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JUNO Juno, The Junos DCHP-2 (October 2016)

• 1 n. — Entertainment

  an award presented to Canadian musicians, organized by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.

  Type: 1. Origin — The awards are named after Pierre Juneau, the first chairperson of the Canadian Radio-television Telecommunications Commission. Juneau was responsible for the implementation of Canadian content requirements for radio, and these rules later extended to television. Originally established in December 1964 as a reader poll in a Canadian magazine (RPM Weekly, see the 1971 quotation), the first ceremony was held in 1970 as the RPM Gold Leaf Awards. As of 1971, the name was shortened, possibly anglicized, to Juno, but appears as JUNO in all official literature. The award ceremony is often referred to as The Junos.
  The Junos occur annually and were regularly held in Toronto until 1991, when they were held in Vancouver. Since 2002, the awards have been hosted by different cities across Canada over the course of two evenings. The Junos acknowledge both artistic and technical achievements in music and, from 1978, have incorporated the inductions into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The awards were first televised by the CBC in 1975; in 2002 the broadcast rights were transferred to CTV. See also Canadian Encyclopedia reference and JUNO Awards reference s. v. "JUNO Awards Chronology").
  See also ITP Nelson, s.v. "Juno²".

  See also: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation  Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission  Canadian Screen Awards  

• 2 n. — Entertainment

  a statuette given in conjunction with the JUNO Award (see Image 1).

  Type: 1. Origin — The first Juno statuette, presented from 1970 to 1974, was made of walnut wood and shaped like a metronome. When the awards began to be televised in 1975, the design remained the same but the statuette was made of acrylic. In 2000 a redesign was commissioned to Ontarian artist Shirley Elford. The new Juno trophy was individually crafted of molten glass, featuring a human figure wrapped in a spiralling musical staff. In 2010, after the death of the artist, the award was again redesigned, and now consists of a laser-engraved spiral figure in crystal. See also the JUNO Awards reference s.v. "Statuette History".