CJCL

CJCL
Broadcast areaGreater Toronto Area
Southern Ontario
Frequency590 kHz
BrandingSportsnet 590 The Fan
Programming
Language(s)English
FormatSports
AffiliationsSportsnet Ontario
Toronto Raptors Radio Network
Toronto Maple Leafs Radio Network
Toronto Blue Jays Radio Network
Buffalo Bisons Radio Network
Buffalo Bills Radio Network
CBS Sports Radio
Ownership
Owner
CFTR, CHFI-FM, CKIS-FM, CFMT-DT, CITY-DT, CJMT-DT
History
First air date
February 21, 1951
(73 years ago)
 (1951-02-21)
Former call signs
CKFH (1951–1981)
Former frequencies
1400 kHz (1951–1960)
1430 kHz (1960–1995)
Technical information
Licensing authority
CRTC
ClassB
Power50,000 watts
Transmitter coordinates
43°9′10″N 79°32′3″W / 43.15278°N 79.53417°W / 43.15278; -79.53417
Repeater(s)92.5 CKIS-HD3 (Toronto)
Links
WebcastListen live
Websitesportsnet.ca/590

CJCL (590 AM, Sportsnet 590 The Fan) is a Canadian sports radio station in Toronto, Ontario. Owned and operated by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media since 2002, CJCL's studios are located at the Rogers Building at Bloor and Jarvis in downtown Toronto, while its transmitters are located near Grimsby atop the Niagara Escarpment. It is the flagship station for the Toronto Blue Jays,[1] and also airs games from the Toronto Raptors, Toronto Maple Leafs, Buffalo Bisons and Buffalo Bills. CJCL is a CBS Sports Radio affiliate.[2]

The station was originally owned by longtime sportscaster Foster Hewitt and began broadcasting on February 21, 1951, as CKFH 1400 before moving to 1430 AM in 1960. Telemedia acquired the station in 1981 and relaunched it as CJCL. During its early life, the station aired news and sports, Top 40, country music, adult contemporary and talk radio formats. It adopted the current sports format on September 4, 1992, as The Fan 1430 as Canada's first all-sports radio station before swapping frequencies with CKYC 590, acquired in 1994 by Telemedia, on February 6, 1995, adopting The Fan 590 branding. After Telemedia was sold to Standard Broadcasting, Rogers acquired CJCL in 2002.

Due to its location near the top of the AM dial, as well as its transmitter power and height, CJCL covers most of southern Ontario during the day. The station's signal is directional from north to south to protect various lower-powered radio stations east and west of the station. CJCL is simulcast across Canada on Bell Satellite TV channel 959,[3] and on Shaw Direct channel 868.[4] It is also carried on the 3rd HD digital subchannel of CKIS-FM.

  1. ^ "Blue Jays Radio Network". MLB.com.
  2. ^ "Sportsnet 590 the Fan - Sportsnet.ca".
  3. ^ "WHS Program Channel" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2020-07-30. Retrieved 2020-05-06.
  4. ^ "List of Shaw Direct Channels – TVCL – TV Channel Lists".