This week we welcome Jesse McDougall, producer of Tracks From Abroad, a student oriented program which focused on foreign students who attended U of Toronto and what they brought to Canada with them.

Jesse was a CIUT volunteer already, having worked a pre-pandemic funding drive. He then put together a proposal for Tracks from Abroad that we couldn't say no to. Although the show ran its course, Jesse tells us how it came about, what it achieved and little known secrets about the music foreign students brought with them to Canada.

This week we welcome a relatively new programmer at CIUT - Femi, host of Afro Alte show heard Sunday mornings at 6 a.m. He began his radio experience volunteering at a campus radio station in his native Lagos, Nigeria around 2010. He came to Canada five years ago to attend the U of T and got involved with CIUT. At first he was a board teck working with Cheri DiNovo on her excellent program The Radical Reverend. But I don't want to say any more here because Femi's show, which is gaining popularity, explains it best, this week in conversation with Peter Stamp and myself, Steve Fruitman.

David Dacks was only 17 when he heard about this brand new - not yet even on the air - radio station at the U of T and decided to check it out. Going FM meant the need for dozens of new recruits to volunteer at the station and within a few weeks, David was hosting his own show. 25 years later the momentum led him the The Music Gallery where he became Artistic Director and is now an Executive Director. Hear him tell his storyl

This week we celebrate the other side of Jeff Healey with two guys who knew him intimately: Colin Bray and Reid Kaiser who were members of the Jazz Wizards. They spoke about Jeff's Jazz side. A Collector of early 78 rpm records (he had 28,000 of them) Jeff joined CIUT around 1987 as host of Sugarfoot Stomp. Due to the impact of his rock career around 1989, Jeff handed off the show to Colin who managed it for 30 years. It was a fun interview with lots of interesting storiesl

Barbara Isherwood was a grant writer for the Toronto Blues Society and that somehow got her involved with CIUT. She not only volunteered to do radio, but she also worked at the station. That way she got to meet everyone doing their programs, giving her an understanding of how the station ticked. Better known for her program Catwoman which influenced a number of newer programmers at the station

This week we welcome Patrick Roots - CIUT host of Reggae Riddems - to Radio Recall.

Patrick got involved with CIUT around 1988; a year later he (along with Sheila Nopper) hosted a brand new Reggae Riddems show. Patrick has been producing the show ever since. Patrick grew up in Jamaica with the brand new sounds of Reggae music when he was a teen. He came to Toronto when he was a young man and became one of the city's best known proponents of the genre. A 28 year veteran of CIUT.

Jonny Dovercourt (Jonathan Bunce) has been an Artistic Director, musician, presenter, teacher, promoter, a person who things outside the box, and a problem solver in his years involved with the Toronto music scene. His long affiliation with the Music Gallery (who just celebrated their 50th anniversary) taught him a thing or two. He worked there for over 21 years. He is the founder and artistic director of the groundbreaking Wavelength Music Arts Project.

Jonny hosted CIUITi's live at the Music Gallery show for three years in the early 2000s. He loves to talk and has a lot of great perspectives on things.

This interview was via zoom, linking Jennifer Leonard with us from Portland Oregon where she currently lives (she'll be moving to Baltimore shortly). Jen began her career as a rock critic, actually working for Rolling Stone magazine. After a year - due to visa issues - she returned to Toronto and started taking a course in the theory behind Design. During her stay in Toronto, she talked her way into hosting her own radio program at CIUT (2002-5) called Massive Change. She used some of her interviews to write a book called Massive Change which was written up in major international publications. A fascinating career developed because of it. Oh, and the conversation she had with Peter and I was just as fascinating too!