Toronto Rocks

Toronto Rocks

"Toronto Rocks" was an hour-long television program presenting music videos on CITY-TV in Toronto, Canada in the 1980s, starting in 1984. It aired live at 4PM weekdays and was initially hosted by John Majhor. Majhor was a longtime DJ at 1050 CHUM AM in Toronto and eventually became one of Canada's first "VJs" with the development of music videos. "Toronto Rocks" was a predecessor to MuchMusic and MTV, and had kids rushing home from school every day to catch their favourite videos of the early 80's. During the show, Majhor played videos by a wide variety of the big name artists of the day. All the way from Michael Jackson's "Beat it", Van Halen's "Jump", Yes' "Owner of a Lonely Heart", to the Eurythmics' "Sweet Dreams" and a multitude of other 80's artists. Wednesdays on the show were set aside for "Mid Week Metal Mania", where Majhor played only Heavy metal videos from the hard rock and "hair bands" of the day. He also interviewed in-studio guests and had various contests and giveaways. Over 400 episodes of "Toronto Rocks" were aired.

Other hosts were Brad Giffen (until 1998), Lance Chilton (1998-90) and JD Roberts also filled in for John Majhor from time to time.

References

[http://www.citynews.ca/news/news_7148.aspx Former Toronto Rocks Host John Majhor Dies Of Cancer]


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