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CFTR
	File:CFTR AM.jpg
Toronto, Ontario;
Frequency	680 kHz (AM)
Branding	680 News
Programming
Format	News
Ownership
Owner	Rogers Communications
History
First air date	1962
Former call signs	CHFI (AM)
Call sign meaning	all 680 all the time
Technical information
Power	50,000 watts
Links
Website	680 News

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CFTR is also an abbreviation for cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator.

FOR SALE

680 NEws.

$680 o.b.o.

call 212-313-FREE

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 format =[[News]] |
 power =50,000 [[watt]]s |
-callsign_meaning ='''C''' '''F''' [[Ted Rogers|'''T'''ed '''R'''ogers]]<br>or<br>'''C''' '''F''' '''T'''o'''R'''onto |
+callsign_meaning = all 680 all the time |
 former_callsigns = CHFI (AM) |
 owner =[[Rogers Communications]] |
 website = [http://www.680news.com 680 News]
 }}
-'''CFTR''', broadcasting under the brand '''680 News''', is an all-[[news]] [[radio station]] based in [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]], which broadcasts live 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 680 [[Hertz|kHz]] on the [[AM radio|AM]] dial. According to a recent survey by the Bureau of Broadcast Measurement (BBM), 680 News has more cumulative listeners than any other radio station in Canada.{{Fact|date=January 2008}}  This station is a division of [[Rogers Communications]].
-==History of CFTR==
+FOR SALE
-The station launched in [[1962]] on 1540 kHz as CHFI-AM, [[simulcast]]ing the [[beautiful music]] of [[CHFI-FM]], one of Canada's first [[FM radio]] stations. Since 1540 was a [[clear channel]] frequency assigned to stations in the [[United States]], CHFI-AM was authorized to broadcast only during the daytime. In [[1963]], it sought to pay [[CFHK-FM|CHLO]] in [[St. Thomas, Ontario]] to move from 680 to another frequency to free up 680 for CHFI-AM's use. No deal was finalized, but, by [[1966]], the stations reached an agreement to share 680, and CHFI-AM moved to twenty-four hour operation at that frequency. In [[1971]], it changed its [[call letters]] to CFTR, a tribute to [[Edward S. Rogers, Sr.|Ted Rogers, Sr.]], radio pioneer and father of controlling shareholder [[Edward S. Rogers|Ted Rogers]].
+NEws.
-In [[1972]], it abandoned the simulcast of CHFI and adopted a [[Top 40 (radio format)|Top 40]] format for which it became legendary. For many years, it was the primary competition to Toronto's original Top 40 station, 1050 [[CHUM (AM)|CHUM]].  Among the station's claims to fame is hiring the legendary [[John "Records" Landecker]] away from Chicago's powerhouse WLS in 1981.  CFTR surpassed CHUM in the Toronto BBM ratings for the first time in 1984, two years before CHUM dropped Top 40 in favor of an Adult Contemporary format.
+$680 o.b.o.
-It adopted its present all-news format in [[1993]], becoming the first all-news radio station in Canada since the end of the former [[CKO]] network. With the Toronto station's success, Rogers has since expanded the format to stations in [[Vancouver]] ([[CKWX (AM)|CKWX]]) and [[Calgary]] ([[CFFR (AM)|CFFR]]), while using similar branding for [[news-talk]] stations in [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]] ([[CKGL (AM)|CKGL]]), [[Halifax Urban Area|Halifax]] ([[CJNI-FM]]), [[Saint John, New Brunswick|Saint John]] ([[CHNI-FM]]), and [[Moncton]] ([[CKNI-FM]]).
+call 212-313-FREE
-==Presenters==
-===Current===
-* [[Mike Eppel]]
-* [[Leah Walker]]
-* [[Ron Adams Rogers]]
-* [[Darryl Dahmer]]
-* [[Russ Holden]]
-* [[Halina Balka]]
-* [[Home > About > Biographies > Traffic
-* [[Pam Chiotti]]
-* [[Eva Fragiskatos]]
-* [[Christina Greco]]
-* [[Jeffrey Halpenny]]
-* [[Richard Southern]]
-* [[Laurie Turcotte]]
-* [[Colette Wright]]
-===Past===
-*[[Teresa Kruze]] - now with CP24
-* Bill Cole
-* Mike Wilner
-* Michael Gossack
-* Dick Smythe
-* David Craig
-* Stephanie Smyth
-* Evelyn Macko
-* Larry Silver
-* Paul Decourcey
-* Mariane McLeod
-* Ken Cassavoy
-* Marianne Summers
-* Mike Cleaver
-* Joe Snider
-* Karen Parsons
-* Carolyn Heldman
-* Nancy Daigneault
-* Karen Bodirsky
-* David Melbourne
-* Scott Simpson
-* Kathy Hyde
-* Michael Kane
-* Michael Hainsworth
-* Anne Machowski
-* Janet Deline
-* Jim Morris
-* Bob Nichols
-* Al Zimmer
-* Danny Nicholson
-* Mike Dejong
-* John Downs
-* Chris Mavridis
-* Mark Brennae
-* Rick Crabb
-* Arlene Healy
-* Rob Sands
-* Jane Mitchinson
-* Cory Galbraith
-==External links==
-*[http://www.680news.com 680 News]
-*{{RecnetCanada|CFTR}}
-*[http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=399&historyID=181 Canadian Communications Foundation station history]
-*[http://galbraithcommunications.com/cftr/ CFTR: The Legend 1978-1982 tribute page]
-{{Rogers Communications}}
-{{Toronto AM}}
-{{DEFAULTSORT:FTR}}
-[[Category:Radio stations in Toronto]]
-[[Category:Rogers Communications radio stations]]
-[[Category:News and talk radio stations in Canada]]