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Hey everyone: do you like CJAM? Do you dig the local hip hop and electronica that I play on Minced Meat every Sunday? Would you like to hear it continue? CJAM needs your help!

Attention CJAM listeners and supporters,

CJAM is currently applying for an amendment to our broadcasting undertaking to assume a new signal at 99.1 FM. While CJAM has been broadcasting at about 1000 watts for over 10 years, the station was never granted “Protected Status” from the CRTC, thanks to pressures from the FCC who were concerned with CJAM’s level of interference with adjacent American stations. Without “Protected Status”, CJAM faces the risk of losing its signal to other applicants. In fact, CJAM faced that very risk recently when the CBC decided to apply for 91.5 in the fall of 2008. The CBC ultimately withdrew its application, but CJAM still faces possible removal from the FM band thanks to a pending American application for our signal ("SMILE FM" in China Township, MI, a commercial Christian radio station).

CJAM has identified a new signal – 99.1 FM - that could afford the station protected status and has moved forward with applications for this new signal to Industry Canada and the CRTC. The application currently before the CRTC is now open for public comment, and this is where we need you, our community of listeners, programmers and volunteers to make your voice heard. If you value CJAM and community radio in Windsor and Detroit, please express your support of our application. Letters may be submitted electronically at www.crtc.ca, by fax at 819-994-0218, or by conventional mail to the following address: CRTC Ottawa Ontario K1A 0N2.

Please, could you write a letter to the CRTC saying just how important CJAM is to you? We're one of the ONLY non-mainstream radio stations in the area, where we are allowed (required) to focus on content produced BY the community, FOR the community. If you have a sense of community spirit, please reach out and help both yourself and us programmers at CJAM.

Personally, I have come to love volunteering at CJAM. When I first created Minced Meat, I wanted to be able to give the community something new and different to hear, something that showcased a variety of local talent from the area's two most important musical genres. It has developed over the last year and 6 months; I've met some incredible people and had the chance to talk to many excellent musicians, and I don't plan on stopping. Let CJAM know you're listening and that we have your support. You can call: 519-971-3630 from Windsor, and 313-963-6112 ext 3630 (toll free) from Detroit anytime.

On a lighter note, I thought you should see this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tq0EHuuCFc8