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CFXJ was Canada's first Black-owned radio station, and was launched on February 9, 2001 under the on-air brand of Flow 93.5. From its launch through 2022, the station gravitated between various urban contemporary and rhythmic contemporary formats, maintaining the Flow branding for all but a three-year period from 2016 to 2019 where it branded ...
The company was founded in 1988 by five prominent individuals in Toronto's black community. After two attempts to obtain a license, which saw the group controversially passed over in favour of existing radio services, the group finally received a license from the CRTC in 2000 to launch the country's first R&B/hip-hop outlet, CFXJ-FM - branded as "Flow 93.5", which signed on the air in 2001.
FLOW 93.5 went on air in February 2001 and was the first mainstream radio station to introduce hip-hop to Canada and the first to play Drake, and played and actively promoted Canada's Black musicians. It aired as a mixture of talk and music, including O.T.A. (On the Air) Live!, a weekly interview program with hip hop artists. [18]
Jason Rosteing, known professionally as Dr. Jay de Soca Prince, is a Canadian DJ, radio show host, record producer, and promoter.He gained notoriety as the host of Soca Therapy, [1] a weekly Toronto radio show broadcast on CFXJ-FM Flow 93.5 FM, [2] and subsequently, CKFG-FM G98.7 FM. [3]
The success of these artists, and the subsequent rise of hip hop artists in Toronto, was the feature of 2017 documentary 6ix Rising, produced by Noisey. In 2022, Toronto's two Black music radio formats consolidated into one. The Flow brand created for 93.5 in 2001 moved to CKFG-FM on 98.7 supplanting its original brand G98.7.
CKFG-FM (98.7 FM, Flow 98.7) is a radio station in Toronto, Ontario.Owned by CINA Media Group, it carries an urban contemporary format.The studios and offices are on Kern Road in the Don Mills neighbourhood of North York.
Toronto, Ontario: CFRB: AM 1010 Newstalk 1010 iHeart Radio Talk Network news/talk: CHUM: AM 1050 TSN 1050 TSN Radio: sports: CHUM-FM: FM 104.5 CHUM 104.5 hot adult contemporary: CKFM-FM: FM 99.9 99.9 Virgin Radio Virgin Radio: contemporary hit radio: Trois-Rivières, Quebec: CHEY-FM: FM 94.7 94,7 Rouge Rouge FM: adult contemporary: CIGB-FM: FM ...
The following is a list of radio stations in the Canadian province of Ontario, as of 2025.. Note that stations are listed by their legal community of license, which in some cases may not be the city where studios and/or transmitter are.