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CJCL (590 <a href="/facts/AM_broadcasting/oS0rn1lg">AM</a>, <a href="/facts/Sportsnet_Radio/tLpe2KyM">Sportsnet</a> 590 The Fan) is a Canadian <a href="/facts/Sports_radio/aItE110k">sports radio</a> <a href="/facts/Radio_station/FLJVq8Ec">station</a> in <a href="/facts/Toronto/cnXH7881">Toronto, Ontario</a>. Owned and operated by <a href="/facts/Rogers_Radio/aGnJd9BE">Rogers Radio</a>, a division of <a href="/facts/Rogers_Sports_%26_Media/D7uM49QS">Rogers Sports & Media</a> since 2002, CJCL's studios are located at the <a href="/facts/Rogers_Building_(Toronto)/KWycx929">Rogers Building</a> at <a href="/facts/Bloor_Street/c343942U">Bloor</a> and <a href="/facts/Jarvis_Street/cS59xSyl">Jarvis</a> in <a href="/facts/Downtown_Toronto/rYSVEyBN">downtown Toronto</a>, while its transmitters are located near <a href="/facts/Grimsby,_Ontario/guHEjjMN">Grimsby</a> atop the <a href="/facts/Niagara_Escarpment/IKKUBLeC">Niagara Escarpment</a>. It is the flagship station for the <a href="/facts/Toronto_Blue_Jays/yK6veP8z">Toronto Blue Jays</a>, and also airs games from the <a href="/facts/Toronto_Raptors/VytnDIeG">Toronto Raptors</a>, <a href="/facts/Toronto_Maple_Leafs/IeIDPW8k">Toronto Maple Leafs</a>, <a href="/facts/Buffalo_Bisons/aPVnTwzU">Buffalo Bisons</a> and <a href="/facts/Buffalo_Bills/AEmAPcBQ">Buffalo Bills</a>. CJCL is a Infinity Sports Network affiliate.
The station was originally owned by longtime sportscaster <a href="/facts/Foster_Hewitt/CQ8HUDl7">Foster Hewitt</a> and began broadcasting on February 21, 1951, as CKFH 1400 before moving to 1430 AM in 1960. <a href="/facts/Telemedia/ET3sSXbt">Telemedia</a> acquired the station in 1981 and relaunched it as CJCL. During its early life, the station aired news and sports, <a href="/facts/Top_40/vHTAW2M6">Top 40</a>, <a href="/facts/Country_music/UJM3Un98">country music</a>, <a href="/facts/Adult_contemporary/85e6MkFa">adult contemporary</a> and <a href="/facts/Talk_radio/yBDVkAYw">talk radio</a> formats. It adopted the current sports format on September 4, 1992, as The Fan 1430 as Canada's first all-sports radio station before swapping frequencies with <a href="/facts/CHKT/02mrKcNk">CKYC</a> 590, acquired in 1994 by Telemedia, on February 6, 1995, adopting The Fan 590 branding. After Telemedia was sold to <a href="/facts/Slaight_Communications/D5CQ3WxT">Standard Broadcasting</a>, Rogers acquired CJCL in 2002.
Due to its location near the top of the AM dial, as well as its transmitter power and height, CJCL covers most of southern Ontario during the day. The station's signal is directional from north to south to protect various lower-powered radio stations east and west of the station. CJCL is simulcast across Canada on <a href="/facts/Bell_Satellite_TV/PcTJ1UzA">Bell Satellite TV</a> channel 959, and on <a href="/facts/Shaw_Direct/ElRztz7F">Shaw Direct</a> channel 868. It is also carried on the 3rd <a href="/facts/HD_Radio/XtS2tNG5">HD</a> <a href="/facts/Digital_subchannel/RVvn1WrJ">digital subchannel</a> of CKIS-FM.

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