Pacific Pickin' - CiTR

10/09/2024

Good morning everyone! It’s Bill Monroe’s birthday this week so we are on the air with our 25th annual Bill Monroe Birthday Bash! Bill’s music by Bill and other folks for two hours! Join us for Pacific Pickin’ on CiTR, 101.9fm in the lower mainland or www(dot)citr(dot)ca for our livestream or podcast! Cue the party hats and birthday cake!

The broadcasting voice of the University of British Columbia.

02/07/2024

Good morning folks!
Just want to let you know that we have a podcast on this morning so that the concert calendar is not up-to-date. We hope to be back with you next week. Stay safe!

10/02/2024

Greetings!
Just a little update and a great big THANK YOU! for all the listeners who have donated to the CiTR FunDrive.
We are asking those of you who haven’t had a chance to Say “YES” to CiTR to make a donation. We will still be accepting donations at https//donatetocitr.ca this weekend. Our podcast is up so you can enjoy the show and listen to some rare recordings and other music that we selected to tell you why we fell in love with Campus/Community radio. Don’t forget to let us know if you have made a donation at [email protected] and you will get a special Pacific Pickin’ prize pack. We really appreciate your support!

06/02/2024

Good morning everyone!
Join us this morning for our big FunDrive show, the one time a year we ask for your support for CiTR.
This year’s theme is Vegas Wedding and we are asking you to Say “YES” to CiTR. We have lots of music that will tell you why we did just that and why we fell in love with Campus/Community radio. Join us live at 101.9FM if you are in the local area or on the stream at www (dot) citr (dot) ca. the podcast will be up after the show as well. So join us for some rare recordings and other music we fell in love with along our journey. And please donate at https://www.donatetocitr.ca/ We really appreciate your support!

01/01/2024

Hello everyone! Happy New Year! We will be away from the microphones tomorrow but we have planned a replay of our show from December 31, 2019. We’ll be back on the 9th of January with a live broadcast. Stay safe and enjoy the show.

26/12/2023

Hello everyone. Just wanted to remind you that the station is closed this week for the holidays so we will be rerunning our show from December 28, 2021 this week. The concert calendar will be incorrect but the music will be great at citr(dot)ca. Happy New Year and stay safe.

19/12/2023

Good morning Y’all. The holiday season is nearly over so it’s time for the 24th Annual Pacific Pickin’ Christmas Extravaganza. Join us live from 6:00-8:00AM at 101.9FM or streaming and podcasting at CiTR dot ca. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!

14/11/2023

Good morning Y’all! CiTR is having issues with the FM signal this morning due to last weekend’s bad storms so please listen to the livestream or the podcast at CiTR (dot) ca.

03/10/2023

Good morning Y’all,
The Lovely Andrea is still recovering and so we are not able to do our show. Sorry for missing this one. We hope to have a live show for you next week. In the meantime, check out the usual places for live jams and live music.

26/09/2023

Good morning y’all. Another week of a rebroadcast Pacific Pickin’, this one from September 29, 2020. Remember that the concert calendar is three years out of date too. Hope you enjoy the show!

19/09/2023

Good morning everyone! The Lovely Andrea is in sick bay for a couple of weeks so we’ll have a replay of a previous show. Please ignore most of the concert calendar and we’ll try to get a current calendar posted later today on this site. CiTR (dot) ca is where to go to pick up the stream or podcast.

12/09/2023

It’s the annual Bill Monroe Birthday Bash where we celebrate the birthday of the father of Bluegrass music. Tune in Tuesday from 6:00-8:00AM on 101.9 FM in the Lower Mainland or pick up the livestream or the podcast at
CiTR (dot) ca.

05/09/2023

Good morning y’all!
Today’s show marks our 23rd anniversary on the air with CiTR!
Join us for the best in Bluegrass, old-time, classic country, Cajun, rockabilly and whatever jumps off the shelf at us. Tune in 101.9 FM in the Lower Mainland or catch the livestream or podcast at CiTR (dot) ca!

22/05/2023

Greetings Y’all!
This week we are celebrating the 85th Anniversary of CiTR radio!
We will devote our show to presenting artists and songs suitable to the era when CiTR started.
Join us for music 85 years old and older! The Monroe Brothers, The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, The Fort Worth Doughboys, Milton Brown, Bob Wills, Roy Acuff and more! Only our closing theme will bring us out of our Wayback Machine and set us ready for next week. Tune in: 101.9FM or stream at www.CiTR.ca or pick up the podcast!

07/02/2023

A very good morning to everyone from us here in rainy Vancouver! Today is our annual Fundrive show at CiTR. This year we are raising funds to replace our transmitter and improve our sound in the Lower Mainland. We hope you will join us and feel inspired to make a donation to support the station and the radio community we support in turn. If you have enjoyed the music or found out about a local event that you enjoyed on our show, please consider donating. We even have swag which you can check out at www.CiTR.ca -and for our donors we will arrange a grab bag of CDs as a special gift for your donation!

CiTR 101.9FM & Discorder Magazine is the campus radio station and magazine of the University of British Columbia-Vancouver, broadcasting from traditional unceded Musqueam territory and streaming online.

24/01/2023

Just found out about this festival which happens this coming weekend. Live in-person or live-streamed. Looks like a good one!

live bluegrass folk Americana music Florence

22/01/2023

Special Reminder: Don’t miss your chance to get your tickets and come out to the Evergreen Cultural Centre to see and hear The Wardens on tonight January 22nd.

Link to some of their wonderful music below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxqSGCzqO8s&ab_channel=TheWardens. Check out their webpage for more music and info: www.thewardensmusic.com

For tickets: Head on over to https://evergreenculturalcentre.ca/events/an-evening-with-the-wardens/

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17/01/2023

Good Morning! Just a reminder that we are preempted this morning for 24 Hours of Radio Art. We will be back next Tuesday morning with our usual mix! I will post a concert calendar later this morning.

10/01/2023

Unfortunately the CD didn’t make it into the bag for the show this week and we are preempted next week but I didn’t want to miss the opportunity to urge you to get your tickets and come out to the Evergreen Cultural Centre to see and hear The Wardens on January 22nd. Link to some of their wonderful music below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xxqSGCzqO8s&ab_channel=TheWardens. Check out their webpage for more music and info: www.thewardensmusic.com

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10/01/2023

Good morning everybody! This morning we will have some rare cuts from the Louisiana Hayride to celebrate the birthdays of Elvis Presley, Luther Perkins and Billy Walker and other vintage tracks in the first half hour of the show. Listen at 101.9FM in the Lower Mainland or at www.CiTR.ca. Enjoy!

27/12/2022

Good Morning everyone. We aren’t going to let the terrible weather of last week cancel the Christmas Extravaganza! We are celebrating the holiday a week late this morning from 6:00-8:00AM on CiTR.ca or pick up the podcast.

CiTR 101.9FM & Discorder Magazine is the campus radio station and magazine of the University of British Columbia-Vancouver, broadcasting from traditional unceded Musqueam territory and streaming online.

20/12/2022

Good snowy morning here in the Lower Mainland. Unfortunately, the snow will keep us from going in to do our annual Christmas Extravaganza today. We will bring the show to you next week on the 27th. Stay safe and warm. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Arthur and the Lovely Andrea!

25/11/2022

April Verch and Cody Walters put on a fabulous show at the Kay Meek Arts Centre on Thursday evening. If you are in the Vancouver BC area, you have one chance to see and hear them tonight at the Kay Meek. Great venue for the show. Get your tickets at kaymeek.com!