ABOUT TUЯNOUT RADIO
TUЯNOUT Radio (Turn Out Radio) is a production platform and spoken-word program that presents and covers dance news and the introspective stories of those featured on the broadcast station. The platform invites the exploration and deepening of conversations that discuss the histories, knowledges, practices, and stories emanating within, and encircling dance.
Hosted by Nicole Inica Hamilton, TUЯNOUT Radio airs Saturdays from 8:00 -9:00 a.m. EST on CIUT 89.5 FM, Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV and via some of your favourite podcast platforms. This is real talk. This is TUЯNOUT Radio.
OUR HISTORY
Based in Toronto, Ontario, and broadcasting from CIUT 89.5 FM, TUЯNOUT Radio was founded in March 2016 by Nicole Inica Hamilton, Malgorzata Nowacka-May, and Samara Thompson. Prior to it’s beginnings, the internationally aired talk show was preceded by Evi-Dance, a unique radio program which was hosted and produced by award-winning arts broadcaster, Ted Fox. Evi-Dance ran for 16 years airing on CIUT 89.5 FM, coming to a close in November 2015.
In November 2015, former Evi-Dance co-hosts, Hamilton (Artistic Director of Inica Dance Industries), Nowacka-May (Artistic Director of Chimera Project Dance Theatre), and Thompson (Independent Choreographer and Dance Educator), began the work of continuing the legacy of Evi-Dance by building upon it’s framework while adding new elements and programming designs. Under the name TUЯNOUT Radio, the newly established spoken word program launched in March 2016, airing weekly on CIUT 89.5 FM. The show name TUЯNOUT referencing the turning out to express, create, engage, dialogue, and come together through dance. The program commenced it’s run, co-founded hosted, and produced by Hamilton, Nowacka-May, and Thompson.
In 2017, Shawn Byfield (Dance Coach, Trainer and Presenter) was invited by the TUЯNOUT Radio Production team to join the show as a guest co-host. In the years that followed, the four hosts interviewed and spotlighted the stories of featured guests from across the world. With live interviews taking place to this day in studio at the CIUT 89.5 FM station location, virtually, live on stage, on the ground at live performance events, schools, rehearsal halls and arts organizations.
Between 2017-2019, as each host welcomed new ventures into their careers, Hamilton graduated into the role of lead host and producer in 2020. In the same year, dancer and interdisciplinary artist Amber Downie-Back joined the production team as Assistant Production Manager/Editor, supporting the next stage of production development for the show.
LOGO
The original TUЯNOUT logo was designed by Zenon Nowacki, (father of co-founding producer Malgorzata Nowacka-May). The logo was officially launched in March 2016.
MUSIC
In 2016 TUЯNOUT Radio first aired with theme music “Coffee” by Dr. Draw. As the show took new shape over the following years, the program has shared music from national and international artists during broadcast programming. The current weekly episode theme and commercial interlude music credits are attributed to Cannonball Adderley “Autumn Leaves” and John Coltrane “Blue Train.”
EDUCATION
TUЯNOUT Radio engages with independent artists and organizations to support with development training for hosts, speakers, and podcast creation initiatives. This work has been provided via consultations, mentorship, classes, and through our workshop A Guide to the Episode: Podcasting 101.
TUЯNOUT Radio airs on CIUT 89.5 FM, Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and over two dozen podcast platforms across the world.
JOIN OUR FAMILY OF SUPPORTERS
TUЯNOUT Radio has been broadcasting on our home station CIUT 89.5 FM, since 2016. With your generous love, support, and collaboration, we have been celebrating, and sharing stories that live both on and beyond the stage via radio, TV, live audience discussions, and across over 2 dozen podcast platforms. Year round, our radio team engages in audio production, and tech training, workshops, and research development to bring our audience informative, and meaningful content. Your kind donations assist TUЯNOUT Radio and CIUT to continue, and build upon our programming efforts and service to communities across the world. We are immensely grateful to you for joining our family of supporters.
THANK YOU
TUЯNOUT Radio acknowledges with thanks, the collaborators who have provided guidance, mentorship and support to our production and broadcast programming.
CIUT 89.5 FM
Timea Wharton-Suri
Ama PM
Paulette Lacruise
Caroline Baylis
LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
TUЯNOUT Radio acknowledges that the land we are meeting on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 with the Mississaugas of the Credit. We give thanks for the many collaborators whom we have the honor of sharing space with. We give thanks and honor to the ancestors, knowledge keepers, and spiritual guides, who have blessed our yesterday, and who continue to bless us today, while guiding us forward to our tomorrow. With great honor, we give thanks.