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CASBY Awards#1991

{{short description|Former Canadian music awards}}

The CASBY Awards were a Canadian awards ceremony for independent and alternative music, presented annually by Toronto, Ontario radio station CFNY, currently branded as 102.1 The Edge. CASBY is an acronym 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. The concept was developed by David Marsden, the program director at CFNY at the time, when he heard the Juno nominations announced on CBC Radio, and included was Long John Baldry — who was newly resident in Canada but had already been in the music business for almost 20 years — as most promising vocalist."U-Know awards make the move into the big time". The Globe and Mail, April 20, 1985.

They were renamed the CASBYs in 1985, after a listener contest."A festive air to CASBYs' launch". The Globe and Mail, April 25, 1985. The 1985 ceremony, hosted by Carole Pope and Paul Shaffer,"Shaffer, Pope hosts of awards show". The Globe and Mail, March 21, 1985. also marked the first time that the awards were broadcast nationally by CBC Television. In the first year, voter ballots were distributed exclusively by the Canadian music magazine Graffiti."CASBY music awards to return". Ottawa Citizen, April 2, 1986. In later years the awards expanded the distribution, printing ballots in a number of major market daily newspapers across Canada.

The 1987 ceremony featured a rare public performance by XTC,"Casby show brings XTC out of hiding". The Globe and Mail, June 19, 1987. although their performance was videotaped in advance of the ceremony."The CASBYs turn into a comedy of many errors". The Globe and Mail, June 22, 1987. That year's awards were also marred by several organizational snafus, including the wrong winner being initially announced for Album of the Year.

The award's bid for national prominence faltered in the late 1980s, particularly after CFNY's short-lived shift to a more mainstream music format also affected public perception of the awards' identity."CFNY music boss tunes ear to the future". Toronto Star, November 3, 1989. During that era, some alienated listeners even picketed the awards ceremony."Hit songs miss the mark for disgruntled radio fans". The Globe and Mail, March 17, 1999. Beginning in 1993 the awards were pared down to just three categories,"Take the Q, please". Hamilton Spectator, November 25, 1993. and after 1996, amid a sense that the awards had effectively lost their purpose, the awards were discontinued."CASBYs struggle for identity: CFNY's awards show used to have attitude. Now it's just a concert". Toronto Star, December 5, 1996.

They were then revived in 2002, and were presented each year until 2017.

Winners

=1980s=

==1981==

==1982==

==1983==

==1984==

==1985==

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/80s/RPM-1985-05-04-OCR-Page-0004.pdf|title=U-KNOWS become CASBY Awards|magazine=RPM|accessdate=January 26, 2024}}

==1986==

==1987==

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/80s/RPM-1987-07-04-OCR-Page-0003.pdf|title=The CASBYs: gloss and glitter and...a blooper|magazine=RPM|accessdate=January 26, 2024}}

==1988==

{{cite news|url=https://archive.org/details/thevarsity109/page/n255|title=The fab CASBY'S|publisher=The Varsity|accessdate=November 11, 2021}}

==1989==

=1990s=

==1990==

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/90s/RPM-1990-11-24-OCR-Page-0014.pdf|title=Tragically Hip scores as Fave Winners at CASBYs|magazine=RPM|accessdate=January 26, 2024}}

==1991==

==1992==

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/90s/RPM-1992-11-28-OCR-Page-0003.pdf|title=Ladies and Grapes dominate 1992 CASBYs|magazine=RPM|accessdate=January 26, 2024}}

==1993==

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/90s/RPM-1993-10-30-OCR-Page-0008.pdf|title=Hhead collects CFNY's $100,000 recording prize|magazine=RPM|accessdate=January 28, 2024}}

==1994==

  • Single of the Year: Doughboys, Shine
  • Favourite New Album:
  • Favourite New Song:
  • Favourite New Artist: Treble Charger

==1995==

  • Favourite New Album: Our Lady Peace, Naveed
  • Favourite New Song: Our Lady Peace, "Naveed"
  • Favourite New Artist: Our Lady Peace

==1996==

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-RPM-IDX/IDX/90s/RPM-1996-12-16-OCR-Page-0013.pdf|title=I Mother Earth, Limblifter scoop up at CASBYs|magazine=RPM|accessdate=January 28, 2024}}

=2000s=

==2002==

{{cite web|url=http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2002/11/2504.cfm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030513084708/http://www.chartattack.com/DAMN/2002/11/2504.cfm |url-status=usurped |archive-date=May 13, 2003 |title=Simple Plan, Treble Charger Win At The 2002 Casby Awards|publisher=Chart Attack |accessdate=February 3, 2019}}

==2003==

{{cite web|title=102.1 the Edge announces the 2003 CASBY AWARD WINNERS|website=Edge.ca|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040219175225/http://www.edge.ca:80/2003_casby_awards/casby.cfm}}

==2004==

==2005==

==2006==

==2007==

==2008==

==2009==

==2010==

==2011==

==2012==

==2013==

==2014==

==2015==

{{Cite web |url=http://www.edge.ca/casbys/ |title=The 2015 Edge CASBY Awards |access-date=2007-05-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120812000152/http://www.edge.ca/casbys/ |archive-date=2012-08-12 |url-status=dead }}

==2016==

==2017==

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20120812000152/http://www.edge.ca/casbys/ Official site]
  • [http://spiritofradio.ca/Casby_1987.asp Archive of the 1987 CASBY program]

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Category:Awards established in 1981

Category:Awards disestablished in 2017

Category:Canadian music awards

Category:Canadian music radio programs

Category:CBC Television original programming

Category:Music of Toronto