Media in Toronto

This is a list of television and radio stations along with a list of media outlets in and around Toronto, Ontario including the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).

TV stations

OTA Channel	Cable Channel	Call Sign	Network	Notes
3	20	CKVR-DT	A	Barrie
5	6	CBLT-DT	CBC	HDTV Channel 20-1
9	8	CFTO-DT	CTV	HDTV Channel 9-1
11	11	CHCH-DT	independent	Hamilton, HDTV 18-1
15	none	Star Ray TV	independent	unlicensed pirate station Star Ray TV
19	2	CICA-DT	TVOntario	provincial educational broadcaster
25	12	CBLFT-DT	Radio-Canada	Toronto's only OTA French language station, HDTV Channel 24-1
36	9	CITS-DT	CTS	religious/family programming , HDTV Channel 35-1
41	3	CIII-DT-41	Global	HDTV channel 65-1
47	4	CFMT-DT	Omni Television	multicultural (America/Caribbean/Europe), HDTV Channel 64-1
57	7	CITY-DT	Citytv	HDTV channel 53-1
69	14	CJMT-DT	Omni Television	multicultural (Africa/Asia/Middle East), sister station to CFMT 47, HDTV Channel 44-1
none	10	Rogers Television community channel
none	13	CHLF	TFO	provincial Franco-Ontarian educational broadcaster
none	24	CP24		local news channel

The cable provider in Toronto is Rogers Cable.

American network affiliates on Toronto cable are from Buffalo, New York, including WGRZ (NBC), WIVB (CBS), WKBW-TV (ABC), WUTV (Fox), and WNED-TV (PBS). Digital cable subscribers can also watch WNYO-TV (MyNetworkTV) and WNLO (The CW). Many of these stations can be seen over the air throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

Most of Canada's cable television networks also have national operations based in Toronto; for more information, see List of Canadian television channels. See Digital television in Canada for information relating to the transition to HDTV in Canada.

Radio

Toronto stations

Frequency	Call sign	Branding	Format	Owner	Notes
AM 590	CJCL	The Fan 590	sports	Rogers Media
AM 680	CFTR	680 News	news	Rogers Media
AM 740	CFZM	AM 740	pop standards	MZ Media
AM 860	CJBC	Première Chaîne	public news/talk	CBC	French
AM 1010	CFRB	Newstalk 1010	news/talk	Astral
AM 1050	CHUM	TSN Radio 1050	sports radio	Bell Media
AM 1430	CHKT	Fairchild Radio	multilingual	Fairchild Radio
AM 1540	CHIN	CHIN Radio	multilingual	CHIN Radio/TV International	Rebroadcaster at 91.9 FM. Station created by Johnny Lombardi
AM 1610	CHHA	Voces Latinas	Spanish community station	San Lorenzo Latin American Community Centre
AM 1690	CHTO		multilingual	Canadian Hellenic Toronto Radio
FM 88.9	CIRV		multilingual	Frank Alvarez	used by Fairchild Radio for FM coverage
FM 89.5	CIUT	University of Toronto Community Radio	campus/community	University of Toronto campus radio
FM 89.9	CKRG		campus/community	Glendon College
FM 90.3	CJBC	Espace musique	public music	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation	French
FM 91.1	CJRT	JAZZ-FM91	jazz/public	CJRT-FM Inc.
FM 91.9	CHIN-1	CHIN Radio	multilingual	CHIN Radio/TV International	Rebroadcaster of CHIN (AM), not to be confused with CHIN-FM
FM 92.5	CKIS	KISS 92.5	contemporary hit radio	Rogers Media	Formerly 92.5 Jack FM (rock music), rebranded as KISS 92.5 on June 5, 2009 with a CHR format.
FM 93.5	CFXJ	FLOW 93.5	urban music	Bell Media
FM 94.1	CBL	CBC Radio 2	public music	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
FM 95.9	CJKX-FM-2	KX96	country	Durham Radio	Rebroadcaster of CJKX-FM Ajax
FM 96.3	CFMZ	Classical 96.3	classical music	MZ Media Inc. (Moses Znaimer)
FM 96.9	CKHC	Radio Humber	campus radio	Humber College
FM 97.3	CHBM	boom 97.3	adult hits	Astral Media
FM 98.1	CHFI	98.1 CHFI	adult contemporary	Rogers Media
FM 98.7	CKFG	CARN 98.7	Caribbean and African multicultural	Intercity Broadcasting	New in 2011.
FM 99.1	CBLA	CBC Radio One	public news/talk	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
FM 99.9	CKFM	99-9 Virgin Radio	contemporary hit radio	Astral Media
FM 100.7	CHIN	CHIN Radio	multilingual	CHIN Radio/TV International
FM 101.3	CJSA	Diversity FM	multilingual	Diversity Media Group
FM 103.9	CIRR	103.9 PROUD FM	LGBT community radio	Evanov Communications
FM 104.5	CHUM	104.5 CHUM FM	hot adult contemporary	Bell Media	most listened-to radio station in Canada
FM 105.1	CHOQ	Radio-Toronto	Franco-Ontarian community	Cooperative Radio-Toronto	French
FM 105.5	CHRY	My Community Radio Station	York University campus radio	Board of Directors of CHRY Community Radio, Inc.
FM 106.5	CKAV	Aboriginal Voices Radio	Aboriginal Voices	Aboriginal Voices Radio Inc.
FM 107.1	CILQ	Q107	classic rock	Corus Entertainment

Other stations

Numerous radio stations licensed to communities outside Toronto are also marketed toward the Toronto area. This includes one American station.

Frequency	Call sign	Branding	Format	Owner	Location	Notes
AM 530	CIAO		multilingual	Evanov Communications	Brampton
AM 640	CFMJ	AM 640 Toronto	talk	Corus Entertainment	Richmond Hill
AM 770	WTOR		multicultural	Birach Broadcasting Corporation	Youngstown, New York
AM 1250	CJYE	Joy 1250	Christian radio	Prime Time Radio LP	Oakville
AM 1320	CJMR	The Voice of the City	multilingual	Prime Time Radio LP	Mississauga
AM 1580	CKDO		oldies	Durham Radio	Oshawa	CKDO has a rebroadcaster at 107.7 FM.
AM 1650	CINA		multicultural	Neeti Prakash Ray	Mississauga
FM 88.5	CKDX	The Jewel 88.5	pop standards	Evanov Communications	Newmarket
FM 90.7	CFU758	RAV-FM	high school radio/community	Vaughan Secondary School	Thornhill
FM 91.9	CFRE		campus radio	University of Toronto at Mississauga	Mississauga
FM 102.1	CFNY	102.1 The Edge	modern rock	Corus Entertainment	Brampton
FM 102.9	CKLH		adult contemporary	Astral Media	Hamilton
FM 103.5	CIDC	Z103.5	contemporary hit radio	Evanov Communications	Orangeville
FM 107.9	CJXY	Y108	active rock	Corus Entertainment	Burlington

Former stations

Please see former City of Toronto radio stations at the Canadian Communications Foundation.^[1]

• CFBN
• CHEV
• CKLN-FM

Print

Newspapers

National dailies

• The Globe and Mail
• National Post

Local dailies

• Toronto Standard
• Toronto Star
• Toronto Sun

Commuter dailies

• Metro — Formerly Metro Today, an amalgamation of Metro and GTA Today
• t.o.night — Independent
• 24 Hours — Owned by Sun Media a division of Quebecor

Multicultural dailies

• Correo Canadiense (Spanish)
• Corriere Canadese (Italian)
• El Popular (Spanish)
• Korea Times (Korean)
• Ming Pao Daily News (明報)(traditional Chinese characters, with a moderate preference towards Cantonese in transliterations)
• Sing Tao Daily (星島日報)(traditional Chinese characters, with a moderate preference towards Cantonese in transliterations)
• Today Daily news (現代日報)(traditional Chinese characters)
• World Journal (世界日報)(traditional Chinese characters, with a heavy preference towards Mandarin, especially as spoken in Taiwan, in transliterations)
• CanIndia News Audited by BPA.
• The Weekly Voice Punjabi and Hindi news.

Alternative

• Exclaim!
• Eye Weekly (defunct)
• The Grid
• Now Magazine
• Share
• Toronto Special
• Xtra!
• rabble.ca
• Pink Play Mags

Other alternative

• C C Times (加中時報) (simplified and traditional Chinese characters, with a moderate preference towards Mandarin as spoken in mainland China in transliterations) (free weekly)
• New Star Times (星星生活報) (traditional Chinese characters) (free weekly)
• China Today Wen Wei Po (文匯報)(Simplified Chinese characters)
• Weekly Hankook (주간한국) (Korean) (free weekly)

Community

• Metroland Media Group is a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation which publishes the Toronto Star. Metroland publishes a series of neighbourhood papers three times a week. These newspapers cover neighbourhood issues not otherwise covered by the large dailies. They are distributed free of charge and have captured a large portion of the neighbourhood flyer market. Some of these newspapers are:
  • Annex Guardian
  • Beach/Riverdale Mirror
  • Bloor West Villager
  • East York Mirror
  • Etobicoke Guardian
  • North York Mirror
  • Scarborough Mirror
  • York Guardian
• Independent community newspapers include the Town Crier and Post City Magazines chains, Beach Metro News and the Annex Gleaner.
• The Bulletin - a monthly broadsheet paper mailed in Downtown Toronto, covering the M5A, M5B, M5C, M5E, M5H, M5J, M5K, M5L, M5V, M5X, M4M, M4X and M4Y postal codes.

Ethnic media

• Salam Toronto - Persian-English weekly paper
• Pakistan Post - Canada's largest and Oldest South Asian newspaper.weekly covering community news relevant to those of South Asian origin. Entertainment, news from abroad, regular columns, fashion and special features are also included.

Student

• Canadian University Press
• The Medium - University of Toronto
• The Varsity - University of Toronto
• The Underground - University of Toronto
• The Newspaper - University of Toronto
• The Strand - University of Toronto
• The Excalibur - York University
• The Eyeopener - Ryerson University
• The Ryersonian - Ryerson University
• Senecan and the The Scene - Seneca College

Former newspapers

For the newspapers of York see York, Upper Canada#Media

• The Globe - 1844 to 1936 (merged with The Mail and Empire to form The Globe and Mail)
• Grip - 1873 to 1894 (satirical newsweekly)
• The Leader - 1852 to 1878
• The Mail and Empire - 1895 to 1936 (merged with The Globe to form The Globe and Mail)
• The News - 1881 to 1919 (changed name to The Times in March 1919, which lasted until September of that year)
• The Sentinel - newspaper of the Orange Order
• Toronto Empire - 1887 to 1895 (merged with The Mail to form The Mail and Empire)
• The Toronto Mail - 1872 to 1895 (merged with The Empire to form The Mail and Empire)
• Toronto Telegram - 1876 to 1971 (much of the staff then formed the Toronto Sun)
• The Telegraph - 1866 to 1872
• Toronto Daily World - 1880 to 1921 (absorbed into The Mail and Empire)

Magazines

• ON the GO Free monthly commuter lifestyle magazine
• Maclean's is a national magazine based in Toronto
• Canadian Living
• Canadian Business
• Flare
• MoneySense
• Saturday Night No longer in print
• Toronto Life
• Women's Post
• Chatelaine
• ACTivist Magazine
• fab
• Spacing
• Toronto Life
• Shameless
• This Magazine
• The Walrus
• FutuRéale
• Pink Play Mags

Book publishers

• Coach House Press
• Cormorant Books
• McClelland and Stewart
• Tundra Books
• University of Toronto Press

References

1. ^ Former radio stations in the City of Toronto Canadian Communications Foundation

Other

• Media in Toronto - from wikia travel