Posters, flyers, odds and ends from our annual Funding Drive event, going back to 1991.

With CKUT’s new 2023 website launching this week, we take a look back at the history of our station on the web, going back to 1990.

When CKUT it hit the FM airwaves some 35 years ago, it quickly became an important voice for Montreal’s diverse Black communities. This was thanks to numerous radio shows that promoted concerts, festivals and events important to the community. Some of these shows have been on the air ever since.

CBC’s Duke Eatmon brought a camera crew and emcees Mizery and Meryem Saci down to the station to talk with Butcher T about the past present and future of the culture.

Butcher T has been credited as being the person who brought hip hop to Montreal – by regular trips to New York City – hauling music over the border to bring to the record store he worked at, “Stretch’s Records”.