attention in the press as podcasting gained popularity. Recognition and critical response WEFUNK was awarded "College Radio Show of the Year" in 2007 at the Stylus DJ Awards, a Canadian nationwide urban music awards event. WEFUNK was voted into the Montreal Mirror'''s top 10 "Best Local Radio Show" lists in their annual "Best of Montreal" reader's poll in 2009, 2008, 2006, 2005, and 2004. Esquire magazine noted WEFUNK for "grooves so gloriously nasty, they make James Brown look like Pat Boone". The New Haven Advocate wrote, "If you're looking for 'brash funk hypeness, hip-hop deep in the pocket,' screw the mainstream. This is it." Fortune Magazine wrote, "WeFunkRadio.com is just totally beautiful!" Wired magazine wrote that WEFUNK "keeps us going strong". References External links WEFUNKs Official Website Brief history of WEFUNK on the WEFUNK'' official website Canadian hip hop Canadian music radio programs Internet radio stations in Canada McGill University Mass media in Montreal 1996 establishments in Quebec