FANTINO: CKLN ‘HATE MONGERING’ March 2, 2005 Chief says CKLN anti-cop show hateful. Ryerson says they won't intervene.
CKLN out of the black, into the red January 21, 2004 By Amy Brown-Bowers CKLN is stuck in the 80s. At least that was the message taken away from the station’s annual general meeting last Wednesday. And with the state its finances are in, it seems the station’s pen and paper accounting methods should have expired along with mullets. Listeners, programmers, and volunteers were told the […]
Wanted: CKLN boss January 14, 2004 By Amy Brown-Bowers Hiring is on hold for a new station manager at CKLN because it says its finances are a mess. The station has been without a manager for five months after the last station manager, Conrad Collaco, resigned in August. The station received 26 resumes and interviewed 11 candidates for the position — […]
CKLN: Help Wanted September 10, 2003 By Joel Wass For the first time in over a decade CKLN will begin the school year without a station manager.
CKLN’s future spins in campus funding limbo October 2, 2002 Ryerson’s campus radio station, CKLN, is having to rely on savvy negotiating with creditors and broken equipment just to stay on the air.
CKLN’s foundation crumbles on paperwork February 6, 2002 Revenue Canada, tipped off by years of unfiled reports, took away CKLN’s Radio Foundation status last month.
Money in CKLN’s pocket November 7, 2001 By Caitlin Martella Ryerson’s campus radio station held fundFEST, their annual fundraising drive last week. Between Oct. 26 and Nov. 4 CKLN 88.1 FM surpassed their $125,000 goal. “We appreciate every donation from $5 to $1,000,” said CKLN station manager Conrad Collaco. “The money will help CKLN pay for staff wages, general operating expenses, new […]
Arts & Culture CKLN DJs go with the flow February 28, 2001 DJ X and Jemini are going live-to-air this Thursday on Toronto’s first commercial urban format station.
Features CKLN plays to the margins October 25, 2000 With its shoestring budget, Ryerson radio tunes in to music and opinions outside the mainstream.
Arts & Culture CKLN DJ turns her dream into reality March 1, 2000 Her experiences with the children compelled her to writer her own poetry. She remembers a man in the audience of one of her show objecting to a poem about child abuse. “He said, ‘Can’t we just hear something happy?’” she recalls. “But I said to him, ‘If you, a grown man, can’t listen to it, how do you think a nine-year old feels when she’s dealing with it on a day-to-day basis?’”
Arts & Culture CKLN fundFEST raises $120,000 in pledges November 3, 1999 By Emily Bowers CKLN’s annual fundraising campaign raised $125,000 in pledges this year, beating any amount raised in the past five years. Station manager Conrad Collao expects to collect an estimated $80,000 from people who come through with their pledges. That will beat last year’s $120,000 in pledges and $70,000 in returns. […]
CKLN will address recommendations, station manager says March 3, 1999 RyeSAC's board of directors will review the station's progress in September