Media in Toronto
This is a list of media outlets in Toronto, Canada.
Newspapers
National Dailies
Local Dailies
- Toronto Star
- Toronto Sun
- Metro - Formerly Metro Today, an amalgamation of Metro and GTA Today
- 24 Hours
Other Daily
- Corriere Canadese (Italian and English)
- El Popular (Spanish)
- Ming Pao (Cantonese and Chinese)
- Sing Tao (Mandarin Chinese/Cantonese Chinese)
- World Journal (Mandarin Chinese/Cantonese Chinese)
- List of Russian periodicals in Toronto
Alternative
- ACTivist Magazine
- eye weekly
- NOW
- Xtra! (gay and lesbian biweekly)
- The Toronto Special [1]
Community
- Metroland Publishing is a subsidiary of Torstar Corporation which publishes the Toronto Star. Metroland publishes a series of neighbourhood papers three times a week. These newspapers cover neighbourhood issues not otherwise covered by the large dailies. They are distributed free of charge and have captured a large portion of the neighbourhood flyer market. The newspapers are:
- Independent community newspapers include the Town Crier and Post City Magazines chains, and the Annex Gleaner.
City weblogs
TV Stations
| OTA Channel | Cable Channel | Call Sign | Network | Other Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 20 | CKVR | NewNet | The New VR, Barrie |
| 5 | 6 | CBLT | CBC | |
| 9 | 8 | CFTO | CTV | |
| 11 | CHCH | CH | Hamilton | |
| 19 | 2 | CICA | TVOntario | provincial educational broadcaster |
| 25 | 12 | CBLFT | SRC | Toronto's only OTA French language station |
| 36 | 9 | CITS | Crossroads Television System | religious/family programming |
| 41 | 3 | CIII | Global | HDTV channel 65 |
| 47 | 4 | CFMT | OMNI.1 | multicultural (Europe/Caribbean) |
| 52 | 15 | CKXT | Toronto One | HDTV channel 66 |
| 57 | 7 | CITY | Citytv | HDTV channel 53 |
| 69 | 14 | CJMT | OMNI.2 | multicultural (Africa/Asia/Middle East), sister station to CFMT 47 |
| none | 13 | CHLF | TFO | provincial Franco-ontarian educational broadcaster |
| none | 24 | CablePulse 24 | Citytv | CityPulse local news channel |
The cable provider in Toronto is Rogers Cable.
American network affiliates on Toronto cable are from Buffalo, New York, including WGRZ (NBC), WIVB (CBS), WKBW (ABC), WUTV (FOX), WNED (PBS) and WNYO (The WB). Some of these stations can be seen over the air in Toronto.
Most of Canada's cable television networks also have national operations based out of Toronto; for more information, see List of Canadian television channels.
Radio
FM Stations
- CKLN 88.1 - Ryerson University
- CKDX 88.5 - Foxy 88-5, licensed to Newmarket but operating from a studio in Toronto
- CIRV 88.9 - multicultural
- CIUT 89.5 - University of Toronto
- CJBC 90.3 - Radio-Canada Espace Musique
- CJRT 91.1 - Jazz FM
- CJAQ 92.5 - Jack FM
- CFXJ 93.5 - Flow 93-5
- CBL 94.1 - CBC Radio Two
- CFMX 96.3 - Classical 96.3
- CJEZ 97.3 - [2]
- CHFI 98.1 FM - [3]
- CBLA 99.1 - CBC Radio One
- CKFM 99.9 - Mix 99.9
- CHIN 100.7 - multicultural
- CFNY 102.1 - 102.1 The Edge
- CIDC 103.5 - Z103.5, licensed to Orangeville but operating from a studio in Toronto
- CHUM 104.5 - 104.5 Chum FM
- CKIE 105.1 - francophone community station, will begin airing in 2005
- CILQ 107.1 - Q107
- CJXY 107.9 - Y108, licensed to Burlington and marketed towards Hamilton
AM Stations
- CIAO 530 - multicultural, licensed to Brampton
- CJCL 590 - The Fan
- CFMJ 640 - The NEW MOJO Radio - 640Toronto
- CFTR 680 - 680 News
- CHWO 740 - AM 740
- CJBC 860 - Radio-Canada La Première Chaîne
- CFRB 1010 - Newstalk CFRB
- CHUM 1050 - 1050 Chum
- CJYE 1250 - Christian, licensed to Oakville
- CFYZ 1280 - Pearson International Airport
- CJMR 1320 - multicultural, licensed to Mississauga
- CKDO 1350 - oldies, licensed to and marketed towards Oshawa
- CHKT 1430 - Fairchild Radio, multicultural
- CHIN 1540 - multicultural
- CHEV 1610 - former special-events station, now defunct