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CHUM lineups
Pre-rock lineup - May 1, 1957
6-9 a.m. - MORNING SHOW
9-9:45 a.m. - ARE YOU HAPPY?
9:45-10 a.m. - CHAPEL CHIMES
10-11:30 a.m. - DATE WITH DOBBS
11:30 a.m.-12 noon - MORNING VARIETIES
12 noon-1 p.m. - COUNTRY CARAVAN
1-2 p.m. - ITALIAN SHOW
2-4:30 p.m. - MAIN STREET, TORONTO
4:30-5:00 p.m. - WINDOW ON THE WORLD
5-7 p.m. - BUMPER PARADE
7 p.m.-12 midnight - PROMENADE
CHUM (Original lineup - May 27, 1957)
6-9 a.m. - PHIL LADD
9 a.m.-noon - HARVEY DOBBS
Noon-1 p.m. - JOSH KING
1-5 p.m. - PHIL STONE
5-7 p.m. - PETE NORDHEIMER
9 p.m.-12 mid - PETE NORDHEIMER
12 mid-6 a.m. - HANK NOBLE
NOTES: All of the originals had left the station by 1961, Pete Nordheimer being the last ... Phil Ladd remained as the first morning man only until November, 1957, when he was replaced by the legendary Al Boliska. Ladd went to weekends ... Phil Stone later taught radio at Humber College in Etobicoke, Ont.
CHUM (November 18, 1957)
6-9 a.m. - AL BOLISKA
9 a.m.-12 noon - HARVEY DOBBS
12 noon-1 p.m. - JOSH KING
1-5 p.m. - PHIL STONE
5-7 p.m. - PETE NORDHEIMER
8 p.m.-12 midnight - PETE NORDHEIMER
12 midnight-6 a.m. - HANK NOBLE
Weekends - PHIL LADD
CHUM (April, 1958)
6-9 a.m. - AL BOLISKA
9 a.m.-12 noon - HARVEY DOBBS (last weekday show: February, 1958)
12 noon-1 p.m. - AL BOLISKA
1-4 p.m. - PETE NORDHEIMER
4-7 p.m. - PHIL STONE (last show: May, 1959)
7 p.m.-12 midnight - DAVE JOHNSON
12 midnight-6 a.m. - JAY JACKSON (last show: August, 1958)
(Note: BOB LAINE replaced Jackson in September; JOHN SPRAGGE replaced Dobbs in March, 1959)
CHUM (June, 1959)
6-9 a.m. - AL BOLISKA
9 a.m.-12 noon - JOHN SPRAGGE
12 noon-1 p.m. - AL BOLISKA
1-4 p.m. - PETE NORDHEIMER
4-7 p.m. - MIKE DAROW
7 p.m.-12 midnight - DAVE JOHNSON
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
CHUM (January, 1960)
6-9 a.m. - AL BOLISKA
9 a.m.-noon - JOHN SPRAGGE
12 p.m.-1 p.m. - AL BOLISKA
1-4 p.m. - PETE NORDHEIMER (last show: mid-1961)
4-7 p.m. - MIKE DAROW
7-11 p.m. - DAVE JOHNSON
11-11:30 p.m. - LOU SNIDER
11:30 p.m.-midnight - BASIN STREET
Midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
CHUM (July 3, 1961)
6-9 a.m. - AL BOLISKA
9 a.m.-12 noon - JOHN SPRAGGE
12 noon-1 p.m. - AL BOLISKA
1-4 p.m. - BOB MacADOREY
4-7 p.m. - MIKE DAROW
7 p.m.-10:30 p.m. - DAVE JOHNSON
10:30-11 p.m. - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
11-11:30 p.m. - NEWS; BILLY O'CONNOR
11:30 p.m.-12 midnight - DAVE JOHNSON (again)
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
CHUM (November, 1962)
6-9 a.m. - AL BOLISKA
9 a.m.-noon - JOHN SPRAGGE
Noon-1 p.m. - AL BOLISKA
1-4 p.m. - BOB McADOREY
4-7 p.m. - MIKE DAROW
7-10:30 p.m. - DAVE JOHNSON
10:30-11 p.m. - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
11 p.m.-12 midnight - THE MOOSE PARADE with MOOSE LATRECK (country music)
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
Weekends - GARY FERRIER
NOTES: Al Boliska left CHUM the following year (for rival CKEY) and was replaced by Jay Nelson. Both of these great Toronto morning men now are deceased ... Dave Johnson went on to become of the country's top C&W disc jockeys, at CFGM.
CHUM (SPECIAL LINEUP FROM APRIL 1, 1963 WHEN THE JOCKS FROM CKGM MONTREAL AND CHUM SWAPPED STATIONS)
6-9 a.m. - CHARLIE
9 a.m.-12 noon - DICK VARNEY
12 noon-1 p.m. - CHARLIE
1-4 p.m. - BOB GILLIES
4-7 p.m. - JIM TURNER
7-10:30 p.m. - BRIAN "OLD FAITHFUL" SKINNER
10:30 p.m.-11 p.m. - SPEAK YOUR MIND with GEORGE DAVIES
11 p.m.-12 midnight - TO BE ANNOUNCED
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BARRY KING
CHUM (July 16, 1963)
6-9 a.m. - AL BOLISKA
9 a.m.-12 noon - JOHN SPRAGGE
12 noon-1 p.m. - AL BOLISKA
1-4 p.m. - BOB MacADOREY
4-7 p.m. - MIKE DAROW
7-9 p.m. - DICK CLARK
9-10:30 p.m. - DAVE JOHNSON
10:30-11 p.m. - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
11 p.m.-12 midnight - THE MOOSE PARADE with MOOSE LATRECK (country music)
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
Weekends - GARRY FERRIER, BRIAN SKINNER
CHUM (November 21, 1963; just before arrival of Jay Nelson)
6-10 a.m. - BOB MacADOREY
10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. - JOHN SPRAGGE
2:30-7 p.m. - MIKE DAROW
7-9 p.m. - DICK CLARK
9-10:30 p.m. - DAVE JOHNSON
10:30-11 p.m. - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
11 p.m.-12 midnight - THE MOOSE PARADE with MOOSE LATRECK (country music)
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
CHUM (May 4, 1964)
6-10 a.m. - JAY NELSON
10 a.m.-1 p.m. - JOHN SPRAGGE
1-4 p.m. - MIKE DAROW
4-7 p.m. - BOB MacADOREY
7-10 p.m. - DAVE JOHNSON
10 p.m.-midnight - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
Midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
CHUM (1965)
6-10 a.m. - JAY NELSON
10 a.m.-1 p.m. - JOHN SPRAGGE
1-4 p.m. - MIKE DAROW (last show: fall, 1965)
4-7 p.m. - BOB MacADOREY
7-10 p.m. - DAVE JOHNSON (last show: October, 1965)
10 p.m.-12 midnight - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
Weekends - BRIAN SKINNER, DUFF ROMAN
(Note: Skinner replaced Johnson in 7-10 p.m. slot in October, 1965; DICK HAYES replaced Darow in 1-4 shift by December)
CHUM (1966)
6-10 a.m. - JAY NELSON
10 a.m.-1 p.m. - JOHN SPRAGGE
1 p.m.-4 p.m. - DICK HAYES
4 p.m.-7 p.m. - BOB McADOREY
7 p.m.-10 p.m. - BRIAN SKINNER
10 p.m.-12 mid - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
12 mid-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
weekends - DUFF ROMAN
CHUM (Summer 1967)
6-10 a.m. - JAY NELSON
10 a.m.-1 p.m. - JOHN SPRAGGE
1-4 p.m. - DICK HAYES (last show: December, 1967)
4-7 p.m. - BOB MacADOREY
7-10 p.m. - BRIAN SKINNER
10 p.m.-12 midnight - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
Weekends - DUFF ROMAN, MICHAEL CRANSTON
CHUM (January, 1968)
6-10 a.m. - JAY NELSON
10 a.m.-1 p.m. - JOHN SPRAGGE
1-4 p.m. - DUFF ROMAN
4-7 p.m. - BOB MacADOREY
7-10 p.m. - BRIAN SKINNER
10 p.m.-12 midnight - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
CHUM (March, 1968)
6-10 a.m. - JAY NELSON
10 a.m.-1 p.m. - JOHN SPRAGGE
1-3 p.m. - DUFF ROMAN
3-5 p.m. - DONNIE BURNS
5-7 p.m. - BOB MacADOREY
7-10 p.m. - BRIAN SKINNER
10 p.m.-12 midnight - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
CHUM (July, 1968 - Just before switch to Drake format)
6-10 a.m. - JAY NELSON
10 a.m.-noon - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
Noon-3 p.m. - JOHN SPRAGGE (last show: July, 1968)
3-6 p.m. - BOB MacADOREY (last show: July, 1968)
6-9 p.m. - JACKSON ARMSTRONG
9 p.m.-12 midnight- BRIAN SKINNER
12 midnight-6 a.m. - BOB LAINE
CHUM (August, 1968 - After switch to Drake format)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9-11 a.m. - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
11 a.m.-3 p.m. - BOB LAINE
3-7 p.m. - J. MICHAEL WILSON
7-11 p.m. - JACKSON ARMSTRONG
11 p.m.-5 a.m. - BRIAN SKINNER
CHUM (January, 1969)
5-9 p.m. - JAY NELSON
9-11 a.m. - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
11 a.m.-3 p.m. - BOB LAINE
3-7 p.m. - J. MICHAEL WILSON
7-11 p.m. - JACKSON ARMSTRONG (last show: February 20, 1969)
11 p.m.-5 a.m. - BRIAN SKINNER
CHUM (Spring, 1969)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9-11 a.m. - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
11 a.m.-3 p.m. - BOB LAINE (last weekday show: late summer 1969)
3-7 p.m. - J. MICHAEL WILSON
7-11 p.m. - CHUCK McCOY
11 p.m.-5 a.m. - BRIAN SKINNER (last show: August, 1969)
(Note: HAL WEAVER did 9-11 a.m. music show in summer of '69)
CHUM (Fall, 1969)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9-11 a.m. - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
11 a.m.-3 p.m. - GARY DUKE
3-7 p.m. - J. MICHAEL WILSON
7-11 p.m. - CHUCK McCOY
11 p.m.-5 a.m. - ROGER ASHBY
CHUM (January 24, 1970)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9-11 a.m. - SPEAK YOUR MIND with LARRY SOLWAY
11 a.m.-3 p.m. - GARY DUKE
3-6 p.m. - J. MICHAEL WILSON (last show: late 1970 or early 1971)
6-9 p.m. - TOM RIVERS
9 p.m.-12 midnight - CHUCK McCOY
12 midnight-5 a.m. - ROGER ASHBY
(Note: JOHNNY MITCHELL replaced Duke in the spring)
CHUM (May 8, 1971)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9-11 a.m. - JOHN GILBERT (talk)
11 a.m.-3 p.m. - JOHNNY MITCHELL
3-6 p.m. - JOHN RODE
6-9 p.m. - TOM RIVERS
9 p.m.-12 midnight - CHUCK McCOY
Weekends - DR. DON REAGAN, SCOTT CARPENTER
CHUM (July 28, 1971)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9-11 a.m. - DR. DON REAGAN
11 a.m.-3 p.m. - JOHNNY MITCHELL (last show: 1972)
3-6 p.m. - JOHN RODE
6-9 p.m. - TOM RIVERS
9 p.m.-12 midnight - CHUCK McCOY
12 midnight-5 a.m. - ROGER ASHBY
Weekends: SCOTT CARPENTER
CHUM (October 28, 1972)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9-11 a.m. - JOHN GILBERT (talk)
11 a.m.-3 p.m. - ROGER ASHBY
3-6 p.m. - DUKE ROBERTS
6-9 p.m. - TERRY STEELE
9 p.m.-12 midnight - SCOTT CARPENTER
12 midnight-5 a.m. - MARK EDWARDS
Weekends - CHUCK McCOY, TOM RIVERS, JOHN RODE
CHUM (June 23, 1973)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9 a.m.-12 p.m. - ROGER ASHBY
12 p.m.-3 p.m. - JIM VAN HORNE
3-6 p.m. - TERRY STEELE
6-9 p.m. - TOM RIVERS
9 p.m.-12 midnight - SCOTT CARPENTER
12 midnight-5 a.m. - PAT ST. JOHN
CHUM (September, 1973)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9 a.m.-11 p.m. - JOHN GILBERT (talk)
11 a.m.-3 p.m. - ROGER ASHBY
3-6 p.m. - TERRY STEELE
6-9 p.m. - TOM RIVERS
9 p.m.-12 midnight - SCOTT CARPENTER
12 midnight-5 a.m. - PAT ST. JOHN
Weekends: JIM VAN HORNE
CHUM (July 20, 1974)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9 a.m.-12 noon - ROGER ASHBY
12 noon-3 p.m. - DUDE WALKER
3-6 p.m. - TOM RIVERS
6-9 p.m. - TERRY STEELE
9 p.m.-12 midnight - SCOTT CARPENTER
12 midnight-5 a.m. - MIKE COOPER
Weekends: JIM VAN HORNE
CHUM (January 4, 1975)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON
9-11 a.m. - JOHN GILBERT (talk)
11 a.m.-3 p.m. - JOHN RODE
3-6 p.m. - TOM RIVERS
6-9 p.m. - TERRY STEELE
9 p.m.-12 midnight - SCOTT CARPENTER
12 midnight-5 a.m. - CHUCK MORGAN
Weekends: JIM VAN HORNE
CHUM (1979)
5-9 a.m. - JAY NELSON (last show: December, 1980)
9 a.m.-12 noon - TERRY STEELE
12 noon-3 p.m. - JOHN MAHJOR
3-6 p.m. - JOHN MAJHOR
6-9 p.m. - BOB MAGEE
9 p.m.-12 midnight - J.D. ROBERTS
12 midnight-5 a.m. - DAVE FOREMAN
CHUM (1982)
5-9 a.m. - TOM RIVERS
9 a.m.-12 noon - TERRY STEELE
12 noon-3 p.m. - MIKE HOLLAND
3-7 p.m. - JOHN MAHJOR
7 p.m.-12 midnight - BOB MAGEE
12 midnight-5 a.m. - STEVE BOLTON
Weekends - STEVE BOLTON
CHUM (1986)
(Original lineup: Hits of Yesterday and Today format)
5:30-9 a.m. - DON PERCY
9 a.m.-12 noon - GERRY FORBES
12 noon-3 p.m. - TERRY STEELE
3-6 p.m. - BOB MAGEE
6-9 p.m. - MIKE HOLLAND
9 p.m.-12 midnight - RUSS McCLOUD
CHUM (1990)
(Early lineup: All Oldies CHUM format)
5:30-9 a.m. - BOB MAGEE
9 a.m.-2 p.m. - JACK DENNIS
2-6 p.m. - DAN MICHAELS
6-10 p.m. - RUSS McCLOUD
10 p.m.-2 a.m. - MELANIE DEVEAU
2-5:30 a.m. - KORI SKINNER/JEREMY SMITH/ANDY K.
CHUM (1993)
5:30-10 a.m. - BOB MAGEE
10 a.m.-2 p.m. - GREGG LEE
2-6 p.m. - DAN MICHAELS
6-10 p.m. - RUSS McCLOUD
10 p.m.-2 a.m. - ANDY K.
2-6 a.m. - KORI SKINNER/JACK DENNIS
Weekends - MARK PAYNE
CHUM (1995)
5:30-9 a.m. - BOB MAGEE
9 a.m.-2 p.m. - JACK DENNIS
2-7 p.m. - RUSS McCLOUD
7-9 p.m. - ANDY K.
9-10:30 p.m. - DR. LAURA SCHLESSINGER (talk)
10:30 p.m.-1 a.m. - ANDY K.
1-5:30 a.m. - KORI SKINNER
CHUM (1997)
(After change to mostly automated, pre-taped format)
5:30 a.m.-10 a.m. - RUSS McCLOUD
10 a.m.-3 p.m. - BRUCE MARSHALL (voicetracked)
3-7 p.m. - CHARLIE O'BRIEN (voicetracked)
7 p.m.-12 midnight - MARK CHAMBERS (voicetracked)
12 midnight-5:30 a.m. - ANDY K. (voicetracked)
CHUM (2001)
(Just before switch to all-sports format)
6-9 a.m. - BRIAN HENDERSON
9 a.m.-2 p.m. - CHARLIE O'BRIEN (voicetracked)
2-7 p.m. - BRUCE MARSHALL (voicetracked)
7 p.m.-12 midnight - MARK CHAMBERS (voicetracked)
12 midnight-5 a.m. - BRUCE MARSHALL (voicetracked)
Weekends - MARK PAINE
CHUM (2002)
(After switch back to oldies)
6-10 a.m. - BRIAN HENDERSON
10 a.m.-3 p.m. - BRUCE MARSHALL (voicetracked)
3-8 p.m. - MARC CHAMBERS (voicetracked)
8 p.m.-1 a.m. - GORD JAMES (voicetracked)
1-6 a.m. - OLDIES (no host)
Weekends: MARK PAYNE (voicetracked)
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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