To celebrate ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University’s 75th Anniversary, Sherri Sunstrum – a cartographic specialist at the MacOdrum Library – tapped into ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´â€™s rich trove of archival images to produce an interactive online story map called  The story map uses a series of maps allowing people to navigate through an image-rich timeline detailing the evolution of ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´. We’ll be compiling some of those stories on CU75.ca, but be sure to take a look at the map .
On November 15, 1975, DJ Steve Colwill (who went on to be program director with ) played “You turn me on (I’m a radio)” to commemorate the opening of , ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´’s campus community radio station. This opening was the culmination of 10 long years of effort.
A group of students came up with the idea for a campus radio station in 1963. By 1965, they had secured airtime on CKOY (now ) for a campus news show, but it quickly turned into a show about public affairs in Ottawa.
And with that, came controversy. In 1966, after a would-be bomber accidentally detonated an explosive device in a parliamentary washroom, ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ students decided to test out the security in the House of Commons. They smuggled in recorders and taped excerpts of conversations between politicians. After the students played these tapes word-for-word on CKOY, station executives were not happy and censored the group.
When ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´’s University Centre opened in 1970, the group blocked space for a true campus radio station and CKCU was born.
The station, known affectionately by its hosts, supporters and fans as “The Mighty 93.1”, Â celebrated 40 years at ÐÓ°ÉÔ´´ University in 2015.
Thursday, March 23, 2017 in 75 Years
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