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47-408: The building is intended to be an important public destination as well as provide a range of housing and commercial opportunities. No residential or education facilities could be built near the existing Redpath Sugar plant until TEDCO's Corus building buffered the new development from the old industrial uses. However, many aspects of the project have been mired in controversy. Corus Quay is located near

94-500: A "Cruise Show", a "Law Show", a "Beauty Show", and the "Small Canada Business Show". In 2000, the station was acquired by Corus Entertainment . 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. 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

141-451: A call letter change from CHOG to CFYI. Jesse and Gene reunited in July 1996 as the returning hosts of Q107's morning show. For Gene Valaitis, the reunion meant getting internally re-assigned from CFYI-AM to Q107 (both stations were owned by the same corporate entity, Western International Communications , at the time) thus breaking up his ten-month morning pairing with Jane Hawtin. Less than

188-654: A city within Metropolitan Toronto , Jesse and Gene Way runs parallel to Yonge Street from Norton Avenue until Church Avenue. On July 19, 1995, in preparation for an upcoming format switch, AM 640 announced cancellation of Jesse and Gene with Jesse Dylan saying his goodbyes on air. Gene Valaitis stayed on at the station, getting paired with Jane Hawtin for a new show in the 5:30 to 9 a.m. slot starting after Labour Day 1995 as AM 640 changed its format to full-time talk radio , becoming "Talk 640" in October 1995, including

235-402: A female, racialized journalist, I have been subject to rape threats against me and my 17-month old daughter and absolutely abhorrent statements from members of the public when I attempt to counter and correct the misinformation and false narratives promoted by other hosts and guests on the station.” Mike Stafford remained as the show's host, with rotating guest co-hosts, until June 2021 when he

282-496: A longtime personality on CKFM and 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. 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 Top 40/CHR format as AM 640 The Hog , CHOG (which would later shift towards a more mainstream direction in September 1991). By early 1992,

329-504: A new morning drive show, The Morning Show , pairing National Post columnist and editor Matt Gurney with CBC contributor and lawyer Supriya Dwivedi as co-hosts, replacing the John Oakley Show, which moved to afternoon drive. In February 2018, as part of the station's "revitalization" following its rebranding as Global News Radio, Gurney was moved to the 9 am to noon slot to host The Exchange with Matt Gurney , and Mike Stafford

376-558: A new show. On September 7, 2007 Marek announced that he was leaving Leafs Lunch on AM 640 Toronto Radio to pursue a new route in radio broadcasting on the Hockey Night in Canada radio show on Sirius Satellite Radio Channel 122. Brian Duff from the NHL Network was the program's host for a period of time until he was replaced by TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger . On July 5, 2010, Leafs Lunch

423-699: A strong Indian accent . The complaints were sent to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) who later referred it to the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council (CBSC). The CBSC later found that "the spot was a parody of a particular politician, and was not abusive or discriminatory toward people of any national or ethnic origin". The duo got a small alley named after them in May 1994. Located in North York , then

470-593: A year after bringing them back, Q107 released Jesse and Gene with their last show airing on May 5, 1997, marking the end of their radio careers together. Rory O'Shea took over the morning slot on a temporary basis. Following a three month search for a permanent replacement, Q107's management decided to start simulcasting The Howard Stern Show beginning September 2, 1997. During their broadcast tenure, they released compilation albums that featured classic skits and prank phone calls from their shows, their last one entitled Jesse and Gene: Greatest Bits . Currently, Dylan

517-515: Is a commercial radio station licensed to Richmond Hill , Ontario , and serving Greater Toronto , Southern Ontario and Western New York with a 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

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564-599: Is also at 640 on the AM dial) 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

611-667: Is the host of a syndicated radio show called The Good Life Show based in Vancouver , British Columbia . Valaitis lives in Los Angeles , California . Jesse and Gene re-united for a three-night appearance on CFRB from November 11–13, 2009, filling in for Ryan Doyle from 7:00 pm to 10:00 pm. In February 2020, Jesse and Gene launched a brand new podcast, "Jesse and Gene Podkast". January 2023. The Jesse and Gene Podcast releases New and Classic episodes daily. The Jesse and Gene audio library consists of hundreds of hours of classic material from

658-573: The Niagara Region town of Lincoln , 60 kilometres (37 miles) southwest of Toronto. On July 1, 1957, the station first signed on as CJRH. 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 format in 1964. A few years later, it became Canada's first 24-hour country station. Don Daynard, who went on to become

705-418: The Toronto Maple Leafs , the station received low ratings . During this period, the station adopted the call letters CFYI. The weekend programming was a hit with "The Touch of Health" a show that started with just a half hour in 1997 to a two-hour nationally syndicated show airing 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Hosted, produced and managed by Christine McPhee, other weekend shows were the "Pet Show" with Mitch Levitsky,

752-445: The morning drive slot followed by Kelly Cutrara, Alan Carter, Jeff McArthur, John Oakley, Alex Pierson and Ben O'Hara-Byrne, with Shane Hewitt in the overnight slot. Effective August 8, 2022, Carter and McArthur discontinued their shows in order to focus on their duties at Global Television. Cutrata moved to early afternoons and Pierson moved from evenings to the 9 am to noon slot, following Greg Brady. In August 2023, Amanda Cupido

799-549: The 1pm - 2pm hour, with news anchor Tina Trigiani guest-hosting Friday afternoons. On July 18, 2011, The Bill Watters Show was canceled and Arlene Bynon took over the 4-7pm time slot. Tina Trigiani was the host of the 1-2p slot Monday to Friday. On July 2, 2014, Trijiani's hour was taken over by host Jeff McArthur. Jeff McArthur, former morning show host for both CFPL-FM and AM in London , Ontario , joined AM640 in late August 2012 to host weekdays 2pm - 4pm. On July 2, 2014, his show

846-466: 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 has not aired Leafs games since the 2012–13 season . All games have since been split with CJCL and CHUM , owned by Rogers and Bell, respectively. Both media companies co-own the parent company of the team. On November 7, 2016, the station launched

893-580: The News" in which Salerno, Chreston and Carroll discussed the day's major news stories. This portion of the show was taped earlier in the day due to a conflict with Carroll's show on KFI 640 in Los Angeles . Carroll resigned from his position in Los Angeles, but soon after left AM640 in early 2016 for 580 CFRA in Ottawa . Following each Toronto Maple Leafs game, radio host and Leafs PA announcer, Andy Frost discussed

940-607: The company's programming vice president Danny Kingsbury, Jesse and Gene debuted in CHOG's morning slot on June 21, 1993, while the station's previous morning man Adrian Bell was moved to mid-days. Branded as "AM 640: The Beat Of Toronto", the station was a bit of a dinosaur in the Toronto market as the last remaining Top 40 station in the city and the last AM station in Greater Toronto Area to play contemporary hits. Broadcasting out of

987-671: 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 '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. The "Global News Radio" branding

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1034-510: The previous site of the Waterside Sports Tennis Club, which was looking for a new location "waterside". But as neither the city nor Waterfront Toronto found an alternative site, Waterside Sports had to close down and went out of business. In addition to Corus' business operations, the facility houses the company's television and radio operations in Toronto, including the studios of radio stations CFMJ , CFNY-FM and CILQ-FM , and

1081-638: The project's environmental sustainability . The LEED rating system recognizes leading-edge buildings that incorporate design, construction and operational practices that combine healthy, high-quality and high-performance advantages with reduced environmental impacts. In addition, TEDCO's Corus Quay building will boast several green roof areas, a massive five-storey green living wall, 100 bicycle parking spaces, AutoShare hybrid vehicles on site, and public art installations created by award-winning U.K. artists, Troika. [REDACTED] Media related to Corus Quay at Wikimedia Commons CFIQ CFIQ (640 AM )

1128-647: The recently built Yonge-Norton Centre office tower in the North York area of Toronto, the duo posted strong ratings right away, coming in third in the Toronto market during January 1994 with 131,000 listeners in their peak quarter-hour, behind only Andy Barrie 's 285,000 on CFRB-AM and Erin Davis ' 143,000 on CHFI-FM . In 1994, the show received complaints of racism over a skit that aired on March 30, 1994 involving an impersonation of Canadian Member of Parliament Jag Bhaduria singing songs by The Beatles with altered lyrics about his politically controversial situation in

1175-450: The retirement of longtime morning man Tom Rivers. When CFTR changed its format to an all-news station in June 1993, re-branding as "680 News", Jesse and Gene were let go along with most of the on-air personnel. The duo immediately got picked up by CHOG-AM , a station owned by Western International Communications (WIC) and operated through its subsidiary Westcom Radio Group. As announced by

1222-614: The rights to Toronto Maple Leafs radio broadcasts concluded before the start of the 2012-13 NHL season —Leafs broadcasts are now split between CHUM and CJCL . CFMJ's studios were in Suite 1600 at 1 Dundas Street West in Toronto, until Corus moved all of its Toronto-based radio, television and other assets into Corus Quay upon its completion in the summer of 2010. On September 8, 2015, CFMJ began simulcasting on co-owned CING-FM 's HD -2 sub-channel. CFMJ, along with several other Corus's news/talk radio stations across Canada were relaunched under

1269-566: The secondary studio for Global Toronto and Global's The Morning Show , in late 2016. This building has never house the main headquarters of Family Channel , but it has housed the master control room. In 2012, Corus Quay hosted the 2012 Beyblade World Championship tournament finals in which the Japanese representative Ryo Takahashi won the championship. This TEDCO development achieved LEED ( Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design ) Gold status for

1316-405: The show was added by Trigiani's call screener, Ryan Bonnar and technical producer Patrick Malkin. AM640 Host Jeff McArthur's show absorbed the hour in the summer of 2014. Aired weekdays from 4-7p.m. Bill Carroll hosted the afternoon drive slot along with commentary from news anchor Sandy Salerno and producer Chris Chreston until early 2016. The opening segment of each show was known as "Carroll on

1363-417: The station aired syndicated shows such as Joy Browne , Rhona Raskin, Dr. Laura and Live Audio Wrestling , along with local programming hosted by personalities such as Gene Valaitis , Jane Hawtin , Bill Carroll , Shelley Klinck, Marsha Lederman, Karen Horsman, Michael Coren , Dave Chalk , Spaceman Gary Bell and Roger Kelly. Despite regular adjustments, including acquiring the radio broadcast rights to

1410-490: The station rebranded as AM 640 The Beat Of Toronto , and adjusted its format to 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 changed formats from contemporary hits to all-news in 1993, CHOG AM 640

1457-444: The station's morning slot. In June 1989, the show's move to CFTR-AM , a Top-40 music station branded as "All Hits 680 CFTR", was announced. Beginning in July, the show aired live daily between 2 p.m. and 7 p.m., encompassing the afternoon drive time slot. Toronto press reported on CFTR's financial terms that lured the duo away from Q107 as being lucrative. On June 17, 1991, Jesse and Gene became CFTR's new morning show following

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1504-503: 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 . Derringer's Mojo show was later discontinued as he concentrated on his marquee morning show on co-owned CILQ-FM . In 2004, due to low ratings (MOJO

1551-424: The ups and downs of the night's game. Much of the broadcast involves taking phone calls from the show's audience. This show was cancelled on the station, however Frost remained an evening and weekend host on AM640's sister station Q107 . 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

1598-596: Was a news based talk show with host Matt Gurney. Heather Purdon, Mike Stafford's former producer, produced the show. The show was launched in February 2018 and ended in February 2019. Jesse and Gene Jesse and Gene (or The Jesse and Gene Show ) is a Canadian morning zoo radio show that aired in the Toronto , Ontario , Canada radio market between 1986 and 1997. The duo of co-hosts consisted of Jesse Dylan and Gene Valaitis. The show first began airing on Q107 on September 5, 1986, replacing Brother Jake Edwards in

1645-490: Was added to mid-afternoons. Award-winning journalist Arlene Bynon was added to the ranks in 2006 to host the Saturday afternoon Toronto Weekend program, which expanded to include a Sunday edition as well. 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

1692-801: 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 Q107 , replaced Greg Brady as Watters' co-host. Hayes was fired in January 2011. Co-hosting duties then fell to his son, Bryan 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

1739-490: Was canceled. Leafs Lunch returned to Talk Radio AM640's Saturday and Sunday lineups, filling the noon-1p.m. timeslot until spring of 2011, when it was cancelled. Trigiani's show aired weekdays between 1-2p.m., this show generally covered lighter news and popular interest topics. Like the Stafford Show , a main topic was introduced and then Tina took input from listeners via e-mail and phone calls. Adding occasional colour to

1786-430: Was cancelled, following its November 11, 2017 broadcast, when parent company Corus fired the late-night host citing complaints of anti-Semitic content. 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. Weekdays from noon–2:00p.m. Tasha Kheiriddin focused on politics and lifestyle. The show

1833-472: 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. The change occurred one month after Amanda Cupido was hired as the station's Program Director. On May 1, 2022, the station's call sign was changed to CFIQ. The current weekday talk show lineup included Greg Brady hosting Toronto Today in

1880-427: Was expanded to add the 1-2pm time slot. On January 7, 2013, Arlene Bynon's afternoon program was replaced by Bill Carroll . Arlene stayed on as cohost for the following three weeks. Her last day was January 29. She now hosts a show on " Canada Talks " Channel 167 on Sirius XM Radio . Bill Carroll hosted the 4-7pm weekday slot in Toronto in addition to his a separate show on Los Angeles talk radio station KFI (which

1927-470: Was fired, after 20 years at the station, for using a racial slur in an internal company group chat while commenting that Ontario Premier Doug Ford was likely to slip up and use the slur during his press conference. Stafford had previously been briefly suspended in 2019 after making derogatory comments about South Asians and Muslims on social media. Jeff Marek was offered a position with Sirius Satellite Radio and CBC's Hockey Night in Canada to host

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1974-446: 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 TSN Radio 1050 . Charles Adler's 2pm - 4pm program was moved to the 7pm - 9pm slot at the end of August 2012. Charles Adler hosted a Toronto-based hour from 1pm - 2pm during the summer of 2010. On August 30, 2010, Arlene Bynon took over hosting duties for

2021-750: Was moved to The Morning Show with Dwivedi remaining as co-host. On November 27, 2020, Dwivedi announced on-air that she was leaving the show and Global, filing a complaint with the Canadian Human Rights Commission alleging that the station had allowed its on-air talent and callers to spread "false narratives" about refugees, Muslims and other groups on air, unchallenged, and refused to enforce journalistic standards on talk radio resulting in her "receiving an increase in racist comments and violent threats". In her resignation letter, she stated “I can no longer be part of an ecosystem that tolerates and in some cases, actively sows division and discord... As

2068-495: Was produced by Jackie Lamport. The show featured a Political Panel every Wednesday from 1:20 - 1:40p.m. On Fridays during the same time slot a Top 3 panel took place where three women joined the show to talk about three of the top stories of the week. Notable panelists included Maddie Di Muccio, Lisa Kinsella, Anne Lagacé Dowson , and Sophie Nadaeu. The final edition of the program aired March 1, 2019 when it ended its run after three years. Aired weekdays from 9a.m.-noon, The Exchange

2115-471: Was replaced as program director by Mike Bendixen, who also became Corus' national director of talk programming. Bendixen had previously been program director at rival talk station CFRB for 12 years ending in 2021. From 1998 until 2012 , the station aired radio broadcasts of Toronto Maple Leafs hockey games. 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

2162-408: Was the last Top 40 station in the Toronto radio market until 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. On October 10, 1995, at 10 p.m., the station changed to a full-time talk format. As Talk 640 ,

2209-466: Was typically hovering around a 1.4 share), the station moved away from the male-oriented imaging to a more general news and talk format as AM640 Toronto Radio . Oakley and Stafford continued to host the major morning and afternoon drive programs. Former police union head Craig Bromell joined the station as co-host of a new late morning program, The Beat (later rebranded as Bromell! in 2006), and in 2005, Charles Adler 's nationally syndicated radio show

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