[18 May 2012] – Devin Stewart, host of Thursday Morning Matinee, with his wife Michelle. Thursday Morning Matinee is heard every Thursday between 8 and 11am.

[7 May 2012] – A surprise 70th birthday party was arranged and executed by Susan Filson and Dayle Gowan, co-hosts of the Udder Morning Show during the program’s third hour. Brought under the pretense that the hosts had appointments on the mainland, Terry, host of the Friday Morning Show came to the CJAI studio to cover the last hour of their show. The surprise worked and with cake and bubbly, a dozen radio volunteers showed up.

The fabulous birthday cake was baked and decorated by Amherst Islander Lyn Fleming.

Terry Culbert surrounded by the birthday organizers Dayle Gowan and Susan Filson during their Udder Morning Show. Wearing his John Deere cap is Keith Miller, co-host of Up Steve’s Sleeves.

Terry received a birthday phone call from his friend Joe Cote. They met in 1972 at CBC Toronto. Joe was host of CBC Radio’s Metro Morning for 13-years, then went on to host Ontario Morning.

Celebrating the 70th are left to right Ula Stief, Shirley Miller, Terry’s partner Barb Hogenauer and Jim Gould.

Happy 70th to the auld guy in the centre from left to right: Dayle Gowan, Ron Rochester, Ula Stief, Shirley Miller, Terry Culbert, Susan Filson, Keith Miller and Jim Gould.

[3 May 2012] – Two out of four Frontenac II Captains listen to ISLAND RADIO during their 10-hour shift.

[1 May 2012] – Janet Scott, known affectionately as ‘The Bird Lady of Amherst Island’, is a regular on the Udder Morning Show. She can be heard every Monday morning at 7:15 LIVE with the show co-hosts Susan Filson and Dayle Gowan.


Monday, April 30th on the Udder Morning Show, co-hosts Susan Filson and Dayle Gowan announced the lucky winners from last week’s Island Radio Fund Drive. This included the auction items and the end of the week draws.

[27 April 2012] – It’s HERE: the 2012 Island Radio Annual Fund Drive… please donate to help support independent community radio… there are over 80 prizes too! Get in on the action to win! Details here.
Monday’s daily total was $1,235 in donations. WOW! Thank you everyone!
Tuesday’s daily total was $1,360 in donations. That beat Monday’s number!
Wednesday’s daily total was $1,125 in donations. Third straight day over $1K!
Thursday’s daily total was $965 in donations. WOW! The generocity continues!

Friday’s total (including the end of week auctions) went through the roof: $3,015 in donations. WOW!

With the help of the Amherst Island, Loyalist Township and Kingston communities, the CJAI Fund Drive set a new record of $7,700! WOW! The kindness and the support from so many volunteers, donors and sponsors came through loud and clear. Thank you ALL!

Erin Merry (wife of Eric Tremblay), and her 6-month old son Sebastien collected phone and drop-in pledges and auction bids during the final four hours. The end result and the best ever… $7,700. Well done
volunteers, our fabulous audience and Island Radio supporters.


Cathy Christmas, host of Cat’s Friday Night Radio Show, and baby Sebastien Tremblay (the littlest DJ at CJAI!) are rocking out during the final hours of the Fund Drive.


Eric Tremblay, host of Eric’s Friday Night Radio Show, took the five-day fund drive to the finish line. Eric is also the webmaster for www.cjai.ca


John Munro, Dan Simpson, Lloyd and his brother Ellis (the Islanders founder) Wolfreys were marvellous on the final wrapup day of our fund drive, April 27, 2012.


Allen Caughey and Doc Luv (Keith Miller on harmonica) are two more members of the Islanders.


John Munro, Dan Simpson and Lloyd Wolfreys make up half of the newly formed group, the Islanders. They performed LIVE in the milk house studio on the final day.


Kris Abbot and her singing partner Dee McNeil came over from the mainland to join Dayle Gowan for two hours late Thursday afternoon.


Nic Rossetti (host of Saturday Afternoon Delight) sat in for six hours with his old buddy Devin Stewart on Devin’s Thursday Morning Matinee.


Retired CBC Broadcast executive and Amherst Island resident Harold Redekopp spent the first hour of Fund Drive Day 4 (Thursday) with Dayle Gowan.


Kitsy McMullen taking pledges on the Island Radio annual fund drive.


Station manager Dayle Gowan checking the math with Ron Rochester (foreground) at the end of day 3.


Ellis, Gord and Jim perform LIVE on the Wolf’s Den this afternoon, April 25, 2012 for the Island Radio Fund Drive.


Mary Lou Wolfreys and her show ‘Believe’, Wednesday at 1pm.


Wednesday started at 7am with the ‘Breakfast with Brian Show’. Brian checks the fund raising totals with phone operator Alison MacKeen.


We love visitors during the Annual Fund Drive! Please stop in for some coffee and goodies!


He’s back… after two years away… Jim Gould was LIVE today (24 Apr 2012) with his jazz for the 2012 Island Radio Fund Drive.


Host of Up Steve’s Sleeves, Steve Kennedy, takes a dare to sing along with a request in order to get a donation. Sitting in the broadcast booth with Steve are sheep shearer Gerald Gemmill and Steve’s co-host Doc Luv, Keith Miller.


Island Radio treasurer John Schutzbach with the incredible volunteer phone operator Paul Lauret, Monday, April 23, 2012. The first day total was $1,235. Well done everyone!


It all started at 7am this morning, April 23rd, on the Udder Morning Show with Janet Scott, the Bird Lady of Amherst Island and co-hosts Susan Filson and Dayle Gowan.

Island Radio volunteer and technical whiz Ron Rochester tweeks the on-air control board for Monday’s kick-off of the 2012 Fund Drive.

The planning committee for the Island Radio Fund Drive is made up of the co-hosts of the Udder Morning Show (seated) Susan Filson and Dayle Gowan, he’s also CJAI’s station manager and Terry Culbert, assistant station manager and host of the Friday morning Show.

Short-eared Owl – March 5, 2012 on Amherst Island by Terry Culbert.

It all begins at 7am, Monday, April 23 on the Udder Morning Show and culminates at 9pm, April 27 on Eric’s Friday Night Radio Show. Operators will be standing by starting Monday, April 23 @ 7am. Call 613-384-8282 or drop into Canada’s smallest radio station for freshly brewed coffee, muffins and cookies.

NO DONATION IS TOO SMALL!
Thanks to you, ISLAND RADIO CJAI 92.1FM has been broadcasting over the airwaves and on the Internet for over six-years.

[1 April 2012] – On April 1st, ISLAND RADIO, Amherst Island Public Radio, had a birthday… it has been on the air 24-7 for 6-years. Thanks to all the great volunteers and ‘HAL’ our programming computer.

[17 March 2012] – Dee McNeil of Kingston is the lucky winner of two NHL hockey tickets and $50 in cash. Ms. McNeil and Kris Abbot, folk-pop artists, were guests on the Wolf’s Den, February 8th, where they each bought a $5 ticket for the CJAI fundraiser. With only 200 tickets printed, the $5 purchase won a
prize valued at $497. On Saturday, March 24th, Dee and Kris will be sitting in the Air Canada Centre watching the Toronto Maple Leafs play the New York Rangers.

CJAI Station Manager Dayle Gowan presenting a pair of Toronto Maple Leafs tickets to winner Dee (middle) with Kris (right)