please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . august 2016 learn how and when to remove this template message cjcl city toronto ontario broadcast area greater toronto area branding sportsnet 590 the fan slogan toronto s sports radio frequency 590 khz am first air date 1951 format sports power 50 000 watts class b regional former callsigns ckfh 1951 1981 former frequencies 1400 am 1951 1960 1430 am 1960 1995 affiliations buffalo bills radio network owner rogers media a division of rogers communications rogers radio sister stations radio cftr am chfi fm ckis fm tv cfmt dt city dt cjmt dt sportsnet ontario webcast listen live website www.sportsnet.ca 590 cjcl branded on air as sportsnet 590 the fan is a canadian sports radio station in toronto ontario . owned and operated by rogers media a division of rogers communications cjcl s studios are located at the rogers building at bloor and jarvis in downtown toronto while its transmitters are located near grimsby atop the niagara escarpment . programming on the station includes local sports talk radio shows during the day ; cbs sports radio overnight ; and live broadcasts of toronto blue jays baseball toronto raptors basketball toronto maple leafs hockey toronto fc soccer and buffalo bills football . contents 1 station history 2 live sports 3 notable on air staff 3.1 current 3.2 former 4 references 5 external links station history edit the station first aired on february 21 1951 as am 1400 ckfh a news and sports station owned by legendary canadian broadcaster foster hewitt the fh of the call sign . 1 the station moved to the 1430 am frequency in 1960 increasing power first to 5 000 then 10 000 and finally 50 000 watts . ckfh would begin playing top 40 music in 1966 then move to a country music format in 1975 . fan 1430 logo 1992 1995 fan 590 logo 1995 january 2011 logo from january to october 2011 the station was subsequently sold to telemedia in 1981 when it adopted its current cjcl call sign and switched to an adult contemporary format . in 1983 the station briefly adopted talk radio programming but returned to its music format within a few months with increased emphasis on oldies . cjcl was flagship of the telemedia network and as such broadcast toronto blue jays baseball games with tom cheek and jerry howarth calling the action followed by hours of talk after the game . the station has been the home of the blue jays for most of its history with exception of a hiatus from 1998 2002 when chum am aired their games . as the 1980s progressed and the winning blue jays became more popular the sports features became cjcl s profit centre . encouraged by the newfound success of sports radio in the united states in 1992 the year the blue jays won their first world series cjcl would drop non sports programming altogether on september 4 and become the fan 1430 becoming the first all sports station in canada . the station s nickname may have been inspired by wfan in new york city the first sports radio station in the world that led to the creation of sports radio stations everywhere . in 1994 telemedia acquired ckyc from rogers communications and on february 6 1995 at noon the two stations switched frequencies with the fan moving to 590 am subsequently becoming the fan 590 and ckyc moving to 1430 am where it operates today as multilingual station chkt . cjcl was itself acquired by rogers media in 2002 . in january 2011 cjcl became known as sportsnet radio the fan 590 the move coming as part of a co branding initiative with its television counterpart rogers sportsnet 2 amid indications that rival tsn was preparing to launch a competing sports radio station tsn radio 1050 . 3 the station s on air identity was then changed to sportsnet 590 the fan in october 2011 . live sports edit the fan 590 is the flagship station for the following teams radio broadcasts toronto blue jays mlb baseball toronto raptors nba basketball toronto maple leafs nhl hockey toronto fc mls soccer buffalo bills nfl football buffalo bisons il aaa baseball in case of conflicts with other sports broadcasts one of the games will air on another station in the toronto area 610 cktb 820 cham or 1150 ckoc which are however unrelated to cjcl maple leafs raptors & toronto fc share their radio broadcasting rights between the fan 590 and tsn radio 1050 respectively bills games in the bills toronto series get top priority on the fan with other bills games airing when they do not conflict with blue jays raptors mlb postseason or iihf world u20 championship games . roughly 6 8 bisons games on evening dates between july and august that do not conflict with blue jays games 4 5 the fan 590 also features live coverage of the following bcs national championship game ncaa college football nba all star game major league baseball on espn radio sunday nights all star game & postseason ; when not conflicting with blue jays games & weekday afternoon sports talk radio programming memorial cup hockey championship game nfl football sunday afternoons previous live sports events on cjcl included toronto argonauts cfl football 2000 2001 2007 2010 ice hockey world championships team canada games iihf world u20 championship team canada games toronto rock nll lacrosse 2006 6 ohl all star classic ohl hockey 2007 7 international bowl ncaa college football 2007 2010 premier league soccer saturday mornings 2007 2010 grey cup cfl football 2007 2009 toronto marlies ahl hockey 2008 2010 2009 world baseball classic all canada national baseball team games and the final four ice hockey at the 2010 winter olympics men s tournament all team canada games plus the quarter final game determining team canada s semi final opponent both semi finals and both the bronze medal and gold medal games ice hockey at the 2010 winter olympics women s tournament gold medal game notable on air staff edit current edit main article sportsnet on air staff kevin barker dean blundell joe bowen maple leafs stephen brunt bryan calhoun don cherry sam cosentino damien cox dan dunleavy toronto fc rob faulds elliotte friedman jerry howarth blue jays rob iarusci paul jones raptors nick kypreos ian leggatt doug maclean jeff marek bob mccown scott metcalfe daren millard ric nattress mark osborne rohan ricketts joe siddall blue jays gord stellick george stroumboulopoulos john shannon eric smith bob weeks brian williams mike wilner blue jays gregg zaun former edit sandy annunziata jack armstrong alan ashby bill berg howard berger greg brady tom cheek ken daniels 8 john derringer dirk hayhurst mike hogan jim hunt mike inglis 8 peter irvine spider jones 9 jim kelley andrew krystal don landry jim lang jeff lumby pat marsden pete martin jack morris blue jays steve paikin 8 dan pollard rick ralph paul rimstead jim richards 8 mike richards greg sansone 8 chris schultz dan shulman 8 steve simmons chuck swirsky 8 mike toth john wells references edit only the best for ckfh ad . . the globe and mail . february 21 1951 . p. 5 . change is the operative word in sports radio . the globe and mail . retrieved 13 january 2011 . tsn radio a reality . the globe and mail january 21 2011 . sportsnet 590 to air eight bisons games . sportsnet.ca . 2013 06 27 . retrieved 2016 08 07 . buffalo bisons buffalo bisons news . milb.com . 2014 03 18 . retrieved 2016 08 07 . rock games return to radio with the fan 590 toronto rock . torontorock.com . retrieved 2016 08 07 . ohl news . canoe.ca . retrieved 2016 08 07 . a b c d e f g the fan 590 turns 15 today . slam.canoe.ca . 2007 09 04 . retrieved 2016 08 07 . spider jones speaker national speakers bureau . nsb.com . retrieved 2016 08 07 . external links edit sportsnet 590 the fan cjcl history canadian communications foundation query the rec s canadian station database for cjcl fan 590 an experiment gone right toronto star article fan 590 toronto s youtube channel radio locator information on cjcl v t e rogers 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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