Bill Coull News Today

"We had a big cabinet radio whose tubes needed to be warmed up before we could listen. It was powered by a car battery."

"Noon hit with my heart racing and I said my first words on-air. Who knows what they were, but I made it to my first song."

Congratulations, Kodi! We asked Kodi a few questions to learn more about his time at CKUA and his passion for jazz.

Montrose FC fan Andrew Stephen was 12 when he produced a hand-written matchday programme and he's never looked back since 1981.

Share This Do you (or does someone you know) have a 200-300 word story about you and CKUA that you’d like to share with us? Please let us know by writing us. We’d love to feature it! What do such stories look like? Well, here’s one by Deborah Walker, who worked for CKUA between 1984 and 1986. On my first day as a newsperson at CKUA, I entered the old building on Edmonton’s Jasper Avenue at about 6:00 AM, went up the creaking stairs, past dark offices, and into the newsroom. There, I ...

Share This Do you (or someone you know) have a 200-300 word story about you and CKUA that you’d like to share with us? Please let us know by writing us. We’d love to feature it! What do such stories look like? Well, here’s one by our esteemed Natch’ Blues host, Holger Petersen! My CKUA story begins back in 1968 when I started the two-year Radio and Television Arts course at NAIT. I already had a passion for music and had been collecting records and following bands since my early teens...