- CIUT-FM
Infobox Radio Station
name = CIUT-FM
airdate = 1966
frequency = 89.5MHz (FM)
area = Greater Toronto
format = Campus and community programming
owner = University of Toronto Community Radio Inc. (registered charity)
erp = 15 kW
class =
website = [http://www.ciut.fm ciut.fm]
callsign_meaning = CI University of TorontoCIUT-FM is a college and community radio station owned and operated by the
University of Toronto community. The station broadcasts live and continuously fromToronto on the 89.5 FM frequency. Programming can also be heard nationally via channel 826 onStar Choice 's National Satellite Network, and over theInternet via the CIUT Web site. The station is financially supported by donations and an undergraduate student levy.The station began as a closed-circuit broadcaster called "Radio Varsity" in 1966, later becoming "Input Radio", UTR and then CJUT. All these versions of the station were only heard within the confines of the University of Toronto. The station was granted a broadcast license and became CIUT-FM in
1986 , and onJanuary 15 ,1987 , the station's FM broadcasts began to reach a considerably wider range across southernOntario .Today, CIUT broadcasts at 15 kilowatts from a transmitter on the top of
First Canadian Place inDowntown Toronto . With greater signal power than generally found at other community radio stations, CIUT's broadcast reaches as far as Barrie to the north, Buffalo to the south, Kitchener to the west and Cobourg to the east.External links
* [http://www.ciut.fm CIUT-FM Web site]
* [http://128.100.197.46:8002/listen.pls CIUT's online stream (mp3)]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=413&historyID=194 CIUT history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
* [http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/1986/DB86-237.HTM Decision CRTC 86-237]
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