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| Broadcast area | Greater Toronto Area |
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| Frequency | 1010 kHz |
| Branding | Newstalk 1010 |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/talk |
| Affiliations | Bell Media Premiere Networks CBS News Radio |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| CFTO-DT, CP24, CKVR-DT, CHUM, CHUM-FM, CKFM-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | February 19, 1927 |
Former frequencies |
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Call sign meaning | "Canada's First Rogers Batteryless" |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
| Class | A |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°30′39.67″N 79°37′48.07″W / 43.5110194°N 79.6300194°W |
| Repeater(s) | |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1010 |
CFRB (1010 AM) is a commercial radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is owned by Bell Media and carries a News/Talk radio format. Its studios and offices are in the Entertainment District at 250 Richmond Street West.
One of the oldest surviving radio stations active in Toronto, CFRB went on the air on February 19, 1927 as 9RB owned by Edward S. Rogers Sr., with the callsign derived from its parent Rogers Vacuum Tube Company, and the station moved to its current 1010 AM frequency in 1948. Throughout ownership changes for most of the decade and its format remained intact, the station was acquired by Slaight Broadcasting in 1985, before being acquired by Astral Media in 2007 and ultimately sold to Bell Canada, rival company of Rogers Communications, founded by Rogers Sr.'s son, Ted Rogers, Jr., in 2013.[1]
CFRB is a clear channel station powered at 50,000 watts, the maximum permitted in Canada. While it is a Class A station, it also must protect CBR in Calgary, which shares Class A status on 1010 AM. CFRB uses a four-tower array directional antenna in the Clarkson neighbourhood of Mississauga. CFRB is simulcast on shortwave station CFRX at 6.07 MHz in the 49 metre band and on sister station 99.9 CKFM-FM-HD2, a digital subchannel. CFRB is also heard across Canada on Bell Satellite TV channel 964.[2]
- ^ "This week in Canadian media history: Toronto's CFRB hit the air in 1927 - J-Source". February 18, 2014.
- ^ "Channel Listing | Satellite TV" (PDF). Bell.ca.