CITY TV in Toronto started in the early 1970’s as an experimental in your face television station on the UHF band on channel 79.
CITY TV had a new concept that was above the community cable 10 channels in quality and content but far different then mainstream stuffy shirt TV that was being offered in those days to the viewers.
The on air personalities had long hair and were the refugees of the hippy era who were highly educated believed in the sex, drugs and rock and roll and some were educated in the Rochdale Collage of peace and love.
CITY TV was the first to introduce the highly controversial Baby Blue movies that were pornographic in nature, which were shown at midnights on Friday nights. The religious groups of the day protested vigorously.
Since this TV station catered to the city of Toronto they decided that the on air people should be multicultural as well so they hired a lot of on air visible minorities which turned out to be a gold mine in advertising revenue.
The other TV stations in the area had to hire visible minorities just to compete and stay in the game.
All this will slowly come to an end because Rogers Communications has bought all the CITY TV and A Channel stations in Canada.
CITY TV will turn back into a mainstream station with stuffy shirt on air personalities will turn viewers into comatose zombies that will have to wait until a new birth of another exciting TV station.
CITY TV had a new concept that was above the community cable 10 channels in quality and content but far different then mainstream stuffy shirt TV that was being offered in those days to the viewers.
The on air personalities had long hair and were the refugees of the hippy era who were highly educated believed in the sex, drugs and rock and roll and some were educated in the Rochdale Collage of peace and love.
CITY TV was the first to introduce the highly controversial Baby Blue movies that were pornographic in nature, which were shown at midnights on Friday nights. The religious groups of the day protested vigorously.
Since this TV station catered to the city of Toronto they decided that the on air people should be multicultural as well so they hired a lot of on air visible minorities which turned out to be a gold mine in advertising revenue.
The other TV stations in the area had to hire visible minorities just to compete and stay in the game.
All this will slowly come to an end because Rogers Communications has bought all the CITY TV and A Channel stations in Canada.
CITY TV will turn back into a mainstream station with stuffy shirt on air personalities will turn viewers into comatose zombies that will have to wait until a new birth of another exciting TV station.
