For the past two years, Tanya Gruben has owned Friday nights.
Having just broadcast her 100th show by way of CLKB FM 101.9 FM on Feb. 2, the aspiring disc jockey brings a solid mix to her two-hour show.
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Each week Gruben selects 30 tunes to play from a wide spectrum, bringing popular tunes to the airwaves usually built on themes.
Over the past two years, the show has evolved as Gruben first started in Yellowknife and then returned to Inuvik. While a staple feature of her show is that it isnSA国际影视传媒檛 a request program, whilst in the capital she was happy to do shout-outs for her listeners while on the air. Since returning to Inuvik, sheSA国际影视传媒檚 had to return to pre-recording her show, so she has had to take a break from them.
From her laptop in Inuvik, sheSA国际影视传媒檚 reached across Turtle Island, with confirmed listeners from not just across Canada, but as far away as Mexico.
But in the interim, finding interesting themes for her shows keeps her busy.
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Behind the music and trivia tidbits are hours of work lining music up, ensuring lyrics are family friendly and editing information into small ear-friendly sound bytes, plus any revisions her producer may ask of her.
Though not a request show, Gruben says sheSA国际影视传媒檚 happy to take suggestions and ideas. She noted she was preparing a playlist by her father for his birthday as one upcoming sow.
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Another idea Gruben said she was hoping to explore was speaking to festival-goers this upcoming jamboree season.
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