CHUM-FM
Encyclopedia
CHUM-FM is a Canadian
radio station
licensed to Toronto
, Ontario
and operated by Bell Media. It broadcasts at 104.5 MHz with a hot adult contemporary format that leans towards rhythmic adult contemporary
. Like most Toronto TV and radio stations, CHUM's transmitter is located on the CN Tower
and the station can be heard down south to the New York
and Pennsylvania
border, and up north to Orillia
, and also has a large following of American listeners.
CHUM-FM is consistently one of Toronto's most popular stations in the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement
radio ratings, and is currently the #2 FM radio station in its market (and occasionally shares the top spot with Rogers Media
-owned Adult Contemporary station CHFI
).
. It aired a classical music
format, the first station in Canada to do so. On March 21, 1966, their ERP was increased to 54,000 watts. In 1968, CHUM-FM received approval for a change in its transmitter location and increase in power to 100,000 watts. The transmitter was to be moved to the top of the Manufacturer's Life Building at 250 Bloor Street East.
On July 2 of the same year (1968), CHUM-FM changed formats to progressive rock
, a forerunner to today's adult album alternative
format, by playing a wide range of music ranging from world music and jazz to classical and folk. The station also aired public affairs programming, such as In Toronto. The station featured many famous Canadian radio personalities such as Larry Green, Walter Michaels, Steve Harris, Pete and Geets, Larry Wilson, David Marsden
, David Pritchard and actor Rick Moranis
.
On December 14, 1973, the station was authorized, along with other Toronto radio and TV stations, to move their transmitter to the top of the CN Tower
. The new transmitter was turned on on May 31, 1976 with a reduced ERP of 40,000 watts.
In 1978, CHUM-FM created a Top 30 Album Chart to complement sister station CHUM-AM's Singles Chart
. A television version of the countdown was later broadcast on Citytv
, featuring music videos for most of the songs in the countdown; the TV version was discontinued in January 2008, following Rogers Communications
' acquisition of Citytv.
In September 1984, the station started evolving towards adult contemporary. Current morning show host Roger Ashby would join the station from CHUM's AM sister station on September 2, 1985. Marilyn Denis
and Rick Hodge would join the show a year later, and the show became an instant success, making them some of the best known broadcasters in Toronto radio.
The station evolved towards its current Hot Adult Contemporary format in 1990.
On May 26, 1998, CHUM-FM was granted a license to broadcast in Digital audio broadcasting
using the Eureka-147 system. The transmitter was installed on the CN Tower and broadcast at 1456.304 MHz with an ERP of 5,084 watts.
Starting in the mid-2000s, CHUM-FM's playlist has been noticeably more open to periodic, carefully selected rhythmic contemporary
crossover songs, including rhythm and blues
, reggae
, hip hop music
, and dance music
, while keeping some 1980s, 1990s and 2000s songs, as well as standard pop/rock material that forms the Hot AC format. The reason for this was to balance younger and older audiences. Many hot adult contemporary stations in Canada have followed this pattern and resulted in audience growth nationwide, making Hot AC the country's most listened-to format. The closest local competition musically within the format came from CKFM-FM
(99.9 Mix FM), which leaned mostly younger.
CHUM-FM also carried American Top 40
with Ryan Seacrest
from 2004 to 2006. CIDC
and CKFM have been the Toronto affiliates for the show since then.
At the 25th Anniversary Canadian Music Industry Awards, held March 8, 2007, CHUM-FM was honoured as Station of the Year, Program Director of the year for CHUM-FM PD Rob Farina, and air talent of the year for Roger, Rick & Marilyn. Former CHUM President Jim Waters was inducted into the Music Industry Hall of Fame that same evening.
On February 5, 2007, CHUM-FM became the flagship station to a syndicated interactive evening show titled, The Sound Lounge. The show handed over control of the content to the user's hands by an all listener chosen playlist, listener generated remixes and mash ups, and the opportunity to interact with listeners coast to coast via email, SMS, and voice. The show was originally hosted by Cory Kimm
. Kimm then moved to Winnipeg
and became part of the morning show on CHIQ-FM
. Chris Biggs became the new host on September 11, 2007. Biggs moved to CKFM-FM
and Richie Favalaro became the new host in early 2008. The show aired on CHUM Radio-O&O Hot AC affiliates in Halifax (CIOO-FM
), Brockville
(CFJR-FM
), Peterborough
(CKPT-FM
), Kingston
(CFLY-FM
), Winnipeg (CHIQ-FM
), Calgary
(CKCE-FM
) and Victoria
(CHBE-FM
). On June 16, 2008, the show was cancelled.
PD Rob Farina moved to CJEZ-FM in early 2007. David Corey, ex-APD at KISS Boston (Kiss 108
) took over as program director that same year.
On June 22, 2007, CTVglobemedia purchased CHUM-FM and most of the other assets of CHUM Limited
, the station's owners since their sign-on in 1963, following approval by the CRTC, while the Citytv
stations were sold to Rogers Communications
.
On June 23, 2008, Rick Hodge resigned from both CHUM-FM and 1050 CHUM to pursue other opportunities. Roger Ashby and Marilyn Denis continue to host mornings, which are now called The Roger, Darren & Marilyn Morning Show (when Darren B. Lamb joined the show after a stint of afternoon drive host). Hodge currently works at NewsTalk 1010.
Until late 2009
, CHUM-FM continued to be the most listened to and most influential radio station in Canada with over 1,166,000 weekly listeners according to the BBM data released on December 3, 2007. But in December 2009
, when CJEZ-FM flipped from adult contemporary to adult hits
, adult contemporary rival CHFI-FM
became the most-listened-to radio station in Canada
. During the 2005
-2009 season, CHFI continued to usually beat CHUM as the top-rated radio station in Canada, although CHUM had unseated CHFI on some books. Also in 2009, CHUM-FM had been phasing out most modern adult contemporary artists and heavy amounts of older material from the playlist and began leaning towards a rhythmic adult contemporary
direction due to no rhythmic AC or urban AC stations in Canada.
Today, CHUM-FM competes with AC station CHFI-FM
, and Top 40 stations CKFM-FM
, CIDC-FM
and CKIS-FM
, as well as, to a lesser extent, Hamilton
-based AC-formatted station CKLH-FM
.
, infamous shock jock
Howard Stern
was offered a job at CHUM-FM in 1981 while he was working at WWWW-FM
in Detroit, Michigan
. According to a February 2006 broadcast of his Sirius Satellite Radio
show, he turned the job down because he would have been paid in Canadian dollar
s.
. In Beat the Bank, the station lets the 25th caller play and the objective of the game is to win as much money as possible with some risks of losing all of it. The player has to decide whether to move on to another "vault" or to stop and take the amount inside the vault. The more vaults opened, the risks of losing all of the money is higher, but the money inside the vault increases. Vault 1 usually starts around $200 to $1000 and depending on how much vaults are opened, the value usually increases by $300 to $10,000 from each vault. CHUM-FM is known to give the most money, ($500,000 as the jackpot), compared to other CTVglobemedia
radio stations, like Kool 101.5
, who gives a maximum of $50,000 dollars CND. Rival station CHFI has a contest similar to Beat the Bank known as "The Big Bag of Cash."
In Breakfast in Barbados
, the station will take callers from caller 25 to caller 30 to qualify for the draw to go on the trip. Winners will get an all-inclusive trip to Barbados
and it is usually joined by popular artists like Michael Bublé
in 2007, Kelly Clarkson
in 2009, and the Barenaked Ladies
in 2010.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
radio station
Radio station
Radio broadcasting is a one-way wireless transmission over radio waves intended to reach a wide audience. Stations can be linked in radio networks to broadcast a common radio format, either in broadcast syndication or simulcast or both...
licensed to Toronto
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
and operated by Bell Media. It broadcasts at 104.5 MHz with a hot adult contemporary format that leans towards rhythmic adult contemporary
Rhythmic Adult Contemporary
Rhythmic adult contemporary is a format used on stations in the United States and Canada. It usually gears toward an older audience, ages 25 to 54. Stations using this format play disco from the 1970s and early 1980s, dance/pop music, adult-friendly hip hop/old school tracks, R&B, dance/freestyle...
. Like most Toronto TV and radio stations, CHUM's transmitter is located on the CN Tower
CN Tower
The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj...
and the station can be heard down south to the New York
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
and Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania
The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...
border, and up north to Orillia
Orillia, Ontario
Orillia, pronounced ōrĭl'ēə, is a city located in Simcoe County in Southern Ontario, Canada, between Lake Couchiching and Lake Simcoe, 135 kilometres north of Toronto.Originally incorporated as a village in 1867, the history of...
, and also has a large following of American listeners.
CHUM-FM is consistently one of Toronto's most popular stations in the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement
Bureau of Broadcast Measurement
BBM Canada, also known as BBM, is an audience measurement organization for Canadian television and radio broadcasting.BBM was established on May 11, 1944 as a division of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters. The organization was originally known as the "Bureau of Broadcast Measurement", and...
radio ratings, and is currently the #2 FM radio station in its market (and occasionally shares the top spot with Rogers Media
Rogers Media
Rogers Media Inc is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., which owns Canada's largest publishing company, Rogers Publishing Limited, which has more than 70 consumer and business publications. Rogers Media Inc...
-owned Adult Contemporary station CHFI
CHFI-FM
CHFI-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 98.1 on the FM dial in Toronto, Ontario. Like most Toronto radio and TV channels, it broadcasts atop the CN Tower with and ERP of 44 kW and has a sizeable amount of American listeners...
).
History
CHUM-FM started broadcasting on September 1, 1963 with an ERP of 18,000 watts and a transmitter at 1331 Yonge Street1331 Yonge Street
1331 Yonge Street was the civic address of an office and studio complex in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, It is located on Yonge Street, three blocks south of St. Clair Avenue...
. It aired a classical music
Classical music
Classical music is the art music produced in, or rooted in, the traditions of Western liturgical and secular music, encompassing a broad period from roughly the 11th century to present times...
format, the first station in Canada to do so. On March 21, 1966, their ERP was increased to 54,000 watts. In 1968, CHUM-FM received approval for a change in its transmitter location and increase in power to 100,000 watts. The transmitter was to be moved to the top of the Manufacturer's Life Building at 250 Bloor Street East.
On July 2 of the same year (1968), CHUM-FM changed formats to progressive rock
Progressive rock
Progressive rock is a subgenre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s as part of a "mostly British attempt to elevate rock music to new levels of artistic credibility." John Covach, in Contemporary Music Review, says that many thought it would not just "succeed the pop of...
, a forerunner to today's adult album alternative
Adult album alternative
Adult album alternative is a radio format. A spinoff from the album-oriented rock format, its roots trace to the 1960s and 1970s from the earlier freeform and progressive formats....
format, by playing a wide range of music ranging from world music and jazz to classical and folk. The station also aired public affairs programming, such as In Toronto. The station featured many famous Canadian radio personalities such as Larry Green, Walter Michaels, Steve Harris, Pete and Geets, Larry Wilson, David Marsden
David Marsden
David Marsden is a Canadian radio broadcaster. As the driving force behind Brampton, Ontario radio station CFNY in the 1980s, he became an influential figure in the Canadian music industry by giving many Canadian and international alternative rock artists major Canadian radio exposure...
, David Pritchard and actor Rick Moranis
Rick Moranis
Frederick Allan "Rick" Moranis is a Canadian comedian, actor, musician, and a magician. Moranis came to prominence in the late 1970s on the sketch comedy show Second City Television, and later appeared in several Hollywood films including Strange Brew; Ghostbusters; Spaceballs; Little Shop of...
.
On December 14, 1973, the station was authorized, along with other Toronto radio and TV stations, to move their transmitter to the top of the CN Tower
CN Tower
The CN Tower is a communications and observation tower in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Standing tall, it was completed in 1976, becoming the world's tallest free-standing structure and world's tallest tower at the time. It held both records for 34 years until the completion of the Burj...
. The new transmitter was turned on on May 31, 1976 with a reduced ERP of 40,000 watts.
In 1978, CHUM-FM created a Top 30 Album Chart to complement sister station CHUM-AM's Singles Chart
CHUM Chart
The CHUM Chart was a ranking of top 30 songs on Toronto, Ontario radio station CHUM 1050 AM, from 1957 to 1986, and was the longest-running Top 40 chart in the world produced by an individual radio station...
. A television version of the countdown was later broadcast on Citytv
Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
, featuring music videos for most of the songs in the countdown; the TV version was discontinued in January 2008, following Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...
' acquisition of Citytv.
In September 1984, the station started evolving towards adult contemporary. Current morning show host Roger Ashby would join the station from CHUM's AM sister station on September 2, 1985. Marilyn Denis
Marilyn Denis
Marilyn Denis is a Canadian television and radio personality. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, she grew up in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and received a bachelors degree in radio, television and advertising from the University of Idaho. Denis frequently refers on air to her parents who reside in...
and Rick Hodge would join the show a year later, and the show became an instant success, making them some of the best known broadcasters in Toronto radio.
The station evolved towards its current Hot Adult Contemporary format in 1990.
On May 26, 1998, CHUM-FM was granted a license to broadcast in Digital audio broadcasting
Digital audio broadcasting
Digital Audio Broadcasting is a digital radio technology for broadcasting radio stations, used in several countries, particularly in Europe. As of 2006, approximately 1,000 stations worldwide broadcast in the DAB format....
using the Eureka-147 system. The transmitter was installed on the CN Tower and broadcast at 1456.304 MHz with an ERP of 5,084 watts.
Starting in the mid-2000s, CHUM-FM's playlist has been noticeably more open to periodic, carefully selected rhythmic contemporary
Rhythmic Contemporary
Rhythmic contemporary, also known as rhythmic top 40, rhythmic contemporary hit radio or rhythmic crossover, is a music radio format that includes a mix of EDM, upbeat rhythmic pop, hip-hop and R&B hits. Rhythmic contemporary rarely uses rock music or country music in its airplay, but it may...
crossover songs, including rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues
Rhythm and blues, often abbreviated to R&B, is a genre of popular African American music that originated in the 1940s. The term was originally used by record companies to describe recordings marketed predominantly to urban African Americans, at a time when "urbane, rocking, jazz based music with a...
, reggae
Reggae
Reggae is a music genre first developed in Jamaica in the late 1960s. While sometimes used in a broader sense to refer to most types of Jamaican music, the term reggae more properly denotes a particular music style that originated following on the development of ska and rocksteady.Reggae is based...
, hip hop music
Hip hop music
Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...
, and dance music
Dance music
Dance music is music composed specifically to facilitate or accompany dancing. It can be either a whole musical piece or part of a larger musical arrangement...
, while keeping some 1980s, 1990s and 2000s songs, as well as standard pop/rock material that forms the Hot AC format. The reason for this was to balance younger and older audiences. Many hot adult contemporary stations in Canada have followed this pattern and resulted in audience growth nationwide, making Hot AC the country's most listened-to format. The closest local competition musically within the format came from CKFM-FM
CKFM-FM
CKFM-FM, branded as 99-9 Virgin Radio , is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 99.9 on the FM dial in Toronto, Ontario. The station is owned by Astral Media...
(99.9 Mix FM), which leaned mostly younger.
CHUM-FM also carried American Top 40
American Top 40
American Top 40 is an internationally syndicated, independent radio program created by Casey Kasem, Don Bustany, Tom Rounds and Ron Jacobs. Originally a production of Watermark Inc...
with Ryan Seacrest
Ryan Seacrest
Ryan John Seacrest is an American radio personality, television host, network producer and voice actor. He is the host of On Air with Ryan Seacrest, a nationally syndicated Top 40 radio show that airs on KIIS-FM in Los Angeles and throughout the United States and Canada on Premiere Radio Networks,...
from 2004 to 2006. CIDC
CIDC-FM
CIDC-FM is a Rhythmic-Leaning CHR radio station that serves Central Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area in Canada. Although the station is licensed to Orangeville, and still has a transmitter there, its studios are located in Toronto. The station is owned by Evanov Communications...
and CKFM have been the Toronto affiliates for the show since then.
At the 25th Anniversary Canadian Music Industry Awards, held March 8, 2007, CHUM-FM was honoured as Station of the Year, Program Director of the year for CHUM-FM PD Rob Farina, and air talent of the year for Roger, Rick & Marilyn. Former CHUM President Jim Waters was inducted into the Music Industry Hall of Fame that same evening.
On February 5, 2007, CHUM-FM became the flagship station to a syndicated interactive evening show titled, The Sound Lounge. The show handed over control of the content to the user's hands by an all listener chosen playlist, listener generated remixes and mash ups, and the opportunity to interact with listeners coast to coast via email, SMS, and voice. The show was originally hosted by Cory Kimm
Cory Kimm
Cory Kimm is a Canadian radio personality originally from Edmonton, Alberta. Cory's current job is co-hosting The Cory Kimm and Ami A Show on Z103.5FM in Toronto, Ontario...
. Kimm then moved to Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of Manitoba, Canada, and is the primary municipality of the Winnipeg Capital Region, with more than half of Manitoba's population. It is located near the longitudinal centre of North America, at the confluence of the Red and Assiniboine Rivers .The name...
and became part of the morning show on CHIQ-FM
CHIQ-FM
CHIQ-FM is a popular radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, broadcasting at 100 kW. Its studios are located at 1445 Pembina Highway, along with sister stations, 99.9 BOB FM and TSN Radio 1290 in Winnipeg...
. Chris Biggs became the new host on September 11, 2007. Biggs moved to CKFM-FM
CKFM-FM
CKFM-FM, branded as 99-9 Virgin Radio , is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 99.9 on the FM dial in Toronto, Ontario. The station is owned by Astral Media...
and Richie Favalaro became the new host in early 2008. The show aired on CHUM Radio-O&O Hot AC affiliates in Halifax (CIOO-FM
CIOO-FM
CIOO-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 100.1 FM in Halifax, Nova Scotia. The station uses the on-air brand name C100. It was owned by Toronto based CHUM Limited until that company's buy-out by CTVglobemedia in 2007, and then Bell Media in 2011.-History:In 1976, Radio 920, Ltd., a...
), Brockville
Brockville, Ontario
Brockville is a city in Eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Thousand Islands region. Though it serves as the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville, Brockville is politically independent and is grouped with Leeds and Grenville for census purposes only.Known as the "City of the 1000...
(CFJR-FM
CFJR-FM
CFJR-FM is a Canadian radio station airing at 104.9 FM in Brockville, Ontario. The station owned by Bell Media, airs an adult contemporary format branded as 104.9 JR FM.-History:The station originally launched in 1926 as CFLC at AM 1010 kHz...
), Peterborough
Peterborough, Ontario
Peterborough is a city on the Otonabee River in southern Ontario, Canada, 125 kilometres northeast of Toronto. The population of the City of Peterborough was 74,898 as of the 2006 census, while the census metropolitan area has a population of 121,428 as of a 2009 estimate. It presently ranks...
(CKPT-FM
CKPT-FM
CKPT-FM is a Canadian radio station with a hot adult contemporary format broadcasting at 99.7 FM in Peterborough, Ontario.CKPT originally began broadcasting at 1420 kHz AM in 1959....
), Kingston
Kingston, Ontario
Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in Eastern Ontario where the St. Lawrence River flows out of Lake Ontario. Originally a First Nations settlement called "Katarowki," , growing European exploration in the 17th Century made it an important trading post...
(CFLY-FM
CFLY-FM
CFLY-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 98.3 FM in Kingston, Ontario. The station broadcasts a hot adult contemporary radio format branded as 98.3 FLY FM. The station broadcasts with 95,500 watts of power from its trasmitter located in Harrowsmith.-History:The station was launched...
), Winnipeg (CHIQ-FM
CHIQ-FM
CHIQ-FM is a popular radio station in Winnipeg, Manitoba, broadcasting at 100 kW. Its studios are located at 1445 Pembina Highway, along with sister stations, 99.9 BOB FM and TSN Radio 1290 in Winnipeg...
), Calgary
Calgary
Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies...
(CKCE-FM
CKCE-FM
CKCE-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a hot adult contemporary/rhythmic adult contemporary format on 101.5 FM in Calgary, Alberta. The station is owned by Bell Media through its Bell Media Radio division.-History:...
) and Victoria
Victoria, British Columbia
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...
(CHBE-FM
CHBE-FM
CHBE-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 107.3 FM in Victoria, British Columbia, and is owned by Bell Media.The station received approval in October 1999 and was originally launched in 2000 as CFEX, a modern rock station owned by Seacoast Communications, the owner of AM radio station...
). On June 16, 2008, the show was cancelled.
PD Rob Farina moved to CJEZ-FM in early 2007. David Corey, ex-APD at KISS Boston (Kiss 108
WXKS-FM
WXKS-FM, better known as Kiss 108, is a radio station in Boston, Massachusetts, licensed to nearby Medford broadcasting a Top 40 format...
) took over as program director that same year.
On June 22, 2007, CTVglobemedia purchased CHUM-FM and most of the other assets of CHUM Limited
CHUM Limited
CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945 to 2007. Immediately prior to its acquisition, it held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel — comprising 11 local stations, and one CBC Television affiliate, one...
, the station's owners since their sign-on in 1963, following approval by the CRTC, while the Citytv
Citytv
Citytv is a Canadian English language television system owned and operated by Rogers Communications under its Rogers Broadcasting Ltd. division...
stations were sold to Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...
.
On June 23, 2008, Rick Hodge resigned from both CHUM-FM and 1050 CHUM to pursue other opportunities. Roger Ashby and Marilyn Denis continue to host mornings, which are now called The Roger, Darren & Marilyn Morning Show (when Darren B. Lamb joined the show after a stint of afternoon drive host). Hodge currently works at NewsTalk 1010.
Until late 2009
2009 in radio
The following events occurred in radio in 2009.- Events :* January 1: Kurdish TV starts broadcasting in Turkey.* January: Michael Smerconish, morning host at talk radio WPHT Philadelphia, begins syndication of his morning show to WHFS in Washington and WOR in New York City.* January 17: Two well...
, CHUM-FM continued to be the most listened to and most influential radio station in Canada with over 1,166,000 weekly listeners according to the BBM data released on December 3, 2007. But in December 2009
2009 in radio
The following events occurred in radio in 2009.- Events :* January 1: Kurdish TV starts broadcasting in Turkey.* January: Michael Smerconish, morning host at talk radio WPHT Philadelphia, begins syndication of his morning show to WHFS in Washington and WOR in New York City.* January 17: Two well...
, when CJEZ-FM flipped from adult contemporary to adult hits
Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...
, adult contemporary rival CHFI-FM
CHFI-FM
CHFI-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 98.1 on the FM dial in Toronto, Ontario. Like most Toronto radio and TV channels, it broadcasts atop the CN Tower with and ERP of 44 kW and has a sizeable amount of American listeners...
became the most-listened-to radio station in Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. During the 2005
2005 in radio
The year 2005 in radio involved some significant events.-Events:*April 29 - KFRC 610 AM in San Francisco, switches formats as a result of ownership change. KFRC becomes KEAR, the "Sound of the New Life", a listener-supported, gospel/religious only station. It had been previously KFRC from...
-2009 season, CHFI continued to usually beat CHUM as the top-rated radio station in Canada, although CHUM had unseated CHFI on some books. Also in 2009, CHUM-FM had been phasing out most modern adult contemporary artists and heavy amounts of older material from the playlist and began leaning towards a rhythmic adult contemporary
Rhythmic Adult Contemporary
Rhythmic adult contemporary is a format used on stations in the United States and Canada. It usually gears toward an older audience, ages 25 to 54. Stations using this format play disco from the 1970s and early 1980s, dance/pop music, adult-friendly hip hop/old school tracks, R&B, dance/freestyle...
direction due to no rhythmic AC or urban AC stations in Canada.
Today, CHUM-FM competes with AC station CHFI-FM
CHFI-FM
CHFI-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 98.1 on the FM dial in Toronto, Ontario. Like most Toronto radio and TV channels, it broadcasts atop the CN Tower with and ERP of 44 kW and has a sizeable amount of American listeners...
, and Top 40 stations CKFM-FM
CKFM-FM
CKFM-FM, branded as 99-9 Virgin Radio , is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 99.9 on the FM dial in Toronto, Ontario. The station is owned by Astral Media...
, CIDC-FM
CIDC-FM
CIDC-FM is a Rhythmic-Leaning CHR radio station that serves Central Ontario and the Greater Toronto Area in Canada. Although the station is licensed to Orangeville, and still has a transmitter there, its studios are located in Toronto. The station is owned by Evanov Communications...
and CKIS-FM
CKIS-FM
CJAQ-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 96.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta. The station uses the on-air brand name Jack FM. It is the second Jack FM station in Canada and the world, after its sister CKLG-FM in Vancouver.-History:...
, as well as, to a lesser extent, Hamilton
Hamilton, Ontario
Hamilton is a port city in the Canadian province of Ontario. Conceived by George Hamilton when he purchased the Durand farm shortly after the War of 1812, Hamilton has become the centre of a densely populated and industrialized region at the west end of Lake Ontario known as the Golden Horseshoe...
-based AC-formatted station CKLH-FM
CKLH-FM
CKLH-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 102.9 FM in Hamilton, Ontario. The station broadcasts an adult contemporary format branded as 102.9 K-Lite FM....
.
Trivia
According to his biography Private PartsPrivate Parts (book)
Private Parts is the first autobiography of American radio presenter Howard Stern. Released on October 7, 1993 by Simon & Schuster, it is the fastest-selling book in the company's history. It was later adapted into a film in 1997 starring Stern and his radio show staff as themselves...
, infamous shock jock
Shock jock
Shock jock is a slang term used to describe a type of any radio broadcaster who attracts attention using humor that a significant portion of the listening audience may find offensive. The term is usually used pejoratively to describe provocative or irreverent broadcasters whose mannerisms,...
Howard Stern
Howard Stern
Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...
was offered a job at CHUM-FM in 1981 while he was working at WWWW-FM
WDTW-FM
WDTW-FM is a classic rock formatted radio station in Detroit, Michigan. The station is owned by Clear Channel Communications. WDTW-FM is licensed for HD Radio operations; its secondary channel carries Clear Channel's "Pride Radio" format, which features music geared toward the LGBT audience...
in Detroit, Michigan
Detroit, Michigan
Detroit is the major city among the primary cultural, financial, and transportation centers in the Metro Detroit area, a region of 5.2 million people. As the seat of Wayne County, the city of Detroit is the largest city in the U.S. state of Michigan and serves as a major port on the Detroit River...
. According to a February 2006 broadcast of his Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio
Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...
show, he turned the job down because he would have been paid in Canadian dollar
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar is the currency of Canada. As of 2007, the Canadian dollar is the 7th most traded currency in the world. It is abbreviated with the dollar sign $, or C$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies...
s.
The CHUM Chart Top 30
The CHUM Chart Top 30 is a weekly countdown of the 30 biggest songs of the week voted by listeners and requests. The CHUM Chart Top 30, which began airing in 2000, is a successor to the original CHUM Top 30 Chart that was aired originally on CHUM-AM and hosted by now-morning show host Roger Ashby. The CHUM Top 30 Chart updates every Saturday and is on air on Saturdays at 9am and Sundays at 7pm by Richie Favalaro.Contests
CHUM-FM airs numerous contests and some of the popular ones are Beat the Bank and Breakfast in BarbadosBarbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
. In Beat the Bank, the station lets the 25th caller play and the objective of the game is to win as much money as possible with some risks of losing all of it. The player has to decide whether to move on to another "vault" or to stop and take the amount inside the vault. The more vaults opened, the risks of losing all of the money is higher, but the money inside the vault increases. Vault 1 usually starts around $200 to $1000 and depending on how much vaults are opened, the value usually increases by $300 to $10,000 from each vault. CHUM-FM is known to give the most money, ($500,000 as the jackpot), compared to other CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia
CTVglobemedia , was one of Canada's largest private media companies. Its operations include newspaper publishing , television broadcasting and production , radio broadcasting , and their respective Internet properties.Originally established by BCE and the Thomson family in 2001 combining CTV Inc.,...
radio stations, like Kool 101.5
CKCE-FM
CKCE-FM is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts a hot adult contemporary/rhythmic adult contemporary format on 101.5 FM in Calgary, Alberta. The station is owned by Bell Media through its Bell Media Radio division.-History:...
, who gives a maximum of $50,000 dollars CND. Rival station CHFI has a contest similar to Beat the Bank known as "The Big Bag of Cash."
In Breakfast in Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
, the station will take callers from caller 25 to caller 30 to qualify for the draw to go on the trip. Winners will get an all-inclusive trip to Barbados
Barbados
Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
and it is usually joined by popular artists like Michael Bublé
Michael Bublé
Michael Steven Bublé is a Canadian singer. He has won several awards, including three Grammy Awards and multiple Juno Awards. His first album reached the top ten in Canada and the UK. He found worldwide commercial success with his 2005 album It's Time, and his 2007 album Call Me Irresponsible was...
in 2007, Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Clarkson
Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
in 2009, and the Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies
Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...
in 2010.
See also
- List of radio stations in Ontario
- 250 Richmond Street West250 Richmond Street West250 Richmond Street West is a studio complex in Downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The building now serves as the new headquarters of Bell Media Radio's national operations, a division of Bell Media and to the studios of the company's Toronto radio stations, CHUM , CHUM-FM as well as Bell Media's...
- CHUM (AM)CHUM (AM)CHUM, branded as TSN Radio 1050, broadcasting at 1050 kHz in the AM band, is a Canadian radio station licensed to Toronto, Ontario. The station is owned and operated by Bell Media....
- CHUM ChartCHUM ChartThe CHUM Chart was a ranking of top 30 songs on Toronto, Ontario radio station CHUM 1050 AM, from 1957 to 1986, and was the longest-running Top 40 chart in the world produced by an individual radio station...
External links
- 104.5 CHUM-FM
- CHUM-FM history at Canadian Communications FoundationCanadian Communications FoundationThe Canadian Communications Foundation is a history of Canadian broadcasting for radio and television chronicles and documents. It also provides a history of radio and television stations, including networks, programs, broadcasters and many others....