CJCL

Infobox Radio Station


name = CJCL
airdate = 1951
frequency = 590 kHz (AM)
area = Toronto, Ontario
city = Toronto, Ontario
format = Sports
owner = Rogers Communications
branding = The Fan 590
slogan = Toronto's Sports Radio
former_callsigns = CKFH
website = [http://www.fan590.com/ The Fan 590]
webcast = [http://www.fan590.com/listen/ Listen Live]
callsign_meaning =

CJCL is a Canadian sports radio station in Toronto, Ontario. Airing at 590 on the AM radio dial, the station uses the on-air brand The Fan 590. Programming on the station includes Toronto Blue Jays baseball, Toronto Raptors basketball, Toronto Argonauts football and various sports talk shows during the day and ESPN Radio overnight. This station is owned and operated by Rogers Communications. Jim Cutler is the imaging voice for the station. [ [http://www.jimcutler.com/radi4.html] ]

History

The station first aired in 1951 as AM 1400 CKFH, a news and sports station owned by legendary Canadian broadcaster Foster Hewitt. It moved to AM 1430 in 1960, and began playing Top 40 music in 1966. In 1975, the station switched to a country music format.

The station was subsequently sold to Telemedia in 1981, adopting its current callsign and switching to an adult contemporary format. In 1983, the station briefly adopted talk radio programming, but returned to its music format within a few months, with increased emphasis on oldies. As flagship of the Telemedia network it broadcast Toronto Blue Jays baseball called by Tom Cheek and Jerry Howarth followed by hours of talk after the game. Through the later 1980s, as the winning Blue Jays became more popular, the sports features became CJCL's profit centre. In 1992, during the first Blue Jays' World Series year, it dropped all non-sports programming altogether.

In 1994, Telemedia acquired CKYC from Rogers Communications. In 1995, Telemedia swapped the stations' frequencies, moving CJCL to its current 590 and giving CKYC the old 1430 frequency.

CJCL was itself acquired by Rogers Communications in 2002.

Live Sports

The Fan 590 is the flagship station and exclusive broadcaster of the following teams:

*Toronto Blue Jays (MLB baseball)+
*Toronto Raptors (NBA basketball)+
*Toronto Argonauts (CFL football)+

The Fan 590 also features live coverage of the following:

*Major League Baseball on ESPN Radio (Sunday nights & Playoffs)
*NFL Football
*English Premier Soccer (Saturday mornings)
*Buffalo Bills (when not conflicting with any other sporting event)

+-"If any of these games conflict with one another, the Fan would carry one of the games while the other would usually be carried on 610 CKTB. In 2008, Argonauts games that conflict with Blue Jays games are streamed on the Fan 590's website."

Personalities

* Don Landry
* Gord Stellick
* Mike Hogan
* Mike Toth
* Daren Millard
* Nick Kypreos
* Bill Berg
* Mike Brophy
* Doug Farraway
* Jack Armstrong
* Doug MacLean
* Bob McCown
* Stephen Brunt
* Jim Kelley
* Norm Rumack
* Roger Lajoie
* Mike Wilner
* Barb DiGiulio
* Eric Smith
* Paul Jones (Raptors)
* Dan Dunleavy
* Rick Ralph
* Nigel Reed
* Rob Iarusci
* Dave Cadeau
* Cara Graham
* Howard Berger
* Lindsay O'Connor
* Angelo Viola
* Reno Viola
* David Grossman
* Ben Ennis
* Jason Magder
* Alex Seixeiro
* Zack Cooper
* Sara Buchan
* Andrew Nie
* Jerry Howarth (Blue Jays)
* Alan Ashby (Blue Jays)
* Tim Langton
* Peter Irvine
* Sandy Annunziata
* Chris Schultz
* Pete Martin (Argonauts)
* Luke Wileman
* Rob Wong
* Ryan Fabro
* "Showdown Joe" Ferraro
* David Alter
* Scott Metcalfe
* Bryan Angus
* Bob Weeks
* Randall the Handle
* Steve Rapp
* Jorey Middlestadt

References

External links

* [http://www.fan590.com/ The Fan 590]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=416&historyID=801 CJCL history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
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