CITR-FM

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CITR (Canadian Independent Thunderbird Radio) is a Canadian FM radio station based out of the University of British Columbia's Student Union Building in the University Endowment Lands, just west of the city limits of Vancouver, British Columbia. Operated by UBC students and community volunteers, its programming is quite varied in an attempt to cover alternative genres outside of mainstream radio. Broadcasting at FM 101.9, its signal encompasses most of the Vancouver Metropolitan Area.

Featured programmers include talents such as Nardwuar the Human Serviette, Steve Edge, Gavin Walker of the Jazz Show, Kliph Nesteroff of Generation Exploitation DJ Ebony, DJ Avi Shack, Val Cormier, Luke Meat, Chrisariffic, Ska-T and many others.

CiTR launched a podcast service in September 2006. It allows listeners to not only listen to their favourite shows online but also download shows directly to their computers.

The radio station also publishes a monthly magazine, DiSCORDER, dedicated to covering local and independent music and arts in Vancouver.

[edit] Discorder Magazine

DiSCORDER was created in 1982 as the program guide for CiTR and has since expanded to become a media institution in its own right. Discorder runs music reviews, book reviews, interviews, essay-length articles, comics, a mixtape, the program guide, and CiTR's charts.

Discorder's current editor is David Ravensbergen, and the current art director is Will Brown.

Historical Editors: Discorder's staff rotates on a regular basis. Each editor brings with them a distinct flavour.

2003-2005: Kat Siddle January 2003: Duncan M. McHugh (guest editor)

Merek Cooper (currently at Sleephouse Radio)
Chris Eng (became editor of Terminal City Magazine)
Lindsay Sung
Barbara Anderson

DiSCORDER prints 10,500 copies each month and distributes them in coffeeshops, bookstores, and music stores across the cities of Vancouver and Victoria.

==[SHINDIG]==Shindig! SHiNDiG is a battle of the bands competition run by CiTR yearly from September to December. It is believed to be the longest running and the most famous of such contests in British Columbia. Past contestants included bands such as 3 Inches of Blood, The Organ, They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (band) and The Salteens.

[edit] Sports

CiTR provides award winning-coverage of the UBC Thunderbirds sports teams. The Sports Department broadcasts about 50 live games in various sports, including basketball, hockey, soccer and volleyball. It has also done baseball and football in the past.

There are also weekly sportscasts on Fridays which review scores and previews upcoming games as well as playing UBC Thunderbirds-related stories, features and documentaries. A talk show, Wener's Barbeque, runs on Tuesdays.

The station has broadcasted from various CIS championships, most recently the last four CIS Women's Basketball Championships and the 2005 National Field Hockey tournament. The station won the Arthur W. Delamont Service Award in 1983 and 1987 for their contribution and service to UBC athletics.