Writing:
Coral Andrews is a Kitchener, Ontario-based writer whose byline has appeared in many publications including national magazines – Saturday Night, Take One, Graffiti and Harrowsmith. Regional Publications include: Waterloo Regional Record, The Music Express, Grand Magazine, and Samaritan Magazine. Favourite interviews include: Lynn Redgrave, Phyllis Diller, Cynthia Lennon, Bernard Fowler of The Rolling Stones, Justin Hayward, Lene Lovich, Chris Spedding, Robert Gordon and Graham Chapman from Monty Python.
Coral recently published non-fiction memoir “The Back Door”- a chronicle of the musicians, artists and personalities that were part of Kitchener’s underground subculture of the 1970s to the 1990s at the legendary Back Door bar that existed beneath the Metro Restaurant. It is now in its fourth printing.
Radio:
Coral Andrews started working at community radio station 98.5 CKWR in 2016. Coral is the host / producer of two programs on 98.5 CKWR - The Afternoon Drive Monday to Friday from 2 pm to 6 pm and Coral Rockks Saturday mornings from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. She has also interviewed the “who's who” of the local, regional and international entertainment scene for almost 50 years. Guests include Colin James, Carole Pope, Finny McConnell (The Mahones) Kim Clarke Champniss, and Gary Topp. International guests include Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues, Chris Spedding, Robert Gordon, actors Austin Basis and Caroline Aaron (The Marvellous Mrs Maisel). Alice Krige (Star Trek) and Peter Ulrich (Dead Can Dance, The Peter Ulrich Collaboration), Weird Al Yankovic, Graham Chapman (Monty Python) and more. From international stars to promising new local artists, the thing Coral loves most is chatting with people on the radio and that's why she's been doing this for almost five decades. It's always been about community for Coral and "community" is the heart of FM985 CKWR now Mix 985.
Coral Andrews is a Kitchener, Ontario-based writer whose byline has appeared in many publications including national magazines – Saturday Night, Take One, Graffiti and Harrowsmith. Regional Publications include: Waterloo Regional Record, The Music Express, Grand Magazine, and Samaritan Magazine. Favourite interviews include: Lynn Redgrave, Phyllis Diller, Cynthia Lennon, Bernard Fowler of The Rolling Stones, Justin Hayward, Lene Lovich, Chris Spedding, Robert Gordon and Graham Chapman from Monty Python.
Coral recently published non-fiction memoir “The Back Door”- a chronicle of the musicians, artists and personalities that were part of Kitchener’s underground subculture of the 1970s to the 1990s at the legendary Back Door bar that existed beneath the Metro Restaurant. It is now in its fourth printing.
Radio:
Coral Andrews started working at community radio station 98.5 CKWR in 2016. Coral is the host / producer of two programs on 98.5 CKWR - The Afternoon Drive Monday to Friday from 2 pm to 6 pm and Coral Rockks Saturday mornings from 9:30 am to 11:30 am. She has also interviewed the “who's who” of the local, regional and international entertainment scene for almost 50 years. Guests include Colin James, Carole Pope, Finny McConnell (The Mahones) Kim Clarke Champniss, and Gary Topp. International guests include Justin Hayward of The Moody Blues, Chris Spedding, Robert Gordon, actors Austin Basis and Caroline Aaron (The Marvellous Mrs Maisel). Alice Krige (Star Trek) and Peter Ulrich (Dead Can Dance, The Peter Ulrich Collaboration), Weird Al Yankovic, Graham Chapman (Monty Python) and more. From international stars to promising new local artists, the thing Coral loves most is chatting with people on the radio and that's why she's been doing this for almost five decades. It's always been about community for Coral and "community" is the heart of FM985 CKWR now Mix 985.
2012 Special Jury Award
From The Waterloo Region Arts Awards Committee ...
"Coral Andrews was nominated in the Festival or Event Volunteer category, but her contribution to the cultural vibrancy of our region transcends this and other categories. The list of people she has interviewed and whose work she has promoted as host of Coral FM for 35 years, originally on CKWR and now on 100.3 SoundFM, can serve as a “who’s who” for the performing arts in our region. Her contribution as a writer specializing in arts and culture for a wide range of regional publications, including Grand Magazine, The Record, Proud Magazine, ECHO, The Waterloo Chronicle, Taste Magazine and The New Quarterly is similarly extensive and varied. There is also her work as a producer of a wide range of literary, theatre, and live music events. She is a generous mentor, especially for new and emerging performance artists. Coral is an immeasurable asset to this community, and deserves to be honoured with a 2012 Special Jury Award."
"Coral Andrews was nominated in the Festival or Event Volunteer category, but her contribution to the cultural vibrancy of our region transcends this and other categories. The list of people she has interviewed and whose work she has promoted as host of Coral FM for 35 years, originally on CKWR and now on 100.3 SoundFM, can serve as a “who’s who” for the performing arts in our region. Her contribution as a writer specializing in arts and culture for a wide range of regional publications, including Grand Magazine, The Record, Proud Magazine, ECHO, The Waterloo Chronicle, Taste Magazine and The New Quarterly is similarly extensive and varied. There is also her work as a producer of a wide range of literary, theatre, and live music events. She is a generous mentor, especially for new and emerging performance artists. Coral is an immeasurable asset to this community, and deserves to be honoured with a 2012 Special Jury Award."