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65-580: TSN Radio currently operates stations in Toronto , Montreal , and Ottawa . However, each station produces the vast majority of its programming locally, apart from some live event broadcasts as well as U.S.-produced syndicated programming. Unlike sports radio networks in the United States, there is no all-day 'network' feed, and very few Canadian-produced programs are simulcast nationally (though some local programs are simulcast on TSN's TV channels). It

130-503: A condominium developer and had acquired a new property, 250 Richmond Street West , to serve as the new home of CHUM and CHUM-FM. On August 18, 2009, CHUM left 1331 Yonge Street, ending 50 years at its historic home. 1331 Yonge was demolished in September 2016, in order for a condominium complex to be built on the site. The new building is adjacent (and connected) to Bell Media's Headquarters at 299 Queen Street West . A similar move

195-548: A button featuring their astrological sign. If CHUM's 'Starsign spotter' saw a person wearing his or her Starsign, that person won prizes such as money or concert tickets to major events. The CHUM Chart was, for many years, the most influential weekly Top 40 chart in Canada and, at the time of its retirement in 1986, was hailed as the longest-running continuously published radio station record survey in North America. (This

260-697: A few weeks after the CRTC revised its formatting regulations to permit oldies music on FM radio for the first time, although at the time of the change no Toronto-area FM station had performed such a flip ( CHBM-FM and Hamilton's CING-FM both adopted a classic hits format later in the year). CKOC in Hamilton retained a more traditional AM oldies format, while pop standards station CFZM marketed itself as an alternative as well. A number of media critics, including Toronto Sun columnist and former radio personality Ted Woloshyn , criticized CP24 Radio 1050 as

325-490: A gold-based adult contemporary format ("Favourites of Yesterday and Today"). The first song after the relaunch was " Beginnings " by Chicago . The change also discontinued the CHUM Chart, which ended the week of June 14, 1986, with Madonna's " Live to Tell " as the final Number 1 song. By January 1989, the station had evolved into a brighter adult contemporary format ("Toronto's Soft Rock"), focusing on pop hits from

390-417: A national sports radio network co-branded with its sports television channel TSN sometime in 2011, which would compete against rival Rogers -owned Toronto radio station, The Fan 590 , as the two stations previously did from 2001 to 2002. The plans were unveiled on February 17, 2011, when CTV announced that CHUM would drop its CP24 simulcast and flip to sports radio as TSN Radio 1050 on April 13, 2011,

455-561: A particular appeal to the teen market. As the station became more successful, it also built yet another new transmitter in Mississauga, Ontario (a few miles west of the current Toronto city line) along the Lake Ontario shoreline, and raised its power once again to its current 50,000 watts around the clock. In the late 1950s, CHUM was calling itself "Radio One", as its ratings continued to increase. An important part of CHUM's success

520-528: A playlist of music (along with occasional liners and identifications) that were popular in CHUM's 50s-to-80s Top 40 heyday. The station also featured The Morning Show with Gord James and the James Gang , as well as call-in lifestyle programs during weekend mornings. Like the latter years of the first incarnation of the oldies format, the morning show was live while other air shifts were voicetracked. In addition,

585-449: A poor substitute for a true news radio format. In his column on the format change, Woloshyn noted a number of instances where he could tell he was listening to content that had been prepared for television, not radio, presentation: On Thursday morning I listened to a sportscaster tell me to "watch this great pass," but all I saw was my clock radio, and I have no idea what took place. On that same day, host Ann Rohmer (a fine broadcaster, by

650-491: A sports radio station in Edmonton, CFRN , through its 2013 takeover of Astral Media . In July 2012, Bell Media submitted an application to the CRTC, requesting permission to convert Montreal's TSN Radio station, CKGM , into a French radio station that would be known as RDS Radio 990—co-branding with TSN's French-language sister network Réseau des sports in a similar manner to TSN Radio. While Bell specified that this move

715-404: A station with 1,000 watts. CHUM launched as a dawn-to-dusk radio station on October 28, 1945, with John H.Q. "Jack" Part, an entrepreneur in the business of patent medicines , as its president. The station, operating from 1947 in studios at 225 Mutual St., broadcast a format typical of the late 1940s, with a combination of information, music, and sports. When CHUM was about to debut, Leary told

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780-407: Is adjacent to 299 Queen Street West (where Bell Media's specialty channels such as MuchMusic and CP24 are based, as well as CTV's The Marilyn Denis Show , etalk and The Social ). CHUM has had a number of notable broadcasters in its history: CHUM has had several homes since 1945: *Currently being sold to other owners pending approval of the CRTC. CFRN (AM) CFRN

845-605: Is key" for the success of sports radio in Canada, as demonstrated by the earlier failure of The Team's attempt to produce most of its programming for national distribution out of Toronto. Indeed, the TSN stations rarely if ever carry another station's local programming. Although there are some common programs, this is mostly limited to a handful of specialty weekend shows, and to U.S. syndicated programming such as The Dan Patrick Show and ESPN Radio (and even these programs are not carried on all stations). Mike Richards signed on to host

910-595: The Agincourt neighbourhood of Scarborough (with auxiliary studios located at 250 Richmond Street West in the Entertainment District of downtown Toronto), with its transmitter array located in the Clarkson neighbourhood of Mississauga (near CFRB 's own transmitter array). TSN 1050 is simulcast on Bell Satellite TV channel 989, and on Shaw Direct channel 867. The station is also carried on

975-541: The Canadian Football League , TSN Radio also owned the radio broadcast rights to the Grey Cup from 2013 to 2018. *Currently being sold to other owners pending approval of the CRTC. CHUM (AM) CHUM (1050 kHz ) is a Canadian AM radio station in Toronto, Ontario . The station is owned and operated by Bell Media . CHUM's studios are co-located with TSN at 9 Channel Nine Court in

1040-573: The Montreal Canadiens after the flip, if approved. The CRTC ultimately rejected both proposals. Bell would ultimately receive an exemption to the ownership cap so it could remain the owner of CKGM through the acquisition, which was finalized in June 2013. On September 30, 2013, CFRN in Edmonton and CFGO in Ottawa re-branded as TSN Radio stations. On August 28, 2014, it was announced that

1105-495: The "TSN Radio" banner (becoming TSN Radio 1290 and TSN Radio 990 respectively) on October 5, 2011. The network in some respects represents a revival of the defunct The Team network, which formerly aired on many of the same stations in the early 2000s when they were owned by CHUM Limited ; some of those stations remained "Team"-branded sports radio stations right up until joining TSN Radio. Bell Canada gained 100% control of CTVglobemedia's assets on April 1, 2011, thus renaming

1170-408: The 1976 B.B.M. Weekly Reach survey, CFRN was the 4th-most-listened-to radio station in Edmonton. The CFRN stations were sold in 1988 to Kitchener, Ontario -based Electrohome Limited for $ 51.2 million; a 91-year-old Rice rejected offers from several western groups and selected Electrohome as the purchaser. Electrohome sold off the radio properties to Standard Broadcasting in 1991 to concentrate on

1235-425: The 3rd HD digital subchannel of CKFM-FM . CHUM AM has been broadcasting continuously since 1945, through a variety of format changes. The station's history can be broken into eight distinct eras, as follows: CHUM was founded by four Toronto businessmen, including Al Leary, a former sportscaster , who had been the station manager at CKCL for 14 years. CHUM received its licence in late November 1944 to operate

1300-569: The CHUM DJ lineup included Duff Roman and Brian Skinner, both of whom came from rival Toronto rocker CKEY (then owned by Jack Kent Cooke ). In the late 1960s and early 1970s, CHUM DJs included Duke Roberts (also known as Gary Duke for a time), Johnny Mitchell (better known today as Sonny Fox), J. Michael Wilson, Tom Rivers, Scott Carpenter, Jim Van Horne , John Rode, Don Reagan, John Majhor , Mike Cooper, Daryl B, Terry Steele, Mike Holland and morning man Roger Ashby. Among their later night-time hosts

1365-455: The CP24 website. Although CP24 television's operations remained housed at 299 Queen Street West where many of CTVglobemedia's other speciality television channels such as MuchMusic are located, technical operations and studios for the minimally unique radio-only weekend talk shows on CP24 Radio 1050 continued, first at 1331 Yonge Street, and then at 250 Richmond Street West. The change came

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1430-577: The TSN Radio formats in Hamilton (CKOC), Vancouver (CKST), and Winnipeg (CFRW, which had recently lost its radio rights to the Jets) as part of an ongoing series of cuts across the company. All three stations flipped to automated formats with limited local programming, with the Hamilton station immediately flipping to BNN Bloomberg Radio , and the remaining two flipping to Bell Media's stand-up all-comedy Funny format. The TSN Radio station in Edmonton (CFRN)

1495-674: The Team stations in Vancouver—CKST and CFTE—would finally rebrand as TSN Radio stations on September 8, 2014. However, following the launch of a rival sports radio station in the market (Rogers-owned CISL ), CFTE flipped to a business news format, BNN Bloomberg Radio , in April 2018. CKOC in Hamilton joined the network in 2015, after acquiring radio rights to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats . On February 9, 2021, Bell Media discontinued

1560-510: The Toronto station's morning show, Mike Richards in the Morning . The show airs from 5:30am-9am (ET) , and was expected to be simulcast on TSN2 beginning in September 2011. However, due to delays in the studio being built at 9 Channel Nine Court , the premiere of the show was delayed to February 18, 2013. CHUM's new drive time show, TSN Drive with Dave Naylor , also premiered in simulcast

1625-419: The airstaff was replaced with voicetracking , while the morning show remained live. In November 1997, CHUM obtained the radio broadcast rights to Toronto Blue Jays baseball from CJCL beginning in the 1998 season, resulting in a shift towards sports programming on the station. On January 23, 2001, CHUM Limited announced the launch of a national sports radio network, titled " The Team ", with CHUM serving as

1690-554: The call letters to CFRN, representing Rice and his business partner, H. F. Nielson of Coalspur . The two formed the Sunwapta Broadcasting Company, named for Sunwapta Falls in Jasper National Park . On September 13, 1936, the station moved to 960 kHz, where it remained until March 29, 1941, when it returned to 1260 (as part of NARBA ) and boosted power from 100 to 1,000 watts. It

1755-481: The company's name to Bell Media and renaming the radio division, CHUM Radio to Bell Media Radio . It was reported on January 19, 2011, that Rob Gray, who was the program director for CKST and CFTE , had been hired to be program director for both CHUM and the new TSN Radio network. TSN entered radio broadcasting with CHUM (1050 AM) in Toronto, which became the first station under the TSN Radio moniker, as TSN Radio 1050 , on April 13, 2011. The station serves as

1820-401: The completion of the signoff. The shutdown came with such little warning that shortly before 9 a.m., the station went to a commercial break from which it never returned. The CRTC approved Bell Media's application to revoke CFRN's licence on April 10, 2024. CFRN was the flagship station for the following teams' radio broadcasts: *Currently being sold to other owners pending approval of

1885-587: The fans of that era's music. During the 1990s, the on-air lineup included Daryl B, Bob Magee, Kori Skinner, Andy K, Russ McLeod, Roger Kelly (Roger Kettyls), Marc Chambers and Dan Michaels. In 1989, the station acquired the broadcast rights for the Toronto Argonauts . Led by play-by-play man Marc Charbonneau and colour commentator Peter Martin, the CHUM broadcast team helped to celebrate the team's Grey Cup victory in 1991 in Winnipeg . By 1997, much of

1950-559: The first station under the newly formed brand. TSN considered the flip to be a "soft launch" for the TSN Radio brand, expecting a full launch with more local programming by September. This change came just days after Bell Canada completed its acquisition of 100 per cent of the shares in CTVglobemedia it didn't already own, on which it renamed the company Bell Media and likewise renamed the radio division CHUM Radio to Bell Media Radio . Ratings for CHUM/TSN radio consistently place

2015-472: The flagship of the network. Bell Media further announced on October 3, 2011, that its radio stations CKGM in Montreal and CFRW in Winnipeg would join the TSN Radio network (becoming TSN Radio 990 and TSN Radio 1290 respectively) on October 5, 2011. CFRW had been long anticipated as a member of the network, having abandoned its oldies format for sports in fall 2010 (and using a TSN-inspired logo in

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2080-619: The interim) and acquired the rights to the revived Winnipeg Jets in summer 2011. There were conflicting reports initially as to whether or not CFGO in Ottawa and CKST and CFTE in Vancouver will re-brand. TSN has said that the aforementioned stations 'shall work closely' with the TSN Radio stations, and that for the time being "...our focus is on successful launches of TSN Radio in Montreal and Winnipeg.” Bell has since also acquired

2145-424: The launch of CP24's new morning program, CP24 Breakfast (which was launching due to the realignment, as CP24 was no longer simulcasting Citytv 's Breakfast Television ). Unlike the sendoff the station received upon its switch to The Team, the switch occurred without ceremony and with minimal publicity. Moreover, no webcast of the former oldies format was offered on this occasion, as 1050chum.com redirected to

2210-399: The launch of its rock and roll format, the highlights of which included vignettes and specials throughout the year, as well as anniversary celebrations on May 26, 2007 that included an open house at CHUM's studios at 1331 Yonge Street , in conjunction with Doors Open Toronto , and a concert at Nathan Phillips Square . In 2008, CTVglobemedia announced they had sold 1331 Yonge Street to

2275-496: The name "Rick Allan". CHUM began to have zany contests. In the 1950s and 1960s, it was contests such as 'The Walking Man', where listeners had to spot CHUM's mystery walking man using only clues given out on the air. The 1970s' "I Listen to CHUM" promotion had DJs dialing phone numbers at random and awarding $ 1,000 to anyone who answered the phone with that phrase. In 1976, there was the CHUM Starsign promotion. Listeners wore

2340-477: The network folded shortly afterwards. CFRN would maintain its branding as The Team as a locally programmed format, while adding syndicated programs such as Prime Time Sports and The Jim Rome Show . In 2007, Standard Radio was acquired by Astral Media . In turn, Astral Media was acquired by Bell Media on July 5, 2013; the acquisition reunited CFRN with its television sister, and with The Team's former owned-and-operated stations. On September 30, 2013, CFRN

2405-472: The network was closed down, and while a few affiliates nationwide retained the sports format, most reverted to their pre-Team formats — including CHUM, which reverted to oldies . At 3 p.m. on August 27, 2002, the montage that closed down "1050 CHUM" reintroduced the oldies format, followed by the Elvis vs. JXL Remix of " A Little Less Conversation " and Presley's " All Shook Up ". The station reverted to

2470-546: The network's flagship (to be called "Team 1050"). As part of the synergy, Toronto Blue Jays broadcasts were available nationwide on the Team Radio Network . This also meant the end of music on 1050 CHUM, which occurred on May 7, 2001. Duff Roman and Bob Laine hosted a farewell show, ending with Elvis Presley 's " All Shook Up " (the station's first song as a Top 40 station in 1957) and an audio montage of CHUM memories. Then, at 3 p.m., "The Team Radio Network"

2535-1230: The official broadcasting rights of the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Toronto Raptors . It is the official radio broadcaster for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League as well as Toronto FC , the World Junior Ice Hockey Championship, Men's World Hockey Championship ( Ice Hockey World Championships ), NFL , NBA , Summer and Winter Olympics , 2022 FIFA World Cup , and UEFA Euro 2020 . Studios for TSN Radio 1050 are located at 9 Channel Nine Court in Scarborough , Ontario where TSN's television operations are based. This allows for programs broadcast on TSN Radio 1050 to simultaneously air on TSN or TSN2 . TSN Radio 1050' s secondary studios are located at Bell Media Radio Toronto's studios located at 250 Richmond Street West in Downtown Toronto (which also houses sister radio stations, CHUM-FM , CKFM-FM and CFRB ) which

2600-409: The past decade and dropping much of the older music. While the adult contemporary format started off with modest ratings, CHUM began to slip further over the next few years; in the September 1989 ratings book, CHUM was ranked 11th and held a 2.9 share of the Toronto market. On September 1, 1989, at 5 p.m., CHUM adopted an oldies format, drawing heavily on its previous Top 40 reputation to cater to

2665-498: The press that the new station would be known for community service and in-depth news, in addition to live talent and the most popular phonograph records. CHUM was taken over in December 1954 by Allan Waters , a salesman from Part's patent medicine business. Waters' first major move was to secure a licence for 24-hour-a-day broadcasting for CHUM, along with a power increase to 5,000 watts. Less than three years after Waters acquired

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2730-659: The same day. With the announcement of TSN1 , TSN3 , TSN4 , and TSN5 , the studios of TSN Radio stations in Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Ottawa were also configured to allow television simulcasts. TSN and Mike Richards mutually parted ways in August 2016. Additionally, TSN has radio broadcasting rights for golf's The Open Championship , The U.S. Open , UEFA Euro 2012 and 2016 , the NBA Playoffs, and NFL on Westwood One . As part of TSN's television contract extension with

2795-526: The station also lost rights to broadcast Blue Jays games after the 2002 season , where they moved back to The Fan 590 , coinciding with that station's purchase by Rogers Communications, which by that time owned the Blue Jays. In 2007, CHUM and the rest of the CHUM Limited stations (with the exception of Citytv ) were sold to CTVglobemedia . That same year, CHUM commemorated the 50th anniversary of

2860-484: The station at or near the bottom of Toronto radio ratings. Average cumulative listening hours from spring 2021 through summer 2022 were lower than every surveyed Toronto station except CFPT-FM . Against its direct competition of FAN 590 (the city's other all-sports radio outlet), 1050 CHUM drew about a quarter of the FAN's cumulative listening hours (39,000 for CHUM compared to 153,800 for FAN 590). TSN Radio 1050 shares

2925-431: The station retained the CHUM call letters, on air the station was not referred to as 1050 CHUM, but rather as "The Team 1050." Nevertheless, "1050 CHUM" wasn't entirely put to rest, as the oldies format continued on a 24-hour webcast at the 1050chum.com website. "The Team" network did not prove successful, especially in Toronto, where CHUM struggled against long-time sports station The Fan 590 (CJCL) . On August 27, 2002,

2990-459: The station's audience share never rose above 0.1% of radio listeners, and CP24 Radio 1050 consistently placed dead last in the ratings in the Toronto radio market. Shortly after the re-acquisition of CTVglobemedia by Bell Canada was announced in the fall of 2010, and with CP24 Radio 1050 not proving to be successful, media analysts began to speculate that CTV would be converting many of its existing AM radio stations including CP24 Radio 1050 into

3055-405: The station, and soon after bringing the new full-time transmitter online, a major programming change was made. On May 27, 1957, at 6 AM, Waters switched the station to a " Top 50 " format that had proven itself popular in some U.S. cities and issued the first CHUM Chart that day. Elvis Presley 's " All Shook Up " was the first song played. 1050 CHUM pioneered rock and roll radio in Toronto, and

3120-710: The station, which moved to 1260 kHz; its debut broadcasts featured the Edmonton Athletic Club in the Abbott Cup and Memorial Cup . Studios were located in the Birks Building in Edmonton. At the end of October 1934, Taylor & Pearson announced it would lease CJCA from the Edmonton Journal . Simultaneously, the manager of CJCA, G. R. A. "Dick" Rice, acquired CFTP from Taylor & Pearson. On November 3, Rice immediately changed

3185-404: The television station. On July 1, 1998, CFRN flipped from adult standards to oldies , debuting Standard Radio 's new oldies network, with CISL in Vancouver , delivered via Anik satellite. The new oldies network replaced the former Satellite Radio Network service. In June 2002, CFRN flipped to sports radio as The Team 1260 , as an affiliate of CHUM Radio 's The Team network. However,

3250-446: The way) had to apologize to her viewers because they were having technical difficulties with their picture. The irony nearly drove me off the road. That was followed by the weather man proclaiming, "as you can see there's a cold front coming in from Wisconsin," or something equally as exclusionary. What really irks me is they're breaking the cardinal rule of radio: No dead air . According to quarterly BBM surveys of Toronto radio, in 2010

3315-407: Was J. D. Roberts , who joined CHUM for a time in 1977, eventually becoming known across North America as White House correspondent for CBS News , then was co-anchor of CNN 's morning program American Morning and is currently a co-anchor again now with Fox News . Rick Moranis , later famous for his work on SCTV and Ghostbusters , was briefly a late-night CHUM DJ in the mid-seventies under

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3380-618: Was a Class A, 50,000- watt (directional at night) radio station in Edmonton, Alberta , Canada. CFRN was unusual in that it was a Class A (protected nighttime skywave) AM station on a regional frequency. Owned by Bell Media and broadcasting on 1260 AM , the station last aired a sports format, branded as TSN 1260 Edmonton . The station's studios were located at 18520 Stony Plain Road in Edmonton, where it shared studio space with its sister station , CFRN-DT . As of February 28, 2021, CFRN

3445-486: Was announced on February 17, 2011, that its Toronto station CHUM (1050 AM) would discontinue its audio simulcast of CP24 's television programming as "CP24 Radio 1050" and switch to an all-sports radio format as TSN Radio 1050 effective April 13, 2011, becoming the flagship station of the network. The company further announced plans on October 3, 2011, to convert its two radio stations in Winnipeg and Montreal under

3510-509: Was converted to an all-news radio format as "CP24 Radio 1050" effective at 5:00 a.m. the following day, after playing " Release Me " by Engelbert Humperdinck and " Black Magic Woman " by Santana . Unlike other CHUM Radio news talk radio stations in Canada such as CFRA Ottawa and CFAX Victoria , 1050 AM was the only radio station in Toronto and in the CTVglobemedia family which acted as an audio simulcast of its co-owned 24-hour television all-news channel, CP24. The move coincided with

3575-538: Was later surpassed by Hamilton's CKOC, which published weekly charts from 1960-1992.) The first CHUM Chart was released on May 27, 1957, with Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" the first Number 1 song. RPM Magazine paid tribute to CHUM's 11th anniversary with their May 25, 1968, issue. By the mid-1980s, CHUM had lost ground in the Toronto ratings to competing Top 40 station CFTR and FM-based music stations. On June 6, 1986, at 3 p.m., after playing Starship's " We Built This City ", CHUM dropped its Top 40 format for

3640-417: Was launched on CHUM and CHUM-owned stations across Canada. Noted Canadian sportscaster Jim Van Horne , who had recently left TSN , was the network's marquee host. (In the 1970s, before he turned to sports broadcasting, Van Horne had been a rock jock on 1050 CHUM.) The Team 1050 morning show was made up of former TSN host Paul Romanuk , longtime CHUM sportscaster Brian 'Henny' Henderson and Mike Richards. While

3705-579: Was made in May 2014, when CFRB left their longtime location at Yonge and St. Clair for 250 Richmond Street West after Bell's acquisition of Astral Media , which brought CFRB and CHUM under the same ownership. Almost seven years after the demise of The Team, and amidst other cost-cutting measures at CTVglobemedia and other Canadian broadcasters due to the global economic crisis and the 2007 Canada broadcast TV realignment , CTV announced on March 25, 2009 that CHUM would again drop its oldies format. The station

3770-463: Was noteworthy for hosting many noteworthy rock concerts including, among others, visits to Maple Leaf Gardens by Elvis Presley (1957) and the Beatles (1964, 1965, and 1966). The station rose in popularity in Toronto in the late 1950s and early 1960s; though it never supplanted perennial Toronto ratings champ CFRB at the top of the ratings chart, it was still a major broadcasting powerhouse with

3835-609: Was now too discouraged by the loss to do his show. A hypnotist was called in, and Boliska's self-esteem was restored. Boliska left CHUM in late 1963 to go 'across the street' to CKEY . He was replaced by WKBW Buffalo radio and TV personality Jay Nelson, popularly known as "Jungle Jay" from his role as host of a children's show on Buffalo's Channel 7 which was also popular among Toronto youngsters. He would be followed by housewives' jock John Spragge; singer/DJ Mike Darow ; Pete Nordheimer, replaced in 1961 by Bob McAdorey , teen DJ Dave Johnson, and all night DJ Bob Laine. Later additions to

3900-857: Was one of the charter stations of the CBC Radio -owned Dominion Network from its launch in January 1944; the CBC would not have its own station on its main network in Edmonton until 1964, when CBR launched in Calgary, and CBX became Edmonton's exclusive CBC station. FM simulcast began in 1951 on CFRN-FM 100.3, which lasted until 1964, when the FM station began offering separate stereo programming. CFRN-FM became fully separate from CFRN in 1979 and changed its call sign to CKXM-FM. Sunwapta brought television to Edmonton in 1954 when CFRN-TV signed on. According to

3965-535: Was primarily intended to take advantage of CKAC 's recent flip from sports radio in French to traffic radio , it was also intended to help satisfy ownership caps as a part of Bell's proposed acquisition of Astral Media , since Astral already owned the maximum number of English-language stations it could own in Montreal (owning two on FM, and the AM station CJAD ). CJAD would have been given CKGM's English-language rights to

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4030-423: Was re-branded as a part of Bell's TSN Radio network, as TSN Radio 1260 , introducing a new lineup of local afternoon programming. On June 14, 2023, as part of a mass corporate restructuring at Bell Media, the company shut down six of their AM radio stations nationwide, including CFRN. The station ended regular programming at 9 a.m. that day, airing a looped message about the impending shutdown, which lasted until

4095-483: Was shut down on June 14, 2023, along with Bell Media's shutdown or pending sale of nine stations (including CKOC, CFRW and CKST), while cutting programming in Toronto and Ottawa. To date, TSN Radio has not yet created a full-day national programming schedule along the lines of the 24-hour ESPN Radio and Fox Sports Radio services in the United States, nor is one expected. Several weeks before confirming plans for TSN Radio, TSN president Stewart Johnston argued that "local

4160-465: Was the 17th-most-listened-to radio station in the Edmonton market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris . In 1927, the Christian and Missionary Alliance launched the original station as CHMA at 580 kHz . The station operated experimentally for two months before using its full power of 250 watts beginning in June. In March 1934, CHMA became CFTP after Taylor & Pearson Ltd. took over

4225-674: Was the station's unpredictable morning man Al Boliska , who joined CHUM in October 1957, after working at station CKLC in Kingston , Ontario . By 1959, Boliska had made a name for himself as a disc jockey who got listeners talking. He also made them laugh, and became known for telling what he called the "World's Worst Jokes". Boliska also did a number of stunts, such as taking part in a professional wrestling match with Whipper Billy Watson . When he lost, that led to another stunt, where Boliska stayed away from his show for several days, saying he

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