99.3 County FM is dedicated to keeping you informed about our programming.
To this end, we are sharing with you information on The County Writes…The County Reads (Sundays at noon) and The County Grapevine (Monday to Friday, 12 noon & repeat at 6:00 p.m.) plus any other unique programming specials.
This newsletter is sent once per week. If you prefer not to know what’s happening on Grapevine, please inform us by emailing reception@993countyfm.ca.
Sunday, March 2, 2025
THE COUNTY WRITES….THE COUNTY READS
Brent Butt, the creator and star of Corner Gas, describes the origin of the popular Canadian sitcom, names his favourite comedians and reveals the advice he received from Linwood Barclay when he wrote his best-selling psychological thriller, Huge. Chris Finn, a multi-award winning comedian and comedy writer, (one of Brent’s faves), discusses writing for The Rick Mercer Report, This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Corner Gas and others and the impact The Kids in the Hall had on him. (On Corner Gas, Chris played Marko, the creepy guy in the black shirt who drives a muscle car.) Note: Brent Butt is appearing at The Empire Theatre in Belleville, March 27.
THE COUNTY GRAPEVINE
Monday, March 3, 2025
TOPICAL ISSUES & CURRENT EVENTS
Tyler Allsopp discusses his re-election as MPP for the Bay of Quinte riding and lists his priorities when the Ontario legislature resumes. Stacey Daub, President and CEO of Quinte Health Care, provides a construction update highlighting the progress made so far on the new Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital and explains how many innovative features will make it the first of its kind in North America. Hear a satirical song set to I Will Survive, written by retired County teacher, Gord Moran, produced by his life-long friend, Wayne McFaul, and sung with gusto by Sonya Zaback.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
CONSUMER INFORMATION
Are you part of an organization which could use funds for an upcoming project? Listen in while Interim Executive Director, Gillian Armstrong, talks about The Prince Edward County Arts Fund and Community Grants which are available for applications.
Brad Lynd and his family served coffee for many years as the first owners of the Bean Counter Café but for more than 14 years now the family have operated County Roasters, a local micro coffee roaster that sells organic, ethically sourced coffee beans. Brad tells us about their roasting process and what’s behind the taste of different types of coffee.
For the past 50 years, The Great Lakes Museum in Kingston has been collecting artifacts from this area’s marine history including the former steamship Keewatin. Dave McQueen visited the museum and learned all about it and its collections from Visitor Experience Manager, Claire Notman and Programs and Collections Coordinator, Daniel Rose.
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
COUNTY COOKS
On County Cooks, Krista Hepburn is joined by Monday morning host JJ Johnston as they detail their favourite recipes for appetizers, perfect for small and larger parties.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS
Craig Mills speaks with Jason Terpstra about County Xtreme Bulls which has been training aspiring bull riders for 15 years in the county.
THE COUNTY, NATURALLY
Photo: Arthur A. Allen
In 2021, the ivory-billed woodpecker was declared extinct. The following year, it was declared un-extinct. Earlier this year, a tapir (a distant relative of the pig) was spotted in the remote Brazilian Amazon jungle one hundred years after it was declared extinct. So how do we know when an animal or bird is truly extinct? And who decides? And why are “extinct” birds and animals being rediscovered now? Pamela Stagg explores this intriguing puzzle.
Thursday, March 6, 2025
COUNTY GROWS
Jim Hughes has poured a lifetime of effort into growing fruit crops on the family farm in Waupoos and also developing the horticultural industry for his neighbours and the province as a whole. Today he shares with us some of the joys and challenges of this rewarding career in horticulture. Jim is pictured here with some of the seasonal offshore workers who have returned year after year to the Hughes farm. Jim’s wife Marion says that it is this “extended family” that they will miss the most as she and Jim place the Blueberry Patch for sale and enter into retirement.
COUNTY PROFILE
Meet Victoria Moulton! New as a full time resident of Prince Edward County but no stranger to hard work and volunteering! Learn about farming in the Eastern Townships and sharing a creative life with one’s community!
WHAT’S HAPPENING
Library CEO Barbara Sweet and Liz Zylstra discuss spring plans at the Picton Branch and upgrades at other branches.
Friday, March 7, 2025
SPORTS ROUNDUP
The Prince Edward County Sports Hall of Fame showcases memorable athletes and events.
PET REPORT
Dave Wheatley reports on lost and found cats as well as profiling the ones looking for a forever home.
WHAT’S THE BUZZ?
Screenplay
Raj Dhillon shares interviews, reviews, and analysis of all things film and movie related.
ARTSCENE
Janna Smith stopped by to talk about the new PEC Arts Fund that has been established. Tune in and learn about the newly designated arts funding stream of the municipality’s Community Grants program recently announced by the Community Foundation. Learn more about the fund, its criteria, and how one can apply, and how important the support of arts funding is to our community.
SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS
Reflections on Lives & Times in Prince Edward County: Thank you to everyone who came out to our kick-off event last Saturday at Macaulay Heritage Museum. We really appreciate the interest in our new series and are grateful to the researchers, script writers, cast members, narrators, production team, and our event site volunteers.
Our new radio series bringing the County’s history to life and can be heard every day on 99.3 County FM. 23 episodes rotate through the following times (please note these are approx):
Monday 6:58 / 11:33 / 21:33
Tuesday 8:50 / 14:55 / 22:46
Wednesday 6:15 / 14:50 / 19:44
Thursday 9:48 / 15:47 / 22:49
Friday 6:26 / 11:32 / 19:42
Saturday 6:42 / 07:44 / 15:31 / 18:19
Sunday 7:36 / 13:29 / 15:31
The project is funded by the New Horizons for Seniors program and sponsored locally by Edward Jones of Picton and Base 31.
99.3 News Team and Community Reporter
A shout out to the County FM Volunteer News Team who always work their tails off to deliver the local news to residents of Prince Edward County.
One of our commitments with the new website was to make it more accessible. You can now find a text version of the daily news on our website. As well, if you have never explored our long format reporting by our Community Reporter you are encouraged to click on the News Article tab on our site and then “Frequency News”.
For example from the last week you’d find longer articles with an image, text and audio on Quinte Health providing an update on the new Prince Edward County Memorial Hospital as well as a story on the 8 Wing/CFB Trenton 2-Air Movements Squadron being honoured at the Dukes hockey game.
99.3 Donations Coordinator Opening
Our current Donations Coordinator Maureen Robinson has done a terrific job over the past years however she’d like to transition out of the role this spring. We are very grateful for the years of volunteer service Maureen has invested into the station and into the community. If you are interested in the volunteer role please click here for the details. Expressions of interest can be sent to volunteer@993countyfm.ca
Sophiasburgh Recreation Committee Maple Pub Night Sat March 29th
99.3 County FM is a proud sponsor of this now annual event. Doors 7pm. 19+ event.
Incredible line up of terrific local musicians. More info on our website. Tickets Brownpapertickets.com
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99.3 CountyFM Donations Coordinator
IndigiVibes – Indigenous host – Wednesday 7-8p
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