Category: Radio

Join RRR host Roy Forbes, along with CKUA’s World Spinning / Very Early Music host, Lark Clark, as they team up to raise some cash for donor supported CKUA Radio. Roy has put together an eclectic, exciting stack of fab 45s for the occasion, designed to inspire you to donate.

Can’t stop. Won’t stop. Tune in for a rollicking hour of seven-inch platters this coming Sunday, April 27th, 2 PM, Mountain as Roy and Lark invite you to donate to the best little radio station on the planet. The show is Roy’s Record Room. The station is CKUA. The Spring fundraiser goal? A cool million!

Roy and Lark look forward to hearing from you on Sunday. For complete info, head on over to www.ckua.com.

Listen live. Or, this episode of RRR will be available ‘on demand’ for seven days after the first broadcast – ondemand.ckua.com.

Roy’s back with the shellac this week on Triple-R Radio with episode # 79 in the ongoing ‘78s from the crates’ series. You’ll hear an eclectic batch of sides from the Ipana Troubadours, Sarah Vaughan, the Rice Brothers Gang, Les Paul & Mary Ford, Kai Winding’s New Jazz Group, Bonnie Guitar, and so many more.

The spin begins Sunday, April 13^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a cool batch of 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, revolving and revealing since 2006.

Listen live. Or, this episode of RRR will be available ‘on demand’ for seven days after the first broadcast – ondemand.ckua.com

This weekend, Roy Forbes marks nineteen years of Triple-R Radio on CKUA by spinning a bunch of Listener Highlights sent in by faithful RRR tuner-inners. It’ll be the usual eclectic musical ride, ranging from the early 60s twangy guitar instro sounds of Calgary’s Esquires to a vintage 1903 recording from banjo virtuoso, Vess L. Ossman. In between, you’ll hear some Western Swing, jump blues, yodeling, hard Soul, Jazz, Canadian country, rockabilly, and so much more. All chosen by the folks who tune in to The Room every week.

Join the celebration of this long-running radio show on Sunday, April 6^th, 2 PM, Mountain, via CKUA. We’re marking nineteen years of revolving and revealing on Rooooy’s Record Room.

Listen live. Or, this episode of RRR will be available ‘on demand’ for seven days after the first broadcast – ondemand.ckua.com

This week, Roy spins a mini-history of Country Music Women at 78 rpm. Ranging from 1927 to 1958, the playlist includes shellac gems from the Girls of the Golden West, the Carter Family, Texas Ruby, Patsy Montana, the Coon Creek girls, and more. He also shines the spotlight on Canadian Country music women such as Lucille Starr, Vivian Brown, and Myrna Lorrie.

The spin begins Sunday, March 30^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for Country Music Women at 78 rpm on Rooooy’s Record Room, revolving and revealing since April 2006.

Listen live. Or, this episode of RRR will be available ‘on demand’ for seven days after the first broadcast – ondemand.ckua.com

This week, on RRR, Roy hits the magic number of 78 in his ongoing ‘78s from the crates’ series. Ranging from 1917 to 1957, you’ll hear shellac sides from Sir Lancelot with Gerald Clark’s Caribbean Serenaders, Benny Goodman with Jimmy Ricks, the Whippoorwills, Jack Clark & his 7-V-4 Ranch Boys, Little Richard, the Golden Gate Quartet, and more.

The spin begins Sunday, March 23^rd, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a few 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, revolving and revealing since 2006.

Listen live. Or, this episode of RRR will be available ‘on demand’ for seven days after the first broadcast – ondemand.ckua.com

This week, Roy serves up some Jazz at 78 rpm on Triple-R Radio. He’ll play some cool sides from Anita O’Day, King Ganam & his Sons of the West, Stuff Smith & his Onyx Club Boys, Joe Venuti & Eddie Lang, Billie Holiday with Artie Shaw, Coleman Hawkins, and more.

The spin begins Sunday, March 16^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a mess of Jazz at 78 rpm on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that plays the platters to reveal what matters.

Listen Live! Or, this episode of RRR will be available ‘on demand’ for seven days after the first broadcast – ondemand.ckua.com

MORE TITTERINGTON WESTERN SWING/COUNTRY 78s ON ROY’S RECORD ROOM

This week, Roy gets back into that incredible stack of 78s gifted to Triple-R Radio in 2011 by Calgary music historian/collector, Keith Titterington. You’ll hear early Canadian C&W from Don Messer & His Islanders, Keray Regan, and Buddy Reynolds with the Rhythm Pals. Some early Johnny Cash, recorded for Sun. A bit of Western Swing from the Frontiersmen, the Modern Mountaineers as well as Bob Wills. Throw in some Old Timey shellac from the Arthur Smith Trio and you’ve got an eclectic hour of Country related music, blasting from the grooves of the original 78s.

The spin begins Sunday, March 9^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Hold on to your saddle horn as we gallop through a fine mess of C&W/Western Swing shellac on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that lives to revolve and reveal.

Listen Live! Or, this episode of RRR will be available ‘on demand’ for seven days after the first broadcast – ondemand.ckua.com

Roy’s back in 45-land this week on RRR as he works his way through another fresh stack of singles from folks like Anna King, Otis Clay, Zoot Sims with Jim Hall, Merry Clayton, Bobby Vee & the Shadows, Jimmy Reed, Dinah Washington, and more.

The spin begins Sunday, March 2^nd, 2 PM, Mountain, on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that features undiscovered gems as well as classics in a fresh context.

It’s time for Triple-R Radio’s annual Mid-Winter Rockin’ 78 Dance party. In celebration of Black History Month, you’ll hear essential shellac from black rock ‘n’ rollers like LaVerne Baker, Bo Diddley, the Midnighters, Little Richard, the Heartbeats, Chuck Berry, the Cadillacs, Etta James, Tommy Edwards, and many more.

The spin begins this Sunday, February 23^rd, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for the annual Mid-Winter Rockin’ 78 Dance Party on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that spins the platters to reveal what matters.