When I see more businesses and local groups using the Internet I get excited and feel the need to share that with everyone. A couple weeks ago Radio Taiga emerged online on both Twitter and Facebook. As soon as I saw this I became a Fan and followed them on twitter, as I do anyone from Yellowknife. I have always known there was a Francophone Radio Station but have never really listened in, only because I don’t speak French and don’t understand a word of it. Seeing their website, Facebook Page, and Twitter account, I sure wish I could though.
About Radio Taiga, translated by Google Translator:
Since 2001, volunteer leaders give themselves, body and soul, to the mission of Radio Taiga, which is to provide the Francophone and Francophile population of Yellowknife. This local French radio station is able to reflect the interests and concerns of the community. Each volunteer contributes to the team radio, they contribute their enthusiasm, knowledge and abilities. The participation of these volunteers enriches the role of how our radio plays from the Francophone and Francophile population of Yellowknife. REMEC We very warmly thank all those brave people.
It seems they are making a tremendous effort to appeal to listeners online and I think this is just great. Their website not only has full news stories in text, but on occasion they include the audio clip. I will admit it is a little hard for me to navigate their website. This is mainly because I don’t know what some of the words are but some of the features I have found on the site are, like I mentioned News stories sometimes with audio, a full schedule and program descriptions. One other feature their website has that is worth mentioning is the ability to subscribe to their news feed via RSS. RSS is a simple way for their news content to be sent me, rather than me going and looking for it. They also have had a couple local bands come into their studio to perform. Below is the video of 3 Across Dee Eye performing in studio, another band would be Priscilla’s Revenge and hopefully more in the future.
I don’t think they stream their audio live on their website, but I’m willing to let that slide as they have an abundance of other content available for followers. I can confidently say that Radio Taiga is a valuable part of Yellowknife and its Francophone Community. I hope they continue to grow both online and throughout Yellowknife.
Radio Taiga is awesome.
Radio Taiga is awesome.
Follow @radiotaiga via Twitter http://twitter.com/radiotaiga
Follow @radiotaiga via Twitter http://twitter.com/radiotaiga
Oh right, I knew I forgot something in this. Thanks George.
Oh right, I knew I forgot something in this. Thanks George.
Wow YKOnline, you rock!
Thanks for the great review!
We are indeed working hard to improve our web content. Our intention is to offer a full 2.0 interactivity with our listeners, fans and followers. Look for more web content added to the website in the coming weeks, in addition to the daily newsfeed updates. Live streaming could be just around the corner…
I would like to stress that much of the audio content that makes the website is in fact bilingual: English interviews with short French recap.
Right now on radiotaiga.com you can listen to an exclusive interview with ENR Minister Michael Miltenberger adressing the Bathurst Caribou hunting ban and Deh Cho Bridge rising costs. There is also a conversion with awesome local blues trio Prscilla’s Revenge including three exclusive accoustic performances.
In the coming days, we will add interviews with, among others, Iceland’s Ambassador in Canada, the Snowking and more local musicians.
That being said, we are still, first and foremost, a FM Radio and broadcast is our main focus. You don’t have to speak French to tune in to 103.5 Yellowknife. Much of our programming is musical content, French and otherwise. More important, we always make a duty to spin local Yellowknife crafted music. The likes of Digawolf, Dana Sipos, Godson, Sophie Léger or Leela Gilday, to name a few, are routinely part of our daily programming. Hear their music weekdays from 9AM to 12 noon.
From Monday to Thursday at 10PM, we play the best alternative English music, stuff no other radio in town will ever spin. We are also the only Yellowknife radio station that features a weekly Metal zone. That’s Friday at 11PM. And on Saturday nights, same time, it’s Electronica. Both shows air right after “Les Oreilles Sensibles” Yellowknife’s only twice weekly punk sessions.
So tune in and hear the difference!
Batiste Foisy, Broadcaster
Radiotaiga.com
Wow YKOnline, you rock!
Thanks for the great review!
We are indeed working hard to improve our web content. Our intention is to offer a full 2.0 interactivity with our listeners, fans and followers. Look for more web content added to the website in the coming weeks, in addition to the daily newsfeed updates. Live streaming could be just around the corner…
I would like to stress that much of the audio content that makes the website is in fact bilingual: English interviews with short French recap.
Right now on radiotaiga.com you can listen to an exclusive interview with ENR Minister Michael Miltenberger adressing the Bathurst Caribou hunting ban and Deh Cho Bridge rising costs. There is also a conversion with awesome local blues trio Prscilla’s Revenge including three exclusive accoustic performances.
In the coming days, we will add interviews with, among others, Iceland’s Ambassador in Canada, the Snowking and more local musicians.
That being said, we are still, first and foremost, a FM Radio and broadcast is our main focus. You don’t have to speak French to tune in to 103.5 Yellowknife. Much of our programming is musical content, French and otherwise. More important, we always make a duty to spin local Yellowknife crafted music. The likes of Digawolf, Dana Sipos, Godson, Sophie Léger or Leela Gilday, to name a few, are routinely part of our daily programming. Hear their music weekdays from 9AM to 12 noon.
From Monday to Thursday at 10PM, we play the best alternative English music, stuff no other radio in town will ever spin. We are also the only Yellowknife radio station that features a weekly Metal zone. That’s Friday at 11PM. And on Saturday nights, same time, it’s Electronica. Both shows air right after “Les Oreilles Sensibles” Yellowknife’s only twice weekly punk sessions.
So tune in and hear the difference!
Batiste Foisy, Broadcaster
Radiotaiga.com
Also, for those of you who are anglophone but use handheld devices to follow Twitter, most apps have a built in translation function. This means with the quick press of a button you can have radio taiga’s tweets in English. Kind of handy.
Also, for those of you who are anglophone but use handheld devices to follow Twitter, most apps have a built in translation function. This means with the quick press of a button you can have radio taiga’s tweets in English. Kind of handy.
Long live Radio Taiga!
…and thanks for that great review of our radio station.
Long live Radio Taiga!
…and thanks for that great review of our radio station.
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Thanks for reviewing Radio Taiga, I listen to it a lot as I can't stand CJCD and their annoying voices full of advertizing, and their shitty programming that plays the same top 20 songs over and over. Radio Taiga is full of original content and their newscasts are really good.
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Thanks for reviewing Radio Taiga, I listen to it a lot as I can't stand CJCD and their annoying voices full of advertizing, and their shitty programming that plays the same top 20 songs over and over. Radio Taiga is full of original content and their newscasts are really good.