A Very Brief History

May 17–May 28, 2008: First broadcasts for Trails Tales and Tunes Festival

We formed a committee and enlisted volunteers for broadcasting. VOBB recorded all evening concerts for re-broadcast and presented daily broadcasts from 7:00am to 10:00pm. We had a good variety of community radio shows by and for all age groups in the community. We had more than 200 local people participate in our broadcasts over the 12 days.

May 15–May 25, 2009: Broadcasts for Trails Tales and Tunes Festival

We continued all our popular programs from 2008 and added 6 more radio hosts and 6 new radio shows. We also broadcast pre-recorded Newfoundland folklore from our archives.

October 2009: Canadian University Rural Recovery Alliance (CURRA) Broadcasts

Our first live remote broadcasts and our first joint venture with a university: Memorial University of Newfoundland (Bonne Bay Marine Station).

May 13–May 23, 2010: Broadcasts for Trails Tales and Tunes Festival

We continued to offer a variety of programs and did live remote broadcasts of the evening concerts during the 10 day festival. We also offered our first programs of French music and culture and added several other new programs as well. We also promoted the upcoming Norris Point Come Home Year celebrations.

July 23–July 25, 2010: VOBB for Norris Point Come Home Year Celebrations

Our first co-operative venture with a community. We broadcasted the come home year events for the final 3 days of the celebrations.

Upcoming: May 14–28, 2011: VOBB for Trails, Tales and Tunes Festival