Talk:CIUT-FM

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History
CIUT’s roots go back more than 40 years to 1965, when a group of students founded University of Toronto Radio as a voice for the University of Toronto community. Broadcasting was initially limited to closed circuit lines in campus residences and cafeterias, but several years and technical leaps later, the renamed Radio Varsity could also be heard in the wider community on cable, and through selected programming broadcast on CJRT FM and CHUM FM.

Throughout the 1970s and early 1980s the radio station continued to gain momentum. As Input Radio then UTR then CJUT, the station grappled with the quest for the FM license that would dramatically increase the station’s range. The first application to the CRTC for FM status was put forward in 1976 but did not win approval. In 1986 a second team of campus and community radio keeners made another application for a spot on the FM dial, pitching the CRTC on the station’s unique role in representing news, arts and culture ignored by commercial radio. On January 15, 1987, the collective efforts of two decades’ worth of passionate radiophiles finally paid off, as CIUT FM hit the airwaves with its alternative message at 15,000 watts of radio power.

The next two decades read at times like a weather chart, with highs (mostly programming) and lows (mostly administrative) reflecting both the vibrancy and chaos of a growing organization fueled as much by passion as by experience. Fortunately for CIUT’s listeners, whatever turmoil may have been unfolding behind the scenes at any given time, the station’s volunteer show hosts and producers continued to create innovative, high-caliber programming unlike any other on the FM dial.

The advent of web-based broadcasting and the station’s position on Star Choice Satellite (channel 826), and Rogers Digital Cable (channel 946) has connected CIUT with an international audience. Yet CIUT remains steadfastly tied to its local roots, promoting an eclectic range of Toronto-based cultural activities. A long period of organizational stability has enabled CIUT to expand beyond our regular scheduled programming. We’ve increased our forays into the community, broadcasting live from a diverse array of festivals and cultural events, and recording lectures by renowned thinkers in a variety of fields. On the home front, we play host to many exclusive live performances by local, national and international artists.

In September of 2009 we moved from our beloved house at 91 St. George Street to our new home in Hart House. The first broadcast from the new location was on Tuesday September 29th, 2009 at 10am with the show Democracy Now.

Five decades have brought a lot of changes, but the basic principles behind University of Toronto Radio have remained constant. The station remains a forum for exposing non-commercial music and culture, groundbreaking research and scholarship at the University of Toronto, and the views you don’t hear on mainstream media. All of this is brought to the airwaves by students and community volunteers whose passion echoes that of CIUT’s founders over forty years ago.

CIUT is now beginning its 6th decade of broadcasting and will be celebrating 25 years on the FM dial on January 15th, 2012

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