CHUM-FM
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| City of license | Toronto, Ontario |
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| Branding | 104.5 CHUM FM |
| Slogan | Today's Best Music |
| First air date | 1963 |
| Frequency | 104.5 MHz (FM) |
| Format | hot adult contemporary music |
| Power | 40 KW |
| Owner | CHUM Limited |
| Website | www.chumfm.com |
CHUM-FM is a Canadian radio station licensed to Toronto, Ontario and operated by CHUM Limited. It broadcasts at 104.5 MHz with a hot adult contemporary format, which evolved out of an album-oriented rock format in the 1980s.
Particularly in the 2000s, CHUM-FM's playlist has been noticeably more open to periodic, carefully-selected urban contemporary crossover songs, including rhythm and blues, reggae, and hip hop music than most United States hot adult contemporary stations. On Friday and Saturday nights, CHUM-FM plays a mix of top 40 and dance music that you don't normally hear during the day. Even CHUM-FM had a simulcast of American Top 40 with Ryan Seacrest in 2004. Britpop and Europop influences are also subtly more pronounced. Thus, by U.S. standards, CHUM-FM could be considered an Adult CHR. The best local competition within the format comes from Mix FM, a hot adult contemporary station which generally leans towards slightly more and slightly harder rock music than CHUM-FM.
CHUM-FM is consistently one of Toronto's most popular stations in the BBM radio ratings, and is currently the #1 FM radio station in its market. Roger Ashby, Rick Hodge and Marilyn Denis, longtime morning hosts as Roger, Rick and Marilyn, are among the best-known broadcasters in Toronto.
According to his biography Private Parts, infamous Shock Jock Howard Stern was offered a job at CHUM-FM in the late 1970's while he was working as WWWW-FM. According to a February 2006 broadcast of his Sirius satellite radio show, he turned the job down because he would have been paid in Canadian dollars.
In the mid-2000s, CHUM-FM adopted the CHUM Chart brand, long used by its AM sister station CHUM, for its weekly countdown, hosted by Cory Kimm. A television edition of the countdown, with music videos, is seen weekends on co-owned Citytv.
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Toronto: CKLN 88.1 • CIRV 88.9 • CIUT 89.5 • CKRG 89.9 • CJBC 90.3 • CJRT 91.1 • CJAQ 92.5 • CFXJ 93.5 • CBL 94.1 • CFMZ 96.3 • CKHC 96.9 • CJEZ 97.3 • CHFI 98.1
CBLA 99.1 • CKFM 99.9 • CHIN 100.7 • CJSA 101.3 • CIRR 103.9 • CHUM 104.5 • CHOQ 105.1 • CHRY 105.5 • CKAV 106.5 • CILQ 107.1
Brampton: CFNY 102.1 • Burlington: CJXY 107.9 • Hamilton: CFMU 93.3 • CIWV 94.7 • CING 95.3 • CIOI 101.5 • CKLH 102.9 • Mississauga: CFRE 91.9
Newmarket: CKDX 88.5 • Orangeville: CIDC 103.5 • Oshawa/Ajax: CKGE 94.9 • CJKX 95.9 • Vaughan: RAV-FM 90.7
See also: Toronto (FM) (AM)
