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{{Short description|Sports radio station in Toronto}}
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{{Infobox radio station
| name                = CJCL
| logo                = SN590TheFan.svg
| logo_size           = 250px
| city                = [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]
| area                = [[Greater Toronto Area]]<br>[[Southern Ontario]]
| branding            = [[Sportsnet Radio|Sportsnet]] 590 The Fan
| frequency           = 590 [[Hertz|kHz]]
| repeater            = 92.5 [[CKIS-FM|CKIS-HD3]] (Toronto)
| airdate             = {{start date and age|1951|02|21|p=y|br=yes}}
| language            = [[English language|English]]
| format              = [[Sports radio|Sports]]
| licensing_authority = [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission|CRTC]]
| power               = 50,000 [[watt]]s
| class               = B
| former_callsigns    = '''CKFH''' (1951–1981)
| former_frequencies  = 1400 [[Hertz|kHz]] (1951–1960)<br>1430 kHz (1960–1995)
| affiliations        = [[Sportsnet Ontario]]<br>[[Toronto Raptors]] Radio Network<br>[[Toronto Maple Leafs]] Radio Network<br>[[Toronto Blue Jays Radio Network]]<br>[[Buffalo Bisons]] Radio Network<br>[[Buffalo Bills Radio Network]]<br>[[Infinity Sports Network]]
| owner               = [[Foster Hewitt]] (1951–1981)<br>[[Telemedia]] (1981–2002)<br>[[Rogers Radio]] (2002–present)
| licensee            = Rogers Media, Inc.
| sister_stations     = [[CFTR (AM)|CFTR]], [[CHFI-FM]], [[CKIS-FM]], [[CFMT-DT]], [[CITY-DT]], [[CJMT-DT]]
| webcast             = {{listenlive|http://player.rogersradio.ca/cjcl}}
| website             = {{URL|http://www.sportsnet.ca/590|sportsnet.ca/590}}
| coordinates = {{coord|43|9|10|N|79|32|3|W|type:landmark_region:CA}}
}}

'''CJCL''' (590 [[AM broadcasting|AM]], ''[[Sportsnet Radio|Sportsnet]] 590 The Fan'') is a Canadian [[sports radio]] [[radio station|station]] in [[Toronto|Toronto, Ontario]]. Owned and operated by [[Rogers Radio]], a division of [[Rogers Sports & Media]] since 2002, CJCL's studios are located at the [[Rogers Building (Toronto)|Rogers Building]] at [[Bloor Street|Bloor]] and [[Jarvis Street|Jarvis]] in [[downtown Toronto]], while its transmitters are located near [[Grimsby, Ontario|Grimsby]] atop the [[Niagara Escarpment]]. It is the flagship station for the [[Toronto Blue Jays]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mlb.com/bluejays/schedule/blue-jays-radio-network|title = Blue Jays Radio Network| website=[[MLB.com]] }}</ref> and also airs games from the [[Toronto Raptors]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], [[Buffalo Bisons]] and [[Buffalo Bills]]. CJCL is a Infinity Sports Network affiliate.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/590/|title = Sportsnet 590 the Fan - Sportsnet.ca}}</ref>

The station was originally owned by longtime sportscaster [[Foster Hewitt]] and began broadcasting on February 21, 1951, as '''CKFH''' 1400 before moving to 1430 AM in 1960. [[Telemedia]] acquired the station in 1981 and relaunched it as CJCL. During its early life, the station aired news and sports, [[Top 40]], [[country music]], [[adult contemporary]] and [[talk radio]] formats. It adopted the current sports format on September 4, 1992, as ''The Fan 1430'' as Canada's first all-sports radio station before swapping frequencies with [[CHKT|CKYC]] 590, acquired in 1994 by Telemedia, on February 6, 1995, adopting ''The Fan 590'' branding. After Telemedia was sold to [[Slaight Communications|Standard Broadcasting]], Rogers acquired CJCL in 2002.

Due to its location near the top of the AM dial, as well as its transmitter power and height, CJCL covers most of southern Ontario during the day. The station's signal is directional from north to south to protect various lower-powered radio stations east and west of the station. CJCL is simulcast across Canada on [[Bell Satellite TV]] channel 959,<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=WHS Program Channel|access-date=2020-05-06|archive-date=2020-07-30|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730124653/https://www.bell.ca/Styles/tv/all_languages/all_regions/pdfs/U3753%20WHS%20Prog%20Channel-DTH%20ON%20FEB%202016%20E.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> and on [[Shaw Direct]] channel 868.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvchannellists.com/List_of_Shaw_Direct_Channels|title = List of Shaw Direct Channels – TVCL – TV Channel Lists}}</ref> It is also carried on the 3rd [[HD Radio|HD]] [[digital subchannel]] of CKIS-FM.