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Posts Filed Under: Radio

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Former DJs Humble and Fred Return to Radio, But Not the Airwaves (For Now)

From an old dining room table in a hand-built studio in an office in industrial south Etobicoke, two former morning radio personalities are putting out a podcast that just might mark a new era in Canadian broadcasting.

By Brendan Ross

Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson broadcast from their Etobicoke studio.

Vintage Toronto Ads: Prime Time for Sports Fans

A switch from phone-in to phone-out created one of the cornerstones of The Fan.

By Jamie Bradburn

Source: Maclean's, November 27, 1989.
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2011 Hero: Matt Galloway

Nominated for: loving Toronto, and telling us all the reasons why we should, too.

By Sarah-Joyce Battersby • Illustration by Jeremy Kai

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Toronto’s New Radio Station Plans to Overcome Old Challenges

G98.7 FM launched yesterday with a lineup of music, talk, and on-air personalities, and a focus on Toronto's African and Caribbean communities. But after a long journey to secure a broadcasting license, the work is just beginning.

By Sarah-Joyce Battersby

Some of the on-air staff at G98.7 F.M.: The Way We Groove
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CKLN Holds a Moving Sale

CKLN, Ryerson's campus-community radio station, lost its frequency after a tussle with the CRTC. On Saturday, they sold off their vintage vinyl.

By Steve Kupferman

Collectors rifle through CKLN's vinyl collection. Photo by Steve Kupferman/Torontoist.

Vintage Toronto Ads: Songs in the Key of Life in Balmy Beach

By Jamie Bradburn

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Opening the CN Tower

By Jamie Bradburn

Election Results, 1930s Style

By Jamie Bradburn

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Hip Hop Hooray for the CBC

By Sarah-Joyce Battersby

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CKLN Will Remain on the Air, For Now

By Steve Kupferman

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Mantra for a Stormy Winter Day

By Jamie Bradburn

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Timeline: Why CKLN Radio’s Broadcast License Was Revoked

By Steve Kupferman

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Historicist: Cooking with Etta and Earl

By Jamie Bradburn

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Mutual Street Recording Studio Razed

By Edward Brown

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Move Up Your Dial to CKFH

By Jamie Bradburn

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Natasha Fatah on Keeping CBC’s Promised Land

By Rodney Barnes

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Beautiful Music in Chinatown

By Jamie Bradburn

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Duly Quoted: Matt Galloway

By Torontoist

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Vintage Toronto Ads: Barrie B.C. (Before CBC)

By Jamie Bradburn

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Historicist: Radio Drama’s Irascible and Troubled Prince

By Kevin Plummer