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| '''CFIQ''' (640 [["*****" broadcasting|"*****"]]) is a commercial [[Radio broadcasting|radio station]] licensed to [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]], [[Ontario]], and serving [[Greater Toronto]], [[Southern Ontario]] and [[Western New York]] with a [[talk radio|talk]] format known as "640 Toronto". Owned by [[Corus Entertainment]], CFIQ's studios are located at the [[Corus Quay]] Building in [[Toronto]]; despite the station's city of license being a suburban community north of the city, the transmitter is located in the [[Regional Municipality of Niagara|Niagara Region]] town of [[Lincoln, Ontario|Lincoln]], {{Convert|60|km|mi|abbr=off}} southwest of Toronto. | '''CFIQ''' (640 [["*****" broadcasting|"*****"]]) is a commercial [[Radio broadcasting|radio station]] licensed to [[Richmond Hill, Ontario|Richmond Hill]], [[Ontario]], and serving [[Greater Toronto]], [[Southern Ontario]] and [[Western New York]] with a [[talk radio|talk]] format known as "640 Toronto". Owned by [[Corus Entertainment]], CFIQ's studios are located at the [[Corus Quay]] Building in [[Toronto]]; despite the station's city of licence being a suburban community north of the city, the transmitter is located in the [[Regional Municipality of Niagara|Niagara Region]] town of [[Lincoln, Ontario|Lincoln]], {{Convert|60|km|mi|abbr=off}} southwest of Toronto. |
| ==History== | ==History== |
| ===Early years=== | ===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, who went on to become a longtime personality on [[CHFI-FM]], was a host on CFGM in the 1960s. | 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 licence]], 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, who went on to become 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/thesta...+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> | 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/thesta...+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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