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'''CFIQ''' (640 [[Hertz|kHz]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[AM broadcasting|AM]] [[radio station]] [[city of license|licensed]] to [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]], [[Ontario]], and serving [[Greater Toronto]]. The station airs a [[talk radio|talk]] [[radio format|format]] and is known as ''640 Toronto''. It is owned by [[Corus Entertainment]] with [[radio studio]]s and offices in the [[Corus Quay]] Building at 25 Dockside Drive in [[Toronto]].
CFIQ is powered at 50,000 [[watt]]s, the maximum for Canadian AM stations.
==History==
===Early Years===
On July 1, 1957, the station first [[sign-on|signed on]] as '''CJRH'''.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1958/Radio-Other-1958-BC-YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1958 page A-467]</ref> It was a 500-watt station, broadcasting on 1300 kHz. The last two letters in the [[call sign]] referred to its [[city of license]], Richmond Hill. It moved to 1310 in 1959, and changed its call letters to '''CFGM''' in 1961. The station adopted a [[country music|country]] format in 1964. A few years later, it became Canada's first 24-hour country station. Don Daynard, a longtime personality on [[CHFI-FM]], was a host on CFGM in the 1960s.
The station moved to 1320 in 1978, and to 640 kHz on September 16, 1988.<ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1987/DB87-376.HTM Decision CRTC 87-376]</ref><ref>[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/435772793.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Sep+16%2C+1988&author=Greg+Quill+Toronto+Star&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=D.19&desc=CFGM+sliding+down+the+dial+to+reach+millions+of+new+listeners/ CFGM sliding down the dial to reach millions of new listeners] - Toronto Star, September 16, 1988</ref>
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===Top 40 Era===
[[Image:Chog.gif|left|thumb|Final CHOG logo]]
After 26 years as a country station, CFGM changed its format and call letters at 5 p.m. on June 29, 1990
Several notable radio personalities were associated with the station during this era, including John Gallagher, Tarzan Dan (Freeman), Pat Cochrane, Adrian Bell, Tony Monaco, Deanna Nason, Randy Taylor, Eric Hollo, Kenny 'The Hitman' Caughlin, Roger Kelly and the Toronto radio team of [[Jesse and Gene]]. After [[CFTR (AM)|CFTR]] moved from contemporary hits to all-news in 1993, AM 640 (still with the calls CHOG) was the last Top 40 station in the Toronto [[media market|radio market]] until [[CKIS-FM|CISS-FM]] adopted the format in February 1999. Talk shows would later come to take up a substantial part of the station's schedule, particularly during midday periods when many of the station's hit music listeners might normally be in school.
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In 2000, the station was acquired by [[Corus Entertainment]].<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-645]</ref> On April 23, 2001, at 6:40 a.m., the station re-launched as ''Mojo Radio'', a [[hot talk]] radio format aimed at the male demographic.<ref>[https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/438276548.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Apr+20%2C+2001&author=Powell%2C+Betsy&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=A.01&desc=On+MOJO+640%2C+it%27s+all+guys%2C+all+the+time/ On MOJO, it's all guys, all the time] - Toronto Star, April 20, 2001</ref> The station also changed its call letters the same day to '''CFMJ'''.
The new format featured programs hosted by [[Humble and Fred]], [[John Derringer]], [[Phil Hendrie]], [[Mike Stafford]], [[Andrew Krystal]], Spider Jones, and the syndicated ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]''. Later on, John Oakley replaced [[Scruff Connors]] who had taken over from Humble and Fred; the latter pair left for [[hot adult contemporary]] station [[CKFM-FM]] in July 2003. Krystal moved to part-time work at [[CFRB]] and [[CKTB]] before moving to [[CJNI-FM]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]. Derringer's Mojo show was later discontinued as he concentrated on his marquee morning show on co-owned [[CILQ-FM]].
=== AM640 Toronto Radio ===
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Near the end of July 2007, the programming line-up was shuffled in response to the departure of Craig Bromell, whose show ran until the end of August 2007. Afternoon host Mike Stafford replaced ''Bromell''. ''The Bill Watters Show'' was added to the afternoon lineup. Just as the new show with co-host Jeff Marek expanded, Marek moved on to [[Sirius Satellite Radio]]. Greg Brady replaced Marek as Bill's co-host. Brady left AM640 in late June 2010 to host a Noon - 3pm program on The FAN 590. Bill Hayes, formerly of [[CILQ-FM|Q107]], replaced Greg Brady as Watters' co-host. Hayes was fired in January 2011. Co-hosting duties then fell to his son, Brian Hayes. Hayes left AM640 on Friday, April 8 to host his own mid-morning program on TSN Radio 1050. AM640's Leafs play-by-play colour analyst Jim Ralph became co-host of The Bill Watters Show, which ran from 4pm – 7pm covering hockey issues and other major sports news as well, up until July 15, 2011.
Veteran host and reporter John Downs was let go in early August, 2010. His 7pm - 9pm slot was then hosted by Bryan Hayes, whose program was primarily sports-talk, until April 12, 2011 when Bryan took the mid-day host slot at [[CHUM (AM)|TSN Radio 1050]]. Charles Adler's 2pm - 4pm program was moved to the 7pm - 9pm slot at the end of August
Charles Adler hosted a Toronto-based hour from 1pm - 2pm during the summer of 2010. On
Jeff McArthur, former morning show host for both [[CFPL-FM]] and [[CFPL (AM)|AM]] in [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Ontario]], joined AM640 in late August 2012 to host weekdays 2pm - 4pm. On July 2, 2014, his show was expanded to add the 1-2pm time slot.
On January 7, 2013, Arlene Bynon's afternoon program was replaced by [[Bill Carroll (broadcaster)|Bill Carroll]]. Arlene stayed on as cohost for the following three weeks. Her last day was
One of the station's biggest draws was that it was the radio broadcaster of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], which it networked into other markets. Its play-by-play announcers were [[Joe Bowen]], [[Dennis Beyak]], [[Jim Ralph]] and [[Dan Dunleavy]]. Dennis Beyak left in the fall of 2011 to do the play-by-play for the [[Winnipeg Jets]] on TSN regional television and on TSN Radio 1290 [[CFRW]]. AM640's 7-year contract for the rights to Toronto Maple Leafs radio broadcasts concluded before the start of the [[2012-13 NHL season]]{{emdash}}Leafs broadcasts are now split between [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]] and [[CJCL]].
CFMJ's studios were in Suite 1600 at 1 Dundas Street West in Toronto,
===Global News Radio 640 Toronto===
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===640 Toronto===
The "Global News Radio" branding was dropped in January 2022 to avoid confusion between news and talk programming on the station. The station continues to have a shared newsroom with Global News and the newscasts themselves are still identified as Global News.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/amanda-cupido-toronto-miked-1006/id557260245?i=1000552615668|title = Toronto Mike'd: Amanda Cupido: Toronto Mike'd #1006 on Apple Podcasts}}</ref>▼
▲The Global News Radio branding was dropped in January 2022 to avoid confusion between news and talk programming on the station. The station continues to have a shared newsroom with Global News and the newscasts themselves are still identified as Global News.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/amanda-cupido-toronto-miked-1006/id557260245?i=1000552615668|title = Toronto Mike'd: Amanda Cupido: Toronto Mike'd #1006 on Apple Podcasts}}</ref>
On April 1, 2022, the station's call sign was changed to '''CFIQ'''.
==Defunct Programs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs
From the [[1998–99 Toronto Maple Leafs season|1998]] until [[2011–12 Toronto Maple Leafs season|2012]], the station aired radio broadcasts of [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] hockey broadcasts. [[Dennis Beyak]] was the team's play-by-play commentator when [[Joe Bowen]] called games on television, though Bowen continued to call games on radio when the Leafs aired on national TV. Beyak was replaced by [[Dan Dunleavy]] in 2011 when he left for TSN to be the [[Winnipeg Jets]] play by play commentator.
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===''A View from Space''===
For over 15 years, Gary Bell (nicknamed 'The Spaceman') hosted a show, broadcast on Saturday nights, that dealt with current events, [[numerology]] and [[conspiracy theories]] . The show was cancelled, following its November 11, 2017 broadcast, when parent company Corus fired the late-night host citing complaints of anti-Semitic content.<ref>{{cite news| url = https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/2017/11/29/corus-fires-host-of-a-view-from-space-radio-show.html| title = Corus fires AM640 late-night host, citing complaints of anti-Semitic content {{!}} The Star| website = [[Toronto Star]]| date = 29 November 2017| last1 = Demara| first1 = Bruce}} </ref> Bell also worked as a producer for various weekday shows during his time at the station and had previously worked as a technician at [[CKGM]] and [[CFTR]]. He died of cancer in June 2018.
===Tasha Kheiriddin===
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