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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. Annual General Meeting 2026 Summary As of June 17, 2026, the Board Members are: Denzil Ferguson (President), Brian Hebert, Carole Mooney, Bob Johnston, Fay Kolpin, Jacqueline Asselin and Kim Bulmer (Treasurer). Finance Report was presented by Welch LLP and approved. 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

Join us every Thursday for Radio Bingo at Valley Heritage Radio in Renfrew Ontario. Radio Bingo Radio Bingo All rules & regulations are printed on the back of the Bingo card Contact: bingo@valleyheritageradio.ca Bingo Cheques are ready on the Tuesday @ noon following the Bingo Broadcast and then Monday to Friday from 9-3 Cards must be INTACT and SIGNED (do not cut the cards)… You MUST provide your card to receive your cheque. OUR NEXT BONUS BINGO IS..... $1000/game July 2, 2026 - Canada Day Effective, July 4, 2024 : The cost of Valley Heritage Radio bingo cards went up $1 to $7 per card. Game 1: 1 Line or 4 Corners Game 2: 2 Lines Game 3: Full Card License No: M883305 (as of October 1, 2025) License No: M883308 (as of April 1, 2026) BINGO RULES Bingo Rules Bingo Verification Card BUY BINGO CARDS AT ANY OF THESE LOCATIONS join us for weekly radio bingo Almonte Almonte Gas & Grocery Arnprior / Braeside Giant Tiger T.A. Touchless Car Wash (gas bar beside PJ's) W.O. Stinson (Vanjumar Drive) 613-623-4207 Braeside Convenience Beachburg Beachburg Deli & Bakery Calabogie Charbonneau's Grocery Carleton Place A Bunch of Whimsy (142 Bridge St) Clayton Clayton General Store Cobden Laronde's General Store Fazi Enterprises (formerly Rooney's) Olmstead Home Hardware Eganville Papa Ron's Discount Store Village Discount & Variety Fitzroy Harbour The Harbour Store Golden Lake Golden Lake Variety Kinburn Darvesh Gas & Grocery Store Killaloe I.D.A. Pharmacy (7 Lake Street) 613-757-2281 Pakenham Nicholson's Sundries Pembroke Bruham Food Mart (613-732-4185) Perkins Gas Bar & Convenience (613-735-6690) Champs Pizza & Pembroke General Store Hwy 41 Petawawa Petawawa Beckers (3520 Petawawa Blvd) Renfrew Dahl's Gourley’s O’Brien’s Variety Renfrew Metro The Wing Valley Heritage Radio (3009 Burnstown Road) Bonnechere Manor (not open to public) Grove’s Park Lodge (not open to public) Woodlawn Budcon Holdings (formerly Nicholls) White Lake Cedar Cove Resort (May-October) White Lake General Store

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

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

Roy Berger < Back Simply Country Roy Berger Sunday 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm What better way to spend a couple of hours on a Sunday afternoon than listening to the country music classics of years gone by. Roy Berger brings you some of your favourites, some songs you haven’t heard in years, and maybe some you’ve never heard – every Sunday from 3 to 7 p.m. Previous Next

Mike Cloutier < Back Valley Saturday Night Mike Cloutier Saturday 4:00 pm - 8:00 pm Host Mike Cloutier loves to hear from our listeners, and that’s exactly what drives his Valley Saturday Night program – listener requests. Almost every song each week is chosen by listeners from across the Ottawa Valley, and beyond, as they call in their favourite tunes – and Mike is the man to find them and play them. So if you have a song you’d like to hear, then give Mike a call on Saturday nights between 4 and 7, and you’ll likely get your wish. The show has also grown to include guest appearances from Mike’s wife Nancy (aka The Saturday Night Widow). Previous Next

L'il Mama < Back L'il Mama Live L'il Mama Monday 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm 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

Production/Program Manager < Back Lesley Galbraith Production/Program Manager G’day! Here is a little bit about me. I was born in England. Leicester, to be exact. I grew up on the west coast of Canada. Then moved with my family to Ottawa, then to Florida, Vegas and finally back home to Canada, where I belong. I have a wonderful 23-year-old son, four cats and two dogs. I was born into a very theatrical family, and worked in live theatre in Daytona Beach, Florida for 10 years and with the cast and crew of hotel shows at the famous Flamingo Hilton, in Las Vegas. When I came back to Canada, I worked for a law office in Ottawa and moved up to the Valley. Best move I could have made. I was the very first “employee” hired at the station back in 2006. And what a ride it’s been. Right now as the Programming and Production manager, I am mainly behind the scenes. But I’m very happy to be the only female member of Hunt Camp Live – “it was my idea”. I wouldn’t change a thing about my job. I’ve loved every moment and look forward to the future and whatever it holds. Contact lesley@valleyheritageradio.ca Previous Next

Lesley Galbraith < Back Super Saturday 60's, 70's & 80's Show Lesley Galbraith Saturday 8:00 pm- 10:00 pm Every Saturday night from 7 to 10 p.m., join me, Lesley Galbraith, as I take you back in time to the 70s and beyond. We’ll explore the decades that saw the rise of disco, progressive rock, pop country, new wave, pop rock, soft rock and much more, with some interesting facts thrown in for good measure. Previous Next

< Back The Gospel Hour Sunday 10:00 am - noon If you love traditional gospel music, and country gospel, make sure to join host Murray Langford for the Gospel Hour which airs every Sunday from 10 to 11 a.m. Previous Next

Reception < Back Kathleen Rogers Reception I am a Valley girl, born and raised in Renfrew. I left the area in 1989 when my husband Rick and I moved to an even smaller town: Moosonee. We then re-located to Sutton West, Ontario, before my hubby accepted a job with the Renfrew Paramedic Service. We were truly back home! We have been happily married for 34 years and have raised two beautiful daughters – Bailey and Taylor. We moved home 25 years ago and have been loving life in our true home ever since. Our family has grown to include two beautiful grandsons who keep us entertained and very busy. I come from a large family and know many people throughout the Valley. I consider myself a “people person” and love meeting and chatting with listeners every day at the radio station. I love dogs, cats and birds, country music, sports and food. I also love my job here at VHR and am proud to be part of the Valley Heritage Radio family.   Contact reception@valleyheritageradio.ca Previous Next