CFRO

  • Vancouver Co-op Radio’s Annual Birthday Bash 2026!

    Saturday, May 9, 2026 Commercial Legion Hall, 2205 Commercial Dr., Vancouver, BC Celebrate another year of community-powered radio with us at Co-op Radio’s 2nd Annual Birthday Bash! Meet your favourite programmers & hosts – Happy Hour from 7–8 pm Come for the music, stay for the stories, and help us mark another year of independent radio made by, and

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  • Yippee Volunteers!

    We’re in the final days of our Spring Marathon, and we’re still $20,000 short of $50,000 goal. These are difficult times, and the world feels uncertain right now — I understand that. That’s why we’re asking our listeners to help. Every contribution, no matter the size, helps sustain this work and keep CFRO strong. We’re

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  • Spring Marathon Newsletter – April 10-19

      It may be April 1st, but we’re not fooling when we say it’s time for the Vancouver Co-op Radio’s Spring Marathon, April 10th –19th. Our goal this year is to raise $50,000, about one-eighth of our annual operating budget. That’s no prank—it’s the real support we need to keep our facilities running and your favourite local voices on

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  • Newsletter for February, 2026 – Celebrate Radio

    Build Culture! It is one of the best things about community radio. We do not simply broadcast culture. We build it together, through the music we share, the stories we trust each other with, and the conversations that do not always have room elsewhere. Today, on World Radio Day, I want to say a heartfelt

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  • Paul Norton (1951-2026)

    On Wednesday January 21st, 2026, we lost Paul Norton, a community-radio legend and one of the heroes of Vancouver Cooperative Radio. Paul died suddenly at the age of 74. He moved to Vancouver from Toronto in the late 1960’s and started working at COOP Radio in 1976 just after the station opened. In his almost

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