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November 14, 1975, Canadian radio history was made. When the strains
of Joni Mitchell's "You Turn Me On, I'm a Radio" transmitted
over the airwaves at 93.1 FM, CKCU became the first campus-based community
radio station in the country.
In the ensuing 25 years,
CKCU has continued to be a pioneer in community broadcasting, carrying
out our mandate of providing an alternative to commercial radio
and the CBC as a voice for the many Ottawa communities not served
by the mainstream media.
CKCU is licenced
by the CRTC as a community-based campus radio station. This is a
uniquely Canadian model which means that we are an integral part
of the Carleton University community, but also serve many other
groups within our broadcast range (about 100km).
CKCU is a Registered
Charity funded by Donors like you, the students of Carleton University,
and by Program Sponsorships.CKCU is not part of Carleton University,
and receives no funding from them.
In 1978, CKCU
held its first annual Funding Drive, asking listeners to support
community radio. Since then, Ottawans have pledged more than $1
million and helped make CKCU the largest listener-supported radio
station in Ottawa-Carleton.
All radio Stations
in Canada (except CBC) have a four letter "call sign"
Ours is CKCU.
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C - means that
we're a Canadian station.
K - the second
letter has to be one of: D,F,H, I, J, or K. We don't know why "K"
was chosen.
CU - would refer
to Carleton University, where our studios are located.
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