NAISA Radio broadcasts radio art 24/7 from the NAISA North Media Arts Centre in South River, Ontario, Canada. Tune in using media players in Apple or Windows or pressing play on the web player on this page.
The Wire – Adventures in Sound and Music included NAISA Radio in their 100 essential radio stations: “The broadcasting wing of New Adventures in Sound Art organization presents round-the-clock broadcasts of soundscape works, electroacoustic composition, field recordings, sound art, collage, and other extra-musical trips exploring new adventures in listening.” – The Wire (Issue 449), July 2021
Upcoming Live Broadcasts
Uvattini Uqaalajunga – J’ Appel chez nous – I Am Calling Home by Geronimo Inutiq
Sat Feb 18 at 7 pm EST (-05 GMT)
Listen on NAISA Radio
Geronimo Inutiq will be in residence for the Deep Wireless Festival to create a new radio art performance work based on his project “Uvattini Uqaalajunga – J’ Appel chez nous – I Am Calling Home.”
I am Calling Home is a project that was initiated by Geronimo Inutiq during a residency with the SAW Nordic Lab in 2020 and has evolved into an installation for the Canadian Centre for Architecture and also into a virtual broadcaster that transmits a community show in three languages – English, French, and Inuktitut. The content of this performance will remix voices recorded at public forums held in North Bay and South River. The forums will explore how notions of home are shaped by natural environments and how these are different across different regions and cultures in the Canadian North. Photo by Robert Geoffrion
NAISA Radio Schedule
The programs listed in the schedule for NAISA Radio are subject to interruption by NAISA’s live performances and artist talks. Explore NAISA’s website for information on these events or subscribe to the NAISA Sound Channel e-newsletter.
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Radio in Transformation |
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Cross Waves |
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Words & Sounds |
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Undo-Redo |
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Sonic Geography |
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conscient |
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11:00 |
Soundscapes |
simplesoundscapes |
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12:00 |
Long Form |
Constellations |
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Digital in Nature |
Remote Connections |
Radiant Dissonance |
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14:00 |
Frequent Mutilations |
Café Acousmatic |
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Making Waves |
Sound as Art / Art on Air |
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Off the Beat(en) Track |
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Radio Art in Discussion |
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Radio Art Live |
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EBFN Radio |
Nothing to See Here |
EBFN Radio |
Nothing to See Here |
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Reveil Soundscapes |
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00:00 – Radio in Transformation
Canadian and International radio art curated by NAISA in 2020 on the theme Transformation.
02:00 – Cross Waves
Cross Waves is a Canadian Sound Art series of internet radio programs curated by eight media artists representing various regional and cultural perspectives in Canada. Editions are curated by Chantal Dumas, Steve Bates, Peter Courtemanche, Janna Graham, Christof Migone, and Anna Friz.
07:00 – Words & Sounds
Canadian and International radio art curated and hosted by Canadian media artist Victoria Fenner.
08:00 – Undo-Redo
Canadian and International radio art curated by NAISA in 2014 on the theme Undo-Redo. Many of the works can also be heard on NAISA’s Deep Wireless Radio Art Compilation Albums.
09:00 – Sonic Geography
Canadian and International radio art on the theme Sonic Geography. Program is curated and hosted by Kate Evans.
10:00 – conscient
conscient on NAISA Radio combines all of the episodes from the conscient podcast by composer Claude Schryer. conscient is made through a personal learning journey and knowledge sharing exercise that features conversations, newsletters, monologues and/or creations about art and the ecological crisis. Season 1 (May – October 2020) was about awareness and action. Season 2 (March – August 2021 ) explored perceptions of reality and ecological grief. Season 3 (October 2021 – February 2022) investigated radical listening. Season 4 (1 January – 31 December 2023) is called ‘sounding modernity’ and explores what modernity sounds like, how it affects us and how to ‘create the conditions for other possible worlds to emerge in the wake of what is dying’ as suggested in ‘Preparing for the end of the world as we know it’ article by the Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures collective. For subscription options see : https://www.conscient.ca/subscribe/. The conscient podcast follows up on his previous podcast simplesoundscapes which airs at 1 pm on Sundays on NAISA Radio.
Le balado conscient est un voyage d’apprentissage personnel et un exercice de partage des connaissances du compositeur Claude Schryer qui présente des conversations, des bulletins d’information, des monologues et/ou des créations sur l’art et la crise écologique. La saison 1 (Mai – Octobre 2020) portait sur la sensibilisation et l’action. La saison 2 (Mars – Août 2021) a exploré les perceptions de la réalité et le deuil écologique. La saison 3 (Octobre 2021 – Février 2022) a porté sur l’écoute radicale. La saison 4 (1er Janvier – 31 Décembre 2023) s’intitule ‘Sonder la modernité’ et explore ce à quoi ressemble la modernité, comment elle nous affecte et comment ‘créer les conditions pour que d’autres mondes possibles émergent dans le sillage de ce qui est en train de mourir’, comme suggéré dans l’article ‘Preparing for the end of the world as we know it’ par le collectif Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures. Pour des options d’abonnement voir: https://www.conscient.ca/sabonner/?lang=fr Le balado conscient fait suite à son précédent balado paysagesonoresimples, diffusé à 13 heures le dimanche sur NAISA Radio.
11:00 (Mon-Fri) – Soundscapes
Canadian and International soundscape compositions curated and hosted by Canadian media artist Victoria Fenner.
11:00 (Sat-Sun) – simplesoundscapes
This hour features simplesoundscapes by Claude Schryer, which are short 3-minute soundscape recordings without narration beyond a one-word title and a short poem. They were made between September 7, 2017 and July 7, 2019. The audio recordings are presented ‘as is’ (creative work takes place during the recording process). This time slot also includes from time to time Schryer’s simplesoundscapes afield, which are three 57 minute radio compositions written for the framework radio program. The versions for framework add narration by Schryer along with added narration by his son Riel, wife Sabrina and daughter Clara. The second episode is inspired by the late indigenous writer Richard Wagamese. In particular the passage from his unfinished novel Starlight, ‘she focused on that tiny point of light and pushed her hearing out through it’. Special thanks to Patrick McGuinley from framework.
11:00 (Sat-Sun) – Radiant Dissonance
A series of radio self-portraits created by Canadian radio and sound artists that was produced in 2003 by Victoria Fenner with support from the Canadian Society for Independent Radio Production (CSIRP).
12:00 (Mon-Wed) – Long Form
Radio Art works from around the world that are over 20 minutes in length.
12:00 (Thur-Sun) – Constellations
Constellations is a sound art and experimental narrative collective that illuminates international artists making sound works that convey meaning through evocation and abstraction. Co-founded by Michelle Macklem and Jess Shane, Constellations features a wide-range of audio works which unravel the distinctions between experimental documentary, sound art, soundscapes, fiction, and music. The pieces they air encourage listeners to expand their conception of narrative, musicality and attention.
13:00 (Thurs-Fri) – Digital in Nature
Canadian and International radio art curated by NAISA in 2021 on the theme Digital in Nature. Many of the works can also be heard on NAISA’s Deep Wireless 16 Radio Art Compilation Album.
13:00 (Sat) – Remote Connections
Canadian and International radio art curated by NAISA in 2023 on the theme Remote Connections. Many of the works can also be heard on NAISA’s Deep Wireless 17 Radio Art Compilation Album. For the months of February and March 2013 the program begins with recordings and segments from Northern Virtual Broadcast Service and Geronimo Inutiq’s ongoing project Uvattini Uqaalajunga – J’ Appel chez nous – I Am Calling Home.
13:00 (Sun) – Radiant Dissonance
July 7, 2019. The versions for framework add narration by him along with added narration by his son Riel, wife Sabrina and daughter Clara. The second episode is inspired by the late indigenous writer Richard Wagamese. In particular the passage from his unfinished novel Starlight, ‘she focused on that tiny point of light and pushed her hearing out through it’. Special thanks to Patrick McGuinley from framework.
14:00 (Mon-Fri) – Frequent Mutilations
Andrew O’Connor curates a selection of archival broadcasts from the Frequent Mutilations radio program that had been one of the longest running live radio art shows on campus/community radio. The program was made out of CKMS in Waterloo, Ontario.
14:00 (Sun) – Café Acousmatic
Café Acousmatic: the finest blend of electroacoustic music, sound art, and 3D immersive audio. Hosted by Don Hill, musician, broadcaster, man about the planet, Café Acousmatic is your entre to the aural pleasures of electroacoustic music and sound art of every sort. Complemented by interviews with music-makers, contemporary composers, and sonically pleasing new & vintage releases, Café Acousmatic is a special treat for headphones and walkabouts. Life is smoother at Café Acousmatic.
15:00 (Mon-Fri) – Making Waves
Making Waves is a monthly radio show about sound art produced by New Adventures in Sound Art (NAISA) for WGXC Wave Farm. The show often features artist interviews and archival NAISA performances from South River, Ontario and Toronto. Visit the show web page for archives.
15:00 (Sat-Sun) – Sound as Art / Art on Air
Darren Copeland curates archived broadcasts from the Sound as Art program, which picked up and continued the Art on Air show at CKLN Radio in Toronto until the closure of the Ryerson University-based FM station in 2011. Sound as Art and its predecessor included interviews with artists in the Toronto community and also included in-studio sound improvisations. Sound as Art was collectively produced with contributions by Darren Copeland, Andrew O’Connor, Katie Kotler, Ansley Moorehouse and EC Woodley.
16:00 – Off the Beat(en) Track
Canadian and International radio art curated by NAISA in 2019 on the theme Off the Beat(en) Track. Many of the works can also be heard on NAISA’s Deep Wireless Radio Art Compilation Albums.
18:00 – Radio Art in Discussion
NAISA hosted annual radio art conferences and symposia from 2003 to 2014. This program includes keynotes, lectures and panel discussions from the Radio Without Boundaries Conference and the TransX Transmission Art Symposium.
20:00 – Radio Art Live
NAISA digs into its performance archives going back to 2001 to share performances by Canadian and international artists that have performed at NAISA in Toronto and South River.
22:00 (Sun/Wed/Sat) – EBFN Radio
Erik Belgum’s EBFN Radio is a fiction variety show influenced by neurological and psychological research protocols, Robert Ashley, Ernie Kovacs, speech pathology, Second City Television, noise music, P.T. Barnum, test patterns, Vic and Sade, and William Burroughs. Writes Belgum, “If my timing feels way off, well, that’s on you. You’ll laugh. You’ll cry. You’ll feel like you’re going to throw up for hours and hours, but in a good way. In any case, it’s a win-win for me.”
22:00 (Mon/Tue/Thurs/Fri) – Nothing to See Here
Nothing to See Here is an Experimental Radio Art Show from Halifax, Nova Scotia produced by David Clark in collaboration with students at NSCAD University and special guests.
23:00 – Reveil Soundscapes
NAISA has participated in the Sound Camp spring dawn chorus broadcasts for the first weekend of May over the past several years. This has provided an occasion to record a nearby rural soundscape for a full 24 hours – and sometimes longer. This program features one hour selections from different times of day and for different years.
