greater toronto area branding 680 news slogan 1 for breaking news traffic and weather . this is 680news toronto . top of the hour 1 for news in toronto . this is 680news . bottom of the hour frequency 680 khz am first air date 1962 format all news power 50 000 watts class b facility id 380 transmitter coordinates 43 12 51 n 79 36 31 w 43.21417 n 79.60861 w 43.21417 ; 79.60861 cftr callsign meaning canada s first ted rogers former callsigns chfi am former frequencies 1540 am affiliations canadian press abc radio news bloomberg radio owner rogers media rogers media inc. sister stations radio chfi fm cjcl ckis fm tv cfmt tv city tv cjmt tv webcast listen live website 680news . com cftr is a radio station serving the greater toronto area . owned by rogers media it broadcasts an all news format branded as 680 news . cftr s studios are located at the rogers building at bloor and jarvis in downtown toronto while its 8 tower transmitter array is located on the southern edge of lake ontario at oakes and winston road near the qew and casablanca road in grimsby . contents 1 history of cftr 2 weather guarantee 3 notable personalities 3.1 past 4 references 5 external links history of cftr edit this section s tone or style may not reflect the encyclopedic tone used on wikipedia . see wikipedia s guide to writing better articles for suggestions . august 2009 learn how and when to remove this template message the station launched in 1962 on 1540 khz as chfi simulcasting the beautiful music of chfi fm one of canada s first fm radio stations . since 1540 was a clear channel frequency assigned to stations in the united states and the bahamas chfi was authorized to broadcast only during the daytime . in 1963 it sought to pay chlo in st. thomas ontario to move from 680 to another frequency to free up 680 for chfi s use . no deal was finalized but by 1966 the stations reached an agreement to share 680 and chfi moved to 24 hour operation at that frequency . final cftr logo as a top 40 station . in 1971 it changed its call letters to cftr a tribute to ted rogers sr. radio pioneer and father of controlling shareholder ted rogers . in 1972 it abandoned the simulcast of chfi and adopted a top 40 format . for many years it was the primary competition to toronto s original top 40 station 1050 chum . in 1973 programmer chuck camroux upped the ante in the toronto radio rock and roll wars by tweaking cftr s notoriously bad signal adding some reverb and hiring a new morning man named jim brady to rival 1050 chum s jay nelson . both stations hovered near one million listeners per week . although brady finally topped nelson in the ratings in 1979 over all cftr didn t surpass chum in the toronto bbm ratings until 1984 . once cftr gained ratings supremacy chum dropped top 40 in favour of an adult contemporary format in 1986 . other announcers included duke roberts paul godfrey dick joseph peter red knight thompson bobby day rick hunter tom jeffries george hamburger bill hayes steve gregory dan williamson bob saint tom rivers big g glenn walters and big don biefer among others . the newsroom was headed by robert holiday and included larry silver john wilson ted bird clint nickerson evelyn macko and others . the station also hired john records landecker from wls in chicago . landecker spent two years at the station in the early 1980s . his dismal ratings caused the firing of the program director who hired him bill gable . on june 1 1993 at 10 am cftr announced they would be discontinuing their top 40 format . 1 after the announcement the station began airing a jock less countdown of the top 500 songs of the then past 25 years titled the cftr story . at 6 am on june 7 after playing phil collins against all odds which was the 1 song in the countdown and starship s we built this city which also ended chum s top 40 era in 1986 cftr adopted its present all news format . it was the first all news radio station in canada since the end of the former cko network in 1989 . with the toronto station s success rogers later expanded the format to stations in vancouver ckwx in 1996 calgary cffr in 2006 and ottawa ciww in 2010 . cftr s former logo as 680 news used until 2015 . in addition to these stations rogers owns news talk stations in kitchener ckgl halifax cjni fm saint john chni fm and moncton ckni fm chni and ckni have since been sold to different owners and flipped formats . all of these are branded similarly to the company s all news stations and use a similar all news wheel during morning and afternoon drive . weather guarantee edit as part of an ongoing promotion 680news has a guaranteed high temperature for the day . the forecast is set in the morning and the guaranteed high is announced on all weather reports . listeners can enter a contest on the station s website and if the forecast high and the actual recorded temperature at pearson international airport differ by 3 or more degrees celsius a name will be drawn from a pool of listeners . the winning listener wins a jackpot starting at 1 000 which is increased by 100 every day the station gets the temperature correct . the largest jackpot for the weather guarantee was awarded on april 5 2010 to charmane palmer . the station got the temperature correct within the parameters of the contest 286 days consecutively making the jackpot total 35 200 additional funds were added to the prize during the 2010 winter olympics and 2010 winter paralympics . 2 notable personalities edit dan dunleavy past edit teresa kruze now host on cts and columnist with metronews toronto michael hainsworth business reporter with ctv toronto chris mavridis former cbs news correspondent now show creator and head writer at discovery channel rick ralph sports reporter moved from toronto and now winnipeg jets game day host on tsn radio 1290 rob valentine morning traffic reporter 2011 2016 references edit http pqasb.pqarchiver.com thestar doc 436861320.html fmt abs & fmts abs ft & type current & date jun 02 % 2c 1993 & author greg quill toronto star & pub toronto star & edition & startpage & desc cftr dumps pop music to launch day long news http www.680news.com video external links edit 680 news cftr history canadian communications foundation cftr the legend 1978 1982 tribute page query the rec s canadian station database for cftr radio locator information on cftr v t e rogers communications corporate directors 1 bonnie brooks david peterson edward rogers iii charles sirois fixed line telecommunications rogers cable rogers hi speed internet rogers telecom mobile telecommunications chatr glentel fido solutions mobilicity rogers wireless magazines canadian business chatelaine english ch telaine french flare glow l actualit lou lou maclean s marketing the medical post moneysense profit sportsnet magazine today s parent television conventional television city stations city dt chmi dt cjnt dt ckal dt ckem dt ckvu dt omni television stations cfmt dt chnm dt cjco dt cjeo dt cjmt dt other 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street east 545 lake shore boulevard west rogers building rogers centre rogers park sponsored rogers arena rogers k rock centre rogers place under construction leased canadian broadcasting centre4 acquisitions and historic brands direct acquisitions aurora cable internet cable atlantic maclean hunter selkirk communications newton cable score media sprint canada systems resold by shaw classicomm fundy cable graham cable mountain cablevision trillium cable defunct channels citynews channel viewers choice msnbc canada goltv the biography channel some assets listed above are only partially owned by rogers communications . refer to each individual article for detailed information . 1community channels owned or part owned by rogers cable 2u . s. border station operated by rogers under a local marketing agreement 3brand used under license from the cbc . 4studio 41 and its eighth floor offices are leased from the cbc for its nhl coverage . 5part time network broadcast over the same stations as cbc television ; see crtc decision 2015 154 v t e radio stations in the greater toronto area toronto am cjcl 590 cftr 680 cfzm 740 cjbc 860 cfrb 1010 chum 1050 cjru 1280 chkt 1430 chin 1540 chha 1610 chto 1690 defunct chev 1610 toronto fm cind 88.1 cirv 88.9 ciut 89.5 cjbc 90.3 cjrt 91.1 chin 1 91.9 ckis 92.5 cfxj 93.5 cbl 94.1 cjkx 2 95.9 cfmz 96.3 cfzm 1 96.7 ckhc 96.9 chbm 97.3 chfi 98.1 ckfg 98.7 cbla 99.1 ckfm 99.9 chin 100.7 cjsa 101.3 cjrk 102.7 cirr 103.9 chum 104.5 choq 105.1 chry 105.5 cilq 107.1 defunct ckln 88.1 ckrg 89.91 cko fm 2 99.1 cjvf 102.7 ckav 106.5 peel region brampton ciao 530 new 1350 cfny 102.1 caledon cfgm 102.7 cjfb 105.5 mississauga cknt 960 cjmr 1320 cina 1650 ckc455 cfre 91.9 defunct cfbn 1280 durham region ajax cjkx 95.9 oshawa ckdo 1580 107.7 ckge 94.9 york region georgina island cfgi 92.3 richmond hill cfmj 640 markham chev 16101 cfms 105.9 newmarket ckdx 88.5 chop 102.7 stouffville ciws 102.9 uxbridge ciux 105.5 vaughan cfu758 90.7 halton region oakville cjye 1250 dufferin county orangeville ckmo 101.5 cidc 103.5 shelburne cfdc 104.9 shortwave cfrx 6.07 mhz specialty hmwn radio maria sur sagar radio radio humsafar hd digital radio 92.5 1 92.5 2 92.5 3 101.3 1 101.3 2 101.3 3 101.3 4 105.9 1 105.9 2 105.9 3 105.9 4 internet radio afterhours.fm chev radio radio glendon radio regent ontario radio markets cornwall & eastern ontario hamilton niagara kenora district first nations radio kingston brockville kitchener waterloo london midwestern ontario north bay ottawa parry sound muskoka haliburton pembroke ottawa valley peterborough quinte belleville trenton rainy river simcoe county barrie orillia sault ste. marie sudbury thunder bay timiskaming timmins toronto windsor chatham sarnia see also list of radio stations in ontario 1 defunct as a terrestrial radio broadcaster ; continuing as an internet only service v t e clear channel stations these am radio stations have a full power nighttime skywave signal well beyond their daytime groundwave coverage by international agreements . canada cbef cbk cbn cbr cbt cbw cby cfrb cfzm cjbc ckac ckdo ckgm ckwx united states kaay kbbi kbrw kbyr kcbf kchu kdka kdlg keni kex kfab kfaq kfar kfbk kfi kfqd kgo kicy kiro kjnp kmox knbr knom knx knzr koa koan kokc komo kotz krld ksl kstp kvnt kwkh kxel kyuk kyw wabc wbal wbap wbbm wbbr wbt wbz