CJCL

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CJCL
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Broadcast areaToronto, Ontario
Frequency590 kHz (AM)
BrandingThe Fan 590
Programming
FormatSports
Ownership
OwnerRogers Communications
History
First air date
1951
Former call signs
CKFH
Links
WebsiteThe Fan 590

CJCL is a Canadian sports radio station in Toronto, Ontario. Airing at 590 on the AM radio dial, the station uses the on-air brand The Fan 590. Programming on the station includes Toronto Blue Jays baseball, Toronto Raptors basketball, Toronto Argonauts football and various sports talk shows during the day and ESPN Radio overnight. This station is owned and operated by Rogers Communications. Jim Cutler is the imaging voice for the station.[1]


Sports play-by-play

+-If any of these games conflict with one another, the Fan would carry one of the games while the other would usually be carried on 610 CKTB

History

The station first aired in 1951 as AM 1400 CKFH, a news and sports station owned by legendary Canadian broadcaster Foster Hewitt. It moved to AM 1430 in 1960, and began playing Top 40 music in 1966. In 1975, the station switched to a country music format.

The station was subsequently sold to Telemedia in 1981, adopting its current callsign and switching to an adult contemporary format. In 1983, the station briefly adopted talk radio programming, but returned to its music format within a few months, with increased emphasis on oldies. As flagship of the Telemedia network it broadcast Toronto Blue Jays baseball called by Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth followed by hours of talk after the game. Through the later 1980s, as the winning Blue Jays became more popular, the sports features became CJCL's profit centre. In 1992, during the first Blue Jays' World Series year, it dropped all non-sports programming altogether.

In 1994, Telemedia acquired CKYC from Rogers Communications. In 1995, Telemedia swapped the stations' frequencies, moving CJCL to its current 590 and giving CKYC the old 1430 frequency.

CJCL was itself acquired by Rogers Communications in 2002.

On-Air Personalities

External links

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