CFRC Prison Radio

12/26/2024

Write to (currently less famous Italian prisoner who also targeted a CEO), Alfredo Cospito!
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Alfredo Cospito
�C.C. “G. Bacchiddu” Strada provinciale 56
n. 4 Localitá Bancali�
07100 Sassari
�Italy

Find out more about Alfredo is our latest episode at cfrc.ca and on the 2024 Anarchist Prisoner List at the URL solidarity.international

12/25/2024

NEW SHOW TONIGHT - 7pm on CFRC 101.9fm
Tune in live of listen after at cfrc.ca
AKA Autonomous Social Centre
Certain Days: Freedom for Political Prisoners Calendar

12/15/2024

We are planning on having the first Calls From Home back on Wednesday December 25th. at 7pm!! (Deadline to get a message on the air for this show is Dec. 24.)

We have a new phone number for leaving voicemails:
613 917 1390

Or e-mail: [email protected]

Get in touch by phone or e-mail with:
- voicemails to be played on air
- messages to be read on air
- song/poem requests & dedications
- contact ideas / to discuss collaborations or interviews

You can also send in letters to:
Calls From Home / Prison Radio�CFRC Radio�62 Fifth Field Company Lane
Lower Carruthers Hall
Queens University
Kingston ON
K7L 3N6

Upcoming Show Schedule

CALL FROM HOME 7PM WED
December 25th
January 22nd
February 19th
March 19th

PRISON RADIO 7PM WED
January 8th
February 5th
March 5th
April 2nd

(Also please note this page is at risk of being shut down - please join this group if you have not already >> https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1ELiqsfbFF/ )

10/24/2024

Hi all,
Good news! Prison Radio and Calls from Home will returning the CFRC 101.9fm airwaves! A new crew of anarchists and abolitionists is working to get the show back up before the end of the year. We will post more details here, on our instagram page and website shortly. https://cfrcprisonradio.wordpress.com/
If you would like to send us a message for Calls from Home, we will be posting a new number soon and you can always leave a note or a voice memo in our email at [email protected].
Please be sure to follow CFRC 101.9fm for new scheduling details (and incase Meta follows through on their threat to block this fb account ;) )

Tune in every Wednesday from 7-8pm EST on CFRC 101.9fm or cfrc.ca

07/12/2024

Hello friends, abolitionists and CPR supporters,

I’m so sad to finally have to send this email but I just wanted everyone to know that after 13 good years on the air on CFRC I plan to cancel the Prison Radio Show in Kingston as of September. There will also be no Prisoners’ Justice Day special broadcast this August 10th for the first time in 16 years. I believe the show is still relevant and we were still getting great input and engagement from local prisoners up until the end but I’ve been unable to recruit collective members for several years now and my life circumstances have changed (mainly I have at toddler now and live an hour from the radio station). It’s been a long time since I did a good job hosting the show and I think it’s time to admit that it’s over.

If anyone is reading this and feels inspired to take over the show in Kingston and keep it on the air please do get in touch! I’d be more than happy to train somebody and share all that I know for the sake of keeping things going and would even help you with hosting on occasion, I just can’t do it on my own anymore.

I also want to thank the founders of the show, everyone who has volunteered with us, all current and former staff at CFRC 101.9FM, and everyone who hosted Prison Radio for the many years before I took over for 16 years of really great content. As so many activist projects move their media online-only and most prisoners still lack Internet access I know that the radio show will be sorely missed. Hopefully one day someone will have the energy and initiative to do something on the airwaves again for Kingston-area prisoners.

Much of the show’s archives are available on cfrcprisonradio.wordpress.com if anyone is curious, and I’m always available by email if anyone has questions about the show and how it has gone.

Love and solidarity,
Rachel for CFRC Prison Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO

CFRC 101.9fm Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO John Howard Society of Kingston and District Beyond Prison Walls Canada Society Inc.AKA Autonomous Social Centre

08/06/2023

15th Annual Prisoners’ Justice Day Special Broadcast

We’ll be live on the airwaves on CFRC 101.9FM this Thursday, August 10th to mark Prisoners’ Justice Day.

Tune in from 7-9pm to hear our annual memorial segments, where we’ll read from a list of names of those who have died inside Canadian prisons and jails since the first PJD in 1974. After the memorial we’ll be hosting a request hour where we’ll play music and supportive messages going out to prisoners who may be fasting, refusing work and holding vigils and events on the 10th to honour those who have died behind bars.

To send music requests and supportive messages, please email us at [email protected] or leave us a voicemail at our new number, which is 613-840-5186.

12/19/2022

The Holiday Special Edition of Calls From Home is this Wednesday, December 21st! Send song requests and messages going out to Kingston-area prisoners and we will play them on CFRC 101.9fm between 7pm and 9pm on Wednesday. Leave a voicemail (we can play your voicemail on the air!) at 613-417-3359, message us here or email us at [email protected].

09/27/2022

11 Days! Have you visited our online gallery of photos recently submitted by CFRC alumni? Check out the gallery at CFRC.ca and mark your calendars for the CFRC Alumni Meet and Greet on Oct 8th 4-8 PM featuring a fun slide show! Photo here submitted by Keith Schengili-Roberts features Pierre Vanderhout, Bryce McBride & Keith Roberts in the lounge back in the late 80s! Have photos to share? Submit them to [email protected]! https://www.cfrc.ca/centennial_photo_gallery

09/16/2022

PSA: KPP Concerts has wrongly announced us as a partner for their upcoming concert series at Kingston Pen. Please note that we did NOT agree to this and are working to resolve this issue.

08/08/2022

Prisoners' Justice Day is this Wednesday! A day to remember all of those who have died in cages. We'll be on the air on CFRC 101.9fm from 4-10pm, our fifteenth annual Prisoners' Justice Day special broadcast.

06/28/2022

Tomorrow, 7-8PM on CFRC 101.9fm, is our monthly Calls From Home special! Send messages and song requests for your incarcerated loves ones to 613-417-3359 or [email protected]!

06/19/2022

Please help the P4W Memorial Collective fund their yearly Prisoners’ Justice Day healing circle. Your donations are extremely appreciated.

https://www.gofundme.com/f/prisoners-justice-day-healing-circle-2022