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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, broadcasting a rock-leaning [[contemporary hit radio|Top 40/CHR]] format as ''AM 640 The Hog'', '''CHOG''' (which would later shift towards a more mainstream direction in September 1991).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/436231312.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+2%2C+1990&author=Greg+Quill+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=C.4&desc=Nobody+waved+goodby+to+CFGM |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506181440/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/thestar/doc/436231312.html?FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Jul+2%2C+1990&author=Greg+Quill+TORONTO+STAR&pub=Toronto+Star&edition=&startpage=C.4&desc=Nobody+waved+goodby+to+CFGM |archive-date=2016-05-06 |title=Nobody waved goodby to CFGM}}</ref><ref>http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/cfgm-farewell-jun29-90.mp3 {{Bare URL AV media|date=June 2022}}</ref><ref>http://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-Billboard/90s/1991/BB-1991-09-21.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=January 2022}}</ref> In June 1992, the station rebranded as ''AM 640 The Beat Of Toronto'', and adjusted its format to [[Rhythmic contemporary|Rhythmic CHR]].
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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===Global News Radio 640 Toronto===
CFMJ, along with several other Corus's news/talk radio stations across Canada were relaunched under the new national ''Global News Radio'' brand between November and December 2017. The new moniker matches the [[Global News]] brand which is already used for the newscasts on [[Global Television Network|Global Television]]'s owned-and-operated stations, including CFMJ's sister station, [[CIII-DT]], which was acquired by [[Corus Entertainment]] as part of its acquisition of the [[Shaw Communications]] media unit. The official changeover to ''Global News Radio 640 Toronto'' occurred on December 1, 2017, with CFMJ maintaining its talk format and on-air roster.
===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> This comes one month after Amanda Cupido was hired as the station's Program Director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dialogue |first=Broadcast |date=2021-12-02 |title=The Weekly Briefing |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/twb-rsa-120221/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}</ref>
On May 1, 2022, the station's call sign was changed to '''CFIQ'''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canadian Broadcast Sales - Station Changes |url=https://www.radiocbs.com/stationchanges-all.php |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.radiocbs.com}}</ref> The current weekday talk show lineup includes Greg Brady, Kelly Cutrara, Alan Carter, Jeff McArthur, John Oakley, Alex Pierson, Ben O'Hara-Byrne and Shane Hewitt.<ref>{{Cite web |title=640 Toronto |url=https://globalnews.ca/radio/640toronto/schedule/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=640 Toronto |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Defunct Programs==
===Toronto Maple Leafs hockey===
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.
The station no longer airs the Leafs broadcasts since the [[2012–13 Toronto Maple Leafs season|2012–13 season]]. All games has since been split with [[CJCL]] and [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]], owned by Rogers and Bell, respectively. Both media companies co-own the parent company of the team.
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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}}
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