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{{Short description|Radio station in Toronto, Ontario, Canada}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name = CFRB
| logo = Newstalk 1010.png
| logo_size = 200px
| city = [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]
| area = [[Greater Toronto Area]]
| branding = Newstalk 1010
| airdate = {{start date and age|1927|2|19}}
| frequency = 1010 [[Hertz|kHz]]
| repeater =99.9 [[CKFM-FM|CKFM-HD2]],<br>6.07 MHz [[CFRX]]
| format = [[Talk radio|News/talk]]
| licensing_authority = [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]]
| power = 50,000 [[watt]]s
| class = A
| coordinates = {{coord|43|30|20.2|N|79|37|50.6|W|}}
| callsign_meaning = "Canada's First Rogers Batteryless"
| former_frequencies = {{ubl|1030 [[Hertz|kHz]] (1927)|960 kHz (1927–1931)|690 kHz (1931–1941)|860 kHz (1941–1948)}}
| owner = [[Bell Media]]
| licensee = [[Bell Media Radio]] G.P.
| affiliations = [[Bell Media]]<br />[[Premiere Networks]]<br />[[CBS News Radio]]
| sister_stations = [[CFTO-DT]], [[CP24]], [[CKVR-DT]], [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]], [[CHUM-FM]], [[CKFM-FM]]
| webcast = [https://www.iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1010 Listen Live]
| website = [https://www.iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1010 iheartradio.ca/newstalk-1010]
}}

'''CFRB''' (1010 [[AM broadcasting|AM]]) is a [[commercial radio|commercial]] [[radio station]] in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]], Canada. It is owned by [[Bell Media]] and carries a [[Talk radio|News/Talk]] [[radio format]]. Its studios and offices are in the [[Toronto Entertainment District|Entertainment District]] at [[250 Richmond Street West]].

One of the oldest surviving radio stations active in Toronto, CFRB went on the air on February 19, 1927, as '''9RB''' owned by [[Edward S. Rogers Sr.]], with the callsign derived from its parent [[Rogers Vacuum Tube Company]], and the station moved to its current 1010 AM frequency in 1948. Throughout ownership changes for most of the decade and its format remained intact, the station was acquired by [[Slaight Communications|Slaight Broadcasting]] in 1985, before being acquired by [[Astral Media]] in 2007 and ultimately sold to [[BCE Inc.|Bell Canada]], rival company of [[Rogers Communications]], founded by Rogers Sr.'s son, [[Edward S. Rogers Jr.|Ted Rogers Jr.]], in 2013.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://j-source.ca/this-week-in-canadian-media-history-torontos-cfrb-hit-the-air-in-1927/ | title=This week in Canadian media history: Toronto's CFRB hit the air in 1927 - J-Source | date=February 18, 2014 }}</ref>

CFRB is a [[clear channel station]] powered at 50,000 [[watt]]s, the maximum permitted in Canada. While it is a [[List of North American broadcast station classes|Class A]] station, it also must protect [[CBR (AM)|CBR]] in [[Calgary]], which shares Class A status on [[1010 AM]]. CFRB uses a four-[[tower array]] [[directional antenna]] in the [[Clarkson, Mississauga|Clarkson]] neighbourhood of [[Mississauga]]. CFRB is [[simulcast]] on [[shortwave]] station [[CFRX]] at 6.07 [[Hertz|MHz]] in the 49 metre band and on [[sister station]] 99.9 [[CKFM-FM]]-[[HD Radio|HD2]], a [[digital subchannel]]. CFRB is also heard across Canada on [[Bell Satellite TV]] channel 964.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bell.ca/Styles/tv/all_languages/all_regions/pdfs/U3753%20WHS%20Prog%20Channel-DTH%20ON%20FEB%202016%20E.pdf|title=Channel Listing {{!}} Satellite TV | website=Bell.ca}}</ref>