No. -- Title -- Artist
1 -- Never Surrender -- Corey Hart
2 -- I Want To Know What Love Is -- Foreinger
3 -- Everything She Wants -- Wham!
4 -- Power Of Love -- Huey Lewis & The News
5 -- Run To You -- Bryan Adams
6 -- Shout -- Tears For Fears
7 -- Cherish -- Kool & The Gang
8 -- Crazy For You -- Madonna
9 -- Alive & Kicking -- Simple Minds
10 -- We Don't Need Another Hero -- Tina Turner
11 -- Walking On Sunshine -- Katrina & The Waves
12 -- Rhythm Of The Night -- DeBarge
13 -- Would I Lie To You -- Eurthymics
14 -- Crying Over You -- Platinum Blonde
15 -- Easy Lover -- Phil Bailey & Phil Collins
16 -- California Girls -- David Lee Roth
17 -- Careless Whisper -- Wham!
18 -- You Spin Me 'Round (Like A Record) -- Dead Or Alive
19 -- One More Night -- Phil Collins
20 -- Neutron Dance -- Pointer Sisters
21 -- Don't You (Forget About Me) -- Simple Minds
22 -- Part Time Lover -- Stevie Wonder
23 -- St. Elmo's Fire -- John Parr
24 -- Tears Are Not Enough -- Northen Lights
25 -- Everytime You Go Away -- Paul Young
26 -- Cry -- Godley & Creme
27 -- A View To A Kill -- Duran Duran
28 -- Separate Lives -- Phil Collins & Marilyn Martin
29 -- If You Love Somebody -- Sting
30 -- Money For Nothing -- Dire Straits
31 -- Live Is Life -- Opus
32 -- We Are The World -- U.S.A. For Africa
33 -- Lonley Ol' Night -- John Cougar Mellencamp
34 -- 'Miami Vice' Theme -- Jan Hammer
35 -- Say You Say Me -- Lionel Richie
36 -- Everybody Wants To Rule The World -- Tears For Fears
37 -- You're The Insipration -- Chicago
38 -- Take On Me -- A-HA
39 -- We Built This City -- Starship
40 -- Axel F -- Harold Faltermeyer
41 -- Broken Wings -- Mr. Mister
42 -- You Belong To The City -- Glenn Frey
43 -- Black Cars -- Gino Vanelli
44 -- Can't Fight This Feeling -- REO Speedwagon
45 -- Tarzan Boy -- Baltimora
46 -- The Goonies 'R' Good Enough -- Cyndi Lauper
47 -- Nightshift -- Commmodores
48 -- You're Only Human -- Billy Joel
49 -- Like A Virgin -- Madonna
50 -- Smalltown Boy -- Bronski Beat
51 -- 19 -- Paul Hardcastle
52 -- Invisible -- Allison Moyet
53 -- Do They Know It's Christmas -- Band Aid
54 -- Sea Of Love -- Honeydrippers
55 -- Election Day -- Arcadia
56 -- Oh Sheila -- Ready For The World
57 -- I Got You Babe -- UB40 & Chrissie Hynde
58 -- You Give Good Love -- Whitney Houston
59 -- Running Up That Hill -- Kate Bush
60 -- Some Like It Hot -- Power Station
61 -- One Night In Bangkok -- Murray Head
62 -- All I Need -- Jack Wagner
63 -- Just Another Night -- Mick Jagger
64 -- It's Only Love -- Bryan Adams & Tina Turner
65 -- Somebody -- Bryan Adams
66 -- Obsession -- Animotion
67 -- Lay Your Hands On Me -- Thompson Twins
68 -- Material -- Girl Madonna
69 -- Sleeping Bag -- ZZ Top
70 -- Freedom -- Wham!
71 -- I Feel For You -- Chaka Khan
72 -- Vallotte -- Julian Lennon
73 -- A Crimial Mind -- Gowan
74 -- Method Of Moderen Love -- Hall & Oates
75 -- Invincible -- Pat Benatar
76 -- Boy In The Box -- Corey Hart
77 -- Raspberry Beret -- Prince
78 -- Situation Critical -- Platinum Blonde
79 -- In My House -- Mary Jane Girls
80 -- Save A Prayer -- Duran Duran
81 -- The Word Is Out -- Jermaine Stewart
82 -- Sussudio -- Phil Collins
83 -- I'm Your Man -- Wham!
84 -- What About Love -- Heart
85 -- Dancing In The Street -- Mick Jagger & David Bowie
86 -- I Would Die 4 U -- Prince
87 -- Hurts To Be In Love -- Gino Vanelli
88 -- At The Feet Of The Moon -- Parachute Club
89 -- Ti Amo -- Laura Branagan
90 -- Smooth Operator -- Sade
91 -- Head Over Heels -- Tears For Fears
92 -- Angel -- Madonna
93 -- Suddenly -- Billy Ocean
94 -- Everything In My Heart -- Corey Hart
95 -- Solid -- Ashford & Simpson
96 -- Summer Of '69 -- Bryan Adams
97 -- Heaven -- Bryan Adams
98 -- Never Ending Story -- Limal
99 -- Wild Boys -- Duran Duran
100 -- Fresh -- Kool & The Gang
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EULOGY
Born: October 28, 1945, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
After a few reincarnations 1050 CHUM quietly passed away on March 26, 2009
1050 CHUM was a legendary Top 40 powerhouse from the late 1950s through to the early 1980s.
The station had a formula no other station has been able to duplicate.
Through the formative ‘50s, the unforgettable ‘60s and the interesting ‘70s, 1050 CHUM played a major role in shaping the radio landscape in Toronto. Recording acts from Elvis Presley, The Beach Boys, The Beatles, The Guess Who, Elton John, The Eagles, The Doobie Brothers and Bob Seger not only graced the airwaves but walked the halls of 1050 CHUM.
The radio station was famous for the CHUM Chart. From 1957 to 1986, 1,512 consecutive weekly charts were published, making it the longest-running chart of its kind in the world.
Also, 1050 CHUM was noteworthy for hosting many famous rock concerts including, among others, visits to Maple Leaf Gardens by Elvis Presley (1957) and The Beatles (1964, '65, and '66).
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CHUM HISTORY
"1050 CHUM" was a legendary Top 40 powerhouse during the late 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.
Early history and Top 40 format
CHUM AM was launched as a dawn-to-dusk radio station on October 28, 1945 by Jack Q'Part, an entrepreneur in the business of patent medicines. The station, then operating from studios in the Mutual Street Arena, was taken over in December 1954 by Allan Waters, a salesman from Q'Parts' patent medicine business. Waters' first major move was to secure a license for 24-hour-a-day broadcasting for CHUM, along with a power increase to 5,000 watts. Less than three years after Waters acquired the station, and soon after bringing the new fulltime transmitter online, a major programming change was made. On May 27 1957, Waters switched to a "Top 50" format that had proven itself popular in some U.S. cities; Elvis Presley's "All Shook Up" was the first song played. "1050 CHUM" pioneered rock and roll radio in Toronto, and was noteworthy for hosting many noteworthy rock concerts including, among others, visits to Maple Leaf Gardens by Elvis Presley (1957) and The Beatles (1964, '65, and '66). While the station was rising to the top of the popularity ratings in Toronto in the early 1960s, it also built yet another new transmitter in Mississauga, Ontario (a few miles west of the current Toronto city line) along the Lake Ontario shoreline, and raised its power once again to its current 50,000 watts around the clock.
CHUM DJs of the 1960s were zany morning man Al Boliska, who quit in late 1963 to go 'across the street' to CKEY.He was replaced by WKBW, Buffalo radio & TV personality Jay Nelson, popularly known as "Jungle Jay" from his role as host of a children's show on Buffalo's Channel 7 which was also popular among Toronto youngsters. He would be followed by housewives' jock John Spragge; singer/DJ Mike Darow; Pete Nordheimer, replaced in 1961 by witty Bob McAdorey; teen DJ Dave Johnson; and all night maven Bob Laine. Later additions to the CHUM DJ lineup included Duff Roman and Brian Skinner, both of whom came over from CKEY (then owned by Jack Kent Cooke). In the late 1960s, early 1970s, CHUM DJ's included Duke Roberts (also known as Gary Duke for a time), Johnny Mitchell (better known today as Sonny Fox), J. Michael Wilson, Tom Rivers, Scott Carpenter, Jim Van Horne, John Rode, Don Reagan, Terry Steele and Roger Ashby. Among their later mighttime hosts was John D. Roberts, who joined CHUM in 1977 and would eventually become known across North America as White House correspondent for CBS-TV and host of CNN's morning program "American Morning."
CHUM was also well known for its contests, like the 1970s' "I Listen to CHUM" promotion, in which DJs would dial phone numbers at random and award $1,000 to anyone who answered the phone with that phrase.
From gold-based to oldies
By the mid-1980s, CHUM had lost ground in the Toronto ratings to competitor Top 40 station CFTR and FM-based music stations. On June 6, 1986, CHUM dropped its Top 40 format for a heavily gold-based adult contemporary format ("Favourites of Yesterday and Today"). By 1989, CHUM adopted an oldies format, drawing heavily on its previous Top 40 reputation to cater to the fans of that era's music.
Chart #1 - Monday, May 27, 1957 - TOP 50
CHART NUMBER 1 |
Monday, May 27, 1957 |
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1050 CHUM ORIGINAL AUDIO
John Gilbert "No Charge"
Mike Cooper's April Fools Joke
80's PROMO
Bob Sam Robbie - 1050 CHUM Morning Show - 1992
Tom Rivers 1982
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