to solidify their finances and public profile. Programming As CJSW is aimed to be an alternative to mainstream media through diverse programming, there are many programs on CJSW that cater to a wide variety of tastes. CJSW programs play a vast array of different genres, including but not limited to alternative, indie rock, punk rock, blues, roots, folk, jazz, experimental, metal, hip-hop, rap, reggae, soul, electronic, country, classical, psychedelic/garage, and multicultural content. BBC news updates appear weekday mornings. There are numerous other news and spoken word programs as well as programs dealing with LGBTQ issues and women's issues. A few of the longest-running programs on the station include Road Pops (Broadcasting since 1984), Megawatt Mayhem (Canada's longest running Heavy Metal radio show, broadcasting since 1985), and Bunte Welle. Other programs with considerable longevity include Level the Vibes, The Nocturntable, Folkcetera, Tombstone After Dark, South Louisiana Gumbo, Fat Beat Diet, DNA, Remote Emissions, Alternative to What, The Rage Cage, The Failed Pilot, The Blues Witness, Lift The Bandstand, Attention Surplus Disorder, Shaolin Sundays, The Spin Evolution, "Straight On'Til Morning", and Katharsis. Many of the station's programs have won awards from the National Campus and Community Radio Association including Unprocessed which was named Best Classical Programming in 2018. and podcast Rainbow Radio for the Out Loud: Best in LGBT+ Programming Award in the same year. VOX In September 1983, under the editorship of station manager Grant Burns and Shelley Youngblut (later to helm The Calgary Herald's entertainment weekly magazine Swerve) the station printed and distributed the first issue of VOX magazine, a monthly publication containing a program guide, music reviews and interviews, and features on local and independent bands. Subsequent VOX editor Bill Reynolds later went on to edit eye weekly in Toronto. Ian Chiclo (editor 1991–1995) became the editor, and eventually the publisher, of Fast Forward Weekly (ffwd). VOX would become Calgary's longest-running arts and entertainment magazine until its final printing in 1998, when it was purchased by the now-defunct Calgary Straight magazine. There have been two special editions published. One was to celebrate the 20th anniversary on the FM dial and more recently, VOX was published for the 2005 funding drive to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the station. Trivia The rooftop speakers that were installed in 1967 were temporarily shut off in 1985 when the lyrics of the Romeo Void song "Never Say Never" proved too offensive for those