ater ▁Toronto ▁Area . ▁Before ▁Mars den ' s ▁arrival ▁the ▁station ' s ▁format ▁had ▁been ▁highly ▁ec lect ic . ▁Mars den ▁saw ▁the ▁commercial ▁potential ▁of ▁punk ▁and ▁new ▁wave , ▁and ▁w iden ed ▁CF N Y ' s ▁focus ▁even ▁further , ▁creating ▁Canada ' s ▁first ▁alternative ▁music ▁station . ▁Through out ▁the ▁ 1 9 8 0 s , ▁under ▁the ▁s log an ▁the ▁spirit ▁of ▁radio , ▁CF N Y ▁was ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁most ▁influ ential ▁prom ot ers ▁of ▁new ▁international ▁and ▁Canadian ▁artists ▁most ▁radio ▁stations ▁ignored . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 8 5 , ▁Mars den ▁also ▁jud ged ▁some ▁episodes ▁of ▁C BC ▁Television ' s ▁battle ▁of ▁the ▁bands ▁competition ▁series ▁Rock ▁Wars . ▁ ▁In ▁July ▁ 1 9 8 7 , ▁Mars den ▁and ▁CF N Y ▁general ▁manager ▁Bill ▁H utton ▁h ired ▁Don ▁Bern s ▁as ▁the ▁new ▁program ▁director . ▁Initial ly , ▁Mars den ▁continued ▁as ▁director ▁of ▁operations , ▁and ▁as ▁executive ▁producer ▁of ▁the ▁CA SB Y ▁Awards , ▁but ▁left ▁CF N Y ▁a ▁year ▁later . ▁He ▁joined ▁the ▁C BC ▁and ▁moved ▁to ▁V ancouver ▁to ▁produce ▁the ▁TV ▁show ▁Pil ot ▁One . ▁That ▁show ▁won ▁several ▁awards , ▁including ▁a ▁silver ▁medal ▁at ▁the ▁Chicago ▁Film ▁and ▁Video ▁Festival . ▁Following ▁that , ▁Mars den ▁launched ▁another ▁free form ▁modern ▁rock ▁station , ▁Coast ▁ 8 0 0 , ▁later ▁Coast ▁ 1 0