Fall Member Drive Programming: Oct. 17 to Nov. 2

Throw Open the Mountain:
21 Songwriters for the 21st Century
Better Days offers a four-part tribute to 21 of North America's finest songwriters. Hosts: Doug Lang, Ruth Leibic
Part 1: Thursday, Oct. 23: 10pm-midnight
Part 2: Sunday, Oct. 26 7pm -10pm
Part 3: Thursday, Oct. 30: 10pm-midnight
Part 4: Sunday, Nov. 2: 9pm-midnight

Goulash: A World Food Day Special
Thursday, Oct. 16: 5pm-6pm
A pre-funding drive special celebrating the United Nation's World Food Day. We'll explore farmers' markets, poverty in Vancouver, and we'll bring you lots of foodie music. Get your pencil and paper out-there will, of course, be recipes!

The Second City: Crucible of Comedy
Friday, Oct. 17: 6:30pm-8pm
Recordings old and new from the improvisational comedy club that launched three generations of comedians. With RAGBAG host Steve Bowell.

Shout, Sister Shout!
Friday, Oct. 17: 8pm-10pm
The "original soul sister" Rosetta Tharpe plus new tribute CD tracks from Sweet Honey In The Rock, Maria Muldaur, and more!!

Media Democracy Day:
Redeye Special Edition
Saturday, Oct. 18: 9am-noon
In the emerging movement for media democracy people worldwide are developing strategies to challenge the corporate media blockade. On Media Democracy Day Redeye will explore issues from campaigns for more democratic regulation to media literacy, education and analysis to grassroots efforts at building a powerful independent alternative.

América Latina al Dia
27th Anniversary Special
Saturday, Oct. 18: noon-3pm
Celebrate 27 years of bilingual public affairs on Co-op Radio! Featuring history, clips of old shows and special guests from the past.

Che Guevera:
A Horizontes Special
Saturday, Oct. 18: 3pm-5pm
Tune in to this special about the life of Ernesto Che Guevera-the Argentinian-Cuban revolutionary who helped Fidel Castro make revolution in Cuba on January 1, 1959.

Kinks Kraving
Saturday, Oct. 18: 5pm-8:30pm
A most Kinky Kollection of the first golden era of Ray Davies and his most Krafty, Kourageous and
Komical Kinks!

The Storytelling Show
Sunday, Oct. 19: 10pm-11pm
Settle in, cozy up and tune in to stories you won't want to miss.

Free Trade and Canadian Sovereignty: Does anyone care enough to fight for Canada?
Monday, Oct. 20: 12noon-2:30pm
Live interviews with major Canadian free trade opponents and leaders of some major Canadian political opposition parties.

Tribal Groove
Monday, Oct. 20: 2:30pm-5pm
Join Ron Barbour and Sabrina Heiberg as they bring you 3 hours of Earthbeat Music, children's music and storytelling.

Arts Rational
Thursday, Oct. 23: 9pm-10pm
Expect the unexpected when Arts Rational presents an hour of musical surprises from the movies featuring startling celebrity song performances.

Future Past
Friday, Oct. 24: 3pm-5:30pm
Think: Vintage Jazz, nostalgia, humour, original records of the great stars. Future Past captures the stylistic changes throughout the decades.

Space Preservation:
Preventing the Weaponization of Space
Monday, Oct. 27: noon-1pm
A special program featuring live interviews and listener call-ins on preventing the weaponization of space and transforming the global war industry into a peaceful, co-operative Space Age economy.

Metal Madness IV
Wednesday, Oct. 29: 3:30pm-5pm
Just when you thought it was safe to turn your radio on…Sean "the Goremen" returns for another funding drive special on Vancouver's favourite afternoon metal show.

It Takes a Village
Thursday, Oct. 30: 8pm-9pm
A show about parenting and families in all the many ways that love brings people together.

The Sister Band"boo"ver
Hallowe'en Spooktacular
Friday, Oct. 31: 6:30pm-10pm
Join Sister DJ and Magic Mark for 3 hours of frightfully entertaining tricks and treats! Re-booed for 2003!

Loose Canons
Friday, Oct. 31: 10pm-midnight
Bill Laswell creates musical alchemy. Join Loose Canons' Mike Low and hear spoken word, instrumental compositions and audio sculpture by Laswell.

Redeye Special: Movement to Music
Saturday, Nov. 1: 9am-noon
What role does music play in the activist's life? How does it lift our spirits when we're threatened with despair; how does it help us to celebrate the past and to carry us into the future, connecting and supporting us as does no other art? We'll be exploring the world of rhythm, word and sound on this Redeye music special.

One O'Clock Jump R&B Special
Sunday, Nov. 2: 1pm-2:30pm
Tune in to this One O'Clock Jump Special featuring Johnny and Shuggy Otis, Maybelle Smith, Big Mama Thornton.

From the Vaults:
African Roots and Rhythms Special
Sunday, Nov. 2: 5:30pm-9pm
Join Kevin Finseth and Stan Pierre digging into the vaults for some great gems.

SPECIAL FEATURE THEMES:

Fightback against the Cutbacks - Co-op Radio takes on the Liberals!
Co-op Radio Public Affairs programs review how the BC Liberal Government's cuts have affected communities in BC and highlight the work of grassroots activists who are fighting back.

Health Care
Investing in Health
Monday, Oct. 20: 6pm-7pm
A look at how helth care workers are fighting back

Prisons
Stark Raven: A Look Inside
Monday, Oct 20: 7pm-9pm
Cutbacks in BC prisons. Women in men's prisons. Minimal programs. Overcrowding. Privatized healthcare. What does this all mean?

Labour
Union Made
Wednesday, Oct. 22: 8pm-9pm
Labour's Power Hour looks at how the Liberals have affected labour organizing and union workers.

Housing
Sound Resistance!
Thursday, Oct 23: 1pm-2pm
How the Provincial Government has affected affordable housing in the Vancouver region.

Environment
Green Monkey
Friday, Oct. 24: 1pm-2pm
How has the environment faired under the Liberal rule? How has legislation changed the way our resources are being exploited?

Differently-abled People
Self-Advocate Show
Friday, Oct.24: 2pm-3pm Robin Hood
Backwards in BC
The Self-Advocate examines how cutbacks to the disabled by the Government are being abused to fatten the rich. Shame!

BrownBagger Specials!
Your favourite BrownBagger speakers all week long! Tuesday-Thursday starting at noon.

Oct. 21-23: Noam Chomsky Week
Tune in all week to hear world-renowned linguistics professor, media analyst and social justice activist, Noam Chomsky.

Oct. 28-30:Michael Parenti Week
Michael Parenti: political scientist, author and lecturer. Join us all week to hear his entertaining, insightful talks on the politics of greed.

Going Global! - World Music on Co-op Radio
In anticipation of Co-op Radio going global, we bring you WORLD music from a WIDE range of artists whose WEBs are ever-expanding.

World Poetry Café
Tuesday, Oct. 21: 9pm-10pm
Featuring poets from all over the world.

Just Local Music with Pancho and Sal
Tuesday, Oct. 21: 10pm-midnight
Life and music from the local Vancouver scene. Featuring world beat, folk and other artists.

Urban Renewal Project
Tuesday, Oct. 21: midnight-3am
Hip Hop like you've never heard it before - featuring a variety of international artists.

Luscious Lola
Friday, Oct. 24: 10:30am-noon
Grab your cha cha heals, your designer luggage and come globe-trotting with Lola and all her personal valets.

Jim and Paul's Rough Guide to World Music
Sunday, Oct. 26: 1pm-5:30pm
Around the wonderful world of music in 4 1/2 hours with What the Folk's Jim Burnett and Paul Norton.

Masala Duniya
Saturday, Nov. 1: 11pm-7am Sunday
Masala Means spice and Duniya means world. Join us for this World Music special featuring music from around the world, with interviews with local artists and many giveaways.

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