Events & Webinars
WRD Indigenous Alerts Milestone đź“»
January 29, 2026
Events & Webinars, News & Updates, Releases & Downloads
🎙️ Celebrate World Radio Day – Yukonstruct Whitehorse Insightful Look at Radio & Artificial Intelligence February 13, 2026 | 14:00 – 16:30 (Social 16:30–17:30) Where: Yukonstruct, Whitehorse | Also streaming online! World Radio Day is back and we’re exploring the exciting frontier where radio meets artificial intelligence! Whether you’re in the Yukon or tuning in […]
Read moreEver get that gnawing feeling? 🦫
May 29, 2025
Events & Webinars, News & Updates
My 2025 nomination for Hall of Innovators is Tagish Radio Rob! RadioRob – Yukon Hall of Innovators Rob has no idea I’m nominating him and he’s never seen the piece below I wrote this morning for him. While we are lightly friends and worked together on a couple small jobs in early 2000s, we haven’t […]
Read moreRadio in the Climate Crisis 🔥
February 21, 2025
Events & Webinars
Climate Emergency Alerting with Open Source Software AIBD Web-summit 2025 – Radio in the Climate Crisis Hello Radio Friends, I am presently working remotely this winter in Thailand and reside in the Yukon Territory up in northern Canada, beside Alaska. Historically 2 major events happened here; the Klondike gold rush of 1898 and the building […]
Read moreIndigenous Media Archive Support 📢
December 20, 2024
Events & Webinars, News & Updates
Indigenous Community Media Fund (ICMF) The Indigenous Community Media Fund (ICMF) offers financial Support to strengthen infrastructure for Indigenous-managed media. The fund focuses on sustainability, environmental justice, and climate change initiatives within community media. Eligible Regions: Latin America, Caribbean, Africa, North America, and selected Asian countries. Grant Amounts: Up to $8,000 USD for individual media […]
Read moreFREE Radio Training đź“»
February 13, 2024
Events & Webinars
Happy World Radio Day! Join us in celebrating the spirit of radio with two complimentary training sessions to boost your broadcasting skills. Whether you’re new to radio or looking to enhance your knowledge, these sessions are designed to be accessible and valuable for all levels. Training Schedule: February 20 – 15:00 Yukon Time (MST) Saved […]
Read moreEmergency Communications 101 Training 📢
April 13, 2023
Events & Webinars
Learn how to manage and configure Open Source systems to provide community emergency alerts and prepare for the National Public Alerting tests. CAP AlertPlayer for Radio and Television April 27 2023 at 10:00 AM – Noon Pacific Time Skill:          Beginner or user of AlertPlayer. Description:    Manage and operate […]
Read moreRob is Analog Audience Favorite Award đź“»
March 8, 2022
Events & Webinars, News & Updates
Available Light Film Festival 2022 Audience Choice Winners Rob is Analog – Audience Choice Award for Best Canadian Documentary, Rob Is Analog, is also the audience favorite. Yukon filmmaker, Jessica Hall’s funny and charming documentary about “Radio Rob” Hopkins: a ramshackle communications pirate who pioneered community radio in Southern Yukon and fights for the public’s […]
Read moreUNESCO Remote World Radio Week đź“»
November 16, 2021
Events & Webinars
5th Asia Pacific Community Network Xchange Community Network Exchange We are on a panel discussion with the Asia-Pacific Institute for Broadcasting Development (AIBD) regarding Community Radio and it’s relationship with Community Networks, especially those stations with communications challenges. Date: November 17, 2021 Time: 0500-0715 UTC Album Art A large American university recently sponsored development of […]
Read moreTWiRT 568 – Common Alerting Protocol ⚠️
October 29, 2021
Events & Webinars, Open Source
Common Alerting Protocol Life-Saving Technology for Broadcasters The Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) might sound technical or routine, but its real-world impact can be life-saving. CAP is a modern, flexible way for broadcasters and emergency services to deliver critical emergency messages—like Child Abduction Emergency notifications—directly to the public. For broadcasters, CAP is more than just an […]
Read morePop Up Drive-In Cinema 📽️
September 24, 2020
Case Studies, Events & Webinars, Radio Automation, Video Automation
Decade + OpenBroadcaster = Pop Up Drive-In Cinema 📽️  Pop up Drive-in Cinema On the evenings of September 11 + 12, we participated in a really interesting public installation, at the Whitehorse Library. A series of films were shared with an audience in their cars, tuning into a temporary LPFM radio signal for the […]
Read moreEmergency Indigenous Alerts ⚠️
April 16, 2019
Community, Events & Webinars
Swans in Tagish Yukon Record-high bird count at Yukon’s Swan Haven over weekend. 3,000 birds make an awful lot of noise. Yukon Swan Haven Indigenous Alerts Within Canada, there are approximately 635 FNs and 50+ Inuit communities with numerous spoken languages and dialects. Canadian policy related to CAP alerting specifies Support for Indigenous languages, but […]
Read moreOpen Source North Whitehorse 📢
January 21, 2018
Community, Events & Webinars
Open Source North Event – Whitehorse Yukon Mar 23, 2018 A couple of like minded fans of Open Source and broadcasting are putting on an event in northern Canada’s Yukon Territory. We will have a meeting space to spend the day networking and learning more about how Open Source works with broadcast. This opportunity is […]
Read moreCommunity Media Convergence 📢
November 18, 2015
Events & Webinars, News & Updates
Community Media Conference OpenBroadcaster is busy preparing to attend Commedia at Carlton University Ontario Nov 22 – 24 Stop by and say hello to Jake one of the original lead developers for OpenBroadcaster and my nephew Christopher Nash at commediaconverge.ca They will have a table participating at the technology fair and presenting about our work […]
Read moreOn Thin Ice: Emergency Preparedness 📢
February 10, 2015
Events & Webinars, News & Updates
Media Release 9 Feb 2015 In 2013, the Global Alliance on Accessible Technologies and Environments (GAATES) launched the On Thin Ice (OTI) Project. Funded by the Government of Canada’s Social Development Partnerships Program, the project seeks to protect lives and improve the security, well-being, and inclusion of persons with disabilities (physical, cognitive and sensory) and […]
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