Editing CJCL (section)

==History==
The station first aired on February 21, 1951, as CKFH; operating at 1400 [[Hertz|kHz]]. It was a news and sports station owned by legendary Canadian broadcaster [[Foster Hewitt]] (the "'''FH'''" of the [[call sign]]), who was best known as the first and long-time play-by-play announcer for the Toronto Maple Leafs on what became ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]''.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Globe and Mail|date=February 21, 1951|title=Only the best for CKFH (ad.)|page=5}}</ref> The station moved to 1430 kHz in 1960, increasing power first to 5,000, then 10,000 and finally 50,000 watts. In its first years, CKFH was a [[Full-service radio|full service]] station with news, drama, and variety programs, but specialized in sports broadcasting [[Road (sports)|away games]] of the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] as well as "reconstructed" play-by-play broadcasts of the [[Brooklyn Dodgers]].<ref>[https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-city-of-toronto/CJCL-AM CJCL-AM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the [[Canadian Communications Foundation]]</ref> The station also carried a number of foreign-language programs produced by ethnic broadcasters such as [[Sam Yuchtman]]'s [[Yiddish]]-language ''Jewish Hour'' and Italian-language programs produced by [[Johnny Lombardi]] until Lombardi launched his own station, [[CHIN (AM)|CHIN]], in 1966. CKFH adopted a [[Top 40]] format that same year. It then moved to a [[country music|country]] format in 1975.
[[Image:CJCL1430-AM.png|left|thumb|Fan 1430 logo (1992–1995)]]
[[Image:CJCL-AM.png|left|thumb|Fan 590 logo (1995– January 2011)]]
[[Image:Sportsnet Radio Fan 590.png|left|thumb|Logo from January to October 2011]] 
The station was subsequently sold to [[Telemedia]] in 1981 when it adopted its current '''CJCL''' call sign and switched to an [[adult contemporary]] format.<ref>"CKFH goes off the air," ''The Toronto Star'', March 21, 1981.</ref> In 1983, the station briefly adopted [[talk radio|talk]] programming, but returned to its music format within a few months, with increased emphasis on [[oldies]].<ref>"CFNY ties CHUM in FM raido ratings," ''The Toronto Star'', February 21, 1984.</ref> CJCL was the flagship of the [[Telemedia]] network, and as such, broadcast [[Toronto Blue Jays]] baseball games (with [[Tom Cheek]] and [[Jerry Howarth]] calling the action) followed by hours of talk after the game. The station has been flagship radio station of the Blue Jays for most of their history since their inception in 1977 (with exception of a hiatus when [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]] was the flagship from 1998 to 2002). As the 1980s progressed, and the winning Blue Jays became more popular, the sports features became CJCL's profit centre. Encouraged by the newfound success of sports radio in the [[United States]], in 1992, the year the Blue Jays won their first [[World Series]], CJCL would drop non-sports programming altogether on September 4, and became ''The Fan 1430'', the first all-sports station in Canada. The station's nickname may have been inspired by [[WFAN (AM)|WFAN]] in New York City, the first sports radio station in the world that led to the creation of sports radio stations everywhere.<ref>Greg Quill, "CJCL ready to make leap to full-time sports," ''The Toronto Star'', August 12, 1992.</ref><ref>Rob Grant, "All-sports radio station aims at rock 'n' roll beat," ''The Toronto Star'', August 14, 1992.</ref><ref>Ken McKee, "Expanded radio, TV coverage has sports junkies on new high," ''The Toronto Star'', September 4, 1992.</ref>

In 1994, Telemedia acquired CKYC from Rogers, and on February 6, 1995, at noon, the two stations switched frequencies, with "The Fan" moving to 590 AM (subsequently becoming ''The Fan 590'') and CKYC moving to 1430 AM (where it operates today as [[multilingual]] station [[CHKT]]).<ref>Peter Goddard, "Foster, Jack wouldn't be Fans of this drama on the AM dial," ''The Toronto Star'', February 4, 1995.</ref><ref>Peter Goddard, "Chinese shows aim at 'underserved' market," ''The Toronto Star'', September 30, 1995.</ref><ref>[https://retrontario.com/2013/10/11/that-time-when-ckey590-was-toronto-am-gold/ That time when CKEY/590 was Toronto AM gold], retrontario.com</ref> Telemedia was acquired in 2002 by [[Slaight Communications|Standard Broadcasting]], who resold CJCL to Rogers Media.

In January 2011, CJCL became known as ''Sportsnet Radio The Fan 590'', the move coming as part of a co-branding initiative with its television counterpart [[Sportsnet]],<ref name="gm-snradio">{{cite news|title=Change is the operative word in sports radio|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bruce-dowbiggin/change-is-the-operative-word-in-sports-radio/article1867040/|publisher=The Globe and Mail|access-date=13 January 2011}}</ref> amid indications that rival [[The Sports Network|TSN]] was preparing to launch a competing sports radio station, [[CHUM (AM)|TSN Radio 1050]].<ref name=reality>[https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/bruce-dowbiggin/tsn-radio-a-reality/article1878887/ "TSN Radio a reality"]. ''[[The Globe and Mail]]'', January 21, 2011.</ref> The station's on-air identity was then changed to ''Sportsnet 590 The Fan'' in October 2011.

The station also provides sports news updates for its [[sister station]], all-news radio [[CFTR (AM)|CFTR]].