CiTR 101.9 FM is the broadcasting voice of the University of British Columbia, situated on unceded, traditional, and ancestral land of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people and honors the historic and continual care of this land by our host nations. CiTR & Discorder understands the power of sharing stories and our responsibility to platform all communities occupying the unceded, traditional, and shared territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil Waututh) nations in the city colonially known as “Vancouver”.
CiTR & Discorder exist to:
- Create alternative and locally-based programming.
- Empower UBC students and community members through training and participation in the media.
- Provide community access to media and space for under-represented voices.
CiTR is run by the Student Radio Society of UBC and offers students and community members media training and access to the airwaves, broadcasting 100+ locally-focused radio programs in multiple different languages, streamed online and available as podcasts.
CiTR publishes Discorder Magazine to amplify underrepresented communities and to provide invaluable publishing experience. Discorder prints 6 issues per year and is distributed across Vancouver and the Lower Mainland, and publishes web exclusive content throughout the month.
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This initiative is made possible by the Community Radio Fund of Canada Radiometers program.
Governance
Board of Directors
| John Pantherbone, Chair & Programmer Representative Host of Canada Post-Rock |
Gary A. Korhonen (GAK), Vice Chair & Programmer Representative Host of Exploding Head Movies |
| Naomi Endale, CiTR Student Executive Representative President, CiTR Student Executive |
Alex Haddon, CiTR Student Executive Representative Executive at Large, CiTR Student Executive Host of Chopped and Screwed |
| Alifa Bandali, UBC Faculty Representative Lecturer GRSJ |
Stephen Gillis, UBC Faculty Representative UBC Faculty of Medicine’s Educational Technology Team Host of UBC Medicine Learning Network |
| Peter Bruce, Community Member Representative | Jonathan Kew, Community Member Representative |
| Gavin Fung-Quon, Alma Mater Society of UBC Representative Vice President Finance |
Ayesha Irfan, Alma Mater Society of UBC Representative Vice President External Affairs |
| Drédyn Fontana, Alma Mater Society of UBC Representative Vice President Academic and University Affairs |
Learn more by reading our Constitution and Bylaws.
Annual Reports
Learn more about we’re doing each year in our Annual Reports!
CiTR & Discorder Timeline
1886 – Vancouver burns down. Good thing UBC Radio doesn’t exist yet.
1937 – And then it does! Sort of. Bored students play records on a gramophone in the cafeteria 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 residence. UBC Radio Club and CKWX (BC Association of Broadcasters) start a 22-week commercial radio school.
1969 – A new Student Union Building arrives with cutting-edge, professionally-designed studios! Also, we officially become CYVR.
1974 January – CYVR is shut down for neglecting to keep up their license.
1974 July – CRTC Decision 74-260 reinstates UBC Radio as Thunderbird Radio: CiTR
1975 – CiTR works hard to avoid AMS shutdown by raising money for survival and launched distribution to a citywide FM Cable audience
1982 – CiTR finally meets FM and they fall madly in love, broadcasting sweet 49-mono-watts together at 101.9FM.
1983 – Wild-child Discorder Magazine is born. Also in 1983, CiTR runs its first Shindig battle-of-the-bands competition!
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 the 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.
1997 – Nardwuar The Human Serviette sneaks into APEC and asks Jean Chretien what he thinks of pepper spray. The answer? “I put pepper on my plate.”
2007 – CiTR becomes one of the first campus/community radio stations to offer podcasting, proudly moving into the internet age.
2015 – CiTR & Discorder has a banner year! After 46 years in the Student Union Building, the station moves into the atrium of the brand new UBC Nest! We launch this swanky new website that merges the web presence of CiTR and Discorder, and also merge their branding. We also organize our first ever Summer Radio Camp.
2018 – CiTR turns 80! In June 2018, Discorder publishes its 400th issue.
2024 – In a breathtaking feat of engineering, CiTR replaces its Signal Processor, Transmitter and Attennae to greatly improve the quality and reach of it’s terrestrial signal.
Copyright
All content published and broadcast produced by The Student Radio Society of UBC is protected by copyright.
Disclaimers
Editorial and opinions expressed on CiTR 101.9 FM or Discorder Magazine media platforms are exclusively those of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of The Student Radio Society of UBC.
Additionally, the opinions expressed in advertisements appearing on CiTR 101.9 FM or Discorder Magazine media platforms are those of the advertisers and not The Student Radio Society of UBC unless explicitly stated.