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Around The Dial Podcast Edition – A Look at Canadian Rock Radio | #1 – February 2020

Posted on February 1, 2020February 7, 2020 by Steve West

All good programming deserves a re-boot.

680 CFTR Toronto – AM CHR – | August, 1988

Posted on November 17, 2019November 16, 2019 by Steve West

You only need the two minutes spanning this sample of Toronto’s CFTR. It’s high-energy, late 80′s CHR at it’s finest… and in true Canadian style, on AM!

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Roger Ashby Final Sign Off, 104.5 CHUM-FM Toronto | December 5 2018

Posted on October 4, 2019September 25, 2019 by Ellis Feaster

After 50 years on the radio in Toronto, Roger Ashby has one one of the most recognizable voices in town. Roger spent those 50 years at CHUM AM & FM. For 17 years, from 1968 to 1985, Roger cranked out the hits on 1050 CHUM, a legendary Top 40 powerhouse during the late 50s, 60s,…

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Roger Ashby, 1050 CHUM Toronto | 1975

Posted on October 3, 2019September 25, 2019 by Ellis Feaster

Roger Ashby visited a radio station when he was 10, and was so impressed & amazed, that he decided to become a radio personality, and has never looked back. That visit paid off for him personally, and for CHUM AM & FM in Toronto, where Roger worked for 50 years! For 17 years, from 1968…

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Roger Ashby, 104.5 CHUM-FM Toronto | September 1, 1999

Posted on September 10, 2019September 10, 2019 by Ellis Feaster

Roger Ashby visited a radio station when he was 10, and was so impressed & amazed, that he decided to become a radio personality, and has never looked back. That visit paid off for him personally, and for CHUM AM & FM in Toronto, where Roger worked for 50 years! For…

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Don Daynard, Erin Davis and Mike Marshall, 98,1 CHFI Toronto | October 16, 1996

Posted on February 9, 2019February 9, 2019 by Steve West

Next set we’ll play “Stump the Chump”… Become an Airchexx Supporter! Courtesy of Contributor Russ Horton (DMoos.com/fm108.ca/udjs.com). This is a decent quality recording, albeit in monaural. The first three-quarters or so is the Don Daynard and Erin Davis morning show. Paul Cook does news from the AM 680 (CFTR) NewsRoom. Russ Holden reports CanTel Traffic….

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The “Spaceman”, CHOG AM 640 – “The Beat of Toronto” | September 1, 1995

Posted on August 14, 2018August 14, 2018 by Steve West

Curator’s Notes: Not only was CHOG the final CHR in the Toronto market, it was just over one month away from changing formats from CHR to News Talk. Not surprisingly, being on the AM band did nothing to help AM 640 in its transition. The new N/T format suffered from low ratings, as did it’s…

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The End of an Era: The CFTR Story, Part 1 | June 4, 1993

Posted on June 14, 2018July 14, 2018 by Steve West

For more than two decades, CFTR had been known for being one of TWO contemporary hit music stations in Toronto. The other was the legendary 1050 CHUM. CHUM moved away from Top 40 in 1986 in favor of an Adult Contemporary format, leaving CFTR alone as Toronto’s Top 40 station. It all came to an…