Editing CFIQ (section)

==History==
===Early years===
On July 1, 1957, the station first [[sign-on|signed on]] as CJRH.<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/1958/Radio-Other-1958-BC-YB.pdf Broadcasting Yearbook 1958 page A-467]</ref> It was a 500-watt station, broadcasting on 1300&nbsp;kHz. The last two letters in the [[call sign]] referred to its [[city of licence]], Richmond Hill. It moved to 1310 in 1959, and changed its call letters to CFGM in 1961. The station adopted a [[country music|country]] format in 1964. A few years later, it became Canada's first 24-hour country station. Don Daynard, who went on to become a longtime personality on [[CKFM]] and [[CHFI-FM]], was a host on CFGM in the 1960s.

The station moved to 1320 in 1978, and to 640&nbsp;kHz on September 16, 1988.<ref>Greg Quill, "CFGM sliding down the dial to reach millions of new listeners," ''The Toronto Star'', September 16, 1988.</ref><ref>[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/1987/DB87-376.HTM Decision CRTC 87-376]</ref>

===Top 40 era===
[[Image:Chog.gif|left|thumb|Final CHOG logo]]
After 26 years as a country station, CFGM changed its format and call letters at 5 p.m. on June 29, 1990, broadcasting a [[rock music|rock]]-leaning [[contemporary hit radio|Top 40/CHR]] format as ''AM 640 The Hog'', CHOG (which would later shift towards a more mainstream direction in September 1991).<ref>Greg Quill, "Nobody waved goodby to CFGM," ''The Toronto Star'', July 2, 1990.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/cfgm-farewell-jun29-90.mp3|title=Farewell June|website=rockradioscrapbook.ca|access-date=20 June 2023}}</ref> By early 1992, the station rebranded as ''AM 640 The Beat Of Toronto'', and adjusted its format to [[Rhythmic contemporary|Rhythmic CHR]].<ref>Greg Quill, "CHFI's music mix catches ears of 208,700 more listeners," ''The Toronto Star'', January 31, 1992.</ref>

Several notable radio personalities were associated with the station during this era, including John Gallagher, "Tarzan Dan" Freeman, Pat Cochrane, Adrian Bell, Tony Monaco, Deanna Nason, Randy Taylor, Eric Hollo, Kenny 'The Hitman' Caughlin, Roger Kelly and the Toronto radio team of [[Jesse and Gene]]. After [[CFTR (AM)|CFTR]] changed formats from contemporary hits to [[all-news radio|all-news]] in 1993, CHOG was the last Top 40 station in the Toronto [[media market|radio market]] until [[CKIS-FM|CISS-FM]] adopted the format in February 1999. Talk shows would later come to take up a substantial part of the station's schedule, particularly during midday periods when many of the station's hit music listeners might normally be in school.

===Shift to Talk===
[[Image:talk640.gif|left|thumb|Talk 640 logo]]
On October 10, 1995, at 10 p.m., the station changed to a full-time [[talk radio|talk]] format.<ref>"Top hits AM 640 turning to talk radio," ''The Toronto Star'', September 26, 1995.</ref><ref>[http://rockradioscrapbook.ca/chog-end-oct10-95.mp3/  CHOG Flips from Top 40 to Talk]</ref> As ''Talk 640'', the station aired [[radio syndication|syndicated]] shows such as [[Joy Browne]], Rhona Raskin, [[Laura Schlessinger|Dr. Laura]] and [[Live Audio Wrestling]], along with local programming hosted by personalities such as [[Gene Valaitis]], [[Jane Hawtin]], [[Bill Carroll (broadcaster)|Bill Carroll]], Shelley Klinck, Marsha Lederman, Karen Horsman, [[Michael Coren]], [[Dave Chalk (broadcaster)|Dave Chalk]], Spaceman Gary Bell and Roger Kelly.

Despite regular adjustments, including acquiring the radio broadcast rights to the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], the station received low [[audience measurement|ratings]]. During this period, the station adopted the call letters CFYI. The weekend programming was a hit with "The Touch of Health" a show that started with just a half hour in 1997 to a two-hour nationally syndicated show airing 2 to 4 p.m. Saturdays. Hosted, produced and managed by Christine McPhee, other weekend shows were the "Pet Show" with Mitch Levitsky, a "Cruise Show", a "Law Show", a "Beauty Show", and the "Small Canada Business Show".

=== Mojo Radio ===
[[Image:Mojo Radio Toronto.jpg|thumb|Mojo Radio logo used from 2001-2004|right]]
In 2000, the station was acquired by [[Corus Entertainment]].<ref>[https://www.americanradiohistory.com/Archive-BC-YB/2010/D4-2010-BC-YB-7.pdf Broadcasting & Cable Yearbook 2010 page D-645]</ref> On April 23, 2001, at 6:40&nbsp;a.m., the station re-launched as ''Mojo Radio'', a [[hot talk]] radio format aimed at the male demographic.<ref>Betsy Powell, "On MOJO, it's all guys, all the time," ''The Toronto Star'', April 20, 2001.</ref> The station also changed its call letters the same day to CFMJ.

The new format featured programs hosted by [[Humble and Fred]], [[John Derringer]], [[Phil Hendrie]], [[Mike Stafford]], [[Andrew Krystal]], Spider Jones, and the syndicated ''[[Coast to Coast AM]]''. Later on, John Oakley replaced [[Scruff Connors]], who had taken over from Humble and Fred; the latter pair left for [[hot adult contemporary]] station [[CKFM-FM]] in July 2003. Krystal moved to part-time work at [[CFRB]] and [[CKTB]] before moving to [[CJNI-FM]] in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia|Halifax]]. Derringer's Mojo show was later discontinued as he concentrated on his marquee morning show on co-owned [[CILQ-FM]].

=== AM640 Toronto Radio ===
In 2004, due to low ratings (MOJO was typically hovering around a 1.4 share), the station moved away from the male-oriented imaging to a more general news and talk format as ''AM640 Toronto Radio''. Oakley and Stafford continued to host the major morning and afternoon drive programs. Former police union head [[Craig Bromell]] joined the station as co-host of a new late morning program, ''The Beat'' (later rebranded as ''Bromell!'' in 2006), and in 2005, [[Charles Adler (broadcaster)|Charles Adler]]'s nationally syndicated radio show was added to mid-afternoons. Award-winning journalist [[Arlene Bynon]] was added to the ranks in 2006 to host the Saturday afternoon ''Toronto Weekend'' program, which expanded to include a Sunday edition as well.
[[File:AM640 horiz leafs.png|thumb|AM640 Toronto Radio logo, used from 2004-2010|right|170px]]
Near the end of July 2007, the programming line-up was shuffled in response to the departure of Craig Bromell, whose show ran until the end of August 2007. Afternoon host Mike Stafford replaced ''Bromell''. ''The Bill Watters Show'' was added to the afternoon lineup. Just as the new show with co-host Jeff Marek expanded, Marek moved on to [[Sirius Satellite Radio]]. Greg Brady replaced Marek as Bill's co-host. Brady left AM640 in late June 2010 to host a Noon - 3pm program on The FAN 590. Bill Hayes, formerly of [[CILQ-FM|Q107]], replaced Greg Brady as Watters' co-host. Hayes was fired in January 2011. Co-hosting duties then fell to his son, [[Bryan Hayes (radio host)|Bryan Hayes]]. Hayes left AM640 on Friday, April 8 to host his own mid-morning program on TSN Radio 1050. AM640's Leafs play-by-play colour analyst Jim Ralph became co-host of The Bill Watters Show, which ran from 4pm – 7pm covering hockey issues and other major sports news as well, up until July 15, 2011.

Veteran host and reporter John Downs was let go in early August, 2010. His 7pm - 9pm slot was then hosted by Bryan Hayes, whose program was primarily sports-talk, until April 12, 2011 when Bryan took the mid-day host slot at [[CHUM (AM)|TSN Radio 1050]]. Charles Adler's 2pm - 4pm program was moved to the 7pm - 9pm slot at the end of August 2012.

[[Charles Adler (broadcaster)|Charles Adler]]  hosted a Toronto-based hour from 1pm - 2pm during the summer of 2010. On August 30, 2010, Arlene Bynon took over hosting duties for the 1pm - 2pm hour, with news anchor Tina Trigiani guest-hosting Friday afternoons. On July 18, 2011, ''The Bill Watters Show'' was canceled and Arlene Bynon took over the 4-7pm time slot. Tina Trigiani was the host of the 1-2p slot Monday to Friday.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.640toronto.com/HostsandShows/ArleneBynon/PressRelease.aspx |title = 640 Toronto}}</ref> On July 2, 2014, Trijiani's hour was taken over by host Jeff McArthur.

Jeff McArthur, former morning show host for both [[CFPL-FM]] and [[CFPL (AM)|AM]] in [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Ontario]], joined AM640 in late August 2012 to host weekdays 2pm - 4pm. On July 2, 2014, his show was expanded to add the 1-2pm time slot.

On January 7, 2013, Arlene Bynon's afternoon program was replaced by [[Bill Carroll (broadcaster)|Bill Carroll]]. Arlene stayed on as cohost for the following three weeks. Her last day was January 29. She now hosts a show on "[[Canada Talks]]" Channel 167 on [[Sirius XM Radio]]. Bill Carroll hosted the 4-7pm weekday slot in Toronto in addition to his a separate show on [[Los Angeles]] talk radio station [[KFI]] (which is also at 640 on the AM dial)

One of the station's biggest draws was that it was the radio broadcaster of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]], which it networked into other markets. Its play-by-play announcers were [[Joe Bowen]], [[Dennis Beyak]], [[Jim Ralph]] and [[Dan Dunleavy]]. Dennis Beyak left in the fall of 2011 to do the play-by-play for the [[Winnipeg Jets]] on TSN regional television and on TSN Radio 1290 [[CFRW]]. AM640's 7-year contract for the rights to Toronto Maple Leafs radio broadcasts concluded before the start of the [[2012-13 NHL season]]{{emdash}}Leafs broadcasts are now split between [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]] and [[CJCL]].

CFMJ's studios were in Suite 1600 at 1 Dundas Street West in Toronto, until Corus moved all of its Toronto-based radio, television and other assets into [[Corus Quay]] upon its completion in the summer of 2010. On September 8, 2015, CFMJ began simulcasting on co-owned [[CING-FM]]'s [[HD Radio|HD]]-2 sub-channel.

===Global News Radio 640 Toronto===
[[Image:Global News Radio 640 Toronto.png|thumb|Global News Radio logo used from 2017-2022|right]]
CFMJ, along with several other Corus's news/talk radio stations across Canada were relaunched under the new national ''Global News Radio'' brand between November and December 2017. The new moniker matches the [[Global News]] brand which is already used for the newscasts on [[Global Television Network|Global Television]]'s owned-and-operated stations, including CFMJ's sister station, [[CIII-DT]], which was acquired by [[Corus Entertainment]] as part of its acquisition of the [[Shaw Communications]] media unit. The official changeover to ''Global News Radio 640 Toronto'' occurred on December 1, 2017, with CFMJ maintaining its talk format and on-air roster.

===640 Toronto===
The "Global News Radio" branding was dropped in January 2022 to avoid confusion between news and talk programming on the station. The station continues to have a shared newsroom with Global News and the newscasts themselves are still identified as Global News.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/amanda-cupido-toronto-miked-1006/id557260245?i=1000552615668|title = Toronto Mike'd: Amanda Cupido: Toronto Mike'd #1006 on Apple Podcasts}}</ref> The change occurred one month after Amanda Cupido was hired as the station's program director.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dialogue |first=Broadcast |date=2021-12-02 |title=The Weekly Briefing |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/twb-rsa-120221/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}</ref>

On May 1, 2022, the station's call sign was changed to CFIQ.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canadian Broadcast Sales - Station Changes |url=https://www.radiocbs.com/stationchanges-all.php |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=www.radiocbs.com}}</ref> The weekday talk show lineup included Greg Brady hosting ''Toronto Today'' in the [[morning drive]] slot followed by Kelly Cutrara, Alan Carter, Jeff McArthur, John Oakley, [[Alex Pierson]] and Ben O'Hara-Byrne, with Shane Hewitt in the overnight slot.<ref>{{Cite web |title=640 Toronto |url=https://globalnews.ca/radio/640toronto/schedule/ |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=640 Toronto |language=en-US}}</ref>

Effective August 8, 2022, Carter and McArthur discontinued their shows in order to focus on their duties at Global Television. Cutrata moved to early afternoons and Pierson moved from evenings to the 9 am to noon slot, following Greg Brady.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/640-toronto-shuffles-lineup-as-mcarthur-carter-focus-on-tv/ | title=640 Toronto shuffles lineup as McArthur, Carter focus on TV | date=4 August 2022 }}</ref>

In August 2023, Amanda Cupido was replaced as program director by  Mike Bendixen, who also became Corus' national director of talk programming. Bendixen had previously been program director at rival talk station [[CFRB]] for 12 years ending in 2021.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/talk-radio-veteran-mike-bendixen-joins-corus-entertainment/ | title=Talk radio veteran Mike Bendixen joins Corus Entertainment | date=30 August 2023 }}</ref>

As of November 2024, weekday programming includes ''Toronto Today with Greg Brady'', ''[[Ben Mulroney|The Ben Mulroney Show]]'', ''Alex Pierson'', ''The John Oakley Show'', ''Global News at 6'', ''The Employment Law Show'', and ''Conversations with Ben O'Hara Byrne'', followed by repeats. Weekend programming includes ''Toronto This Weekend'', and ''[[Roy Green (radio)|The Roy Green Show]]'', as well as [[brokered programming]] and repeats.<ref>https://globalnews.ca/radio/640toronto/schedule/</ref>

In March 2025 Brady took a leave of absence from the station as he pursues a [[Conservative Party of Canada]] nomination in the [[2025 Canadian federal election]], with his spot as host of ''Toronto Today'' to be filled in the interim by [[Kevin Frankish]].<ref>Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/kevin-frankish-to-step-in-for-greg-brady-on-torontos-am-640/ "Kevin Frankish to step in for Greg Brady on Toronto’s AM 640"]. ''Broadcast Dialogue'', March 18, 2025.</ref>