CFRB (AM)
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CFRB, or "Newstalk 1010" as it is often referred to, is an AM radio station in Toronto, Canada, broadcasting on 1010 kHz, with a shortwave radio simulcast by CFRX on 6070 kHz. The station broadcasts a mix of talk and news throughout the day from its transmitter located in the community of Clarkson Village, in the city of Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto. The main offices for CFRB are located in midtown Toronto.
The transmitter is a prominent landmark along Mississauga's waterfront, and is visible from over 100 km away. It is also used for navigation by pilots, on approach to Toronto Pearson International Airport, or to Toronto Island Airport.
History
The station began broadcasting in 1927 and was founded by the Rogers vacuum tube company (the precursor of Rogers Communications) to promote its invention of a radio that could be operated using alternating current, and therefore did not need the cumbersome battery that had previously been required. It has been broadcast at 1010 kHz on AM radio since 1947. Since 1937, the station has been simulcast on shortwave on CFRX at 6070kHz.It was purchased in 1985 by Allan Slaight's Standard Broadcasting, which operates it to this day.
The station, like most talk radio stations, was historically conservative, but has increasingly become one of the most liberal major talk radio stations in North America.
Transmitter
The transmitter for CFRB 1010, consists of 4 vertical masts, of 550 feet. The CFRX broadcasting at 6070 kHz is operated on the north end of the same site beside the main building. A Transmitter Location: Longitude 43.51102 North Latitude 79.63002 WestOn Royal Windsor Drive, formerly King's Highway 122, 200 meters west of the intersection of Lakeshore Road West (King's Highway 2) and Southdown Road, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Note: West of this intersection Lakeshore Road West becomes Royal Windsor Drive.
Current hosts
Weekdays
- Robert Turner (CFRB), The Early Edition - early mornings
- Ted Woloshyn, The Ted Woloshyn Show - mornings
- Bill Carroll, The Bill Carroll Show - late mornings
- Peter Shurman, Toronto at Noon
- Paul and Carol Mott, The Motts - early afternoons
- John Moore, The John Moore Show - afternoon drive time
- Kelly Cutrara, The Kelly Cutrara Show - early evenings
- Jim Richards, The Jim Richards Show - evenings
- Mark Elliot, The Nightside and People Helping People - late nights
Weekends and swing shifts
- John Donabie
- Christina Cherneskey
- Tabby Johnson
- Spider Jones
- Dale Goldhawk
Other weekend hosts
- Sheila Copps
- Mark Cullen
- Dr. Karyn Gordon
- Dr. Joe
- Errol Bruce Knapp
- Orim M. Meikle
- Marc Saltzman
- George Stroumboulopoulos
Newscasters
- Dave Agar
- David Bent
- Connie Sinclair
- Evelyn Macko
- Tayler Parnaby, Chief Correspondent
Alumni
- Wally Crouter
- Betty Kennedy
- Gordon Sinclair
- Pat Marsden
- Valerie Pringle
- Jane Hawtin
- Andy Barrie
- Brian Linehan
- Charles Doering
- Andrew Krystal
- John Oakley
- Michael Coren
- Charles Adler
- Brian Williams
External links
- [Official Site]
- [CFRB History]
- [Unofficial CFRB discussion forum on T.O. Talk, the Toronto talk radio site]
| AM radio stations in the Greater Toronto Area | |
| Toronto | 530 | 590 | 640 | 680 | 740 | 860 | 1010 | 1050 | 1250 | 1320 | 1430 | 1540 | 1610 |
| Hamilton | 820 | 900 | 1150 |
| Oshawa/Ajax: | 1350 |
| By callsign (Toronto) | CFMJ | CFRB | CFTR | CHIN | CHKT | CHSL | CHUM | CHWO | CIAO | CJBC | CJCL | CJMR | CJYE |
| By callsign (Hamilton) | CHAM | CHML | CKOC |
| By callsign (Oshawa/Ajax) | CKDO |
| Past stations |
CBL | CFYZ | CHEV
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