Category: Radio

Roy’s riding the 78 crate train again this week on Triple-R Radio. The stack of shellac covers the years 1909 (banjo virtuoso Vess L. Ossman) to 1956 (the Four Freshmen). In between you’ll hear unbeatable sides from the Trumpeteers, the Teen Queens, Peggy Lee, the Sons of the West, Jay McShann & His Jazz Men, Pee Wee Crayton, and so much more.

The spin begins this Sunday, November 26^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, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

This week on Triple-R Radio, Roy CELEBRATES CKUA’s upcoming 96^th birthday by spinning a stack of 78s released in 1927, the year CKUA came to be. You’ll hear an eclectic selection of shellac including some hot 20s dance bands, vintage jazz, classic Blues, Gospel, pop vocals, Hawaiian guitars, early entries in the Great American songbook, A Fiddler’s Convention in Georgia, and much more.

Dial in on Sunday, November 19^th, 2 PM, Mountain, to hear how sounds from 1927 continue to inform today’s music as RRR celebrates ninety-six years of CKUA on Rooooy’s Record Room. The show that revolves and reveals.

Roy just can’t stay away from those heavy old shellac platters. This Sunday, it’s all Jazz vocal 78s from the crates on Triple-R radio. Mr. Forbes spins a few sides from the likes of Lil Johnson, Anita O’Day with Gene Krupa. The Boswell Sisters, Julia Lee with Jay McShann, Louis Armstrong, the King Cole Trio, and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, November 12th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a stack of Jazz Vocal 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve.

This week on Triple-R Radio, Roy spins a stack of donor requests from the CKUA fall fundraiser. The playlist accurately reflects the taste of CKUA donors. Very eclectic. You’ll hear shellac and vinyl from Southbound Freeway, Ian & Sylvia, Slim Harpo. John Prine, Wilf Carter & the Calgary Stampeders, the Beatles, Billie Holiday, Earl ‘Fatha’ Hines, and more.

The spin begins this Sunday, November 5^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a bunch of Donor Requests on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve.

Roy’s back digging through some 78s from the crates this week on Triple-R Radio. Show # 66 in this endlessly ongoing series. You’ll hear slabs of shellac from artists like Polly Possum & Joe Wolverton with the Dog Patch Boys, Fats Waller, Marian Anderson, Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, the Penguins, Johnny Dodds’ Washboard Band, J. J. Johnson’s Be Boppers, and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, October 15^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for another eclectic batch of 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

It’s chow-down time this week on Triple-R Radio as Roy hosts his annual Thanksgiving Audio Pot Luck bash. King Curtis and his band will be dishing out a mess of Memphis soul stew. Washboard Sam is set to fry up some good old cabbage greens. Annette Hanshaw is cooking breakfast. Ella Mae Morse will be all buzzed up from forty cups of coffee. The Basin Street Boys are hoping for a knife, a fork, and a spoon. Pie will be supplied by the Beaver Valley Sweethearts, Blind Boy Fuller, and Bob Dylan.

There will be other tasty contributions from Moon Mullican, the Andrews Sisters, Tony Joe White, the Slim Gaillard Trio, Gary ‘US’ Bonds, and more.

The spin begins this Sunday, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Bring along your appetites for a Thanksgiving Audio Pot Luck on Roooooy’s Record Room, the show that’s always in the mood for food.

This week on RRR, Roy dives back into some 78s from the crates for episode # 65 in this ongoing series. The playlist covers the years 1913 to 1958 with shellac from Bert Williams, the Coasters, the Prairie Ramblers, Carolina Cotton with Bob Wills, Ella Mae Morse, Joe Liggins & His Honeydrippers, the Penguins, Don Byas, and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, September 24^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in to experience another eclectic batch of 78s from the crates on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals.

The original 1930s 78 labels called it ‘Hot String Band’. Later on, folks named it ‘Hillbilly Jazz’. On RRR, we’ll go with ‘Western Swing’, an exciting hybrid of country, blues, jazz, polka, big band, and then-current pop music. This Sunday, Roy plays a stack of vintage hot string band 78s from the likes of Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Patsy Montana & Her Pardners, Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, the Tune Wranglers, Texas Rose, King Ganam & His Sons Of The West, the Maddox Brothers & Rose, and more. All spinning from the original shellac discs.

The spin begins this Sunday, September 17^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Put on your dancing shoes for an hour of Western Swing at 78 rpm on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that just can’t get enough of that ah-ha.

Last September, CKUA’s Alberta Morning host, Grant Stovel, began a series of Triple-R Sneak Peeks, letting CKUA listeners know what might be coming up on Roy’s Record Room. After a summer break, Roy and Grant are about to resume the Sneak Peek series. In celebration, Roy spins a few Triple-R Sneak Peek highlights from the past. You’ll hear an eclectic batch of sides from Anita O’Day, the Washboard Rhythm Kings, Dr Feelgood & the Interns. Amalia Rodrigues, Cliff Richard & the Shadows, Dock Boggs, and more.

The spin begins on Sunday, September 10^th, 2 PM, <Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for a few Triple-R Sneak Peek highlights on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.