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===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".
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