Category: Radio

Get ready for instalment # 62 of the continuing ‘78s from the crates’ series this week on Roy’s Record Room. Roy pulls out a stack of jazzy shellac from the likes of Kai’s Krazy Kats, the Four King Sisters, Tony Bennett, Joe Venuti’s Blue Four (vocal from Harold Arlen), the Country All-Stars (Chet, Homer, Jethro, Jerry Byrd), Peggy Lee with the Capitol Jazzmen, the King Cole Trio, and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, Aug 6^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA. Dial in for a cool stack of Jazzy 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

Roy dives into an eclectic batch of Summer Songs this week on RRR. You’ll hear all about beach parties, hot dogs, solid potato salad, heat waves, picking blackberries, going fishing, walking on a sidewalk hotter than a match head, and more

The spin begins this coming Sunday, July 30^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for an eclectic batch of Summer Songs on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

We’ll be rockin’ in the record room this Sunday as Roy pulls out a stack of red-hot shellac from the dawn of rock ‘n’ roll. See if you can sit still as he plays classic sides from Little Richard, Buddy Holly, LaVerne Baker, Fats Domino, the Hollywood Flames, Billy Lee Riley & his Little Green Men, Ronnie Self, Brenda Lee and many more – all blasting from the grooves of the original 1950s 78s.

The spin begins this Sunday, July 23^rd, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a Mid-Summer Rockin’ 78 Dance Party on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

Roy is in the mood for a bunch of Jazzy Gal 78s this week on Triple-R Radio. He’ll pull out a grand batch of shellac featuring stellar singers like Ivie Anderson with Duke Ellington, Gladys Palmer with Roy Eldridge, Laura Washington with Erskine Hawkins, Anita O’Day, Doris Day, Lena Horne, Nellie Lutcher and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, July 16th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in for an all-78 Jazzy Gal Shellac Shack Shuffle on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

If you like your blues with a bit of rhythm or your rhythm with a touch of blues, you’ll be right at home this week as Roy spins a stack of R&B 78s on Triple-R Radio. You’ll hear stellar sides from Anisteen Allen, Ruth Brown, Clyde McPhatter & The Drifters, Jay McShann, Jimmy Liggins & His Drops Of Joy, Huey ‘Piano’ Smith & The Clowns, Big Maybelle, Lonnie Johnson and more.

That’s Sunday, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for an R&B Shellac Shack Shuffle on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

Yep, it’s party time on Triple-R Radio. In honour of the July long weekend, Roy spins a lively mess of 78s from folks like Amos Milburn & His Aladdin Chickenshackers, Janis Martin, Tampa Red, the Maddox Brothers & Rose, Etta James, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Fats Domino, and so many more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, July 2^nd, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dig out your favourite libation and put on your rockin’ shoes as we celebrate the long weekend on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

Somebody call for the Doctor! That’s a phrase you’ll hear a bunch of times on this week’s edition of Triple-R Radio. Host, Roy Forbes, has scoured his slightly cluttered basement for physician-related tracks from the likes of John D. Loudermilk, Blossom Dearie, Dr. Humphrey Bate & His Possum Hunters, Jelly-Roll Morton’s Red-Hot Peppers, Aretha Franklin, the Spirits of Rhythm, Hank Williams, Doc Pomus, and many more.

The spin begins this Sunday, June 25^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Tune in to see who keeps their appointment with Doctor Roy on Roooy’s Record Room, the show that’s got the musical pills to cure your ills.

Roy’s back digging out more 78s from the crates this week on Triple-R Radio. He’s uncovered some stellar shellac from folks like Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies, Patsy Cline, Chick Bullock & His Levee Loungers, Kay Starr & Tennessee Ernie, the McCormick Brothers, Ella Mae Morse, and more.

The spin begins this coming Sunday, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA Radio. Dial in for a stack of fine 78s from the crates on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that feeds the future by honouring the past.

This week, on Triple-R Radio, Roy digs down deep into the extensive RRR 45 rpm archives for a star-studded playlist. As well as four early sides from Ike & Tina Turner, (in honour of Tina’s recent passing), you’ll hear platters that matter from Koko Taylor, Fred Neil, Sam Cooke, the Bob Seger System, Rusty & Doug, Bettye Swann, the 5 Royales, the Meters, Albert Collins, and more.

The spin begins this Sunday, June 11^th, 2 PM, Mountain, on donor supported CKUA. Dial in for an hour of 45s from the archives on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that revolves and reveals.

This week, Roy dips into the Triple-R Radio archives for a mini-history lesson with a stack of Canadian country and folk 78s. You’ll hear sides from small Canadian labels such as Aragon, Arrow, Quality and Biltmore as well as a few RCA Victor sides. Pioneering Canadian country artists include Myrna Lorrie, the Hillbilly Jewels, Lennie Siebert & The Calgary Chuckwagon Gang, Keray Regan, Arthur Scammel, Billy Guitar, Buddy Reynolds, and so many more.

If you’re at all curious about Canadian country and folk from 1943 through to 1958, tune in on Sunday, June 4th, 2 PM, Mountain for some Canadian country & folk 78s on Rooooy’s Record Room, the show that continues to revolve.