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CFNY also created Canada's first independent music awards, the U-Knows, the name of which was a pun on Canada's mainstream Juno Awards.
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In addition to the growth of the Humble & Fred morning show, Jason Barr also joined the station at this time and would go on to become a significant contributor to CFNY.
CFNY is also receivable in areas east of Erie, Pennsylvania ; however, interference from classic rocker WQHZ at 102. 3 MHz prevents CFNY from being received in much of the city of Erie.
He has also been profiled in exhibits at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both for his on-air Dave Mickie persona and for his role as program director of CFNY.
Dancing alumni from the show also includes former CFNY Programmer and DJ Edd " The Wiz " Scorpio, radio DJ, Ashley Greco, of the Z103. 5 Morning Show and boy band, b4-4.
CFNY and first
In the early 1990s, the station again became an important outlet for new Canadian music, with bands such as Barenaked Ladies, The Lowest of the Low, Rheostatics, and Sloan counting CFNY as their first major radio supporter.
NC17 was released independently at first by Smokin ' Worm in 1994, but it was a hit on campus radio, MuchMusic, and CFNY when it was re-released by Sonic Unyon Records in 1997.
The best-known of these early singles was " The Ballad of Wendel Clark, Parts 1 & 2 ", an ode to the Toronto Maple Leafs player Wendel Clark, which became the band's first hit on college radio and CFNY.
Toronto's CFNY was the first radio station in Canada to recognize the song's hit potential.
CFNY and independent
The CASBY Award is a Canadian award for independent and alternative music, presented annually by Toronto, Ontario radio station CFNY, currently branded as 102. 1 The Edge.
CFNY and music
As the driving force behind Brampton, Ontario radio station CFNY in the 1980s, he became an influential figure in the Canadian music industry by giving many Canadian and international alternative rock artists major Canadian radio exposure.
The concept was developed by David Marsden, the program director at CFNY at the time, when he heard the Juno nominations announced on CBC radio, and included was Long John Baldry — who was newly resident in Canada but had already been in the music business for almost 20 years — as most promising vocalist.
Hayden turned to music after his song " Take " was selected for the album New Music Search, compiled by Toronto radio station CFNY in 1993.
In the late 1950s and early 1960s, CKEY was the leading Top 40 music competitor to 1050 CHUM ; one of its DJs was later CFNY staple David Marsden, known as Dave Mickie at CKEY ( and later at CHUM as well ).
CFNY and awards
CFNY launched the annual U-Knows awards in 1981, to recognize Canadian musicians.
CFNY and was
Canadian band Rush was unable to obtain airplay on radio stations other than CFNY early in their career, and in 1979 wrote the song " The Spirit of Radio " about the station.
Unable to mention CFNY directly for fear of alienating airplay on other stations, the band instead ensured the catalog number for their album Permanent Waves was 1021-a nod to the station's 102. 1 FM frequency.
Through the early and mid-1980s, CFNY was well-respected for introducing new performers that other stations wouldn't play due to not being well-known names.
The mid-1990s were another era of transition for CFNY as station owner Maclean-Hunter was acquired by Rogers Communications in 1994.
CFNY was sold to competing telecommunications conglomerate Shaw Communications as a result of the acquisition.
During his stint at CFNY, he was known as " The Mars Bar ".
He eventually returned as an on-air personality at CHIC-FM shortly before it was transformed into CFNY.
After CFNY program director Dave Pritchard left the station in 1978 due to conflicts with the station management, Marsden was promoted to program director.
Throughout the 1980s, under the slogan the spirit of radio, CFNY was one of the most influential promoters of new international and Canadian artists most radio stations ignored.
It was the band's breakthrough in Canada, with four of its six tracks (" Samuel Sin ", " Bounce ", " Sex Change Shake " and " The Mango Kid ") gaining significant airplay on modern rock stations such as CFNY.
It was produced directly by CFNY until 2008, when Cross left the station to become the head of Corus ' new media division, although CFNY still airs the program.
The album's single " When the Night Feels My Song " was the band's breakthrough single on Canadian radio, charting No. 1 on 102. 1 The Edge CFNY and gaining airplay on commercial radio stations throughout Canada in the summer of 2005.
" Although the song was not a mainstream chart breakthrough for the band, it garnered them significant airplay on CBC Radio, CFNY and campus radio stations throughout Canada.
CFNY and on
Eclipse and Rendezvous, notably, both charted on CFNY.
After several months of touring and promotions behind Winning Hearts, O ' Neill and Ullrich unexpectedly decided to retire the band, playing their final show on July 4, 1998, at a CFNY event in Toronto.
He then joined CFNY on October 3, 1986 as an overnight announcer.
Shorter Ongoing History segments, about a minute long, air at various times throughout the day on CFNY, CFOX and CJZN during commercial breaks.
* Ongoing History of New Music on the CFNY web site
In 2007, CFNY named it No. 8 on their Top 102 Canadian New Rock Songs of All Time.
CFNY and Awards
Initially, Marsden continued as director of operations, and as executive producer of the CASBY Awards, but left CFNY a year later.
CFNY and .
In turn, listeners of the station began to refer to CFNY as The Spirit of Radio.
CFNY would send DJs to host regular new wave dance parties, both to build a community amongst its fans and to supplement the station's limited advertising revenue through admission fees.
In 1979, the station's original owners were involved in court action unrelated to CFNY and forced to sell the station.
In spite of its problems, CFNY garnered praise from its listeners and other broadcasters alike.
Late in 1988, management at CFNY ordered a change in format.
After nearly 13 years of success and popular acclaim as a freestyle rock and alternative radio station, CFNY switched to a primarily Top 40 format.
Unfortunately for the station's influence, alternative rock became the decade's dominant genre and so CFNY did not sound as distinctive compared to other radio stations as once had.
After 13 years as CFNY's morning show hosts, Howard Glassman and Fred Patterson departed CFNY for Mojo 640 in 2001.
Perhaps due to CRTC regulations requiring radio stations to announce their call letters, the station began in August 2005 to identify itself as both CFNY and the Edge during identification breaks.
The regulating body opted to give CFNY only a four-year license renewal, rather than the customary seven.
CFNY pulls a share of between 0. 6 % and 1. 1 % in the Arbitron radio rating in Buffalo.
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