reversed the closure decision. After the attempted closure of the station by the Students' Union, CJSW's management and membership had an up and down relationship with the SU. In March 1981, Bill Reynolds (Station Manager), Nick Diochnos (Music Director), and Grant Burns (News & Promotions director) headed down to Ottawa for the first annual National Campus and Community Radio conference hosted by CKCU FM at Carleton University. There, they learned the possibilities and requirements of campus radio (FM licences). This meeting ultimately led to the Stations' decision to request direct funding from the University's student body via a referendum question. The remainder of 1982 was hard-fought as the station worked to raise its on-campus profile as much as possible in anticipation of the vote. CJSW also made full use of its unique location in MacEwan Hall to broadcast via outdoor speakers and in the student pub - The Den. There were also live concerts from the third-floor ballroom, including the live airing of Iggy Pop's 11 November 1982 performance (with opening act Nash the Slash). On 3 December 1982 the referendum was won by a 2:1 margin, and the levy of $2 per semester per full-time student commenced with the winter term. In August 1983, under station manager Grant Burns, CJSW incorporated as a non-profit society in the Province of Alberta (as the University of Calgary Student Radio Society—UCSRS), and on 18 November 1983 filed its application with the CRTC for a Class A FM license. The license was granted by the CRTC on 6 September 1984, and CJSW officially became Calgary's 9th FM station on , with the airing of the Talking Heads song "Once In A Lifetime". The new FM transmitter had been turned up for testing the week prior, and the first music aired was actually jazz, as the station's engineer at the time was also a CJSW jazz DJ. In addition to FM broadcast, the station continued to maintain its cable FM presence at . 1986–2014 In 2003, the CRTC approved an application by the station to move its transmitter from the SAIT tower at 1,900 Watts to a CBC tower at 4,000 Watts. Where once those in south Calgary had difficulty receiving the station, this upgrade improved coverage to encompass Okotoks, Airdrie, and Cochrane. During this period, the station's cable FM frequency was changed from to , which was used until 2013(?), when its cable