Bob Chelmick 

bob.chelmick@ckua.com



I got my start at CKUA in 1969 and came back in 2001 after 28 years away from home. My journey has encompassed a lot of storytelling, as host and producer for CBC and CTV, visual artist, filmmaker, speaker and teacher (Transcendental Meditation).

The way I see it, radio offers the best pictures—vivid, colourful, powerful—because the mind and heart of the listener are engaged in the creative process. Images evoked are usually more powerful than images seen.

We talk of CKUA being "hand-made radio." Never more true than on The Road Home, literally a cottage industry. A poem is storytelling at its most refined and distilled. It belongs on radio. To be able to combine these passions for poetry, storytelling, music and extraordinary radio is a very great joy. To be part of the world's finest radio service and be blessed with the enthusiasm of fellow travellers near and far is an enormous privilege.

Close your eyes and let’s see where The Road leads.