CFNY
City of license	Brampton, Ontario
Broadcast area	Primary: Toronto, Ontario; Secondary: Buffalo, New York
Branding	"102. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station Brampton (pronounced bramton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. 1 The Edge"
Frequency	102. Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 1 MHz (FM)
First air date	1960
Format	modern rock
Power	35 kW
ERP	100 kW
Owner	Corus Entertainment
Website	www.edge.ca

CFNY-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 102. The hertz (symbol Hz) is a measure of Frequency, informally defined as the number of events occurring per Second. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about Broadcast radio, for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a Rock music format found on American commercial Radio. Nominal power is a Measurement of a Mediumwave Radio station 's output used in the United States. In radio Telecommunications, effective radiated power or equivalent radiated power (ERP is a standardized theoretical measurement of radio frequency (RF Corus Entertainment Inc () is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. 1 FM. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that While the station's official city of license is Brampton, Ontario,^[1] the studios are located in downtown Toronto, and the transmitter is in the CN Tower. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station Brampton (pronounced bramton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario The CN Tower, located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a communications and tourist Tower standing tall The station targets the entire Greater Toronto Area. The Greater Toronto Area (locally abbreviated as the GTA) is the most populous Metropolitan area in Canada. As of December 2007, the station holds a 3. 8% share^[2] of its market area. A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area, DMA or simply market is a region where the Population ^[3]

For some time in the 1980s, its free-format programming was considered unique, and the station garnered wide respect around the world. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. This rarely translated into profits, however, and after being sold and re-sold several times to larger and larger media companies, the station now plays a conventional modern rock format with the branding 102. Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a Rock music format found on American commercial Radio. 1 The Edge. The radio station is currently owned by Corus Entertainment. Corus Entertainment Inc () is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company

The station's program director is currently Alan Cross, who is also the host of the station's most famous program, The Ongoing History of New Music. Alan Cross is a Canadian radio broadcaster and a writer on music The Ongoing History of New Music is a Canadian radio program produced by CFNY in Toronto. CFNY is also host to one of the more popular morning programs in Toronto, The Dean Blundell Show.

Contents 1 History 1.1 The Spirit of Radio 1.2 Format change and listener rebellion 1.3 Evolution to modern rock 2 International reach 3 The Dean Blundell Show 3.1 Recurring guests 3.2 Past recurring guests 3.3 Contests 3.4 Trivia 4 Other on-air personalities 4.1 Alan Cross 4.2 Dave "Bookie" Bookman 4.3 Josie Dye 4.4 Barry Taylor 4.5 Martin Streek 4.6 Darryl Spring 4.7 Darrin Pfeiffer 4.8 Megaphone Man 4.9 Adwoa Nsiah-Yeboah 4.10 Adam Ricard 4.11 George Stroumboulopoulos 4.12 Reggie Cecchini 4.13 Past personalities 5 References 6 See also 7 External links

History

CFNY originally started operating in 1961, as an FM rebroadcast of an AM station, CHIC. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. See also Frequency modulation, FM band FM broadcasting is a broadcast Technology invented by Edwin Howard Armstrong that CIAO is a Canadian Radio station, broadcasting at 530 AM in Brampton Ontario. The nearby Humber College provided a steady stream of young employees, who were encouraged to play their own selections in the evening. Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning (generally referred to as Humber) is a College in Toronto, Ontario, In the mid-1970s, the owners decided to give the station a brand of its own, creating CFNY in 1977. This article is about the Decade 1970-1979 For the Year 1970 see 1970. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays

Prior to CFNY the call letters were CHIC FM with a transmitter power of 857 watts ERP mono, enough just to cover the town of Brampton later to become a city. Up to around 1975 the CHIC AM control room operator spun LP's from the third turntable in AM master control. Nonstop full play of each side of the LP with a few stops by the AM operator for ID and to flip the LP over. The music was picked by the AM operator just prior to their shift. Any type of music picked simply from the library almost randomly. This may have been the beginning of CFNY. Listeners loved it and at times requested full play of LPs. Sometimes missed by the operator the LP would finish and listeners would call in to complain of the dead air.

The call letters, CFNY, as all call letters for TV and radio broadcast stations has no formal meaning, although the phrase "Canada's First New Youth" has been cited as a backronym. A backronym (or bacronym) is a Phrase that is constructed "after the fact" from a previously existing word or Abbreviation, the abbreviation

In 1976 a new FM studio was built just up the road from the old studio in Brampton on a very limited budget. Engineers Mike Hargrave Pawson and Steve Martak built the new studio and a new transmitter site in Georgetown to increase the coverage from 857 watts to 100kw ERP.

The Spirit of Radio

Things started changing when David Marsden joined as program director in 1978. David Marsden (born Stratford Ontario) is a Canadian Radio broadcaster Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) The station started to sound like a "slick" version of a college radio station. At the time alternative was still very new, but it was also in 1978 that New Wave and punk rock took off, and soon the station became known as one of the few commercial stations that played alternative music. New Wave is a Rock music genre that existed during the late 1970s and the 1980s Canadian punk act Forgotten Rebels paid homage to CFNY in the liner notes of their 1979 album In Love With The System. The Forgotten Rebels are a Punk rock band from Hamilton Ontario, Canada.

Fans started referring to it as the spirit of radio, which was used as their catchphrase for some time. (This slogan also inspired the Rush song, "The Spirit of Radio". Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of " The Spirit of Radio " is a song released in 1980 by Canadian rock band Rush from their album Permanent Waves. ) Fans were loyal but few, and with a measly 857 watts of power, broadcast from a house in Brampton, a suburban city northwest of Toronto, the problems of attracting new listeners were many. Brampton (pronounced bramton is the third-largest city in the Greater Toronto Area of Ontario, Canada and the seat of Peel Region. In 1979, the original owners were involved in an unrelated court action and forced to sell the station. Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) The new owners started the process of moving the antenna to the CN Tower in 1983. The CN Tower, located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a communications and tourist Tower standing tall Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar)

With the Canadian economy in recession, and interest rates high, the new owners sold the station to media conglomerate Selkirk Communications. A recession is a contraction phase of the Business cycle. The U Selkirk Communications was a Canadian radio and television broadcasting company which operated from 1959 to 1989 At first, Selkirk did not change the format, and completed the move to the CN Tower. By 1985, the station had reached new heights of popularity, capturing over 5. Year 1985 ( MCMLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays 1985 Gregorian calendar) 4% of the Toronto area listeners, and becoming internationally famous for its music mix. For a brief period, it was also available on satellite across North America, although this also led to the introduction of more "popular" music. Fans of the station's programming during the 1980s can now listen to rebroadcasts of vintage radio from the CFNY archives, via a 24/7 online radio stream. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989.

The station was particularly well respected for introducing new acts which other stations wouldn't play because they were too small – in the early 1980s, Canadian artists such as Martha and the Muffins, Rough Trade, Blue Rodeo, Jane Siberry, 54-40, Skinny Puppy and Spoons were among the acts championed by CFNY. The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. Martha and the Muffins were a Canadian new wave Synth pop band in the 1970s and 1980s Rough Trade was a Canadian new wave rock band in the 1970s and 1980s Blue Rodeo is a Canadian Country rock band which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. Issa (pronounced eeee-sah) (formerly known as Jane Siberry, born October 12 1955) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter Skinny Puppy is an industrial band formed in Vancouver, BC, Canada in 1982. Spoons are a Canadian New Wave - New romantic Synth pop Music group who formed in 1979 and were popular in the early 1980s CFNY also created Canada's first independent music awards, the U-Knows (a pun on Canada's mainstream Juno Awards). The Juno Awards are presented annually to Canadian Musical Artists and bands to acknowledge their artistic and technical achievements in all aspects of music In 1986, the station held a listener contest to rename the awards, which were redubbed the CASBY Awards, for "Canadian Artists Selected By You". Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) The CASBY Award is a Canadian award for independent and alternative music presented annually by Toronto radio station CFNY, which

In 1988, the station turned its first profit. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) However, this was not enough for Selkirk, which sought higher ratings.

Format change and listener rebellion

Late that year, it switched to a mostly top 40 format, leaving its alternative format for weekends and late night. The Top Forty or Top 40 is a music industry shorthand for the currently most-popular songs in a particular genre. At first, there was a listener rebellion. Their phone-in show at noon was an all-request hour, and invariably the requests were for alternative songs. However, the management soon put a stop to this, telling DJs to refuse such calls and only select requests from the top 40. Soon, most of the staff resigned, or were fired.

Loyal listeners soon began signing petitions, and filed an intervention with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) opposing the station's 1989 licence renewal. CRTC may also stand for Cathode Ray Tube Controller. Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission ( CRTC, in French Conseil Radio analyst reports suggested that 100,000 new listeners had been gained by the change. However, this hid the fact that the market share dropped considerably, to 4. 3%.

Evolution to modern rock

In 1989, Selkirk was acquired by Maclean-Hunter, who committed to returning the station to an alternative format. Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a Rock music format found on American commercial Radio. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Maclean-Hunter was a Canadian communications company which had diversified holdings in Radio, Television, Magazines Newspapers and Instead of reviving the old freeform programming, however, Maclean-Hunter tweaked the station's programming to create a more conventional modern rock station. Modern rock is a term commonly used to describe a Rock music format found on American commercial Radio. In the early 1990s, the station again became an important outlet for new Canadian music, with acts such as Barenaked Ladies, The Lowest of the Low, Rheostatics, and Sloan counting CFNY as their first major radio supporter. The 1990s collectively refers to the years between and including 1990 and 1999 Barenaked Ladies (often abbreviated BNL or occasionally BnL) is a Juno -winning and Grammy -nominated Canadian Alternative The Lowest of the Low were a Canadian Alternative rock group in the early 1990s Rheostatics were a Canadian Indie rock band active from 1980 to 2007 Sloan is a Power pop quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. History Early years The band was formed in 1991 when Chris However, with alternative rock being the decade's dominant genre, CFNY did not sound as distinctive compared to other radio stations as it had in the 1980s, so it never fully regained its former level of influence and respect.

The change also masked, rather than solving, morale problems at the station — in 1992, DJ Dani Elwell resigned from the station by reading her résumé over the air. Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar)

When Maclean-Hunter was purchased by Rogers Communications in 1994, CFNY was one of the stations sold off by Rogers to Shaw Communications, which in turn spun its radio holdings off to Corus Entertainment, CFNY's current owner, in 1999. Rogers Communications Inc (,) is one of Canada's largest communications companies particularly in the field of wireless communications and Cable television, with additional Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Shaw Communications is a Canadian Telecommunications company that provides telephone internet and television services Corus Entertainment Inc () is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment company Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar)

In the mid-1990s, the station dropped its old branding, becoming 102. 1 The Edge. Later it became Edge 102 before reverting to 102. 1 The Edge. "The Edge" was a common brand name for alternative and modern rock radio stations during the 1990s, and was created by a U. S. consulting firm called Jacobs Media.

Although CFNY remains the station's official call sign, it was never mentioned on-air for many years. In August 2005, however, the station began airing some new identification breaks which used both the CFNY calls and the Edge branding. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (Canadian radio stations are officially required to mention their call letters once an hour, although this rule has not been heavily enforced by the CRTC in recent years. )

CFNY is available nationwide in Canada on the Bell ExpressVu satellite TV system, channel 955. It is also available via Rogers Digital Cable on channel 929 in the GTA and 954 in other areas of Ontario. Rogers Cable Inc, a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc is Canada 's largest Cable television service provider with about 2

International reach

102. 1 The Edge has long enjoyed a unique position among radio stations as an international station, as its signal is strong enough that, like many other Toronto radio stations, it is widely available in two of the top fifty media markets in North America. Its signal from Toronto beams from the CN Tower throughout the Buffalo-Niagara Falls NY market, in addition to Toronto. The CN Tower, located in downtown Toronto, Ontario, Canada, is a communications and tourist Tower standing tall Buffalo (ˈbʌfəloʊ is the second largest city in New York State. Niagara Falls is a City in Niagara County, New York, United States. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous CFNY pulls a share of between 0. 6% and 1. 1% in the Arbitron radio rating in Buffalo, which has compelled the other Buffalo rock stations to stay on the cutting edge of Canadian music, with bands such as The Tragically Hip and Our Lady Peace enjoying far higher sales in Buffalo than elsewhere in the United States. The Tragically Hip is a Canadian rock band from Kingston Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and occasional acoustic

In addition, the station broadcasts streaming audio over the Internet. Streaming multimedia is Multimedia that is constantly received by and normally presented to an end-user while it is being delivered by a streaming provider (the

As a result of these factors, CFNY frequently promotes itself as one of the most listened-to radio stations in the world — the station did, in fact, rank tenth in a 2002 Arbitron survey of the world's most listened-to Internet radio streams. See also 2002 (disambiguation Year 2002 ( MMII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. Arbitron ( is a Radio audience research company in the United States which collects listener data on radio audiences similar to that collected by Nielsen Media ^[4]

The Dean Blundell Show

The Dean Blundell Show is a morning show, which airs Monday through Friday from 5:30 AM until 9:30 AM. The show consists of hosts, Dean Blundell, Jason Barr, and Todd Shapiro discussing ongoing news and events in a sometimes humorous and cynical fashion. It is known for its listener contests, charity work, colourful guests, and Blundell's rants. Every morning Dean Blundell presents "The Edge Files", a look at some recent, sensational, news stories delivered in a satirical way.

Recurring guests

• "Gay Jeff", a gay friend of Todd Shapiro, every Tuesday morning, though occasionally on other days as well. Jeff and the hosts discuss topics related to the gay community; however, these discussions usually lead to the hosts questioning Jeff about his sexual exploits or opinions and perceptions as a gay man.
• Sex columnist Josey Vogels, every Wednesday morning. Each week she brings a sex-related topic up for discussion, though conversations tend to lead to requests for information about her own sexual exploits.
• Spencer “The Cripple” often comes in, usually on Monday mornings, to talk about his experiences in life. Usually the segment leads to the subjects of bowel movements and sexual dysfunction.
• "Psychic Nikki" often comes in on Friday mornings, and discusses her psychic visions regarding celebrities, the show's hosts, and callers. The word psychic (ˈsaɪkɨk from the Greek psychikos—"of the soul mental" refers to the claimed ability to perceive things hidden from the normal senses Todd, Dean and Jason often playfully joke about her predictions.

Past recurring guests

• The "Blind Movie Reviewer", Derek Welsman, appeared every Thursday morning. Film review redirects here for the similar sounding Film revue please visit Revue#Film revues. Legally blind (he has stated he can see about 10–12%), Welsman, who was also a commercial producer for the radio station, talked about a movie he had seen recently, from the perspective of a blind person. Blindness is the condition of lacking Visual perception due to Physiological or Neurological factors Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand Each movie reviewed was assigned a score of one to five "blurries", and each review ended with Welsman's catch phrase, "and that's the way I see it!" Derek moved on to another radio station in November 2007. Stars are often used as symbols for classification purposes They are used by reviewers for ranking things such as movies TV shows restaurants and hotels A catch phrase (or catchphrase) is a phrase or expression recognized by its repeated utterance His last review for the Edge was Thursday, November 8, 2007. He ended the segment by returning to his home planet of Myopia with his commanding alien officers, Ray Charles and the blind girl from the Lionel Ritchie "Hello" music video. Ray Charles Robinson ( September 23, 1930 – June 10, 2004) known by his Stage name Ray Charles, was an American Derek left for a job that paid him more money.
• Gino Empry, was a recurring guest until his death in 2007, often fighting with Todd and then making up.
• Eduardo, a frequent caller who would demand free offerings and get extremely upset when Dean, Jason and Todd made it difficult for him to do so. Often resorting to hanging up on the morning show, the three would call him back many times until full arguments would break out. Eduardo gave up on the Dean Blundell show, and now often calls an easy listening station.

Contests

More so than any other of the regular shows on the station, the Dean Blundell Show regularly runs a variety of contests, which often lead to much larger prizes than the other shows' contests. Contests have included:

• The "Moderately Paid Employee Program" in which the winner, Adwoa Nsiah Yeboah, was awarded a position at the station as its helicopter traffic reporter.
• "The Mister Man-Boobs Contest", "The Cougar Hunt", "The Edge Ultimate Ugly Contest", and "Buns of Steel Contest"
• A series of Wheels, loosely following the 7 Deadly Sins. The seven deadly sins, also known as the capital vices or cardinal sins, are a classification of Vices that were originally used in early Christian Each of these "Wheel" contests consist of a series of random challenges (oft-repeated challenges involve stunts done in front of the live tapings of Breakfast Television, getting onto other radio stations to promote the show/contest, and marketing the radio station), determined by a spin on the wheel, and posed either to a certain number of selected Inside Edge members, or as an open challenge to all listeners. Breakfast Television, also known as BT, is a Canadian morning news and entertainment program which airs on the Citytv stations (in The winners of these challenges are given one or more spaces on the final spin of the wheel, where the person landed on wins a giant prize. To date, there have been Wheels of Greed, Sloth, Envy, Gluttony, and most recently, Pride.
• The "$50,000 Gong", loosely based on The Gong Show, in which listeners come to the Edge studios and present their talent (either by demonstrating something sufficiently impressive or sufficiently disgusting) to the on-air personalities, who hit a gong if they don't like it. This article is about the show which aired in the 1970s and 1980s This article is about the Internet Protocol Television channel The listeners who don't get "gonged" qualify for the final round, where one listener will be awarded $50,000. On October 27th The Edge announced that James McAndrew was the winner with his "fart on command" talent.
• The "Edge Youtube Challenge", in which listeners post videos on YouTube. YouTube is a video sharing website where users can upload view and share Video clips YouTube was created in February 2005 by three former PayPal employees The videos must include the Edge logo, and "102. 1 The Edge" in the video title. 4 prizes of $1000, and 1 grand prize of $5000 are to be rewarded.

The show also has a number of recurring games, with smaller prizes. These include:

• Stump The Show, where callers try to stump the hosts with a question. Due to a convoluted series of rules (including not being able to say "um", "uh" or "no"), this game is generally won by the show, rather than a caller (in which case no prize is awarded).
• "Wha' Happened?", in which callers try to impress the hosts with strange stories of problems in their lives. Blundell, Barr and Shapiro tend to prefer stories dealing with flatulence, sexual mishaps, and the like.
• "What's Wrong With You?", a similar call-in contest to "Wha' Happened" except listeners share interesting and often disgusting, crude or sexual stories about what's wrong with them or their family.

Trivia

• In June 2007, the show had been pulling pranks on Vince Carter in hopes to help the Toronto Raptors win the playoffs. Vincent Lamar Carter (born on January 26, 1977) known as Vince Carter, is an American professional Basketball player in the The Toronto Raptors are a professional Basketball team based in Toronto, Ontario. Such pranks included calling his hotel room in Toronto, sending Gay Jeff to offer him a "frontal rub", and calling him in New Jersey.
• During the National Hockey League playoffs, Blundell, Barr and Shapiro would often play pranks on the team that the Toronto Maple Leafs were facing. The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America "Leafs" and "Maple Leafs" redirect here For the former American Hockey League team see St As the Leafs have gone three consecutive seasons without a playoff appearance, such pranks have not been possible for a number of years.
• Jackass co-stars Steve-O and Chris Pontius were guests on the show on March 26, 2004, in order to promote their "Don't Try This at Home" tour, leading to the "suspension" of Blundell, Barr and Shapiro for the following day. Jackass is an American Television series, originally shown on MTV from 2000 to 2002 featuring people performing various dangerous crude ridiculous Stephen "Steve-O" Gilchrist Glover (born on June 13, 1974 in Wimbledon London, England) is a daredevil performer and television Chris Pontius (born Christopher Andrew Pontius on July 16, 1974 in Pasadena California) is an American entertainer and daredevil Events 1026 - Pope John XIX crowns Conrad II as Holy Roman Emperor. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " During the interview, Pontius and Steve-O used multiple expletives on the air. Steve-O also proceeded to urinate on the floor and perform a stunt called "Unwrapping the Mummy" all in front of a live studio audience. ^[5]

Other on-air personalities

Alan Cross

Main article: Alan Cross

Alan Cross started at CFNY in October 1986 doing the overnight show. Alan Cross is a Canadian radio broadcaster and a writer on music He now holds the position of program director for the station. In service industries such as Education, a program director researches plans develops and implements one or more of the firm's professional services He also hosts the The Ongoing History of New Music, which runs Sundays at 7:00 p. The Ongoing History of New Music is a Canadian radio program produced by CFNY in Toronto. m. and is rebroadcast Mondays at 11:00 PM. As well, he creates a daily, minute-long segment of the Ongoing History, that is played sporadically during the day's commercial breaks (as well as via a podcast); upwards of 5,000 segments have been produced. A podcast is a series of audio or Video digital-media files which is distributed over the Internet by syndicated Download ^[6]

Dave "Bookie" Bookman

Dave Bookman currently works the "afternoon drive" timeslot, from 2:00 p. m until 7:00 p. m, though he joined the radio station in 1991 (and is one of only three on-air personalities from that time that are still at the radio station), as a street reporter for their no longer existent Live in Toronto show. Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Bookman often talks about his love of sports, soap operas and independent music, and also often has interviews with various artists, sports commentators and movie reviewers. Sport is an Activity that is governed by a set of rules or Customs and often engaged in competitively A soap opera is an ongoing episodic work of Fiction, usually broadcast on Television or Radio. In Popular music, independent music, often abbreviated as indie, is a term used to describe independence from major commercial record labels and an autonomous A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A sportscaster, (also sports announcer, sport commentator or sport presenter) is a type of Journalist on Radio and/or Television Film review redirects here for the similar sounding Film revue please visit Revue#Film revues. As well, he is often given brand new music to premiere, or concerts to announce on his show.

Bookman currently runs two regular contests:

• "Bookie's College of Musical Knowledge", a trivia game involving three categories (generally about or related to music, but occasionally about other subject matters, most notably The Simpsons), three answers and three contestants. The first contestant picks the category, and gets a question and three multiple choice answers to choose from. For the 1974 John Wayne Crime drama movie see McQ. Multiple choice is a form of Assessment in which respondents If answered wrongly, the question is posed to the second, and then the third, contestant. Before getting answers, Bookman always inquires as to where the contestant is calling from, and recommends a nearby place to visit, if he knows of one.
• "Tums Up or Tums Down" is a new contest, which began on 12 July 2006. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Two players relay something they feel passionately for or against, giving it a rating of "Tums up" or "Tums down" accordingly. For the Chinese newspaper see Thumbs Up (newspaper. For the Indian Cola drink see Thums Up A thumbs up or thumbs down is For the Chinese newspaper see Thumbs Up (newspaper. For the Indian Cola drink see Thums Up A thumbs up or thumbs down is Bookman, and two others (usually his producer Adam Ricard, and another station staffer, John "JD" Davies) then vote, by "secret ballot" – they each write down their choice, and then reveal them to the other judges – on which player's answer was best, with the majority vote getter being the winner. The secret ballot is a voting method in which a Voter 's choices are confidential On the off-chance that there's a tie (very occasionally a judge will abstain), a coin has been flipped to select the winner. The contest is not currently sponsored by the antacid company; rather, the phrase is just used as wordplay. An antacid is any substance generally a base or Basic salt, which counteracts stomach acidity. Word play is a Literary technique in which the nature of the words that are used become the main subject of the work

Bookman also hosts Bookie's Free Nu Music Nite, Tuesday nights at the Horseshoe Tavern, and the Indy Hour program, an hour dedicated to independent music programming, Sunday nights at 8:00 p. The Horseshoe Tavern (known as The Horseshoe or The 'Shoe to Toronto locals is a concert venue located at 370 Queen Street West (northeast corner of Queen m. Bookman is himself a former musician, who formed the band The Bookmen with Tim Mech in the early 1990s. Tim Mech is a Canadian rock guitarist He is best known as a sometime collaborator with Rheostatics, for whom he was also a Guitar tech for many years

Josie Dye

Josie Dye generally is on-air between the Dean Blundell Show and 2:00 p. m. Her show consists mostly of music, interspersed with "different" stories that Dye either finds in the news or relates from her own personal experience. "The Nooner", an hour-long All Request period between noon and 1:00 p. An all request television or radio show is a show that plays only listener or viewer requests m. , also takes place during Dye's show, to which she often assigns an arbitrary theme (previous themes have included gay music to correspond with Toronto's Pride Week, cover songs, and live sessions, which she has stated is her favourite theme). Pride Week is an event held in Toronto, Canada, during the last week of June each year She also runs a small survey every day in order to pick the last song played on The Nooner, which is generally between two choices, and relate to the theme, if there is one for that day.

Dye runs two regular contests:

• "Guess this Edge Artist", in which she gives a series of three or four bizarre clues pointing towards a musician or group, whose music is played on the radio station. A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A musical ensemble is a group of two or more Musicians who perform instrumental or vocal Music. In order to win, players must call in (other forms of entry, such as email, are not accepted) with the correct answer.
• "Retro Recall", a contest that takes place daily during the Nooner. A very short clip from the beginning of a retro (defined as ten years old, or older) song is played, and the first caller who correctly identifies both the group or musician and the song title wins (after which the full song is played). Retro is a term used to describe denote or classify culturally outdated or aged trends modes or fashions from the overall postmodern past but have since that time become functionally

Josie Dye also hosts the live-to-air broadcast from Republik nightclub, Friday nights from 2:00 a. m. until 5:00 a. m.

Barry Taylor

Barry Taylor is from Hamilton, Ontario^[7] and usually works Monday - Wednesday evenings, from the end of Bookman's show until around midnight, and starting at noon on weekends. Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population He also co-hosts Punkorama, an hour of programming dedicated to punk rock music, Tuesday nights at 11 p. m.

Instead of contests, Taylor has a number of regular, usually listener-interactive, programming:

• "The Barry Interesting Survey", an online and call-in survey dealing with a usually music-themed topic.
• "The 4:20 Thought", much like the Barry Interesting Survey, except based on cannabis culture. Taylor poses a question, "What is your favourite movie to watch while experiencing 'the 420'", and then runs down the top five listener responses.
• "The Barry Funny Joke", admittedly self-written jokes that Taylor describes as "experienced best sometime after 4:20 PM". The joke and punchline, which is essentially a pun, are both deadpanned twice in succession, followed by a sound clip that generally involves a shotgun cocking and firing, as well as the voice clip of Cyborg (from the children's show Teen Titans (TV series)) saying "BOO-YA!". A shotgun (also known as a scattergun) is a Firearm that is usually designed to be fired from the shoulder which uses the energy of a fixed shell to fire a number A cyborg is a Cybernetic Organism ( ie, an organism that has both artificial and natural systems Teen Titans is an American animated television series created by Sam Register and Glen Murakami, developed by David Slack Examples of Barry Funny Jokes:
  • What football team would you hire to help you with moving? The Green Bay Packers. The Green Bay Packers are a professional American football team based in Green Bay Wisconsin.
  • What does a hip administrative assistant drink? Kool Aid. Kool-Aid is a brand of artificially-flavored drink mix owned by the Kraft Foods Company.

Taylor also runs various small segments involving himself "talking" to celebrities (who are actually just recordings). The people he talks with often include Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, Chewbacca, and, most commonly, Jeff Martin of The Tea Party – Taylor likes to play a clip of the word "You" from the beginning of the song "Fire in the Head" (from the 1995 The Edges of Twilight album) as often as possible. Chad Kroeger (born November 15, 1974 in Hanna Alberta) is the Lead singer and Rhythm guitarist for the Canadian rock band Nickelback is a Canadian rock band formed in Hanna Alberta by Chad Kroeger, Mike Kroeger, Ryan Peake and then-drummer Chewbacca (or Chewie) is a fictional character in the Star Wars universe. Jeffrey Scott Martin (born October 2, 1969 in Windsor Ontario) is a Canadian guitarist and singer-songwriter best known for fronting the The Tea Party were a Canadian rock band with Blues, Progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences dubbed "Moroccan roll" Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 The Edges of Twilight (1995 is the third album by The Tea Party. Has appeared several times as a juror on the MuchMusic video-disection show Video on Trial. MuchMusic (often referred to only as Much) is a Canadian English language Cable television Specialty channel owned by CTVglobemedia Video on Trial (abbreviated as VOT) is a Half -hour MuchMusic Television program where a panel of musicians comedians

Taylor also hosts the Steam Whistle Indie Club every Friday and Saturday night at the station's storefront studio. Steam Whistle Brewing is a Brewery in Toronto, Ontario The company produces a premium Pilsner lager packaged in distinctive green glass bottles and a non-twist

Martin Streek

Martin Streek is another of the three remaining personalities from the "Spirit of Radio" era. He currently hosts the Thursday 30, a four hour long show that counts down the top 30 songs of the past week (collected via record sales and listener voting), as well as introduces new music (a segment called the "Groundbreakers"), and flashes back to a previous year's countdown, as Streek recalls the top five songs of that week in a certain previous year.

Streek also hosts two live-to-air broadcasts from nightclubs: Saturday nights at the Phoenix and Sunday nights at Velvet Underground, both in downtown Toronto. A nightclub (or "night club" or "club" is a drinking, dancing, and entertainment venue which does its primary business after dark Downtown is a term primarily used in North America to refer to a city's core usually in a geographical commercial and community sense Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Both shows run from 9:00 PM until 2:00 AM, and are broadcast without interruption (i. e. , commercial-free), except for live ads imploring people to visit the club, after about 10:00 p. Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand m. . Martin is also a huge fan of Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Depeche Mode and The Clash.

Martin has been voted DJ of the year a few times in Now Magazine's year-end public ballot.

Just recently he had to have his appendix removed surgically; he has recovered and is doing well.

Darryl Spring

Darryl started at CFNY in June 2005 and hosts some overnight shows along with Friday and Saturday Evenings (Countdown to the Kingdom and Countdown to Club 102 at the Phoenix). Darryl also has some interactive contests like the Edge Artist Showdown and the Album Title Challenge. On occasion he'll fill in for club DJ Craig G, or Club Host Martin Streek. Spring, along with Edge dj Shawarma host a live-to-air show Saturday Nights around 2am.

Darrin Pfeiffer

Darrin Pfeiffer, the drummer for the American pop punk band Goldfinger, joined CFNY in 2005 after moving to Toronto with his Canadian-born wife Vicky Montgomery. Darrin Pfeiffer (born 1969 in Buffalo New York) is an American musician record producer band manager and radio personality The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Pop punk (also known as punk pop and other names is a Fusion genre that combines elements of Punk rock with Pop music, to varying Goldfinger is a Ska punk band that formed in 1994 They support the imprisoned ' SHAC 7 ' Animal rights activists and John Feldmann, lead singer He currently hosts the overnight slot on Sundays. Darrin was born in the suburbs of nearby Buffalo, NY (in Akron), where CFNY broadcasts very clearly and enjoys a small but cult following among alt-rock fans of the WNY region.

Megaphone Man

Megaphone Man, Hosted Monday to Wednesday nights at 10:00 p. m. , directly after Barry Taylor, from 2005-2006 before going on a supposed hiatus. He returned on Wednesday, January 23rd, for the Megaphone Man Hour. Megaphone Man's gimmick is speaking through a megaphone, at low volume. Megaphone Man is believed to be the alter ego of radio personality Barry Taylor.

Adwoa Nsiah-Yeboah

Adwoa, winner of the "Edge Moderately Paid Employee" contest in February 2005, reports on traffic during The Dean Blundell Show (morning drive) and with Dave Bookman (afternoon drive). CFNY-FM is a Canadian Radio station, broadcasting at 1021 FM. CFNY-FM is a Canadian Radio station, broadcasting at 1021 FM. While not a host herself, occasionally Blundell and Bookman engage Adwoa in banter.

Adam Ricard

Adam Ricard, Hosts Saturday morning's All Request Breakfast (9-Noon Saturdays), as well as produces Dave Bookman's "Afternoon Drive Rock and Roll Radio Show"

George Stroumboulopoulos

He has returned to host the Strombo show from 5pm to 8pm on Sundays. He brings in guests and plays some New music.

Reggie Cecchini

Reggie Cecchini does traffic for the Dean Blundell show and afternoons with Bookie when Adwoa is off. CFNY-FM is a Canadian Radio station, broadcasting at 1021 FM.

Past personalities

• Steve Anthony
• Carlos Benevides
• Mary Ellen Beninger
• Don Berns
• Brother Bill
• Ron Bruchal
• Lee Carter
• Nick Charles
• Rick Charles
• Daddy Cool
• Sandra Crawford
• Pete Cugno
• Jim Duff
• Dan Duran
• Danger
• Scott Eagleson
• Dani Elwell
• Alan Ericson
• Phil Evans
• Norah Fountain
• Pete Fowler
• Artie Funkhouser
• Lana Gay
• Peter Goodwin
• Pete Griffin
• Ivar Hamilton
• Mike Hanafin
• Hal Harbour
• Humble Howard
• David Hight
• Beverly Hills
• Josh Holliday
• Kim Hughes
• Liz Janik
• "Live" Earl Jive
• "Deadly" Hedley Jones
• John Jones
• Kneale Mann
• David Marsden
• Brad McNally
• Kevin O'Leary
• Fred Patterson
• Maie Pauts
• Sandra Plagakis
• Skip Prokop
• Jim Reid
• Geets Romo
• Reiner Schwarz
• James Scott
• Chris Sheppard
• Skot Turner
• Eddy Valiquette
• Craig Venn
• Erella Vent
• Ted Woloshyn
• Visnja

References

See also

• List of radio stations in Ontario
• Edgefest

External links

• EDGE.CA
• spiritofradio.ca, a CFNY historical fan page
• martinstreek.com, a site by an Edge DJ

The following is a list of Radio stations in the Canadian province of Ontario, As of 2008. Edgefest, a yearly outdoor rock concert festival that primarily promotes Canadian rock music began in 1987 as a thank-you gesture to the listeners of Toronto radio

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