Park Radio Podcasts
Radio Programs from Banff's Very Own Park Radio 101.1fm

This week we hear about Fort St James National Historic Site from Kevin Gedling, plus a couples of songs from Mountain WHIT.

Direct download: Off_The_Beaten_Track_-_July_30_10.mp3
Category: Off The Beaten Track -- posted at: 8:30 AM
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This week, Camara chats local sports with Leah and Mallory talks about the possible sour gas development in Sullivan Creek and the reaction from conservation groups about this impact on important bear habitat. We will also play one of Ben Gadd's favourite naturalist stories and Colin Funk chats about the Banff Ideas Bank. We round off the show with a Mountain View from Frank Slyde.

Direct download: Affecting_You_-_July_29_10.mp3
Category: Affecting You -- posted at: 1:00 PM
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Allan sits down with local writer and naturalist Robert Sandford to talk about his new book Ecology and Wonder.

Direct download: Alpine_Authors_-_Bob_Sandford.mp3
Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 3:00 PM
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This week we learn about the Alpine Club Of Canada's Peak Baggers Guide To Lake Louise form Nancy Hansen.  Plus, Lucas will stop by to tell us about the wonderful sport of Disc Golf. 

Direct download: Highline_Radio_-_July_26_10.mp3
Category: Highline Radio -- posted at: 8:32 AM
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This week Michelle and Public Safety Specialist Aaron Beardmore to about summer safety in the mountains, also in the studio in Doug Topp who shares his first impressions of Banff and how they changed his life.

Direct download: Off_the_Beaten_Track-_July_2310.mp3
Category: Off The Beaten Track -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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Camara talks with Outlook reporter Tanya Foubert to get to the bottom of a story she been covering on bus transport between Canmore and Banff. Jill Sawyer joins Leah in the studio to talk about the opening of the Kinnear Center. We get to the bottom of an urban legend that bear are getting drunk from the grain on the tracks and Chic Scott gives an update of what's going on at the library. Lastly Heather MacFadyen talks about the environmental award she recently received and Frank Slyde shares another mountain view.

Direct download: Affecting_You_-_July_22_10.mp3
Category: Affecting You -- posted at: 1:00 PM
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From the 50th anniversary of the Calgary Mountain Club we hear from the extreme mountaineers  Sharon Wood, Barry Blanchard, Kevin Doyle and Jeff Marshall

Direct download: Calgary_Mtn_Club_pt2.mp3
Category: On Tape -- posted at: 12:41 PM
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Allan Buckingham  talks with the editor of Tommy and Lawrence: The Ways and Trails of Lake O'Hara, Chic Scott. They talk about who the two men were and how the created the beautiful trails around the Lake O'hara area.

Direct download: Alpine_Authors_-_Chic_Scott.mp3
Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:30 PM
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This week, Ben Gadd talks about eating in the wild, and we hear part 2 of Meghan Ward's interview with Sharon Wood.

Direct download: Highline_Radio_-_July_19_10.mp3
Category: Highline Radio -- posted at: 8:07 AM
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Michelle sits down to talk about the new management plan for Parks Canada with Kevin Van Tighem

Direct download: Off_The_Beaten_Track-_July_910.mp3
Category: Off The Beaten Track -- posted at: 11:16 AM
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This week, Banff Town Counselor Leslie Taylor talks about some of the work being done by the town over the summer; we hear from artist Fern Langmen; and Camara goes out with Parks Canada's Steve Michel to learn a bit more about bears. 

Direct download: Affecting_You_-_July_15_10.mp3
Category: Affecting You -- posted at: 12:54 PM
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Allan talks to author Rob Bryce about his unique hiking guide: Hiking Jasper and Mount Robson which inculdes both a dvd and book.

Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Rob_Bryce.mp3
Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 7:30 PM
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From the 50th anniversary of the Calgary Mountain Club, hear presentation by mountaineering legends: Chic Scott, Urs Kallen and Pat Morrow

Direct download: On_Tape_Calgary_Mountain_Club.mp3
Category: On Tape -- posted at: 11:50 AM
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This week on the show we  learn about the Banff Legacy Trail, and Meghan Ward is back for another installment of Wild Women Of The Rockies, this time featuring local mountaineer Sharon Wood.

Direct download: Highline_Radio_-_July_12_10.mp3
Category: Highline Radio -- posted at: 8:14 AM
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Michelle is joined by Joanne Wilson to go over the success of the pancake breakfast on Canada Day and lists the activities coming up on Parks Day July 17th. Randall MacKay talks about what brought him to Banff and his early experiences in the Park.

Direct download: Off_The_Beaten_Track-_July_910.mp3
Category: Off The Beaten Track -- posted at: 8:30 AM
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Camara sits down with Mallory Daragon to talk about the Voluntourism projects going on in Banff and how to get involved, Michelle Macullo talks with Kevin Van Tighem from an upcoming Off the Beaten Track. Leah gives us the low down on sports in the valley and Michale Lang talk about the new exhibit: Spirit of the Land and People. Local legend Barry Blanchard also dropps by the office to share some thrilling stories of his adventures in the mountains.

Direct download: Affecting_You_-_July_8_10.mp3
Category: Affecting You -- posted at: 1:00 AM
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Allan talks with one of the authors of Life on the Trail 5:Historic Hikes Around Mount Assiniboine & In Kananaskis Country, Emerson Sanford. 

Direct download: Alpine_Authors_Emerson_Sanford.mp3
Category: Alpine Authors -- posted at: 8:00 PM
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This week Camara talks with Bruce Miller about Lake O'Hara and Leah sits down with Melanie Schultz a new addition to the Canadian National Biathlon Team. Afterwards Leah and Camara chat about the do's and don'ts of blisters.

Direct download: Highline_Radio_-_July_5_10.mp3
Category: Highline Radio -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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Michelle sits down with Rob Harding about restoring historic plaques as a retired Parks Canada employee and talks with Breanne Feigel about CPR train history in Banff National Park.

Direct download: Off_The_Beaten_Track_-_July_2_10_.mp3
Category: Off The Beaten Track -- posted at: 9:00 AM
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This week, Jordan Poppenk formerly of the Green Majority talks about Biking Across Canada for Steady State Economics.  Darren Enns from the Town of Banff gives us some info on the Land Use Bylaw Reviwe Phase 2, and we'll here from the book launch for Michale Lang's Bears: Tracks Through Time. 

Direct download: Affecting_You_-_July_1_10.mp3
Category: Affecting You -- posted at: 3:42 PM
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