As the primary engine of large-scale collective cultures, radio has always contributed to the development of a sense of belonging to a territory and nurtured a feeling of connection between citizens.
 

Inspired by the origins of radio, Radio-Hull was born out of the importance of providing creative-broadcasting spaces and opportunities in a context where people couldn't come together inside a building.  In 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, radio perfectly symbolized this gesture of reaching out to the unseen, of reaching out into the ether to combat isolation.

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Radio is intrinsically geographical and linked to its place of existence. We wanted not only to promote creative projects by artists from the community, but also to give a voice to the often little-known music from both sides of the river. Radio-Hull's mission is to play only local music, i.e. music made by artists living in the Ottawa-Gatineau-Outaouais region.

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Since 2020, the formula has gone from strength to strength. Beginning with a festival format, the project has grown to include a year-round streaming service, and in 2023 a year-round digital radio component was added: Radio de Radio-Hull. Its name is obviously a nod to a Crown corporation that once had to differentiate its media channels.

What's more, since 2024, new partners have been using the Radio-Hull web space to broadcast original content, developed to accompany and enhance local festival programming.

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A visionary for the local cultural scene, Radio-Hull is now not only an annual festival, but also becomes a continuous vehicle for the sounds of an entire region. At any time of day or night, from anywhere in the world, its listeners can now hear something that was cooked up here.
 

Its database is a veritable catalog of the region's musical history, bearing witness to the richness and diversity of the sounds of the City of Hull and many of the towns that surround it.