donate and help keep the station alive and well.
Here are some of our favourite Funding Drive moments from our archives. We’ll be adding more as we find them.
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Longtime CKUT d.j. Andy Williams links up with Mike Mission (Masters at Work), Phil Vassel (Canada Black Music Archives), Mark Campbell (Afrosonics Lab), ZipLoks + Manchilde (Butta Babees) to talk all things Black music in Montreal, with a focus on the underground Hip-Hop scenes of the 90s and 00s.
Listen back to three hours of Montreal Black music history reuniting Stretch and his DJ/partner the legendary Butcher T. Featuring interviews with Clement Davis (Jamdown Productions), and local reggae star Vernon Maytone. Produced in collaboration with the Canada Black Music Archives and U of T's Afrosonic Innovation Lab.
Interviews with the legendary venue owner David Torné, pianist David Bontemps, and GRAMMY-winning Montreal musician Fitz Pageot, in collaboration with the Canada Black Music Archives and U of T's Afrosonic Innovation Lab.
Butcher T, Phil Vassel, and Mark Campbell sit down for a dive deep into Montreal Black music history, featuring special guests guitarist Kat Dyson (Prince, George Clinton and the P-Funk AllStars, Bo Diddley, BB King, Chaka Khan, Stevie Wonder…), radio pioneer Mike Williams, and Montreal rap pioneer Blondie B.
Legends in the studio today again... Canada’s longest running reggae program kicks off the Takeover with two hours of Black music history in Montreal with local superstar Jah Cutta, Montreal reggae radio icon Janice (JD) Dayle, Virgo soundsystem originator Johnny Black and current host of the program, DJ Roger Moore. In collaboration with the Canada Black Music Archives and U of T's Afrosonic Innovation Lab.
CKUT's local journalist was on the scene at Sunday's Wild Pride march, where protesters made the link between queer and Palestinian liberation. Attendees told CKUT about their discontent with corporate Pride, which they say has strayed too far from the festival's radical roots.
Based in Vancouver, DULF ran a compassion club that provided tested, pure drugs to users to prevent overdoses. Not a single person died. Now, their founders are facing life in prison. Co-founder Eris Nyx spoke about drug user rights, harm reduction, and the criminalization of care, on Thursday June 26, 2025, in the SSMU Ballroom at McGill University. Find out more about DULF and donate to the legal fund at dulf.ca
The RISE Reggae Fest crew interviews the legendary dancehall deejay LADY G and chats about the upcoming fest.
Sometimes a record reaches CKUT's library that's so good you find a whole new niche of music. From more "traditional" country/western music to fusion to country-disco to some modern tunes... this show explores country music coming from Africa!
Prison Radio spoke with Amy Matychuk, Leon Laidlaw, and Rain from Prisoner Correspondence Project, and Louise Nachet from Mouvement transfeminist, to find out some facts about what trans people face in prison.
Join MC the Natural for a new edition of Freeform Air, CKUT's volunteer-run open format program. Ebbs and flows on the road of life; from DnB to jazz, ambient to hip-hop and every thing in between.
Hear from CKUT's News Collective as they cover the current state of Montréal's housing crisis with local organizations HOJO, SLAM-MATU, and RCLALC.
Join Kiva and Stefan for another Suoni Per Il Popolo takeover of The Montreal Sessions, a monthly artist-in-residency program highlighting local musicians, labels, and festivals.
CKUT's in-house journalist Jules details local news stories from this week, on topics such as climate, safe-consumption, and Quebec's latest language and culture bill.