Mark Tara is your guide through RAINBOW COUNTRY, a show that offers a blend of music & interviews giving voice to the LGBTQ community
25 O’clock (Variety) – Ron Evans
An ever-changing mix of music that considers eclectic to be mundane; anything from turn-of
the 20th Century pre-folk & blues to modern day skronk & swirl, 50’s garage, 60’s
psychedelica, punk, new wave, no wave, modern lovers & angular chords, chart scrapers &
dented tunes fit for all you bad boys n girls who are sick of the same ol’ and think bedtime
is for saps.
Classical & Easy Listening Music
Your Haliburton Morning – Heather Sargent
Start your morning off with Canoe FM and Heather Sargent. We have news at 7am and then again at 8am. We look at road reports, bus cancellations, weather updates and lots of community events. The Birthday Club happens every weekday morning at 7:45, so get those greetings into the station in lots of time. Often Heather will have an interview on a relevant community issue. If you would like to reach out to Heather, you can text her at 705-457-1009
Heather’s show is a great place to kick-start your day! Expect to be lifted by a cheerful atmosphere – her goal being to make sure your day gets a boost of inspiration with Canoe FM! She’ll keep you informed and engaged with trending topics, and encourages you to share your thoughts while grooving to an eclectic mix of music. Come be a part of this high energy morning show!
Opera Night in Canada – Dawn Martens (3rd week); Your Favourite Music (1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th week)
Join the Opera Night in Canada show hosted by Dawn Martens. This is a pre-recorded, one hour show. Dawn will focus on Canadian talent and will relate it to popular culture and movies. (among other things). This show will combine opera music with history, anecdotes and interviews. Past episodes of Opera Night in Canada are available to listen to online on Canoe FM.
Dawn is a writer for Opera Canada for over 20 years, she is currently the host of Opera Night in Canada.
Backbeat (Vintage) – Lorne Van Sinclair
Lorne has been a lifelong collector of vintage music. He has appeared on CBC Radio, CHFI’s Saturday Night Oldies with Don Daynard, and hosted shows on community radio stations in Toronto including: CIUT and CKLN. While in Toronto, he ran Canada’s largest record collectors get-together and had his own store, the Bluenote Record Shop.
While driving through the Haliburton area, Lorne found Canoe FM. Impressed with “the different mix of music” he thought “maybe they’ll let me play my weird mix of music.” In 2019, Lorne began hosting the show Backbeat. The show is now heard on various community radio stations across North America. In June, 2023 Backbeat received the prestigious “Best Music Variety” show award from the National Campus and Community Radio Association.
Backbeat is a fun romp through the history of popular music, an eclectic mix of vintage blues, jazz, country, gospel, pop and rock ‘n’ roll from Lorne’s extensive collection. The show goes beyond the hits, placing an emphasis on underrated and forgotten artists and records. Backbeat also features new artists with a vintage sound.