Radio@UPEI
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Birth
Radio@UPEI was born in the fall of 2004 by Justin Dorion. Interest was expressed to start a radio station, and the BEAT Program introduced it as a potential project on October 27, 2004 (see UPEI Web Radio). BEAT took it on as an official project in December 2004.
Original Members
- Justin Doiron
- Mark Hemphill (faculty)
- Mike Butler
- DJ Blanchard
- Matt Campbell
- Nathan Gill
- Ryan Palmer
In it's simplest form, Radio@UPEI is a collection of regular podcasters and contributors who collectively offer their audio material for download and syndication from radio.upei.ca, and collaborate on a live Internet stream. At times the group acts more like a traditional radio station, such as when large events are covered as a team. Duties for pre-production, post-production and other planning are spread out over the group during these times, whereas podcasting is a very individual effort.
Dates of interest
2004
- November 15 | Mark Hemphill's first podcast (http://exonous.typepad.com/beatcoordinators/files/151104_mh_first_try.mp3)
- November 17 | Mike Butler's first podcast (http://exonous.typepad.com/beatniks/files/mike_first_go.mp3)
- November 18 | Justin Doiron's first podcast (DEMO.mp3, lost on beat2)
- November 20 | DJ Blanchard's first podcast (http://exonous.typepad.com/beatniks/files/dj_cast_1.mp3)
- December ? | BEAT Radio renamed to UPEI Web Radio
2005
- January ? | UPEI Web Radio renamed to Radio@UPEI
- January ~21 | Live Radio@UPEI stream starts broadcasting 24/7
- January 27 | First podcast posted publically to weblogs.upei.ca/node/1379
- February 14 | Reg Reagan's V-day Special, http://weblogs.upei.ca/node/1493
- February 17 | First Panther Radio game
- March ? | Student Union Election / St Paddy's Day Coverage
- October 8 | First Panther Radio broadcast of 2005-2006 season ([1])
- November | PEI Music Awards
2006
- January 17 | Charlottetown Candidates Debate radio.upei.ca/node/2851
- February 11 | Last Panther Radio broadcast of the season - perfect 28/28 record radio.upei.ca/node/3117
- February 14 | Reg Reagan's 2nd-annual V-day Special radio.upei.ca/node/3130
- February 23 - 27 | Extensive ECMA coverage from the Delta Hotel radio.upei.ca/ecma
- March 25 | Sandbar Music Group 5th Anniversary Party broadcast from The Guild radio.upei.ca/node/3452
- March 31 - April 2 | Juno Coverage from Halifax radio.upei.ca/junos
- November 11 | PEI Music Awards Coverage
- November 13 | First Radio@UPEI video posted
2007
- February - | 2nd partnership with ECMA
- May | First partnership with Music NB
- June 7 - 9 | Travel to Toronto for NXNE 2007
- Fall | Panther Radio becomes Panther Television, and starts broadcasting live streaming video of UPEI Men's Hockey and Men's and Women's Basketball
2008
- April 25 | All requests for the Radio@UPEI website now redirect to upei.ca/home
