CFNY FM: ain't your average radio clone
Accolades
"Inspiration for a lot of radio heads!" Bob Wallace, morning host at The Dock in Owen Sound, Ontario via Twitter
"CFNY broke music, championed local artists, and put a street-wise spin on contemporary music unlike any other station at the time. CHUM was the corporate, Q107 was the rocker, and CFNY was the explorer, going where no other station went until ‘NY cleared a path to new music." Robert Segarini, opinion piece via Airchecker
"Thanks for preserving and documenting the past so vividly. Well done!" Phil Crawford via Facebook
"Fantastic doc! It was incredible being 20-something at that time. This small town girl moved to the big city of Brampton, ha! ...discovered CFNY& look out !! The staff at the station loved it, lived it & shared it,this girl had the best days & nights ...EVER!!" Kelley Dietrich via Facebook
"Inspiration for a lot of radio heads!" Bob Wallace, morning host at The Dock in Owen Sound, Ontario via Twitter
"CFNY broke music, championed local artists, and put a street-wise spin on contemporary music unlike any other station at the time. CHUM was the corporate, Q107 was the rocker, and CFNY was the explorer, going where no other station went until ‘NY cleared a path to new music." Robert Segarini, opinion piece via Airchecker
"Thanks for preserving and documenting the past so vividly. Well done!" Phil Crawford via Facebook
"Fantastic doc! It was incredible being 20-something at that time. This small town girl moved to the big city of Brampton, ha! ...discovered CFNY& look out !! The staff at the station loved it, lived it & shared it,this girl had the best days & nights ...EVER!!" Kelley Dietrich via Facebook
What happened in the late 1970s, that made Toronto's CFNY FM (today branded as: 102.1 The Edge), Canada's most influential alternative rock station? I posed the question to the personalities behind the station: Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, David Marsden (CFNY's program director 1978-1987), radio and music guru, Alan Cross and several others from The Spirit of Radio era at CFNY FM.
The 22 minute documentary is the first to provide a glimpse into the creation and ideology of the legendary radio station.
The 22 minute documentary is the first to provide a glimpse into the creation and ideology of the legendary radio station.
