{{infobox radio station | name | CHUM | image | city Toronto, Ontario | area | branding TSN Radio 1050 | slogan The Evolution of Sports RadioToronto's New Destination for Sports | frequency 1050 kHz (AM) | translator | repeater | airdate 1944 | share | share as of | share source | format Sports | language English | power 50,000 watts | erp | haat | class B | facility_id | coordinates | | callsign_meaning | former_callsigns | former_frequencies | affiliations ESPN RadioFox Sports Radio/Premiere Radio NetworksTSN Radio | owner Bell Media''Programmed by TSN (Bell Media – 80% / ESPN – 20%) | licensee Bell Media Radio | sister_stations Radio: CHUM-FM, CFXJ-FM TV: TSN, TSN2, CP24, CFTO-TV, CKVR-TV | webcast Listen live | website TSN Radio 1050 }} |
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Long known as 1050 CHUM, the station played Top 40 hits from the late 1950s to early 1980s. CHUM then carried an oldies format featuring music from that period between 1989 to 2009, except for a brief stint as a sports radio station, The Team 1050 in 2001-02.
In March 2009, CHUM switched to an all-news format known as CP24 Radio 1050, which operated primarily as an audio simulcast of CablePulse24.
In April 2011, CHUM reverted to a sports format as TSN Radio 1050.
CHUM was taken over in December 1954 by Allan Waters, a salesman from Part's patent medicine business. Waters' first major move was to secure a licence for 24-hour-a-day broadcasting for CHUM, along with a power increase to 5,000 watts. Less than three years after Waters acquired the station, and soonafter bringing the new full-time transmitter online, a major programming change was made. On 27 May 1957, Waters switched to a "Top 50" format that had proven itself popular in some U.S. cities; Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" was the first song played. "1050 CHUM" pioneered rock and roll radio in Toronto, and was noteworthy for hosting many noteworthy rock concerts including, among others, visits to Maple Leaf Gardens by Elvis Presley (1957) and The Beatles (1964, '65, and '66). While the station was rising to the top of the popularity ratings in Toronto in the late 1950s and early 1960s, it also built yet another new transmitter in Mississauga, Ontario (a few miles west of the current Toronto city line) along the Lake Ontario shoreline, and raised its power once again to its current 50,000 watts around the clock.
In the late 1950s, CHUM was calling itself "Radio One", as its ratings continued to increase. An important part of CHUM's success was the station's unpredictable morning man Al Boliska, who joined CHUM in October 1957, after working at station CKLC in Kingston, Ontario. By 1959, Boliska had made a name for himself as a disc jockey who got listeners talking. He also made them laugh, and became known for telling what he called the "World's Worst Jokes". Boliska also did a number of stunts, such as taking part in a professional wrestling match with Whipper Billy Watson. When he lost, that led to another stunt, where Boliska stayed away from his show for several days, saying he was now too discouraged by the loss to do his show. A hypnotist was called in, and Boliska's self-esteem was restored. Boliska left CHUM in late 1963 to go 'across the street' to CKEY. He was replaced by WKBW Buffalo radio & TV personality Jay Nelson, popularly known as "Jungle Jay" from his role as host of a children's show on Buffalo's Channel 7 which was also popular among Toronto youngsters. He would be followed by housewives' jock John Spragge; singer/DJ Mike Darow; Pete Nordheimer, replaced in 1961 by Bob McAdorey, teen DJ Dave Johnson, and all night DJ Bob Laine. Later additions to the CHUM DJ lineup included Duff Roman, John Dolan and Brian Skinner, each of whom came over from CKEY (then owned by Jack Kent Cooke).
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, CHUM DJs included Duke Roberts (also known as Gary Duke for a time), Johnny Mitchell (better known today as Sonny Fox), J. Michael Wilson, Tom Rivers, Scott Carpenter, Jim Van Horne, John Rode, Don Reagan, John Majhor, Mike Cooper, Daryl B, Terry Steele, Mike Holland and Roger Ashby. Among their later night-time hosts was J. D. Roberts, who joined CHUM in 1977, co-hosted CTV's Canada AM in the early 1990s, and eventually became known across North America as White House correspondent for CBS-TV and today hosts CNN's morning program American Morning.
CHUM was also well known for its contests, like the 1970s' "I Listen to CHUM" promotion, in which DJs dialed phone numbers at random and awarded $1,000 to anyone who answered the phone with that phrase.
The CHUM Chart was, for many years, the most influential weekly Top 40 chart in Canada and has been hailed as the longest-running continuously-published radio station record survey in North America. The first CHUM Chart was released on May 27, 1957, with Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" the first Number 1 song.
By 1989, CHUM adopted an oldies format, drawing heavily on its previous Top 40 reputation to cater to the fans of that era's music.
During the 1990s the on-air lineup included Daryl B, Bob Magee, Kory Skinner, Andy K, Russ McLeod, Roger Kelly, Marc Chambers and Dan Michaels. In 1989 the station acquired the broadcast rights for the Toronto Argonauts, led by play by play man Marc Charbonneau and Colour man Peter Martin, the CHUM broadcast team helped to celebrate the team's Grey Cup victory in 1991 in Winnipeg.
In 1998, CHUM obtained the radio broadcast rights to Toronto Blue Jays baseball, resulting in a shift towards sports programming on the station.
The Team network did not prove successful, especially in Toronto, where CHUM struggled against long-time sports station The Fan 590. On August 27, 2002, the network was closed down, and while a few affiliates nationwide retained the sports format, most reverted to their pre-Team formats — including CHUM, which reverted to oldies.
In 2007, CHUM and the rest of the CHUM Limited stations (with the exception of Citytv) were sold to CTVglobemedia. That same year, CHUM commemorated the 50th anniversary of the launch of its rock and roll format, the highlights of which included vignettes and specials throughout the year, as well as anniversary celebrations on May 26, 2007 that included an open house at CHUM's studios at 1331 Yonge Street, in conjunction with Doors Open Toronto, and a concert at Nathan Phillips Square.
The change came a few weeks after the CRTC revised its formatting regulations to permit oldies music on FM radio for the first time, although at the time of the change no Toronto-area FM station had performed such a flip (CHBM-FM and Hamilton's CING-FM both adopted a classic hits format later in the year). CKOC in Hamilton retained a more traditional AM oldies format, while pop standards station CFZM marketed itself as an alternative as well.
On February 17, 2011, It was then officially announced that CHUM would drop its simulcast of CP24's programming as CP24 Radio 1050 and return to sports radio format as TSN Radio 1050. Shortly after the format change was announced, CP24 begun phasing out the CP24 Radio 1050 monikers from the enriched screens and CP24's station identifications. The official re-launch to TSN Radio 1050 was initially scheduled to take place at 5:30 a.m. on April 13, 2011, however it instead occurred at 1:00 a.m. on the same day beginning with ESPN Radio overnight programming (AllNight with Jason Smith & Sportscenter AM) airing on the station until the official launch of TSN Radio 1050 occurred with The Mike Richards Show at 5:30am.
This change comes just weeks after Bell Canada completed its acquisition of 100% of the shares in CTVglobemedia it didn't already own. It renamed the company Bell Media and likewise renamed the radio division CHUM Radio to Bell Media Radio.
Aside from programming, Claude Feig hosts Sportscentre updates from 11am-3pm. While the CP24 traffic team would continue to host traffic updates, as they do at the other Bell Media Radio stations in Toronto.
Corey Longo of SportsHaze wrote:
Meanwhile, Steve Buffery of the Toronto Sun positively opined that:
However Raju Mudhar of the Toronto Star was more melancholy:
In addition, Bruce Dowbiggin of The Globe and Mail suggested that the on-air talent was simply a rehash of past and failed hosts:
Although reception to the programming was well received, many complained of noise in parts of Downtown Toronto resulting in obstructed listening and in lieu, forcing them to tune to The Fan 590.
Category:Radio stations in Toronto Category:Bell Media radio stations Category:News and talk radio stations in Canada Category:Radio stations established in 1944 Category:Sports radio stations in Canada
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