Calgary in Qatar

View of Doha

UCAQ?

My husband Dirk and I have just relocated from Calgary to Doha, Qatar, where I'll be working for the University of Calgary-Qatar. We've found a great way to identify our luggage! 
Chris J

Above Grounds in Belize

This is a little coffee house in the trees in Placencia, Belize call “Above Grounds”. It is actually in a tree house. We found this a couple of weeks ago February 2012, and while having coffee noticed the weather report was talking about Calgary, Edmonton and Fort McMurray!  What?! The owner used to live in Calgary. It was a nice slice of home…
Cecilia
Calgary

Olli Kilpeläinen

Hi to you all in CKUA !

I am putting up a temporary antenna for a weekend expedition.

My name is Olli Kilpeläinen and I live in Helsinki. In my family are my wife and daughter. I am working as the Mastermind of the Gulf of Finland oil spill prevention and response planning in the Helsinki City Rescue Department (http://www.hel.fi/hki/pela/en/Etusivu).

I have been listening to the broadcast of your radio station CKUA Edmonton AB on 580 AM in Finland, North Europe! In the northernmost part of Finland, in the Aihkiniemi village of Inari municipality, stands a little hut and 9 wire antennas (3000 feet long each) only for foreign radio station listening purposes. I had a radio listening expedition (DX-pedition) with my friend there on February 11-28 2011. The full story and some pictures can be found on our DX-pedition WEB site at http://www.tapiokalmi.net/dx/aih6.

Eileen Mardres

These pictures are taken in Dauegu, a city in central part of Korea and one with a population of about 3,000,000.

Cherry blossoms seen from my son's 3rd floor apartment on a sunny day in April 2011.

A foggy/rainy day with a beauty of its own...

Inside the apartment.


Loki and his grandma

CKUA first 'met' Eileen Mardres when she filled out a feedback form, asking us for help with a technical problem..."I plan to visit my son in Korea and spend a few months, so definitely need to be able to listen when there.  I used to listen at the intenet cafes when I taught there in the 90s and CKUA helped me to keep my sanity while away from home."

Of course, we immediately wanted to know more, and Eileen graciously replied.

"I have 2 addictions - mysteries and CKUA (well, and grandchildren) ...my purpose in spending extended time in Korea will be to get to know my newest grandson.  I can imagine sitting on the veranda with him alseep in my arms, a mystery in one hand and CKUA  in the background - especially since the spot on the veranda is only 1.5 m. from the computer!
Your replies make me really look forward to having the time to volunteer at the station.  I've been a Folk Fest volunteer since 1986, and making some contribution to the arts in Edmonton has been a priority for a very long time."

"My son and his wife both love music. He still listens to CKUA sometimes; she plays drums, and they timed one of their previous visits to Canada to attend the EFMF."

Jason, Amelie, Toby, Elsie

We are from Polebridge, Montana living in Hawaii on the big island.  Still enjoy CKUA through the internet.  It is a cool change listening to the music with palm trees swaying.  Thanks - Jason, Amelie, Toby (3), Elsie (1)

John and Ivy

Ages - yes ages - ago I sat in with several of the DJ's on CKUA - Bill Coull, Holger Petersen, Bob Chelmick, Marc Vasey, etc. - and had some enjoyable moments. This morning I decided to say hello again and I have to say as I listen to CKUA programing - it sounds as good as ever with the selection and choice of music.

Ivy and I are enjoying our retirement here in the woods of New Brunswick. I am sending this photo of Ivy and me taken on one of the beaches about eight miles from where we live.

The 'Fiddlefreak'

Christoph

From: Christoph
To: Bob Chelmick

Hello Mr. Chelmick,

It's a pleasure that I can listen to CKUA radio, especially to The Road Home.

Christoph

Maraya

CKUA Radio listener Maraya made a trip to "the end of the world", a place called Ushuaia, the Americas' southernmost city. Here she is shown on a boat cruising the Beagle Channel. She also visited Perito Moreno Glacier in Southern Patagonia. Maraya is originally from Calgary but now lives in Argentina, where she still listens to The Road Home online.

Dan in Monte Albán, Mexico

I now live about 6 months of the year in Mexico and I listen to CKUA, The Best Radio on the Internet. Sometimes, though, I do listen to the local public radio station, to help with my Spanish comprehension. It is a pleasant coincidence that the call numbers are 96.9, the same as those for CKUA, The Best Radio, in Peace River.

Tony and Jo from Utila

We just wanted you to know that we listen almost every day to CKUA on our bandwidth, limited though it is, here on the tiny Caribbean island of Utila, in The Bay Islands. Your programming keeps us in touch with the greater world at large, the music that we like and the artists that we appreciate.  Thank you for making independent radio listening possible for us!

Tony & Jo

Tapio Kalmi

Ladies and Gentlemen,

My name is Tapio Kalmi and I send this letter to you because I was able to listen to your station´s program in Northern Finland, Europe with my special equipment. I am 49 years old, married with my wife Päivi and have a 19-year old daughter Kiira and a 17-year-old son Leevi. In our household lives also three Somali cats: Luna, Sirius and Titan.

I work as an IT consultant in a US-based computer software company, SAS Institute.  ( www.sas.com ). SAS Institute headquarters are in Cary NC, near Raleigh.

Ian Coates

I have lots of friends in Canada. I first heard your radio station at John and Jerry's farm in Lougheed, Alberta, where they have it on all the time in their workshop.