CITR-FM
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| City of license | Vancouver, BC |
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| Broadcast area | Greater Vancouver |
| Slogan | "Vancouver's Thunderbird Radio" |
| Frequency | 101.9 MHz |
| First air date | January 1969 |
| Format | public broadcasting |
| Callsign meaning | Thunderbird Radio |
| Owner | Alma Mater Society, UBC |
| Webcast | Listen Now |
| Website | citr.ca |
CiTR (Canadian Independent Thunderbird Radio) is a Canadian FM radio station based out of the University of British Columbia's Student Union Building in the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia. The station's name is traditionally spelled with a lower-case "i".
CiTR is operated by UBC students and community volunteers under the ownership of the Alma Mater Society, UBC. The station's mandate is to provide programming that is alternative to the genres played on mainstream radio. Broadcasting at FM 101.9, its signal encompasses most of the Vancouver Metropolitan Area.
Featured programmers include talents such as Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Steve Edge, Gavin Walker of the Jazz Show, Kliph Nesteroff of Generation Exploitation, DJ Ebony, DJ Avi Shack, Val Cormier, Luke Meat, Chrisariffic, Ska-T, Zena Sharman, Bleek Swinney of Esquisite Corpse, Breakfast With The Browns and many others.
In September 1937, CiTR originated. The Alma Mater Society of UBC started weekly half-hour radio broadcasts on local radio station (directed by a new club, the Radio Society). The Radio Society later began broadcasting as CYVR (and became CiTR in 1974). They began broadcasting off-campus on cable in 1975 and on FM in 1982.
CiTR launched a podcast service in September 2006. It allows listeners to not only listen to their favourite shows online but also download shows directly to their computers.
The radio station also publishes a monthly magazine, DiSCORDER, dedicated to covering local and independent music and arts in Vancouver.
CITR is a member of the National Campus and Community Radio Association, and hosted the National Campus and Community Radio Conference in 1984 and again in 2007. The NCRC is an annual national gathering of community-oriented radio broadcasters who provide alternative radio to a diverse audience. It has been offered every summer since 1981, and it is one of the core activities of the NCRA/ANREC.
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[edit] DiSCORDER magazine
DiSCORDER was created in February of 1983 by founding editors, Jennifer Fahrni and Mike Mines as an alternative music magazine for Vancouver and the program guide for CiTR. With a circulation of 25,000, the first issue, VOL.1 NO.1 included an interview with Stan Ridgeway of Wall of Voodoo by Mark Mushet; article Youth Culture in West Berlin by Werner Janke; and reviews of albums by The Scissors, Los Popularos, and Modernettes by Gord Badanic, Siouxsie and the Banshees, Wall of Voodoo, and Mission of Burma by Dave McDonagh, DOA by Dean Pelkey, and review of the compilation tape Egghead by Brent Argo. The magazine has since expanded to become a media institution in its own right. Discorder runs music reviews, book reviews, interviews, essay-length articles, comics, a mixtape, the program guide, and CiTR's charts.
[edit] Past editors
Discorder's staff rotates on a regular basis. Each editor brings with them a distinct flavour.
- 2008: Nat Jay
- 2007: Mike "Spike" Chilton
- 2006-2007: David Ravensbergen
- 2003-2005: Kat Siddle
- January 2003: Duncan M. McHugh (guest editor)
- Merek Cooper (currently at Sleephouse Radio)
- Chris Eng (became editor of Terminal City Magazine)
- Lindsay Sung
- Barbara Anderson
DiSCORDER prints 10,500 copies each month and distributes them in coffeeshops, bookstores, and music stores across the cities of Vancouver and Victoria.
[edit] SHiNDiG
SHiNDiG is a battle of the bands competition run by CiTR yearly from September to December. It is believed to be the longest running and the most famous of such contests in British Columbia. Past contestants included bands such as 3 Inches of Blood, The Organ, Dandi Wind, They Shoot Horses, Don't They?, You Say Party! We Say Die!, The Choir Practice, Maow, and The Salteens.
[edit] Sports
CiTR provides award winning-coverage of the UBC Thunderbirds sports teams. The Sports Department broadcasts about 50 live games in various sports, including basketball, hockey, soccer, football and volleyball. It has also done baseball in the past.
There are also weekly sportscasts on Fridays which review scores and previews upcoming games as well as playing UBC Thunderbirds-related stories, features and documentaries. A talk show, Wener's Barbecue, runs on Tuesdays.
The station has broadcasted from various Canadian Interuniversity Sport championships, most recently the last five CIS Women's Basketball Championships and the 2005 National Field Hockey tournament. The station won the Arthur W. Delamont Service Award in 1983 and 1987 for their contribution and service to UBC athletics. [1]
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- CiTR website
- NCRC 2007 website
- DiSCORDER website
- SHiNDiG website
- CiTR's Generation Exploitation Podcast website
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