Based in Toronto, Ontario Canada, Turn Out Radio was founded in March 2016 by Nicole Inica Hamilton, Malgorzata Nowacka-May, and Samara Thompson.  Prior to it’s beginnings, the internationally broadcasted platform 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, building upon it’s framework, while adding new elements, and programming designs. Under the name Turn Out Radio, the newly established broadcast platform launched in March 2016, airing weekly on CIUT 89.5 FM. The broadcast platform 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 Turn Out Radio Production team to join the show as a co-host. In the years that followed, the four hosts interviewed, and spotlighted the stories of featured guests across the country both in studio, and on the ground at live performance events.

Between 2017-2019, as each host welcomed new creative 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.

Turn Out Radio broadcasts weekly, actively sharing and holding space for conversations which explore the real stories that live both on and beyond the stage. The broadcast platform streams on CIUT 89.5 FM, Bell Fibe TV, Rogers Cable TV, and podcast platforms across the globe.