Toronto, Ontario-based 99.9 Virgin Radio is a Canadian radio station that broadcasts on the authorized frequency of 99.9 MHz. Bell Media is the owner of the FM. The station is the flagship of Canada‘s “Virgin” stations and broadcasts in a Top 40/CHR format. Its sister stations are CFRB, CHUM, CHUM FM, CP24, CFTO DT, and CKVR DT. The studios of CKFM are at 250 Richmond Street West in the Entertainment District, while the CN Tower serves as the location of the station’s transmitter. The station’s programming slot carries national and international news, information, hot topics, debates, talk shows, entertainment, weather forecast, traffic updates, and hit music. It airs 24 hours transmission on the FM band through live streaming worldwide.
History
Early Years
The Rogers Radio Broadcasting Co. Ltd. began the station as an experimental FM station, VE9AK, in 1938. Standard Broadcasting, which Argus Corporation later acquired, was once known as Rogers Radio Broadcasting. It changed the radio station’s call letters to CKFM-FM in April 1963. FM canceled the whole CFRB schedule. Instead, the station chose an easy listening and MOR format, which was quite popular in the ratings and lasted for many years. A Sunday night reggae program was one of the specialized programs that CKFM ran during this time. Later in the 1980s, CKFM switched to an adult contemporary format targeting a younger audience.
Currently, Streaming for this station is not available.
Mix/Mix FM (1991-2008)
On September 2, 1991, the station changed its brand to Mix 99.9 and shifted to a hot adult contemporary format to take on CHUM-FM. On August 8, 2006, it changed the brand’s name to 99.9 Mix FM and gradually implemented the branding throughout the day. However, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) decision changed the station’s call sign to CFMX FM on May 31, 2007. Astral Media acquired CKFM on October 28, 2007, as part of their acquisition of Standard Broadcasting.
Virgin Radio (2008-present)
On August 25, 2008, Astral announced a collaboration with the Virgin Group to rename the station 99.9 Virgin Radio. The shift occurred just before the original UK Virgin station rebranded as Absolute Radio and lost its license to use the “Virgin” brand. As a result, 99.9 CKFM slightly changed virgin Radio’s branding in June 2010. (Pronounced, “ninety-nine-nine Virgin Radio”). The station launched a “say it & Win! ” competition a week following the move. Following the completion of Bell Media’s acquisition of Astral Media on June 27, 2013, CKFM became a sister station to the sports talk-formatted CHUM and the hot AC-formatted CHUM FM. Bell and Astral’s fellow FM stations, CFXJ FM and CHBM FM, were sold to new cap Radio due to CRTC ownership restrictions (now Stingray Radio).
HD Radio
On July 4, 2017, CKFM began services for HD Radio multicasting. The same transmission as the standard analog frequency is on-air on the HD1 sub-channel. As of mid-2018, the HD4 channel broadcasts a Pure Country-branded country format, the HD3 sub-channel broadcasts a simulcast of CHUM, and the HD2 sub-channel broadcasts a simulcast of sister station CFRB.
How to text 99.9 virgin radio?
To send a message to 99.9 Virgin Radio, use the shortcode 99999 as the destination telephone number.
How do I request a song on 99.9 Virgin Radio Toronto?
99.9 Virgin is making it even easier to get in contact with us instantly!
How can I request a song?
Call us at (416) 872-9999.
Email to personalities. Listeners can find their email addresses by going to the host’s section of the Website.
Please submit your request as a post on our Facebook page and facebook.com/VirginRadioToronto.
Programs of 99.9 Virgin Radio Toronto
Weekday Shows
Virgin Mornings with Adam Wylde, TJ & Jax – 2:30 AM to 7:00 AM
Shannon Burns – 7:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Sam & Dames – 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM
iHeartRadio Nights with Myles – 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM
The Friday Night Supermix with The Angry Kids – 8:00 PM to Sat 12:00 AM
Weekend Shows
The Weekend Edition – SAT 3:00 AM to 7:00 AM
Sam East
Most Requested Live – SAT 7:00 PM SUN 12:00 AM
Saturday Night Hit Mix with DJ Starting from Scratch – SUN 1:00 AM 4:00 AM
iHeartRadio Top 20 with Shannon Burns – SUN 7:00 AM to 9:00 AM
The Weekender – SUN 6:00 PM to SUN 10:00 PM
Contact Details
Address: 299-Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario M5V 2Z5
Studios: (416) 872-9999
Reception: (416) 384-8000
Sales: (416) 440-6330
SMS:99999
Official Website: https://www.iheartradio.ca/virginradio/toronto
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VirginRadioToronto
Twitter: https://twitter.com/VirginRadioTO
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/VirginRadioToronto/
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