The University of British Columbia’s student radio station is celebrating its 85th anniversary this year.
CiTR is known for its variety of programming, including news, sports broadcasting, all kinds of music, and its own battle of the bands-style contest, SHiNDiG.
The station, which became an official club on campus in 1938, has had some well known members over the years, including a few CBC journalists and Nardwuar the Human Serviette, the beloved Canadian broadcaster from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
“CiTR is a radio station that basically anybody can join,” Nardwuar told CBC’s Belle Puri.
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“We’re not like a regular radio station where you’re told what to do. At CiTR, you’re a writer, you’re