UofT CIUT-FM 89.5 sues former GM, station called before CRTC

TORONTO - University of Toronto campus radio station CIUT-FM 89.5 has filed a lawsuit against its former station manager Brian Burchell seeking to retrieve more than $162,000 in station funds that he allegedly used to pay for personal expenses before he was fired in October 2010. In its statement of claim filed against Burchell to the Ontario Superior Court, the University of Toronto Community Radio Inc. (UTCRI), which owns and operates CIUT, is seeking damages of $162,193.68, payment of its legal fees and other damages as may be proven. UTCRI is a registered charity that relies in part on donations to...