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27-462: CHFI may refer to: CHFI-FM , a radio station (98.1 FM) licensed to Toronto, Ontario, Canada CFTR (AM) , a radio station (680 AM) licensed to Toronto, Ontario, Canada, which held the call sign CHFI from 1962 to 1971 Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title CHFI . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change

54-402: A media player , either sequentially or in a shuffled order. In its most general form, an audio playlist is simply a list of songs that can be played once or in a loop . The term has several specialized meanings in the realms of television broadcasting , radio broadcasting and personal computers . A video playlist can also be a list of recorded titles on a digital video disk (DVD). On

81-475: A playlist to be shown over and over again at a later time. News channel broadcasting is a combination of live and pre-recorded programming. The prerecorded clips are usually run from a playlist. As music storage and playback using personal computers became common, the term "playlist" was adopted by various media player software programs intended to organize and control music on a PC. Such playlists may be defined, stored, and selected to run either in sequence or if

108-408: A random playlist function is selected, in a random order. Playlists' uses include allowing a particular desired musical atmosphere to be created and maintained without constant user interaction or allowing a variety of different styles of music to be played, again without maintenance. Several computer playlist formats for multimedia players, such as PLS , can pass a playlist or URL to the player. In

135-491: A special Muzak -like background audio service, playing soft instrumental music for offices and retail outlets in the city. The station was acquired in 1960 by Aldred-Rogers Broadcasting, a forerunner to Rogers Radio . In 1962, an AM counterpart, CHFI (1540 AM) was added, which originally simulcast CHFI-FM's programming. CHFI-FM pioneered the " beautiful music " format in Canada. The main programming heard from dawn until midnight

162-529: Is atop the CN Tower . The station first signed on the air on February 1, 1957. It was initially owned by CHFI-FM, Ltd. CHFI was the first commercial FM outlet in Toronto to provide its own distinct programming rather than simulcasting an AM station. The call sign chosen to represent the words " C anada H i FI " or " high fidelity ", providing a higher quality sound than on AM radio . CHFI also initially provided

189-737: Is available on the Internet. Pandora is one of the few music services that is free (no subscription required) to users. The user can select genres that are played back at random on Pandora's playlists. A celebrity playlist is a list of songs prepared by a celebrity and represented in popular publications and on the radio as such. On video hosting service websites such as YouTube and Vimeo , users can make playlists of select videos from themselves or other users for topical purposes; paid accounts can upgrade playlists of their own videos to "shows". Most media players , such as Winamp , can easily create custom playlists from one's media library. For example, in

216-528: The "Toronto's Soft Rock" slogan. In June 2003 , CHFI, competing closely with rival adult contemporary station CJEZ, revamped their morning show to attract younger listeners. Firing Erin Davis and moving Bob Magee to afternoons, the station named Mad Dog and Billie, later known as "Jay and Billie", as the morning team, beginning June 23. Jay and Billie hosted mornings on co-owned Toronto station CISS-FM before it flipped to adult hits earlier that month. In addition,

243-482: The Sunday morning program The Feel Good Brunch , which will also air on other adult contemporary radio stations owned by Rogers across Canada. In March, it was announced that former MuchMusic VJ Rick Campanelli was joining the station as a weekday afternoon host. CHFI-FM can also be heard on these low-power transmitters: Playlist A playlist is a list of video or audio files that can be played back on

270-496: The case of radio stations it can also link many audio players directly to the station's live streaming audio, bypassing any need for a web browser. (In that case, the playlist file is typically downloaded from the station's live streaming web page, if offered. The files are similar to Internet shortcut files in appearance and internal structure, except used by media players rather than web browsers.) Some Internet streaming services , such as Spotify , Amazon Music , 8tracks , and

297-440: The decimal point back in the station identification . In addition, newer jingles were unveiled, along with an opening bumper for newer music. As well, some upbeat, rhythmic material was also added, while softer artists such as Air Supply were largely dropped from the station's playlist. On December 26, 2009, long-time competitor CJEZ switched from an adult contemporary format to an adult hits format as CHBM-FM , leaving CHFI as

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324-406: The defunct Playlist.com and Webjay , allow users to categorize, edit, and listen to playlists online. Other sites focus on playlist creation aided by personalized song recommendations, ratings, and reviews. On certain sites, users create and share annotated playlists, giving visitors the option to read contextual information or reviewer comments about each song while listening. Some sites only allow

351-523: The elimination of the specialty programs coupled with more vocals in the playlist . Eventually, CHFI eliminated nearly all instrumental music, and instituted a soft adult contemporary format. The transition worked, making CHFI one of the longest-running English-language adult contemporary stations in Canada . In December 1987, Don Daynard became CHFI's new morning show host, a position he would hold until his retirement on December 10, 1999. Erin Davis joined

378-441: The entire catalog of songs that a given radio station (of any format) would draw from. Additionally, the term was used to refer to an ordered list of songs played during a given time period. Playlists are often adjusted based on time of day, known as dayparting . Cable TV and broadcast TV news channels often use video playlists to rerun prerecorded news stories. A given news story might initially be shown live and then placed into

405-473: The internet, a playlist can be a list of chapters in a movie serial ; for example, Flash Gordon in the Planet Mongo is available on YouTube as a playlist of thirteen consecutive video chapters. The term originally came about in the early days of Top 40 radio formats in the 1950s when stations would devise (and, eventually, publish) a limited list of songs to be played. The term would go on to refer to

432-484: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=CHFI&oldid=861564768 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Broadcast call sign disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages CHFI-FM CHFI-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 44,000 watts . The transmitter

459-459: The morning show in September 1988, with "Don and Erin" becoming one of Toronto's most prominent morning shows through the 1990s. Bob Magee took over Daynard's position on December 13, 1999. A new logo was unveiled in 2000 , when Rogers rebranded the station from CHFI FM98 and the "Toronto's Perfect Music Mix" slogan, to 98.1 CHFI , moving away from soft adult contemporary to mainstream AC under

486-646: The only adult contemporary station in Toronto. In late 2015, Mike Cooper announced his retirement, though would continue to host the classic hits -formatted "Coop's Classics" on Saturday nights. Darren B. Lamb, formerly with CHUM-FM , joined CHFI as Davis' co-host in February 2016. On November 9, 2016, Erin Davis announced she would be retiring from CHFI on December 15, and would be moving to British Columbia to be closer to her family. Lamb continued to host mornings, along with new co-host Maureen Holloway . On October 1, 2021, Maureen Holloway announced she would be leaving

513-439: The program by sprinkling in a few original period recordings. Since very few had been reissued on LP at this time, a call went out to collectors who loaned their original 78-rpm records to the radio station. The records were cleaned, repaired and brushed with distilled water before being transcribed to tape. Dubbed the "new library of old 78's", these antique rarities were showcased each weeknight. (In 1974, host Todd Russell died and

540-399: The same time, the station returned to using the point on the station's ID, returned to its soft AC format, and switched its slogan to "Toronto's Lite Favourites." This turned around CHFI's popularity, as the station reclaimed the top spot in the Toronto ratings, while CJEZ's ratings fell. In 2009 , CHFI returned to mainstream AC, but retained the "Toronto's Lite Favourites" slogan and added

567-411: The sharing of the playlist data with the actual music being delivered by other channels (e.g., Plurn), others provide a closed catalog of content from which the playlists can be generated, and sites like imeem allow users to upload the music to central servers to be shared and accessed by any user of the site. iPods can also be used to build playlists. Pandora is another music streaming service that

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594-637: The station rebranded as 98.1 CHFI (pronounced, "ninety-eight-one CHFI") instead, and unveiled the "Today's Lite Music" slogan. Bringing Jay and Billie on for mornings backfired on CHFI, as the station's ratings declined. In September 2004, Erin Davis was hired by CJEZ as a fill-in co-host, working alongside Mike Cooper. This brought CJEZ's ratings up dramatically, beating CHFI in several target audience demographics. In June 2005, CHFI management fired Jay and Billie, rehired Davis for mornings (who returned on September 6), and also hired Mike Cooper as her co-host on October 26 after his contract with CJEZ expired. At

621-494: The station, with Lamb having had his last appearance earlier in the year (Lamb has since retired). The following week, Tracy Moore from co-owned television station CITY-TV began hosting the show on a temporary basis. On November 29, CHFI announced that Pooja Handa and Gurdeep Ahluwalia, formerly of CP24 , would begin hosting mornings on January 4, 2022. In January 2024, several months after joining Rogers as co-host of Breakfast Television on Citytv, Meredith Shaw launched

648-423: Was Front Row Centre , heard Sunday afternoons at 2 p.m. This one-hour program featured full original cast recordings of popular Broadway musicals, with host Don Parish explaining the story between songs. In the 1970s, Todd Russell began hosting a late evening program called Reminiscing featuring modern recordings of popular songs from the 1920s, 1930s, 1940s and 1950s. In 1973, Compeau decided to add some spice to

675-438: Was replaced by Sandy Hoyt.) CHFI soon amassed a collection of over 3,500 period recordings and the reminiscing program became one of the station's biggest successes. As time went on, the modern recordings were phased out and the program featured mainly the period recordings. By the mid-1980s, the audience for CHFI and other beautiful music stations was beginning to age, while advertisers usually seek younger listeners. This led to

702-616: Was the popular and long running Candlelight and Wine heard evenings from 6 to 11 p.m. The program, hosted by Don Parrish, mixed soothing instrumentals, soft vocals and occasional light classical pieces in " pop " arrangements. The program spun off a series of best-selling record albums, many of which are now highly prized collectors' items. Compeau also created the popular Classics 'til Dawn , an overnight program of popular classical music . (In 1984, Compeau would become program director of classical station CFMX-FM and use this same format for its overnight program.) Another of Compeau's innovations

729-458: Was traditional easy listening fare, mostly instrumental cover versions of popular hits, as well as Broadway and Hollywood show tunes. In 1972, CHFI's AM sister station, by this point under the CFTR call letters, abandoned the beautiful music simulcast of CHFI-FM and adopted a Top 40 format. Music director Michael Compeau created a number of the station's much-imitated programs. The most famous

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