CJUM-FM 101.5 FM (AKA UMFM) is a volunteer driven campus radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, based at the University of Manitoba.
The station originally began broadcasting at 101.5 FM in September 1975. CJUM-FM was one of the two first campus radio stations ever granted a broadcast licence in Canada, the other being Carleton University's CKCU-FM. However, the station faced financial difficulties, and closed down in June 1980. The origina...
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CJUM-FM 101.5 FM (AKA UMFM) is a volunteer driven campus radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, based at the University of Manitoba.
The station originally began broadcasting at 101.5 FM in September 1975. CJUM-FM was one of the two first campus radio stations ever granted a broadcast licence in Canada, the other being Carleton University's CKCU-FM. However, the station faced financial difficulties, and closed down in June 1980. The original station signed off the air with Bruce Springsteen's "Born To Run".
In the spring of 1996, a group of University of Manitoba students started a campaign to bring radio back to the campus. During a referendum that year, a $5 increase in student fees was sought, and passed with 2,520 votes for the levy, to go towards the construction and maintenance of this new station. The University of Manitoba Students' Union retained the services of Scott Baldwin, a recent graduate of the MBA program at the University of Manitoba Asper School of Business,...
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