Editing CILQ-FM (section)

==History==
CILQ [[sign-on|signed on]] the air at 9 a.m. on May 22, 1977. The first song played on the station was "Hard Rock Town" by [[Murray McLauchlan]], although the station officially signed on with [[Eumir Deodato|Deodato]]'s "Also Sprach Zarathustra".<ref>Peter Goddard, "Happy anniversary, CHUM," ''The Toronto Star'', April 30, 1977.</ref><ref>Jack Miller, "CFTR erodes CHUM's rock," ''The Toronto Star'', May 26, 1977.</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Q107 Toronto Debuts |url=https://formatchange.com/q107-toronto-debuts/ |date=May 22, 1977 |newspaper=Format Change Archive |publisher=RadioBB Networks |access-date=November 2, 2020}}</ref>

CILQ debuted playing [[album rock]], part of the numerous "Superstars" formatted stations developed by programme consultant Lee Abrams, heard in many large U.S. [[media market|radio market]]s.  The [[playlist]] consisted of about 1,000 songs, in a revolving card category system based on media sales data. Platinum albums were category B1 or B2. Older titles were D1 or D2. [[Canadian content]] was another category. Most of the music library was locked and not accessible to anyone except the program director, the music director and their assistants.  [[Disc jockey]]s would pull only approved albums from a shelf in the control room.  This contrasted with [[free form radio|free form]], [[progressive rock]] stations of that era, where the DJs chose their own music.
 
[[Image:Q107.jpg|thumb|Q107 Classic rock logo|right]]
The original lineup of announcers was John Rode in mornings, Murray Smith in late mornings, Program Director Dave Charles in early afternoons, John Donabie in afternoon [[drive time]], Mary-Ann Carpentier in evenings and Scott Marwood at nights. At 2 a.m., Marwood featured "Odds & Ends," a full album played in its entirety from his personal collection.

CILQ's original owner was CFGM Broadcasting, a division of J. [[Allan Slaight]]'s [[Slaight Communications]]. The station was acquired by [[Western International Communications]] in 1985 when Slaight bought Standard Broadcasting, and became part of Corus Entertainment in 2000 when WIC's assets were divided between Corus and [[Canwest]] Global.

In the 1990s, CILQ was a [[mainstream rock]] station.  It switched to a [[classic rock]] format on September 1, 2000. On April 7, 2014, the station returned to a mainstream rock sound and adopted a new slogan: "Toronto's Rock Station".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.torontomike.com/2014/04/q107_goes_from_classic_rock_to_to.html|title=Q107 Goes from Classic Rock to Toronto's Rock Station|work=Toronto Mike|date=April 7, 2014|access-date=October 8, 2014}}</ref>