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CJHR – 98.7 FM is the Ottawa Valley’s first, non-profit, community owned and operated full-powered, volunteer-run, English-language radio station. Our studios for Valley Heritage Radio are located just east of the Town of Renfrew, in Horton Township. CJHR – 98.7 FM Listen Online! LISTEN LIVE The People's Voice of the Ottawa Valley CJHR – 98.7 FM – Valley Heritage Radio – is the Ottawa Valley’s first, non-profit, community owned and operated, full-powered, volunteer-run, English-language radio station. The 13,000-watt broadcast signal covers most of the Ottawa Valley, while the world is served via live Internet streaming. Our studios are located just east of the Town of Renfrew, in Horton Township, at 3009 Burnstown Road. The station offers the “traditional” sounds of the country, bluegrass, fiddle and Ottawa Valley music, with a self-imposed mandate to focus programming on Canadian content, with the aim of promoting Canadian and local talent as much as possible. ABOUT PROGRAMS RADIO BINGO RECIPE OF THE DAY Become a Member! Support Valley Heritage Radio by becoming a member. Your membership fees help us do what we do - because we do it for you! SUPPORT OUR STATION Missed a show? Check out our Valley Heritage Radio Vault, where we post recorded programs from the last month. OUR VAULT

Annual General Meeting 2024 Valley Heritage Radio held its 20th Annual General Meeting on Tuesday, June 19th, and 34 members attended. They had an opportunity to hear the year-in-review from the Board President, review the financial statements, approve a new Board of Directors, and ask questions or offer comments. The 8-member Board for 2024/25 is as follows: Denzil Ferguson will return for another term as president; Fay Kolpin remains vice-president; Mackie McLaren is back as treasurer; and Jacqueline Asselin will be secretary. The other members of the Board of Directors are Mary Etmanski, Brian Hebert, Bob Johnston, and Carole Mooney. A special thank you to all those who attended this year’s AGM. Annual General Meeting 2024 2024 Agenda - released May 15, 2024 2024 Financials - email to request a copy 2024 Proposed R esolutions - none 2024 Nominating Report - released May 16, 2024 2024 Nominating Form - released May 16, 2024 2024 Nominating Report Final - released June 5, 20 24 As there were no nominations received by the closing time and date (Wednesday June 5, 2024 @ 4:00pm), the Nominating Committee released on May 16th is valid and no vote will be required at the 2024 AGM 2024 Proxy Form - not required By-Law #1 2020-1 - amended June 22, 2022...still stands for 2024 Contact: agm@valleyheritageradio.ca ************************************************ Annual General Meeting 2023 Board of Director s as of June 2023 2023/2024 Board of Directors - as of June 21, 2023 2023 Financials - email to request a copy 2023 Minutes - to be approved at 2024 meeting

Annual General Meeting 2025 The 2025 Annual General Meeting with take place on Wednesday June 18, 2025 @ 7:00pm ******************************************** Annual General Meeting 2025 The proposed resolution was passed which now states that the term of a Board Member will be 3 years. The Bylaw will be updated and posted below by July 2025. As of June 18, 2025, the Board Members are: Denzil Ferguson, Brian Hebert, Carole Mooney, Bob Johnston, Fay Kolpin and Jacqueline Asselin. Finance Report was presented by Welch LLP and approved. * approved & distributed at AGM2025; available upon request to members that were not at meeting. 2025 Agenda - released May 19, 2025 2024 AGM Minutes - * 2025 Financials - * 2025 Proposed Resolutions - released May 21, 2025 2025 Nominating Report - released May 18, 2025 2025 Nominating Form - released May 18, 2025 2025 Nominating Report Final - released on June 4, 2025 2025 Proxy Form - not required By-Law #1 2020-1 - amended June 22, 2022 2025 AGM Minutes - will be reviewed at AGM2026 Contact: agm@valleyheritageradio.ca

Annual General Meeting 2023 Annual General Meeting 2023 2023 Agenda 2023 Financials - approved; email to request a copy 2023 Proposed R esolutions - no resolutions were presented 2023 Nominating R eport - released May 21, 2023 2023 Nominating Report Final - released on June 7, 20 23 2023/2024 Board of Directors - as of June 21, 2023 2023 Proxy Form - not required By-Law #1 2020-1 - amended June 22, 2022...still stands for 2023 Contact: agm@valleyheritageradio.ca ************************************************ Annual General Meeting 2022 Board of Director s as of June 2022 2022 Financials 2022 Minutes (to be approved at 2023 meeting)

Employment at Valley Heritage Radio Valley Heritage Radio values the expertise of Valley People. Below are the positions that are available to the right candidate. Check it out and maybe join our team. Valley Heritage Radio is currently not seeking employees. If you'd like to join our team or volunteer and are up to the challenge of community radio please email your CV to employment@valleyheritageradio.ca

Radiothon 2026 On Line Auction Welcome to our 2026 Radiothon Online Auction. Please review our Auction Rules. By participating you agree to our rules and regulations. The auction is open until April 17, 2026 at 4 p.m . Any bids outside of these times will be disallowed. Don't miss out on your item. Bid now, bid often. In the event of a tie bid, the first bidder will be recognized. Bids are updated manually on the page and will be updated quickly as possible. All decisions of Valley Heritage Radio are final. Contact: 613-852-4535 AD CAMPAIGN Has your business or service club ever wanted to try advertising? For the top bid, Valley Heritage Radio will work with you to promote your business or event. Let us show you the power of radio advertising! Value: $1000.00 WINNING BID: $700.00 - HOSPICE RENFREW BID NOW! DJ for a day Think you have what it takes to co-host a Valley Heritage Radio show alongside one of your favourite DJs? Well, here's your chance. The winner will get to work with one of our experienced on-air hosts and feel the adrenaline of live radio! Eligible shows: Morning Show with Andrew Cartwright Afternoon Drive with Michelle McKibbon Coast to Coast Country with Rob Dodge Valley Saturday Night with Mike Cloutier Kitchen Party Live with Mike Cloutier Rock and Roll with Mike Cloutier and Denny Welburn You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Folk Show) with John Fife Barnyard Breakdown with Joey Wilson Super Saturday 60's, 70's, & 80's Show with Lesley Galbraith Value: Priceless WINNING BID: $111.00 - ZADOW BID NOW! HUNT CAMP LIVE PACKAGE Each November our Hunt Camp Live hosts take over the VHR airwaves each night for two weeks in a program filled with laughter, stories, and segments about life in the hunt camps across the region. The winner of this package will have a chance to co-host one of the live shows with the HCL team of Lesley, Jason and Andrew this November, and be part of what has become a true Ottawa Valley tradition. ALSO … the winner will get a one-of-a-kind Hunt Camp Live swag bag full of goodies! Value: Priceless WINNING BID: $175.00 - SCOBIE BID NOW! ACOUSTIC GUITAR If you're a beginning guitar player, the best choice you can make is getting a guitar with a sound and feel that will inspire you to keep playing. The CD-60 is a genuine Fender that is affordable and provides nicely balanced tone and plenty of volume thanks to its dreadnought body style and spruce top with scalloped "X" bracing. The CD-60 is also an excellent choice for veteran players who need an inexpensive second dreadnought model. Fender CD-60 acoustic guitar Laminated spruce top with laminated mahogany back and sides Black in colour With guitar case Value: $350 WINNING BID: $175.00 - GILLESPIE BID NOW!

Team Members Denzil (Denny) Ferguson President/Treasurer Read More Jacqueline Asselin Secretary Read More Bob Johnston Director Read More Fay Kolpin Vice President Read More Brian Hebert Director Read More Kim Bulmer Treasurer Read More Carole Mooney Director Read More

DJ For a Day Think you have what it takes to co-host a Valley Heritage Radio show alongside one of your favourite DJs? Well, here's your chance. The winner will get to work with one of our experienced on-air hosts and feel the adrenaline of live radio! Eligible shows: Morning Show with Andrew Cartwright Afternoon Drive with Michelle McKibbon Coast to Coast Country with Rob Dodge Valley Saturday Night with Mike Cloutier Kitchen Party Live with Mike Cloutier Rock and Roll with Mike Cloutier and Denny Welburn You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere (Folk Show) with John Fife Barnyard Breakdown with Joey Wilson Super Saturday 60's, 70's, & 80's Show with Lesley Galbraith Section Title DJ For a Day First Name Last Name Email Phone Your Bid Preferred Show (optional) Thanks for Supporting Valley Heritage Radio Submit

05a58505-bfd9-4d00-8fcf-0d853952412c OUR DJs < Back Gerry Blandford Gerry Blandford was born and raised in Ottawa, attended public and high school there, and lived in the Glebe area of the city. Gerry first started working for Canadian Pacific Railway and then moved to work for OC Transpo for almost 28 years finishing up as a supervisor. He retired in 1996 and then started volunteering for Rogers Community Television. Since moving to Renfrew in 2003 Gerry has been involved with Cogeco and done several productions as a community producer and won an award for small media productions for a documentary on Remembrance Day and was named Volunteer of the Year in 2006. Gerry began volunteering for CJHR in the summer of 2007 and on March 4, 2008 went on the air as the host of The Big Band Ballroom. He was one of the originals who worked the afternoon shift along with Mike Cloutier and then hosted the Canadian Country and Fiddle show on Fridays. There isn’t a show at the radio station that Gerry hasn’t hosted, because of his versatility and passion for all genres of music. Gerry lives in Renfrew along with his wife Pat, and are proud parents and grandparents. Program VHR Bluegrass On the Valley Heritage Radio Bluegrass, Gerry Blandford plays 2 hours of your favourite Bluegrass. If you’re a fan of that type of music, you can hear it every Tuesday from 8 to 10 p.m. Previous Next

John Fife < Back Reserve Me a Table John Fife Sunday 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm Tune in every Sunday from 2 to 4 p.m. to hear a great mix of country music with your host John Fife. John loves his country music, and it shows! He’ll play a wide selection of country songs from Ottawa Valley, Canadian, American and other international artists. You’ll get a little bit of everything, including an entertaining three hours every Sunday. Be sure to reserve your table. Previous Next

03d454e9-121e-4f07-96bb-0514ce4d0810 OUR DJs < Back L'il Mama My earliest memories of listening to music was the “Oldies 1310” station on the AM dial. “50s, 60s and early 70s” was its slogan. I can still remember their jingle. My dad’s old GMC farm truck had an AM/FM radio and a cassette deck. My dad had one tape in the truck, 50s Golden Oldies. We listened to it over and over while driving with my dad from farm to farm in Pakenham. Our tractors had no means of listening to music, but the combine did. It too had a cassette deck. In the combine, my dad kept an Andy Griffith tape and a couple of Elvis tapes. I would sit beside my dad as we went up and down the fields singing, “There will be Peace in the Valley for me someday…” My home as a child was decorated with knick-knacks, family photos and Elvis memorabilia. Something you don’t see anymore, homes filled with Elvis … everything. Like he was part of everyone’s family. In 1998, I turned 10, and my dad got a new farm truck. A Dodge 1500, and it had a CD player! Dad was given a “Solid Gold Hits” Elvis CD (which we already had on vinyl) and the CD was kept in the truck. I got my first CD too that year, from my mum. She chose for me, “Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat,” but there was one problem, we didn’t have a CD player in our home. My two sisters and I saved our money that summer from picking beans at Hudson’s farm to buy a stereo. We each bought our very own CD player stereo for our bedrooms. I played my only CD over and over. Sometimes I’d bring dad’s CD in from the truck or borrow my older sister’s CD who received “Summer Hit’s from the 60’s.” Three years passed, and my dad got another new farm truck, and soon after came “Elvis 30 #1 Hits Collection” – a gold CD and case. Then came a silver collection. There was no stopping us from our non-stop Elvis intake. In 2009 I was newly married, we had a six-month-old baby, and my dad died of cancer. I was devastated. I was only 21. I couldn’t even bear to listen Elvis anymore. But I knew my dad had found his peace, in the valley. As time went on, it seemed like never again would I be able to reach for an Elvis record, and by this time, “Oldies 1310” on the AM dial, was gone. Now I have four beautiful children and I believe strongly in giving them the best roots of music from the best time when music was made (about 1970s and earlier, but there are always exceptions). When music was actually music – and meant something. Elvis is alive and well in my home with dad’s old items and new items to add to the collection. My father’s spirit too is alive and well. For every time we put on one of my dad’s records or CDs or cassette tapes, my children and I sing and dance to “The King of Rock’n’Roll” which is what I used to do, with my dad in the truck, driving from farm to farm. Music should really make you feel. When I listen to something, I want to feel what the artist(s) is feeling. Same as when I perform, I want the crowd to feel what I am feeling. Shivers and goosebumps are a good indication of a performance well done. A bob of the head or a tap of the foot is a good sign too. That’s the feeling I’m creating in the studio. A heavy, groovy vibe transmitting from 98.7 FM radio into your space. If you can dig it, come along for a ride with me, Lil’ Mama, through my program “Lil’ Mama Live” on Monday nights from 8-10 p.m. Program L'il Mama Live Music should really make you feel. When I listen to something, I want to feel what the artist(s) is feeling. Same as when I perform, I want the crowd to feel what I am feeling. Shivers and goosebumps are a good indication of a performance well done. A bob of the head or a tap of the foot is a good sign too. That’s the feeling I’m creating in the studio. A heavy, groovy vibe transmitting from 98.7 FM radio into your space. If you can dig it, come along for a ride with me, Lil’ Mama on my new radio show, Lil’ Mama Live, Monday nights from 8-10pm on Valley Heritage Radio, 98.7 FM. Previous Next