Listeners react to CKUA changes: OFF WITH THEIR HEADS!
CKUA’s decision to axe its local news programming is troubling enough – but the cancellation of Folk Routes has caused a storm of outrage. Tom Coxworth, host of the popular weekly roots program and fixture of Alberta’s folk music scene, is in limbo. Social media erupted with protests following Monday’s announcement. Some listeners have even [...]
REAREND IN VIEW: Our top stories of 2012
The most popular stories GigCity published in 2012 started in January with a viral video of “strange sounds in the sky” that prompted a local debunker to create a hoax video to prove the original was a hoax, but the plan backfired when her video went viral, too, as did the article we wrote about [...]
CKUA move may leave arts groups homeless
A number of artists and arts organizations could become homeless when CKUA pulls up stakes from the Alberta Block and moves further east on Jasper Avenue to the newly rebuilt Alberta Hotel. The venerable radio station currently rents office space to about a dozen musicians, artists and organizations, including the local musicians union, for considerably [...]
