Media of Toronto

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

[edit] TV stations

OTA Channel	Cable Channel	Call Sign	Network	Other Notes
3	20	CKVR	A-Channel	Barrie
5	6	CBLT	CBC	HDTV Channel 20-1
9	8	CFTO	CTV	HDTV Channel 9-1
11	11	CHCH	CH	Hamilton
15	none	VX9AMK	independent	unlicensed pirate station Star Ray TV
19	2	CICA	TVOntario	provincial educational broadcaster
25	12	CBLFT	SRC	Toronto's only OTA French language station, rebroadcasting CBOFT Ottawa, HDTV Channel 24-1
36	9	CITS	CTS	religious/family programming
41	3	CIII	Global	HDTV channel 65
47	4	CFMT	OMNI.1	multicultural (America/Caribbean/Europe)
52	15	CKXT	Sun TV	HDTV channel 66-1
57	7	CITY	Citytv	HDTV channel 53
69	14	CJMT	OMNI.2	multicultural (Africa/Asia/Middle East), sister station to CFMT 47
none	10	Rogers Television community channel
none	13	CHLF	TFO	provincial Franco-ontarian educational broadcaster
none	24	CablePulse 24		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 (ABC), WUTV (FOX), and WNED (PBS). Digital cable subscribers can also watch WNYO (MyNetworkTV) and WNLO (The CW). Some of these stations can be seen over the air in Toronto.

Most of Canada's cable television networks also have national operations based out of Toronto; for more information, see List of Canadian television channels.

[edit] Radio

[edit] Toronto stations

Frequency	Call sign	Branding	Format	Owner	Notes
AM 590	CJCL	The Fan 590	sports	Rogers Communications
AM 640	CFMJ	AM 640 Toronto	talk	Corus Entertainment
AM 680	CFTR	680 News	news	Rogers Communications
AM 860	CJBC	La Première Chaîne	francophone news/talk	CBC
AM 1010	CFRB	Newstalk 1010	news/talk	Astral Media
AM 1050	CHUM	1050 CHUM	oldies	CTVglobemedia
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 1610	CHEV	CHEV Radio	Community radio/news/sports	Bruce Ferguson	Defunct
AM 1690	CHTO		multilingual	Canadian Hellenic Toronto Radio Inc.
FM 88.1	CKLN		Ryerson University campus radio	CKLN Radio Inc.
FM 88.9	CIRV		multilingual	Frank Alvarez
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 broadcasting	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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	CJAQ	92.5 Jack FM	adult hits	Rogers Communications
FM 93.5	CFXJ	FLOW 93.5	urban music	Milestone Radio
FM 94.1	CBL	CBC Radio Two	public broadcasting	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
FM 95.9	CJKX-FM-2	KX96	country	Durham Radio	Rebroadcaster of CJKX-FM Ajax
FM 96.3	CFMX-FM-1	Classical 96.3	classical music	MZ Media Inc. (Moses Znaimer)
FM 96.9	CKHC	Radio Humber	campus radio	Humber College
FM 97.3	CJEZ	EZ Rock	soft adult contemporary	Astral Media
FM 98.1	CHFI	98.1 CHFI	soft adult contemporary	Rogers Communications
FM 99.1	CBLA	CBC Radio One	public broadcasting	Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
FM 99.9	CKFM	99.9 Mix FM	hot adult contemporary	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	Rainbow Media Group
FM 104.5	CHUM	104.5 CHUM FM	hot adult contemporary	CTVglobemedia
FM 105.1	CHOQ	Radio-Toronto	Franco-Ontarian community	Cooperative Radio-Toronto
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

[edit] 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 740	CHWO		pop standards	Prime Time Radio LP	Oakville
AM 770	WTOR		multicultural	Birach Broadcasting Corporation.	Youngstown, New York
AM 1250	CJYE	Joy 1250	Christianity	Prime Time Radio LP	Oakville
AM 1280	CFBN		business news	Greater Toronto Airports Authority	Mississauga	Defunct
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.
FM 88.5	CKDX		pop standards	Evanov Communications	Newmarket
FM 90.7¹	CFU758	RAV-FM	high school radio/community		Thornhill
FM 90.7¹	VEK565	Ridge Radio			Oakville
FM 91.9	CFRE		University of Toronto at Mississauga		Mississauga
FM 102.1	CFNY	102.1 The Edge	modern rock	Corus Entertainment	Brampton
FM 103.1	CFMZ	Classical 103	Classical music	MZ Media Inc. (Moses Znaimer)	Cobourg
FM 103.5	CIDC	Z103.5	Contemporary Hit Radio	Evanov Communications	Orangeville
FM 107.9	CJXY	Y108	active rock	Corus Entertainment	Burlington

[edit] Notes

Two low-power community stations, serving different parts of the Greater Toronto Area, share this 90.7 FM frequency.

[edit] Radio and television forums

The Southern Ontario/WNY Radio-TV Forum

[edit] Print

[edit] Newspapers

[edit] National dailies

The Globe and Mail
National Post

[edit] Local dailies

Toronto Star
Toronto Sun

[edit] Commuter dailies

Metro — Formerly Metro Today, an amalgamation of Metro and GTA Today
24 Hours

[edit] Multicultural dailies

Correo Canadiense (Spanish) [1]
Corriere Canadese (Italian) [2]
El Popular (Spanish) [3]
Korea Times (Korean) [4]
Ming Pao Daily News (traditional Chinese, with a moderate preference towards Cantonese in transliterations)
Sing Tao Daily (traditional Chinese, with a moderate preference towards Cantonese in transliterations)
Today Daily news (traditional Chinese)
World Journal (traditional Chinese, with a heavy preference towards Mandarin, especially as spoken in Taiwan, in transliterations)

[edit] Alternative

[edit] Other alternative

C C Times (加中時報) (simplified and traditional Chinese, with a moderate preference towards Mandarin as spoken in mainland China in transliterations) (free weekly)[5]
New Star Times (星星生活報) (traditional Chinese) (free weekly)[6]
Weekly Hankook (주간한국) (Korean) (free weekly)

[edit] 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 (Newspaper) and Post City Magazines chains, Beaches Metro News, the Annex Gleaner, and the Vaughan Weekly newspaper.