CFRB (AM)

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CFRB
Image:CFRB 1010.gif
City of license Toronto, Canada
Branding Newstalk 1010
First air date February 19, 1927
Frequency 1010 kHz (AM)
6070 kHz (Shortwave)
Format News, Talk
Power 50 kW
Class A
Callsign meaning Canada's First Rogers Batteryless
Owner Standard Broadcasting
Website Newstalk 1010 CFRB

CFRB, or "Newstalk 1010" as it is often referred to, is an AM radio station in Toronto, Canada, broadcasting on 1010 kHz, with a shortwave radio simulcast by CFRX on 6070 kHz. The station broadcasts a mix of talk and news throughout the day from its transmitter located in the community of Clarkson Village, in the city of Mississauga, a suburb of Toronto. The main offices for CFRB are located in midtown Toronto at 2 St. Clair Avenue West on the corner of Yonge Street.


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[edit] History

The station began broadcasting in 1927 and was founded by the Rogers vacuum tube company (the precursor of Rogers Communications) to promote its invention of a radio that could be operated using alternating current, and therefore did not need the cumbersome battery that had previously been required. In fact, the letters "RB" in the station's callsign stand for "Rogers Batteryless" (the letters "CF" have historically been used to indicate a Canadian station). It has been broadcast at 1010 kHz on AM radio since 1947. Since 1937, the station has been simulcast on shortwave on CFRX at 6070kHz.

It was purchased in 1985 by Allan Slaight's Standard Broadcasting, which operates it to this day.

[edit] Transmitter

The transmitter for CFRB 1010 is a prominent landmark along the Mississauga's waterfront, and is visible from over 100 km away. It is also used for navigation by pilots, on approach to Toronto Pearson International Airport, or to Toronto Island Airport. It consists of 4 vertical masts, of 550 feet. The CFRX broadcasting at 6070 kHz is operated on the north end of the same site beside the main building. A Transmitter Location: Longitude 43.51102 North Latitude 79.63002 West

On Royal Windsor Drive, formerly King's Highway 122, 200 meters west of the intersection of Lakeshore Road West (former King's Highway 2) and Southdown Road, in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada. Note: West of this intersection Lakeshore Road West becomes Royal Windsor Drive.

[edit] Current hosts

[edit] Weekdays

  • Robert Turner (broadcaster), The Early Edition - Early Mornings - 5:00am - 6:00am
  • Bill Carroll, The Bill Carroll Morning Show - 6:00am - 10:00am.
  • Leslie Roberts, The Leslie Roberts Show - 10am - 11:50am
  • Taylor Parnaby, News and Comment - Middays - 11:50am - 12:00pm
  • Dave Trafford, Toronto at Noon - Noon Hour - 12:00pm - 1:00pm
  • Paul and Carol Mott, The Motts - Afternoons - 1:00pm - 3:00pm
  • John Moore, The John Moore Show - Late Afternoon/Drive Time - 3:00pm-6:00pm
  • Peter Shurman, The Peter Shurman Show - Mid Evenings -6:00pm - 8:00pm
  • Jim Richards, The Jim Richards Show - Evenings - 8:00pm - 11:00pm
  • Richard Syrett, The Nightside Monday-Thursday 11:00 pm - 2:00 am

[edit] Weekends and swing shifts

[edit] Other weekend hosts

[edit] Newscasters

  • Dave Agar
  • David Bent
  • Connie Sinclair
  • Evelyn Macko
  • Tayler Parnaby, Chief Correspondent

[edit] Alumni

[edit] External links


v • d • e
AM Radio stations in the Greater Toronto Area

Toronto: CJCL 590 • CFMJ 640 • CFTR 680 • CJBC 860 • CFRB 1010 • CHUM 1050 • CFYZ 1280 • CHKT 1430 • CHIN 1540 • CHHA 1610 • CHTO 1690
Brampton: CIAO 530 • Hamilton: CHAM 820 • CHML 900 • CKOC 1150 • Mississauga: CJMR 1320 • Oakville: CHWO 740 • CJYE 1250 • Oshawa/Ajax: CKDO 1580
Past stations: CBL 740 • CHEV 1610 (Temporarily off-air)
See also: Toronto (FM) (AM)

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