CASBY Award - Citizendia

The CASBY Award is a Canadian award for independent and alternative music, presented annually by Toronto radio station CFNY, which is currently known as "102. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page Indie rock is genre of Alternative rock that primarily exists in the independent Underground music scene Alternative rock (also called alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative; known primarily in the UK as indie) is a genre of Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario CFNY-FM is a Canadian Radio station, broadcasting at 1021 FM. 1 the Edge". The name CASBY stands for Canadian Artists Selected By You.

The awards were first presented in 1981 under the name U-Knows (a pun on Canada's mainstream Juno Awards. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian Musical Artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music ) They were renamed the CASBYs in 1986, after a listener contest. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar)

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