Toronto Rocks

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Toronto Rocks was an hour-long television program presenting music videos on CITY-TV in Toronto, Canada in the 1980s. It aired at 16:00 weekdays and was hosted by John Majhor. Majhor was a longtime DJ at 1050 CHUM AM in Toronto and eventually became one of Canada's first "VJ's" with the development of music videos. Toronto Rocks was a predecessor to Much Music and MTV, and had kids rushing home from school every day to catch their favourite videos of the early 80's. During the show, Majhor played videos by a wide variety of the big name artists of the day. All the way from Michael Jackson's "Beat it", Van Halen's "Jump, Yes' "Owner of a Lonely Heart", to the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" and a multitude of other 80's artists. Wednesdays on the show were set aside for "Mid Week Metal Mania", where Majhor played only Heavy Metal videos from the hard rock and "hair bands" of the day. He also interviewed in studio guests and had various contests and giveaways.

John Majhor died on January 23, 2007 at his home in Minnesota of cancer. He was 53. Since Toronto Rocks ended, Majhor hosted a short lived American infotainment show, a lunchtime show on CITY-TV in Toronto and went back to radio in the States.[1]