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CJRT-FM is a Toronto based public radio station broadcast on 91.1 Megahertz at a strength of 40 kilowatts. As the station transmits from the CN Tower its effective radiated power is actually 100,000 watts. The station was founded in 1949 as an experimental FM broadcaster, only the second in Canada, by the Ryerson Institute of Technology (later Ryerson University). The JRT in the station's call letter s stand for "Journalism, Radio, Technology", which were Ryerson's three main educational mandates. The station's principal purpose was to train radio engineering and radio and (later television) broadcast students and initially only broadcast from 3pm to 9pm on weekdays during the school year. In 1964 the station became professionally staffed and extended its programming to 7am to midnight, seven days a week. Content became an eclectic mix of classical music, jazz, folk music and other genres, educational and public affairs broadcasts, children's programming and dramas, news, documentaries and quiz shows and comedies imported from the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Ryerson owned the station unti 1974 when, due to financial restraints, Ryerson announced it would surrender its broadcast licence. Due to a public outcry in support of the station the Ontario government of Bill Davis announced that it would fund the station through an independent corporation and ownership was transferred to CJRT-FM Inc, a non-profit corporation which received 70% of its funding from the provincial government and the rest from donations by listeners. The station's studios remain on Ryerson property and it continues a relationship with the university.
In 19951995 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). It has a Golden number of 1, and was the first year of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous People (1995- 2005): http://www. org/culture/indigenous . Events January events Ja, the government of Mike HarrisMichael Deane Harris (born January 23, 1945) was the twenty-second Premier of Ontario from June 26, 1995 to April 15, 2002. He is most noted for the " Common Sense Revolution" and his large cuts to provincial programs and taxes. The Hon. Mike Harris Rank the station lost all of its government funding and had to support itself entirely by corporate and private donations and by limited commercial revenue - its licence from the CRTC restricts it from running more than five minutes an hour of commercials.
In 20012001 is a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar), and also: The International Year of the Volunteer The United Nations Year of Dialogue Among Civilizations Events January January 1 A black monolith measuring approximately nine feet tall ap the station switched to a 24 hour jazz format under the name Jazz FM 91 though it retains some educational programming such as Open College through which listeners can earn university course credits. The station is rebroadcast throughout Ontario by cable systems and is also available throughout North America via satellite and throughout the world via the internet.
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