Venus Radio started in 1996 by Laura MacNeil, Delphine Foo and Erin MacLeod. The show is run by a collective of hosts and "explores women's impact on music and the impact of music on women in various jobs, stations and positions in life" (show proposal Nov 1996).

The show went on to win many #1 Best Radio Show in the Montreal Mirror/Cult Montreal readers poll and is well known for its infamous Radioeke where Montreal musician came to the station to sing their hearts out and raise funds for CKUT. Below is a bit of oral history - the story of the origins of Venus radio. It is a chat with the founders of Venus which aired for Venus's Sweet 16 in May 2013.

As you may have heard, CKUT had a pretty great party to celebrate our 25 years on air. One of the highlights was a unique rap written & performed live by Logic Johnson, host of Listen You Smell Something. It was a one-time only performance but it's too good to not share. Check it out.

The past and current hosts of the radio show Dykes On Mykes dug up the mysterious origins to the their theme show and performed it live at CKUT's 25th Anniversary Party. The theme is in fact from a 70s Italian opera La Gatta Cenerentola by Roberto De Simon -re-mixed into a house music club banger by DJ Perry “Wizzard” Lamarre and then becoming the iconic intro to the Dykes on Mykes radio show.

In 2013, Vince Tinguely was hosting the show Kitchen Kitchen Bang Bang on Tuesdays from noon – 2pm.

Previous to that, he was the co-host of Victorious and Invincible, and previous to that, a show called In from the Cold.

AT CKUT’s 25th Anniversary event, Vince read a piece about what it was like to be a part of campus community radio when C/C radio was still in diapers.

Adrian Harewood was the Station Manager at CKUT from 1997-2000. He was a McGill student graduating in 1993 whereby he moved to Ottawa to get involved in Community radio there at CKCU and then came to Montreal to take on the daunting task of being the station manager at CKUT. He currently anchors the 6 o clock news on CBC-TV in Ottawa.

This is the speech he made for CKUT’s 25th Anniversary at Sala Rossa in Montreal 2013. Adrian had to jump on a bus from Ottawa to make it to the event and unfortunately arrived when the party was “lit” and so was all the participants!

Ever since Adrian left CKUT, the station has been collectively managed by a combination of staff members and volunteers.

Janice is the founder of Positive Vibes and has been involved with the station since 1983, witnessing its evolution into the infamous CKUT.

She explains how the station became and continues to be the strongest supporter of all types of Black music in Montreal.

Don't forget to tune into Positive Vibes Thursdays 3pm to 5pm and Bhum Bhum Time Sundays at 4pm.

The Tuesday Morning Show chatted with Sheldon Harvey, host of International Radio Report, about his 25 years at the station and radio in general.

Sheldon explains the irony of his show and why listener input is so significant. He also delves into the shocking and dirty business that is commercial radio.

The Monday edition of The Morning After Show talked with the 20 year vet Rufo Valencia of his experiences working with CKUT.

He walks us through how he ended up at the great 90.3, his various positions, and what he hopes for the future of the station. Rufo also expresses the importance of new volunteers at the station on how they keep him and radio fresh and young.

This radio art “Rock Story” was produced by Louise Burns in 2010. The text is from a letter she intercepted while working at PolyGram Records in the early 80s. It is based on a piece of fan mail to the group KISS, written at the time when the group decided to perform without their traditional makeup (1983 – a decision they eventually reversed).

This decision upset much of the KISS Army. This fan mail is the basis for the text. It is performed by Tia Ouimet, Louisa Sage, Detroit Burns and Fortner Anderson as the voice of God. It aired on If You Got Ears and is intro’ed by Alex Moskos.