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CKUT-FM
City of license	Montreal, Quebec
Broadcast area	Greater Montreal area
Branding	90.3 FM CKUT MoNtReal
Frequency	90.3 MHz
First air date	1989
Format	campus radio
ERP	5.6 kW
Class	B
Callsign meaning	n/a
Owner	Radio McGill (non-profit organisation)
Website	http://www.ckut.ca

CKUT-FM is the official campus radio station of McGill University. It can be heard at 90.3 FM in Montreal, 91.7 on cable, or on the CKUT website [1]. CKUT's FM signal, broadcast from a tower on the top of Mont Royal, reaches as far as the Eastern Townships and Upstate New York. CKUT was voted as the Best Radio Station in The Montreal Mirror's Best of Montreal Readers Poll for 2006.

CKUT's programing is produced by more than 200 volunteers - McGill students and members of the community. The station also employs a handful of full time coordinators. The station's format is freeform in that each programmer is responsible for choosing music without regard to commercial interests.

A great variety of music and spoken-word shows are broadcast daily in a multiplicity of languages, including English, French, Korean, Hindi, and Haitian Creole.

CKUT established and has for the last three years hosted the annual Canadian Homelessness Marathon. Every February, the marathon broadcasts fourteen hours of live programing on homelessness in Canada from the streets of Montreal.

Contents 1 Controversy 2 Programs 2.1 Voice of Korea 2.2 Macondo & el Club de los Feos 3 References 4 External links

In the past few years, criticisms have been levelled against CKUT claiming that they take student support for granted and are not committed to the McGill campus community. Critics alleged that CKUT's radio broadcasts could not be heard from McGill's Upper Residences, the station had a low profile on campus, and the absence of any McGill-centric or McGill-hosted content. These criticisms came to a head in Spring 2006 when the SSMU held a referendum to decide whether or not to continue being affiliated with CKUT. In the end the students decided to maintain affiliation, although another referendum held in March 2007 rejected a proposed fee increase.

Among CKUT's many programs are:

• Caravan, hosted by Samaa Elibyari
• Dobbin's Den, hosted by Len Dobbin
• Freekick, hosted by David Macaulay and Shawn Kennedy
• Folk Directions, hosted by Gerry Goodfriend, that includes 30 minute pre-recorded segments of Folk Roots/Folk Branches, hosted by Mike Regenstreif. Folk Directions replaced Folk Roots/Folk Branches in September of 2007.
• The Hearing Trumpet, hosted by Iain Cook
• International Radio Report, hosted by Janice and Steve Karlock
• Latin Time - Tiempo Latino, hosted by Sergio Martinez
• Macondo & El Club de los Feos, hosted by Juan-Carlos Quintana, DJ Irwin Franco, and Diego Puente "El Farandulero"
• Native Solidarity News, hosted by the Native Solidarity News Collective
• No I'm Iron Man, hosted by Dan Maxham and Detroit Burns
• Off The Hook, hosted by DJ Buddablaze , Revolution and Flow
• Off The Hour, hosted by the Community News Collective
• Samedi Midi, hosted by Raymond Laurent
• Underground Sounds, hosted by Agata Desantis
• Voice of Korea
• WeFunk, hosted by Professor Groove and DJ Static
• West Indian Rhythms, hosted by Howard "Stretch" Carr
• Where's the Beat?, hosted by Eliot Handelman

Voice of Korea ^[1] is an hour-long program broadcast every Tuesday at 2PM. Entirely created by volunteers composed of 1st and 2nd-generation Koreans as well as other Asians, Voice of Korea features content for both the local Korean Community and local residents through its bilingual (English and Korean) programming.

Each show contains:

• International News
• Local Korean Community News
• Weekly Event Calendar
• Korean Movie Preview
• Korean Culture Feature Story
• Language Exchange for learning Korean and French
• Top 5 Korean movies and songs for the week

Macondo & el Club de los Feos ^[2]"Macondo & El Club de los Feos" is a two hour show that plays Latin music, Salsa, merengue Bachata and Ballads . Show in English, French and Spanish.

The Show is divided in 4 segments:

• El set de Salsa Clásica pal que sabe y el que no que aprenda
• El Haha Mix, Las novedades
• La Pausa Cuchi Cuchi
• Aqui mando yo (we play what you want)

1. ^ Official website for Voice of Korea
2. ^ Official website for Macondo & El Club de los Feos

• CKUT 90.3 FM official website
• Homelessness Marathon Website
• Folk Directions with Gerry Goodfriend
• Official Freekick website
• Dobbin's Den

McGill University

Academics	Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences • Faculty of Arts • Faculty of Dentistry • Faculty of Education • Faculty of Engineering • Faculty of Law • Desautels Faculty of Management • Faculty of Medicine • Schulich School of Music • Faculty of Religious Studies • Faculty of Science • Centre for Continuing Education
Campus	Macdonald Campus • McGill University Health Centre • Osler Library • Redpath Museum • Royal Victoria Hospital
Athletics	Molson Stadium • McGill Redmen • McGill Martlets • McGill-Queen's Rivalry
Student life	CKUT-FM • Le Délit français • McGill Daily • McGill Tribune • Students' Society of McGill University

v • d • e Radio stations in Montreal
Montreal AM	CINF 690 • CKAC 730 • CJAD 800 • CINW 940 • CKGM 990 • CJMS 1040 • CFMB 1280 • CHOU 1450 • CFAV 1570 • CJWI 1610 • CJRS 1650 • CJLO 1690 •
Montreal FM	CBME 88.5 • CISM 89.3 • CKUT 90.3 • CIRA 91.3 • CKLX 91.9 • CFQR 92.5 • CBM 93.5 • CKMF 94.3 • CBF 95.1 • CJFM 95.9 • CKOI 96.9 • CHOM 97.7 • CJPX 99.5 • CBFX 100.7 • CIBL 101.5 • CINQ 102.3 • CKDG 105.1 • CKAV-10 106.7 • CITE 107.3
Adjacent Communities	Châteauguay: CHAI 101.9 • Joliette: CJLM 103.5 • Kahnawake: CKRK 103.7 • Lachute: CJLA 104.9 • Laval: CFGL 105.7 • Longueuil: CHMP 98.5 • CHAA 103.3 Saint-Hyacinthe: CFEI 106.5 • Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu: CFZZ 104.1 • Saint-Jérôme: CIME 103.9 • Valleyfield: CKOD 103.1
Quebec Radio Markets: Abitibi-Témiscamingue • Gatineau • Montreal • Quebec City • Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean • Sherbrooke/Estrie See also: List of radio stations in Quebec