CHFI-FM
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| City of license | Toronto, Ontario |
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| Branding | 98.1 CHFI |
| Slogan | Toronto's Lite Favourites |
| First air date | 1957 |
| Frequency | 98.1 kHz (FM) |
| Format | adult contemporary music |
| Power | 44 KW |
| Callsign meaning | C H i-F I delity |
| Owner | Rogers Communications |
| Website | 98.1 CHFI |
CHFI is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts an adult contemporary format at 98.1 on the FM dial in Toronto, Ontario.
The station was launched in 1957, and was the first FM outlet in Toronto to provide its own distinct programming rather than simulcasting an AM station. CHFI also initially provided a special muzak-like background music service for offices and retail outlets in the city.
The station was acquired in 1960 by Aldred-Rogers Broadcasting Ltd., the company now known as Rogers Communications. In 1962, an AM counterpart, CHFI-AM, which later became highly successful Top 40 music station CFTR, was added.
In 2003, CHFI, competing closely with fellow Toronto adult contemporary station CJEZ, attempted to popularize a younger morning show. Firing longtime CHFI morning show personality Erin Davis and moving her on-air partner Bob Magee to afternoons, the station named Mad-Dog and Billie, later known as Jay and Billie, to host the morning show. These younger broadcasters had hosted mornings on co-owned Toronto station KISS 92 FM when it previously broadcast a contemporary hit, then Hip-hop and R&B format.
Shortly after being fired from CHFI, Erin Davis was hired by CJEZ as a fill-in co-host, working alongside Mike Cooper. In 2005, the CHFI management saw the error of their ways, removed the Jay-and-Billie duo, rehired Davis for mornings, and also hired Mike Cooper as her co-host.
[edit] Morning show hosts
- Sandy Hoyt - 1978-1985
- Jay Nelson - 1986
- Don Daynard - 1987-1999 and thereafter host of Saturday Night Oldies
- Erin Davis and Don Daynard - 1988-1999
- Erin Davis and Bob Magee - 1999-2003 - Magee is current host of the afternoon drive show and former CHUM AM host
- Mad Dog and Billie - 2003-2005
- Erin Davis and Darren Osborne (fill-in host) 2005
- Erin Davis and Mike Cooper (former CJEZ morning show host) 2005-
Other personalities
- Gene Taylor (radio personality) - late host of Taylor's Trivia from Detroit, Michigan
- Don Jackson (radio personality) - host of Lovers and Other Strangers (radio program)
- Ken Shaw - now with CFTO
[edit] See also
- CFTR, originally CHFI-AM
[edit] External links
Toronto: CKLN 88.1 • CIRV 88.9 • CIUT 89.5 • CKRG 89.9 • CJBC 90.3 • CJRT 91.1 • CJAQ 92.5 • CFXJ 93.5 • CBL 94.1 • CFMZ 96.3 • CKHC 96.9 • CJEZ 97.3 • CHFI 98.1
CBLA 99.1 • CKFM 99.9 • CHIN 100.7 • CJSA 101.3 • CIRR 103.9 • CHUM 104.5 • CHOQ 105.1 • CHRY 105.5 • CKAV 106.5 • CILQ 107.1
Brampton: CFNY 102.1 • Burlington: CJXY 107.9 • Hamilton: CFMU 93.3 • CIWV 94.7 • CING 95.3 • CIOI 101.5 • CKLH 102.9 • Mississauga: CFRE 91.9
Newmarket: CKDX 88.5 • Orangeville: CIDC 103.5 • Oshawa/Ajax: CKGE 94.9 • CJKX 95.9 • Vaughan: RAV-FM 90.7
See also: Toronto (FM) (AM)
