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50/50 draw 2025 Draw Date: Monday December 22nd. Tickets now available at: Rays Flowers in Renfrew Dahl’s in Renfrew Valley Heritage Radio Station Perkins in Pembroke Champs Pizza & Pembroke General Store Killaloe IDA Golden Lake Variety Papa Ron’s in Eganville - limited supply Giant Tiger in Arnprior Whitelake - no longer available Almonte Gas and Grocery A Bunch of Whimsy in Carleton Place Scheels in Pakenham Nicholson’s in Pakenham Woodlawn - no longer available Kinburn - no longer available Eganville Legion Cobden Legion Valley Heritage Radio 3009 Burnstown Road, Renfrew, Ontario K7V 3Z4 info@valleyheritageradio.ca Contact us Phone: 613-432-9873 Toll Free: 1-888-532-9870 Fax: 613-432-9103 info@valleyheritageradio.ca © 2023 by Valley Heritage Radio. Website Design by Cat's Cove Communications Follow us on Social!

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

Join us every Thursday for Radio Bingo at Valley Heritage Radio in Renfrew Ontario. Radio Bingo Radio Bingo Effective, July 4, 2024 : The cost of Valley Heritage Radio bingo cards went up $1 to $7 per card. 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. Game 1: 1 Line or 4 Corners Game 2: 2 Lines Game 3: Full Card License No: M883305 (as of October 1, 2025) BINGO RULES Bingo Rules Bingo Verification Card THERE IS NO BINGO ON THURSDAY DECEMBER 25, 2025 MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE! THERE WILL BE A "MEGA" BINGO ON JANUARY 1, 2026 HAPPY NEW YEAR 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 Dan's Pizza Laronde's General Store Fazi Enterprises (formerly Rooney's) Olmstead Home Hardware High Class Eganville Papa Ron's Discount Store Village Discount & Variety Fitzroy Harbour The Harbour Store Griffith Adam's Berry Farm (June to October) 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) Bowers Esso & Grocery (2106 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

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

7c9bacad-8651-4369-a8bf-dabf0c3a0ecb OUR DJs < Back Dennis Harrington Born and raised in the Ottawa Valley, Dennis Harrington is well known around the region – and far beyond – as a champion fiddler. Dennis began his fiddling career in 1982 when he took six months of lessons by tablature from Randy Foster, the “Fiddling Fireman.” Dennis cannot read music and learns the vast amount of his tunes by ear. He began entering fiddle contests in his early teens, winning titles and accolades around the region and in the Maritimes. Over the years that followed, Dennis composed more than 40 fiddle tunes and has released three CDs with a number of original tunes. In 1999, the traditional fiddle tune “Little Burnt Potato” from Dennis’ Old Time Canadian Fiddling CD went to number one – twice – in the American Folk Music Charts. Dennis has leant his fiddle talents to a number of local musicians for their recordings over the years, and is still active in a number of Valley bands such as The Countrymen, The Douglas Connection, Upper Ottawa Valley Country – and with his own band, Heritage Country. His radio show, Cross-Canada Fiddling, can be heard on Valley Heritage Radio every Sunday from noon till 2 p.m. Program Cross Canada Fiddling If you’re a fan of fiddle music, then tune into Cross Canada Fiddling and your host Dennis Harrington every Sunday from noon until 2 p.m. Dennis not only spins the tunes of the who’s who of the fiddle world, but he also chats with many of the world’s most renowned fiddlers. Previous Next

3e779281-3a6b-4134-aac5-15259a6d422c OUR DJs < Back Tony Bove On any given Thursday night, Tony is praised by a handful of listeners, and cursed at by hundreds of others. Why, you ask? Because as our bingo caller, the winners love him. Those who didn’t have any luck don’t quite see him in the same light. In fact, he’s been told many times that he “didn’t call the right numbers,” while his response is always “you didn’t have the right card.” Armed with a great sense of humour and a zest for life, Tony is the man behind the microphone for one of VHR’s most popular programs. And even though the show is quite scripted because of time restraints, his personality still manages to shine through. Tony also volunteers his time and talents for VHR as a musician, and when he’s not performing around the Valley, he’s sharing his musical passion with the Capital City Chorus as music director. Tony and his husband Andy live near Pakenham where they enjoy the serenity, connection to nature, and sense of community that come with rural living in the Ottawa Valley. Bingo Under the “B” – Be Sure. If you’re a bingo fan, be sure to pick up your cards and have that dial locked to 98.7 every Thursday at 7 o’clock sharp for Valley Heritage Radio/Arnprior Lions charity bingo. For only 6 dollars a card, you can take part and have a chance to win, as we give away a minimum of $2,000 each week! Plus many special weeks with even more prize money. Join caller Tony Bove each Thursday for your chance to win! Previous Next

Administration Assistant < Back Susan Sarsfield Administration Assistant Hello! I was born and raised in Renfrew and though I moved to Kingston & Ottawa in my twenties for college and work, I always knew my heart belonged in the Ottawa Valley with my family and friends. I convinced my husband John that moving to Renfrew would be an adventure (he was a city boy), we have now lived here for 22 years and have three wonderful children; our oldest is Matthew, and then we were blessed with our twins Aaron and Morgan. With three kids, our life has never been dull or quiet; We’ve enjoyed many years as hockey and baseball parents to both the boys and soccer parents to our daughter; our home is definitely a central hub for all things chaotic. My husband and kids would tell you that it does not matter where I go, that I will see someone that I know, be it a hockey tournament in Peterborough or a beach resort in Cuba… I have over 20 years of experience working in administration, customer service, client services, events/promotion; I genuinely enjoy meeting new people and hearing their stories. Contact susan@valleyheritageradio.ca Previous Next

Dennis Harrington < Back Cross Canada Fiddling Dennis Harrington Sunday 12:00 pm - 2:00 pm If you’re a fan of fiddle music, then tune into Cross Canada Fiddling and your host Dennis Harrington every Sunday from noon until 2 p.m. Dennis not only spins the tunes of the who’s who of the fiddle world, but he also chats with many of the world’s most renowned fiddlers. Previous Next

Pat Watters < Back Got the Blues Pat Watters Thursday 8:00 pm - 10:00 pm Pat has been a part of Valley Heritage radio since the beginning. His show Got the Blues began a month after the station went on the air and continues every Thursday evening at eight o’clock right after the bingo. Got the Blues is a two-hour weekly show which provides you the opportunity to listen and enjoy the blues. If you want to be more informed and exposed to this genre of music so that you can appreciate the blues, then this is the place to be! Blues has been portrayed as mournful and slow but as you listen to Got the Blues you will discover it is far more energetic and it rocks. It has been said, “The blues had a baby and they named it Rock ‘n Roll”! There are plenty of blues styles and you will hear a great variety on Pat’s show. Traditional to contemporary artists are played regularly and Got the Blues is proud to feature many of our Canadian Blues artists. Previous Next

8f1007c1-b53b-4fd6-b389-c780120bc87a OUR DJs < Back Pat Watters Pat Watters was born in Bourlamaque Quebec. He has “been around” living in Val’Dor, Malartic, Barview, Malartic Gold Fields, Cornwall, Carp, Toronto, Fort McPherson NWT, Pembroke and in Douglas where he now resides. He graduated from York University and taught for 30 years finishing his career at St. Joseph High School in Renfrew. He is married, has six children and three grandchildren. He enjoys all types of music. He does however, have a preference for the blues. It was while living in Toronto that he developed a keen interest in the blues playing in bands and taking in as many live shows as he was able to. He had the opportunity to see several blues legends as they toured through southern Ontario. Pat plays bass guitar for a local hobby band called Mixed Nuts, and you’d be hard-pressed to find a bigger Toronto Maple Leafs fan in the Valley. Got the Blues Pat has been a part of Valley Heritage radio since the beginning. His show Got the Blues began a month after the station went on the air and continues every Thursday evening at eight o’clock right after the bingo. Got the Blues is a two-hour weekly show which provides you the opportunity to listen and enjoy the blues. If you want to be more informed and exposed to this genre of music so that you can appreciate the blues, then this is the place to be! Blues has been portrayed as mournful and slow but as you listen to Got the Blues you will discover it is far more energetic and it rocks. It has been said, “The blues had a baby and they named it Rock ‘n Roll”! There are plenty of blues styles and you will hear a great variety on Pat’s show. Traditional to contemporary artists are played regularly and Got the Blues is proud to feature many of our Canadian Blues artists. Previous Next

John Fife < Back You Ain't Going Nowhere John Fife Friday 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere is the station’s folk music program, so if you’re a fan of folk, make sure to join John Fife every Friday evening from 6 to 8 p.m. John will spin popular folk songs, and he’ll dust off the album jackets to play some tunes you may not have heard for years – or ever heard for that matter. As John says every week: Folk ‘Til You Croak! Previous Next

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