CFTR (AM)
CFTR (680 AM; CityNews 680, formerly 680 News) is a commercial all-news radio station licensed to Toronto, Ontario, serving the Greater Toronto Area. Owned by Rogers Radio, a division of the Rogers Sports & Media subsidiary of Rogers Communications, the station became Canada's first solo station to broadcast an all-news radio format, following in the footsteps of the CKO national all-news radio network, a format that has since been replicated in major markets across the country. The CFTR studios are located at the Rogers Building at Bloor and Jarvis Streets in downtown Toronto, while the station transmitter is located on the southern edge of Lake Ontario at Oakes and Winston Road (near the QEW and Casablanca Blvd) in nearby Grimsby.
| Broadcast area | Greater Toronto Area |
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| Frequency | 680 kHz |
| Branding | CityNews 680 |
| Programming | |
| Language(s) | English |
| Format | All-news radio |
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| History | |
First air date | August 8, 1962 |
Former call signs | CHFI (1962–71) |
Former names | 680 News |
Former frequencies | 1540 kHz (1962–66) |
Call sign meaning | Canada's First, Ted Rogers |
| Technical information | |
Licensing authority | CRTC |
| Class | B |
| Power | 50,000 watts |
Transmitter coordinates | 43°12′51″N 79°36′31″W |
| Repeater(s) | 92.5 CKIS-FM HD2 (Toronto) |
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| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | toronto |
While CFTR broadcasts at the maximum power for Canadian AM stations, 50,000 watts, it must use a complicated directional antenna system to avoid interfering with other stations on 680 AM. In addition to a standard analog transmission, CFTR is simulcast on the second HD digital subchannel of CKIS-FM, and is available online. Its audio simulcasts on Bell Satellite TV channel 958.