Media in Toronto

This is a list of television and radio stations along with a list of media outlets in and around Toronto, Ontario including the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Toronto is Canada's largest media market, and the fourth-largest market in North America (behind New York City, Los Angeles, and Chicago).

TV stations

OTA virtual channel (PSIP) OTA channel Rogers Cable Bell Fibe TV Call Sign Network Notes
3.1 10 (VHF) 20 202 CKVR-DT CTV Two Transmitted from Barrie
5.1 20 (UHF) 6 205 CBLT-DT CBC Television
9.1 9 (VHF) 8 201 CFTO-DT CTV
11.1 15 (UHF) 11 211 CHCH-DT Independent Transmitted from Hamilton
19.1 19 (UHF) 2 209 CICA-DT TVOntario Provincial public educational broadcaster
25.1 25 (UHF) 12 101 CBLFT-DT Ici Radio-Canada Télé Toronto's only OTA French language station.
36.1 36 (UHF) 9 651 CITS-DT Yes TV Religious/family entertainment, transmitted from Hamilton
40.1 40 (UHF) 14 207 CJMT-DT Omni Television (OMNI 2) Multicultural (Africa/Asia/Middle East), sister station to CFMT
41.1 41 (UHF) 3 203 CIII-DT-41 Global
47.1 47 (UHF) 4 206 CFMT-DT Omni Television (OMNI 1) Multicultural (America/Caribbean/Europe), sister station to CJMT
57.1 44 (UHF) 7 204 CITY-DT City
– – 10 – – Rogers TV Community channel for Rogers Cable subscribers
– – 13 145 – TFO Provincial Franco-Ontarian public educational broadcaster
– – 24 503 – CP24 24-hour local news channel
– – – 1 – TV1 Community channel for Bell Fibe TV subscribers

The incumbent cable provider in the Toronto area is Rogers Cable, which originally secured the cable franchise for most of the pre-amalgamation city of Toronto, and later purchased the systems in surrounding areas. Since 2010, Bell Fibe TV (an IPTV terrestrial service operated by Rogers' rival Bell Canada) has been available in most neighbourhoods in the Greater Toronto Area. Independent IPTV television services such as Vmedia and Zazeen have also become available.

American network affiliates on Toronto cable are piped in from Buffalo, New York, including WGRZ (NBC), WIVB (CBS), WKBW-TV (ABC), WUTV (Fox), and WNED-TV (PBS). Digital cable subscribers can also watch WNYO-TV (MyNetworkTV) and WNLO (The CW). Many of these stations can be seen over the air throughout the Greater Toronto Area.

Toronto has seven times the population of the Buffalo market. In particular, WUTV and WNED rely heavily on viewership from Toronto; both have long identified as serving "Buffalo/Toronto," and also have sales offices in the city. More than half of WNED's members live in Toronto.

Most of Canada's cable television networks also have national operations based in Toronto; for more information, see List of Canadian television channels. See Digital television in Canada for information relating to the transition to HDTV in Canada.

Radio

Toronto stations

AM

Frequency Call sign Branding Format Owner Notes
AM 590 CJCL Sportsnet 590 The Fan sports Rogers Media
AM 640 CFMJ AM 640 talk Corus Entertainment
AM 680 CFTR 680 News news Rogers Media
AM 740 CFZM Zoomer Radio pop standards ZoomerMedia
AM 860 CJBC Ici Radio-Canada Première public news/talk CBC French
AM 1010 CFRB Newstalk 1010 news/talk Bell Media
AM 1050 CHUM TSN Radio 1050 sports radio Bell Media
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 1690 CHTO multilingual Canadian Hellenic Toronto Radio

FM

Frequency Call sign Branding Format Owner Notes
FM 88.1 CIND-FM Indie 88 indie rock Rock 95 Broadcasting Ltd./Central Ontario Broadcasting Approved by the CRTC on September 12, 2012, on CKLN-FM's former frequency
FM 88.9 CIRV multilingual Frank Alvarez used by Fairchild Radio for FM coverage
FM 89.5 CIUT University of Toronto Community Radio campus/community University of Toronto campus radio
FM 90.3 CJBC Ici Musique public music Canadian Broadcasting Corporation French
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 CKIS KISS 92.5 CHR Rogers Media
FM 93.5 CFXJ 93.5 The Move Rhythmic CHR Newcap Radio
FM 94.1 CBL CBC Radio 2 public music Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
FM 95.9 CJKX-FM-2 KX96 country Durham Radio Rebroadcaster of CJKX-FM Ajax
FM 96.3 CFMZ Classical 96.3 classical music MZ Media Inc. (Moses Znaimer)
FM 96.9 CKHC Radio Humber campus radio Humber College
FM 97.3 CHBM boom 97.3 adult hits Newcap Radio
FM 98.1 CHFI 98.1 CHFI adult contemporary Rogers Media
FM 98.7 CKFG G98.7 Urban contemporary/smooth jazz Intercity Broadcasting
FM 99.1 CBLA CBC Radio One public news/talk Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
FM 99.9 CKFM 99-9 Virgin Radio CHR Bell 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 Evanov Communications
FM 104.5 CHUM 104.5 CHUM FM Hot AC Bell Media
FM 105.1 CHOQ Radio-Toronto Franco-Ontarian community Cooperative Radio-Toronto French
FM 105.5 CHRY VIBE 105-5 Urban hip hop/R&B Board of Directors of CHRY Community Radio, Inc.
FM 107.1 CILQ Q107 Active rock Corus Entertainment

Other stations

Numerous radio stations licensed to communities outside the City of Toronto are also marketed to the City of Toronto proper, as well as the rest of the Greater Toronto Area. This includes one American station.

AM

Frequency Call sign Branding Format Owner Location Notes
AM 530 CIAO multilingual Evanov Communications Brampton
AM 770 WTOR multicultural Birach Broadcasting Corporation Youngstown, New York
AM 1250 CJYE Joy 1250 Christian radio Trafalgar Broadcasting Ltd. Oakville
AM 1320 CJMR The Voice of the City multilingual Trafalgar Broadcasting Ltd. Mississauga
AM 1580 CKDO oldies Durham Radio Oshawa CKDO has a rebroadcaster at 107.7 FM.
AM 1650 CINA multicultural Neeti Prakash Ray Mississauga

FM

Frequency Call sign Branding Format Owner Location Notes
FM 88.5 CKDX Jewel 88.5 adult contemporary Evanov Communications Newmarket
FM 90.7 CFU758 RAV-FM high school radio/community Vaughan Secondary School Thornhill
FM 91.9 CKC455 CFRE campus radio University of Toronto Mississauga Mississauga
FM 95.3 CING Fresh 95.3 hot adult contemporary Corus Entertainment Hamilton
FM 102.1 CFNY 102.1 The Edge modern rock Corus Entertainment Brampton
FM 102.9 CKLH 102.9 K-Lite adult contemporary Bell Media Hamilton
FM 103.5 CIDC Z103.5 CHR Evanov Communications Orangeville
FM 105.9 CFMS The Region multilingual Bhupinder Bola (OBCI) Markham
FM 105.9 CJVF-FM multilingual Subanasiri Vaithilingam (OBCI) Scarborough
FM 107.9 CJXY Y108 active rock Corus Entertainment Burlington

Former stations

Please see former City of Toronto radio stations at the Canadian Communications Foundation.[1]

Print

Newsstand at Yonge and Queen, 1922

Newspapers

National dailies

Local dailies

Alternative

Other alternative

Community

Ethnic media

Latin media

Student newspapers

Former newspapers

For the newspapers of York see York, Upper Canada#Media

Magazines

Book publishers

References

  1. ↑ Former radio stations in the City of Toronto Canadian Communications Foundation
  2. ↑ Jamie Bradburn (17 March 2012). "The World of William Findlay Maclean". Torontoist. Retrieved 11 December 2014.
  3. ↑ http://novellamag.com/
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