CILQ-FM

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CILQ-FM

City of license	Toronto, Ontario
Branding	Q107
First air date	1977
Frequency	107.1 MHz FM
Format	Classic Rock
Power	40 KW
Owner	Corus Entertainment
Website	Q107

CILQ-FM is a radio station, broadcasting at 107.1 FM in Toronto, Ontario. The station broadcasts Classic Rock as Q107. Many listeners from around the world also enjoy Q107 through audio streaming available on the Internet.

Q107 signed on the air on May 22, 1977. The first song played on the station was "Hard Rock Town" by Murray McLauchlan. {Though it is true that the McLauchlan song was the first 'official rock song' the station played, it was in fact Deodato's "Also Sprach Zarathustra" that signed the station on.}

Notable personalities associated with the station have included John Derringer, Andy Frost and Kim Mitchell. In September 1997, Q107 (along with CHOM in Montreal) became the first Canadian radio stations to air The Howard Stern Show, syndicated from New York City. Stern was taken off Q107 in early 2002.

The station is owned by Corus Entertainment, although it used to belong to Standard Radio.

Each weekend there is a theme (such as a band or a top 107 hits as voted by the listeners). They play songs that fall within the theme at least once each hour. This begins each weekend at 3:00 p.m. EST on Friday night and goes through to Sunday at 9:00 p.m. EST.

Each sunday from 9am to 9pm Q107 airs the popular "Psychedelic Psunday", in which the DJs play classic rock songs from the psychedelic era of 1965 through 1975. The program is hosted by Andy Frost who anchors the bulk of the show between 12 noon and 6pm. A variety of other station jocks have hosted the first three and last three hours of the show over the years.

On August 10, 2005, the station sparked controversy when it aired a recording of a Rolling Stones concert from 2002. The Stones were appearing in concert in Toronto the same evening, and many listeners had interpreted advance promotion for the broadcast as implying that CILQ would in fact be airing live from that evening's concert.

Every weeknight at 8 p.m., Q107 plays Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap (song) by AC/DC.