Your help promoting this year's radio marathon: the largest discussion on homelessness in canada!

hello all--

the 7th annual homelessness radio marathon is:
Monday, Feb. 23rd overnight until Tuesday, Feb. 24th.

we need your assistance in promoting this the largest discussion on
homelessness and poverty in Canada. we are hoping that many people can tune-in and participate in this important consciousness-raising event.

there are more than 40 radio stations carrying this year's marathon.

* to check out this year's topics, visit:
ckut.ca/homeless
* to print a poster: poster
* to call-in toll free, dial: 1-866-594-7729

thank for you support!!

For immediate release:

CONTACTS
Gretchen King, 514.448.4041 x6788

Subject: The largest discussion on homelessness and poverty in Canada
marks 7-years

This year's Homelessness Marathon will broadcast live from the streets of Montreal on Monday, February 23rd, starting at sunset (5pm EST) and running all night long until sunrise (7am) on Tuesday, February 24th.

WEBSITE : http://ckut.ca/homeless.html

WHAT IS THE HOMELESSNESS MARATHON?
The 7th annual Homelessness Marathon will once again serve up 14-hours of people-powered radio, broadcasting from outside of the Native Friendship Center of Montreal beginning at sunset. With the goal of being a consciousness-raising event, the Marathon will provide an opportunity for homeless people & their allies to take to the airwaves, and allow a nationwide discussion on homelessness and poverty. The Homelessness Marathon is annually carried by 40 radio stations. Listeners are invited to call-in with their questions or comments toll-free: 1-866-594-7729

2009 Re-Broadcasters

Ontario
1 CHUO 89.1 MHz - Radio Ottawa Inc.

2 CFRC 101.9 MHz - Radio Queen's University (Kingston)

3 CFBU 103.7fm - St. Catharines

4 CJAM 91.5 (Windsor)

5 CILU 102.7 FM Thunder Bay

6 CJLX 91.3fm, Loyalist College Radio, Belleville

7 CJAI 92.1, Amherst Island Radio, Stella

8 CFRU - 93.3 FM, University of Guelph

9 CKLU 96.7FM, Sudbury

10 CHRW 94.9FM, Radio Western, London

11 CFRC 101.9 MHz - Radio Queen's University (Kingston)

12 CIXX 106.9 Mhz Radio Fanshawe (London)

13 93.3 CFMU, McMaster University (Hamilton)

Manitoba
14 95.9fm CKUW – Winnipeg

15 CJUM 101.5 MHz - U of Manitoba Students Union (Winnipeg)

Saskatchewan
16 CJTR 91.3 - Radius Communications Inc (Regina)

17 CFCR 90.5 - Community Radio Society Saskatoon

Alberta
18 CKXU 88.3MHz, CKXU Radio Society (Lethbridge)

19 CJSR 88.5MHz - First Alberta Campus Radio Association (Edmonton)

British Columbia
20 GABR Gaberiola Radio

21 CJSF 90.1 MHz - Simon Fraser Campus Radio Society Burnaby

22 CFUR 88.7 FM - University of Northern British Columbia - Prince George

23 CHLY - Radio Malaspina, Nanaimo

24 CFBX - 92.5fm Kamloops Campus/Community Radio

25 CKMO Radio Society, Victoria

26 CO-OP Radio, Vancouver

27 CFUV Victoria Student / Community radio at the University of Victoria

28 CiTR 101.9FM UBC, Vancouver

29 CJLY 93.5 MHz - Kootenay Coop Radio (Nelson)

Yukon
30 CHON, Northern Native Broadcasting, Whitehorse

Quebec
31 CKUT Radio (Montreal)

Nova Scotia
32 CKDU 88.1 - Dalhousie U. (Halifax, NS)

33 CICU Mi'kmaw Radio, Eskasoni First Nation

34 CFXU 93.3FM The Fox, St. Francis Xavier University, Antigonish

New Brunswick
35 CHMA - Mount Allison University, Sackville

36 CHSR 97.9 FM, Fredericton

37 CFMH 107.3FM, Saint John

New Foundland
38 CHMR - Memorial Uni. of Newfoundland, St. John's (NF)

Northwest Territories
39 CKLB Native Communications Society (Yellowknife)

Network
40 AVR 106.7 FM - Aboriginal Voices Radio (Vancouver 106.3 FM | Calgary 88.1 FM | Edmonton 89.3 FM Kitchener-Waterloo 102.5 FM | Toronto 106.5 FM | Ottawa 95.7 FM | Montreal 106.7 FM)