History

1989 Edition

1066 - William the Conqueror wins the Battle of Hastings, assuming control of Britain. British Columbia doesn’t exist yet, but the date must be significant somehow…

1886 - Vancouver burns down. UBC Radio is saved because it doesn’t exist yet either…

1937 - And then it does! Sort of. Bored students play records on a student cafeteria gramophone over lunch. “Varsity Time” becomes a regular feature on CJOR. There is a great disturbance in the force.

1938 – UBC Radio becomes an official student club!

1940 - Pierre Berton assumes role of Radio Society’s Chief Announcer!

1950 – Closed-circuit broadcasts begin in residences. UBC Radio Club and CKWX (BC Association of Broadcasters) start a 22-week commercial radio school.

1969 - The new Student Union Building arrives with our cutting-edge, professionally designed studios. Also, we become officially become CYVR.

1974 January – CYVR shut down for operating without a license!

1974 July – CRTC Decision 74-260 reinstates UBC Radio as Thunderbird Radio: CiTR

1975 - CiTR backpacks Europe trying to find itself, experimenting with cable at 89.5, 95.9, 88.9, 100.0, and finally 101.9 MHz.

1982 - CiTR meets FM and falls in love, broadcasting sweet 49-mono-watts together at 101.9FM.

1983 - Wild-child Discorder is born.

1985 – Seattle’s Rocket Magazine picks Discorder as one of the “Top 20 Publications in the World” for 1985, the only Canadian magazine on the list.

1988 - Discorder a finalist for “Magazine of the Year (circulation < 20,000)" and "Cover of the Year" (50th issue cover, March '87) at Western Canada Music Awards

1989 - CiTR pumps up the jam to 1800 megakilowatts with a giant balloon release. First song? “Have Not Been the Same” by Slow.