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Turnitin

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'''Turnitin''' is an [[Internet]]-based [[plagiarism]]-prevention service created by iParadigms, LLC. Typically, [[university|universities]] and [[high school]]s buy licenses to submit [[essay]]s to the Turnitin website, which checks the documents for unoriginal content. The results can be used to identify similarities to existing sources or can be used in [[formative assessment]] to help students learn how to avoid plagiarism and improve their writing.<ref>http://eprints.hud.ac.uk/12666/1/41.pdf</ref>

Students may be required by schools to submit essays to Turnitin, as a [[Deterrence (psychological)|deterrent]] to plagiarism. This has been a source of criticism, with some students refusing to do so in the belief that requiring it constitutes a [[presumption of innocence|presumption of guilt]]. Additionally, critics have alleged that use of the software violates educational [[privacy]] and [[intellectual property]] laws.

Parent company iParadigms, LLC, also offers a similar plagiarism detection service for newspaper editors, book and magazine publishers called [[Ithenticate|iThenticate]], and runs the informational website Plagiarism.org. Other tools included with the Turnitin [[suite]] are GradeMark (online grading and feedback) and PeerMark (peer review) services. Turnitin released the WriteCycle Suite on February 3, 2009. WriteCycle bundles the Originality Checking service with its GradeMark online grading tools and PeerMark tools. Turnitin released Turnitin2 on September 4, 2010, dropping the "WriteCycle" nomenclature.<ref>http://turnitin.com/static/what_is_new.html</ref>

==Function==
Turnitin checks for potential unoriginal content by comparing submitted papers to several databases using a proprietary [[algorithm]]. It scans its own databases, and also has licensing agreements with large academic proprietary databases.

===Student paper database===
The essays submitted by students are stored in a [[database]] used to check for plagiarism. This prevents one student from using another student's paper, by identifying matching text between papers.

In addition to student papers, the database contains a copy of the publicly accessible internet, with the company using a [[webcrawler]] to continually add to the web archive, observing for [[robots.txt]] exclusions. It also contains commercial pages from books, newspapers, and journals. In addition, Turnitin has partnered with a note-sharing website, [[GradeGuru]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://multivu.prnewswire.com/mnr/gradeguru/37852/ |title=Note Taking Pays Off: Top College Students Rewarded at GradeGuru.com |author= |date=14 April 2009 |work= |publisher= |accessdate=28 November 2011}}</ref>, which offers rewards in exchange for study materials created by students.

===Classroom integration===
Students typically upload their papers--as individual documents--directly to the service, for teachers to access later on. Teachers may also submit student papers to Turnitin.com as individual files, a bulk upload, or a [[ZIP (file format)|ZIP]] file. Teachers can also set up the assignment analysis options so that students can review their originality reports before they make their final submission. A peer-review option is also available.

Some [[virtual learning environment]]s can be configured to support Turnitin, so that student assignments can be automatically submitted for originality analysis. [http://www.desire2learn.com Desire2Learn], [[Moodle]], [[WebCT]], [[Blackboard Inc.|Blackboard]] and [[ANGEL Learning|ANGEL]] all support Turnitin integration with course sections and assignments.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.turnitin.com/static/index.html|title=Turnitin|accessdate=2007-04-15|publisher=iParadigms, LLC}}</ref>

==Controversy==
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===Privacy===
The U.S. [[Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act]] (FERPA) prohibits disclosing confidential information about students to third parties without their or their families' permission. Critics of Turnitin argue that sending papers to Turnitin without student permission thus violates their rights.

Turnitin claims its archiving of student papers complies with FERPA, since the statute only applies at two points: when it is transmitted to them, and when it is released from the database when a match is found with another submission. In the former case it is not considered part of the educational record since it has not yet been graded, and in the latter it does not divulge personal identifying information.<ref name="Turnitin US legal document">Foley & Lardner; July 2002; [http://turnitin.com/static/pdf/us_Legal_Document.pdf Turnitin U.S. Legal Document], retrieved September 29, 2006,pp. 2, 5</ref> However, the Family Compliance Policy Office, the department of the Department of Education responsible for enforcing FERPA, has stated that institutions may submit student papers to Turnitin only if they remove all personally identifiable information from the papers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naspa.org/policy/FERPA2006.pdf|title=Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)|accessdate=2007-01-28|author=Family Policy Compliance Office|year=2006}}</ref>

The [[Dalhousie Student Union|Student Union]] at [[Dalhousie University]] has criticized the use of Turnitin at Canadian universities because the American government may be able to access the submitted papers and personal information in the database under the [[USA PATRIOT Act]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dalgazette.ca/?cmd=displaystory&story_id=1050&format=html|title=DSU takes on Turnitin.com|accessdate=2009-03-20|last=McDiarmid|first=Jess|date=2006-03-16|work=Gazette|publisher=Dalhousie University}}</ref>
[[Mount Saint Vincent University]] became the first Canadian university to ban Turnitin's service partly because of implications of the USA PATRIOT Act.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://excal.on.ca/cms2//index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=2532&Itemid=2|title=Turnitin risks privacy|accessdate=2009-03-20|last=Halfnight|first=Drew|coauthors=Kristina Jarvis and Josh Visser|date=2006-11-15|work=Excalibur Online|publisher=[[York University]]}}</ref>

===Concerns about violation of student copyright in the United States===
Since Turnitin archives all papers which it receives and it sells its services including that database, for profit, the company has also been charged with violating student [[copyright]] since creators are granted exclusive reproduction rights by [[Title 17 of the United States Code]]. Turnitin founder John Barrie claims the company is merely making [[fair use]] of student work since, despite iParadigms' profiting from use or sale of the software, it is ultimately for educational purposes.

Lawyers for the company also claim that student work is covered under the theory of implied license to evaluate, since it would be pointless to write the essays if they were not meant to be graded. That implied license thus grants permission to copy, reproduce and preserve, it says. [[Dissertation]]s and [[thesis|theses]], the company's lawyers claim, also carry with them the implied permission to archive in a publicly accessible collection such as a university [[library]].<ref name="Turnitin US legal document copyright">Foley & Lardner, ''Id.'', pp. 3-5</ref>

[[University of Minnesota Law School]] [[professor]] Dan Burk countered that the company's use of the papers may not meet the fair-use test for several reasons:
*The company copies the entire paper, not just a portion
*Students' work is often original, interpretive and creative rather than just a compilation of established facts
*Turnitin is a commercial enterprise<ref>Foster, Andrea L.; May 17, 2002; [http://chronicle.com/free/v48/i36/36a03701.htm Plagiarism-Detection Tool Creates Legal Quandary]; ''[[The Chronicle of Higher Education]]''; retrieved September 29, 2006</ref>

When a group of students filed suit against Turnitin on that basis, in ''Vanderhye et al. v. iParadigms LLC'', the district court found the practice within fair use; on appeal, the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit]] affirmed.<ref>''[http://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-4th-circuit/1248473.html A.V. et al. v. iParadigms, LLC]'', 562 F.3d 630 (4th Cir. 2009)</ref>

===Presumption of guilt===
Some students argue that requiring them to submit papers to Turnitin creates a [[presumption of innocence|presumption of guilt]], which may violate scholastic disciplinary codes and applicable local laws and judicial practice. Some teachers and professors support this argument when attempting to discourage their schools from joining Turnitin.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://bedfordstmartins.com/technotes/techtiparchive/ttip060501.htm|title=Turnitin.com, a Pedagogic Placebo for Plagiarism|accessdate=2007-01-28|last=Carbone|first=Nick|year=2001}}</ref>

===WriteCheck===
iParadigms, the company behind Turnitin, runs another website called [[WriteCheck]]<ref>[http://www.writecheck.com WriteCheck.com]</ref> where students can submit their papers to be tested against the same database used by Turnitin, and determine whether or not their paper will be detected as plagiarism. [[Alex Tabarrok]] complained that "They are warlords who are arming both sides in this plagiarism war".
<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/story/2011-09-09/college-cheating-plagiarism/50338736/1|title=Plagiarism software WriteCheck troubles some educators|accessdate=2011-10-15|last=Murphy|first=Elizabeth|date=2011-09-09|work=USA Today}}</ref>

==Litigation==
In one well-publicized dispute over mandatory Turnitin submissions, Jesse Rosenfeld, a student at [[McGill University]] declined to submit his academic work to Turnitin. The University Senate eventually ruled that Rosenfeld's assignments were to be graded without using Turnitin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/16/mcgill_turnitin030116|title=McGill student wins fight over anti-cheating website|accessdate=2007-04-15|date=2004-01-16|publisher=[[CBC News]]|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070517033653/http://www.cbc.ca/stories/2004/01/16/mcgill_turnitin030116|archivedate=2007-05-17}}</ref> In 2005 another McGill student, Denise Brunsdon, refused to submit her assignment to Turnitin.com and won a similar ruling from the Senate Committee on Student Grievances.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mcgilldaily.com/view.php?aid=4615|title=Students: 2, Turnitin: 0|accessdate=2007-04-15|last=Churchill|first=Liam|date=2005-12-02|work=[[McGill Daily]]|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20070517093213/http://www.mcgilldaily.com/view.php?aid=4615|archivedate=2007-05-17}}</ref>
A few other Canadian universities are currently in the process of either total or partial ban of this service. On March 6, 2006, the Senate at Mount Saint Vincent University in Nova Scotia prohibited the submission of students’ academic work to Turnitin.com and any software that requires students' work to become part of an external database where other parties might have access to it.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.msvu.ca/senate/2006/MinutesMarch6.pdf|title=Minutes of Meeting|accessdate=2009-03-20|date=2006-03-06|publisher=[[Mount Saint Vincent University Senate]]}}{{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref> This decision was granted after the students’ union alerted the university community of their legal and privacy concerns associated with the use of Turnitin.com and other anti-plagiarism devices that profit from students’ academic work. This was the first campus-wide ban of its kind in Canada<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gazette.uwo.ca/article.cfm?section=news&articleID=632|title=Mount St. Vincent bans Turnitin.com|accessdate=2011-11-28|last=Amarnath|first=Ravi|date=2006-03-15|work=[[The Gazette]]}}</ref>, following similar decisions by Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Stanford in the US.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyprincetonian.com/2006/04/04/15061/|title=University opts not to 'Turnitin'|accessdate=2009-03-20|last=Osellame|first=Julia|date=2006-04-04|work=[[The Daily Princetonian]]}}</ref>

At [[Ryerson University]] ([[Toronto]]), it is up to the students whether to submit their work to Turnitin.com or to make alternate arrangements with the instructor.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ryerson.ca/senate/documents/students.doc|title=Turnitin.com Information for Students|accessdate=2009-03-20|date=2006-12-05|publisher=Ryerson University}}</ref>

On March 27, 2007, with the help of an intellectual property attorney, two students from [[McLean High School]] (with assistance from the Committee For Students' Rights) and two students attending [[Desert Vista High School]], filed suit in United States Circuit Court (Eastern District, Alexandria Division) alleging copyright infringement by iParadigms, Turnitin's parent company.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dontturnitin.com/images/iParadigms_Amended_Complaint.pdf|title=A.V., et. al. v. iParadigms, LLC: Amended Complaint for Copyright Infringement|accessdate=2009-03-20|last=Vanderhye|first=R.|date=2007-04-16|format=PDF}}</ref> Nearly a year later, Judge Claude M. Hilton granted [[summary judgment]] on the students' complaint in favor of iParadigms/Turnitin,<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Hilton|first=Claude|title=Memorandum Opinion|publisher=United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, Alexandria Division|year=2008|url=http://www.iparadigms.com/iParadigms_03-11-08_Opinion.pdf|archiveurl=http://web.archive.org/web/20100705110536/http://www.iparadigms.com/iParadigms_03-11-08_Opinion.pdf|archivedate=2010-07-05}}</ref> because they had accepted the [[Clickwrap|click-wrap agreement]] on the Turnitin website. The students appealed the ruling,<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=http://replay.web.archive.org/20081206132341/http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2008/04/23/students_appeal_ruling_favoring_plagiarism_detection_service/|archivedate=2008-12-06|url=http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2008/04/23/students_appeal_ruling_favoring_plagiarism_detection_service/|title=Students appeal ruling favoring plagiarism detection service|author=Barakat, Matthew|date=2008-04-28|accessdate=2008-04-29|publisher=[[Boston.com]]}}</ref> and on April 16, 2009, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit affirmed Judge Hilton's judgment in favor of iParadigms/Turnitin.<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Wilkinson, Motz, Traxler|title=Appellate Decision|publisher=United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit|date=2009-04-16|format=PDF|url=http://pacer.ca4.uscourts.gov/opinion.pdf/081424.P.pdf}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Plagiarism]]
*[[Ithenticate]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==External links==
*[http://www.turnitin.com/ Turnitin]
*[http://www.plagiarism.org Plagiarism.org]
*[http://ccccip.org/files/CCCC-IPpositionstatementDraft%209%2016%2006.pdf CCCC-IP Caucus Recommendations Regarding Academic Integrity and the Use of Plagiarism Detection Services] - recommendations authored by the Caucus on Intellectual Property and Composition/Communication Studies
*[http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20090420/0207284556.shtml Fair Use, Turnitin, And... Why Google Never Should Have Caved On Book Scanning]
*[http://pblog.bna.com/techlaw/2009/04/fourth-circuits-turnitincom-ruling-brings-more-trouble-for-plaintiffs.html Fourth Circuit's Turnitin.com Ruling Brings More Trouble for Plaintiffs]

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Benutzer:Qxyz123/Alice und Bob

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The names '''Alice and Bob''' are commonly used [[placeholder name]]s for archetypal characters in fields such as [[cryptography]] and [[physics]]. The names are used for convenience; for example, "Alice sends a message to Bob encrypted with his public key" is easier to follow than "Party A sends a message to Party B encrypted by Party B's public key." Following the alphabet, the specific names have evolved into common parlance within these fields—helping technical topics to be explained in a more understandable fashion.

In [[cryptography]] and [[computer security]], there are a number of widely used names for the participants in discussions and presentations about various [[protocol (cryptography)|protocols]]. The names are conventional, somewhat self-suggestive, sometimes humorous, and effectively act as [[metasyntactic variable]]s.

In typical implementations of these protocols, it is understood that the actions attributed to characters such as Alice or Bob need not always be carried out by human parties directly, but also by a trusted automated agent (such as a computer program) on their behalf. Despite the advantage of Alice and Bob's distinct genders in reducing ambiguity, there has been little tendency to introduce inanimate parties so they could be referred by neuter pronouns.

==List of characters==
[[File:Public key shared secret.svg|thumb|right|An example of an "Alice and Bob" analogy used in cryptography.]]
[[File:Asymetric cryptography - step 2.svg|thumb|right|Alice and Bob diagram used to explain [[public-key cryptography]].]]
This list is drawn mostly from the book ''Applied Cryptography'' by [[Bruce Schneier]]. Alice and Bob are archetypes in cryptography; Eve is also common. Names further down the alphabet are less common.

* '''Alice''' and '''Bob'''. Generally, Alice wants to send a message to Bob. These names were used by [[Ron Rivest]] in the 1978 ''Communications of the [[Association for Computing Machinery|ACM]]'' article presenting the [[RSA (algorithm)|RSA]] cryptosystem, and in ''A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems'' published April 4, 1977, revised September 1, 1977 as technical Memo LCS/TM82. Rivest denies that these names have any relation to the 1969 movie ''[[Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice]]'' as occasionally suggested by others.{{citation needed|date=October 2010}}
* '''Carol''', '''Carlos''' or '''Charlie''', as a third participant in communications.
* '''Chuck''', as a third participant usually of malicious intent.<ref>{{citation |last=Tanenbaum|first=Andrew S. | title=Distributed Systems: Principles and Paradigms | isbn=978-0-13-239227-3 | publisher=[http://www.prenhall.com Pearson Prentice Hall] | year=2007 | url=http://books.google.com/?id=DL8ZAQAAIAAJ | page=171;399–402 }}</ref>
* '''Craig''', the password cracker (usually encountered in situations with stored hashed/salted passwords).
* '''Dave''', a fourth participant, and so on alphabetically.
* {{Anchor|Eve}}'''Eve''', an ''eavesdropper'', is usually a passive attacker. While she can listen in on messages between Alice and Bob, she cannot modify them. In [[quantum cryptography]], Eve may also represent the ''environment''.
* {{Anchor|Mallory}}{{Anchor|Trudy}}'''Mallory''', a ''malicious attacker'' (less commonly called '''Trudy''', an ''intruder''.); unlike Eve, Mallory can modify messages, substitute her own messages, replay old messages, and so on. The difficulty of securing a system against Mallory is much greater than against Eve.
* '''Nathan''', a socially unaware participant who uncontrollably sends sexual innuendo’s instead of the desired message. These often take place at maximum volume, which can be represented using CAPS LOCK.
*'''Peggy''', a ''prover'', and '''Victor''', a ''verifier'', often must interact in some way to show that the intended transaction has actually taken place. They are often found in [[zero-knowledge proof]]s.
* '''Trent''', a ''trusted arbitrator'', is some kind of [[Trusted Third Party|neutral third party]], whose exact role varies with the protocol under discussion.
* '''Walter''', a ''[[Prison warden|warden]]'', may be needed to guard Alice and Bob in some respect, depending on the protocol being discussed.

Although an [[interactive proof system]] is not quite a cryptographic protocol, it is sufficiently related to mention the cast of characters its literature features:
* '''Arthur''' and '''Merlin''': In interactive proof systems, the prover has unbounded computational ability and is hence associated with [[Merlin (wizard)|Merlin]], the powerful [[Wizard (fantasy)|wizard]]. He claims the truth of a statement, and [[King Arthur|Arthur]], the wise king, questions him to verify the claim. These two characters also give the name for two [[complexity class]]es, namely [[Arthur–Merlin protocol|MA and AM]].

A similar pair of characters is '''Paul''' and '''Carole'''. The characters were introduced in the solution of the [[Twenty Questions]] problem,<ref>{{citation |doi=10.1017/S0963548300000080 |last1=Spencer|first1=Joel|author1-link=Joel Spencer | last2=Winkler|first2=Peter|author2-link=Peter Winkler | title=Three Thresholds for a Liar | url=http://math.dartmouth.edu/~pw/papers/3thresh.ps | journal=Combinatorics, Probability and Computing | year=1992 | volume=1 |issue=01 | pages=81–93}}</ref> where "Paul", who asked questions, stood for [[Paul Erdős]] and "Carole", who answered them, was an [[anagram]] of "oracle". They were further used in certain [[Combinatorial game theory|combinatorial games]] in the roles of Pusher and Chooser respectively, and have since been used in various roles.<ref>{{citation |last=Muthukrishnan|first=S. | title=Data Streams: Algorithms and Applications | isbn=978-1-933019-14-7 | publisher=[http://books.google.com/books?id=415loiMd_c0C&pg=PA2&dq=%22paul+and+carole%22 Now Publishers] | year=2005 | url=http://algo.research.googlepages.com/eight.ps | page=3}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Dave and Sue]]
* [[John Doe]]
* [[George Spelvin]]
* [[Metasyntactic variable]]
* [[Ruritania#In academia|Ruritania]], a fictional country sometimes used like personal names Alice and Bob as a generic country
* [[Tommy Atkins]]

==Notes==
<references />

==References==
* C.H. Lindsey, Regulation of Investigatory Powers Bill: Some Scenarios, 2000, [http://www.cs.man.ac.uk/~chl/scenarios.html].

==External links==
* [http://people.csail.mit.edu/rivest/Rsapaper.pdf A Method for Obtaining Digital Signatures and Public-Key Cryptosystems]
* [http://downlode.org/Etext/alicebob.html The Alice and Bob After-Dinner Speech], given at the Zurich Seminar, April 1984, by John Gordon
* [http://www.catonmat.net/blog/musical-geek-friday-alice-and-bob/ Geek Song: "Alice and Bob"]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20060619074924/http://rogers.phy.bris.ac.uk/denzil/denweb4.html Alice and Bob jokes] (mainly [[Quantum Computing]]-related)
* [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2005/020705widernetaliceandbob.html Alice and Bob: IT's inseparable couple]
* [http://www.networkworld.com/news/2006/103006-bob.html A short history of Bobs (story and slideshow) in the computing industry, from Alice & Bob to Microsoft Bob and Father of Ethernet Bob Metcalfe]
* [http://aliceandbob.net Alice and Bob Recopilatory]

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CFNY-FM

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{{Infobox Radio station
| image = [[Image:Edge102.gif]]|
| name = CFNY-FM|
| airdate = 1960 |
| frequency = 102.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]] ([[FM radio|FM]]) |
| city = [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]], [[Ontario]]
| area = [[Greater Toronto Area]]|
| format = [[modern rock]] |
| owner = [[Corus Entertainment]] |
| power = 35 kW |
| erp = 100 kW |
| branding = "102.1 The Edge" |
| sister_stations = [[CFMJ (AM)|CFMJ]], [[CILQ-FM|CILQ]]
| slogan = |
| class = |
| website = [http://www.edge.ca/ 102.1 The Edge] |
}}
'''CFNY-FM''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[radio station]], broadcasting at 102.1 [[FM radio|FM]]. While the station's official [[city of license]] is [[Brampton, Ontario]],<ref>{{cite press release
| url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-394.htm
| title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-394
| publisher=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]
| date=[[2006-08-23]]
| accessdate=2007-03-13
}}</ref> the studios are located on [[Yonge Street (Toronto)|Yonge Street]] in downtown [[Toronto]], and the transmitter is in the [[CN Tower]]. The station targets the entire [[Greater Toronto Area]]. As of December 2007, the station holds a 3.8% share<ref>The percentage of people 12 and older tuned to the station</ref> of its [[media market|market area]].<ref name="BBM2007">{{cite press release
| title=Top-Line Radio Statistics - Toronto CTRL S4 2007
| publisher=[[Bureau of Broadcast Measurement|BBM Canada]]
| url=http://www.bbm.ca/en/BBM_Canada_S4_2007_Top-line_Radio_Report_final.pdf
| format=PDF
| date=[[2007-12-03]]
| accessdate=2008-01-06
}}</ref>

For some time in the 1980s, its free-format programming was considered unique, and the station garnered wide respect around the world{{Fact|date=March 2007}}. This rarely translated into profits, however, and after being sold and re-sold several times to larger and larger media companies, the station now plays a conventional [[modern rock]] format with the branding '''102.1 The Edge'''. The radio station is currently owned by [[Corus Entertainment]].

The station's current program director is Ross Winters, who succeeded [[Alan Cross]] in September 2008 after Cross transferred to Corus' interactive media division, Splice Media.

==History==
CFNY originally started operating in 1961, as an [[FM radio|FM]] rebroadcast of an [[AM radio|AM]] station, [[CIAO (AM)|CHIC]]. The nearby [[Humber College]] provided a steady stream of young employees, who were encouraged to play their own selections in the evening. In the mid-1970s, the owners decided to give the station a brand of its own, creating CFNY in 1977.

Prior to CFNY the call letters were CHIC FM with a transmitter power of 857 watts ERP mono, enough just to cover the town of Brampton later to become a city. Up to around 1975 the CHIC AM control room operator spun LP's from the third turntable in AM master control. Nonstop full play of each side of the LP with a few stops by the AM operator for ID and to flip the LP over. The music was picked by the AM operator just prior to their shift. Any type of music picked simply from the library almost randomly. This may have been the beginning of CFNY. Listeners loved it and at times requested full play of LPs. Sometimes missed by the operator the LP would finish and listeners would call in to complain of the dead air.

The call letters, CFNY, as all call letters for TV and radio broadcast stations has no formal meaning, although the phrase "Canada's First New Youth" has been cited as a [[backronym]].

In 1976 a new FM studio was built just up the road from the old studio in Brampton on a very limited budget. Engineers Mike Hargrave Pawson and Steve Martak built the new studio and a new transmitter site in Georgetown to increase the coverage from 857 watts to 100 kW ERP.

===The Spirit of Radio===

Things started changing when [[David Marsden]] joined as program director in 1978. The station started to sound like a "slick" version of a college radio station. At the time alternative was still very new, but it was also in 1978 that [[New Wave music|New Wave]] and [[punk rock]] took off, and soon the station became known as one of the few commercial stations that played alternative music. Canadian punk act [[Forgotten Rebels]] paid homage to CFNY in the liner notes of their 1979 album ''In Love with the System''.

Fans started referring to it as ''the spirit of radio'', which was used as their catchphrase for some time, and also inspired the [[Rush (band)|Rush]] song "[[The Spirit of Radio]]". Fans were loyal but few, and with a measly 857 watts of power, broadcast from a house in [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]], a suburban city northwest of Toronto, the problems of attracting new listeners were many. In 1979, the original owners were involved in an unrelated court action and forced to sell the station. The new owners started the process of moving the antenna to the [[CN Tower]] in 1983.

With the Canadian economy in [[recession]], and interest rates high, the new owners sold the station to media conglomerate [[Selkirk Communications]]. At first, Selkirk did not change the format, and completed the move to the CN Tower. By 1985, the station had reached new heights of popularity, capturing over 5.4% of the Toronto area listeners, and becoming internationally famous for its music mix. For a brief period, it was also available on satellite across North America, although this also led to the introduction of more "popular" music.

The station was particularly well respected for introducing new acts which other stations wouldn't play because they were too small – in the early 1980s, Canadian artists such as [[Martha and the Muffins]], [[Rough Trade (band)|Rough Trade]], [[Blue Rodeo]], [[Jane Siberry]], [[54-40]], [[Skinny Puppy]] and [[Spoons (band)|Spoons]] were among the acts championed by CFNY. CFNY also created Canada's first independent music awards, the [[U-Knows]] (a pun on Canada's mainstream [[Juno Award]]s). In 1986, the station held a listener contest to rename the awards, which were redubbed the [[CASBY Award]]s, for "Canadian Artists Selected By You".

In 1988, the station turned its first profit. However, this was not enough for Selkirk, which sought higher ratings.

===Format change and listener rebellion===

Late that year, it switched to a mostly [[top 40]] format, leaving its alternative format for weekends and late night. At first, there was a listener rebellion. Their phone-in show at noon was an all-request hour, and invariably the requests were for alternative songs. However, the management soon put a stop to this, telling DJs to refuse such calls and only select requests from the top 40. Soon, most of the staff resigned, or were fired.

Loyal listeners soon began signing petitions, and filed an intervention with the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) opposing the station's 1989 licence renewal. Radio analyst reports suggested that 100,000 new listeners had been gained by the change. However, this hid the fact that the market share dropped considerably, to 4.3%.

===Evolution to [[modern rock]]===

In 1989, Selkirk was acquired by [[Maclean-Hunter]], who committed to returning the station to an alternative format. Instead of reviving the old freeform programming, however, Maclean-Hunter tweaked the station's programming to create a more conventional [[modern rock]] station. In the early 1990s, the station again became an important outlet for new Canadian music, with acts such as [[Barenaked Ladies]], [[The Lowest of the Low]], [[Rheostatics]], and [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]] counting CFNY as their first major radio supporter. However, with alternative rock being the decade's dominant genre, CFNY did not sound as distinctive compared to other radio stations as it had in the 1980s, so it never fully regained its former level of influence and respect.

The change also masked, rather than solving, morale problems at the station — in 1992, DJ Dani Elwell resigned from the station by reading her résumé over the air<ref>[http://www.spiritofradio.ca/Sounds.asp?SearchText=Ellwell]</ref>.

When Maclean-Hunter was purchased by [[Rogers Communications]] in 1994, CFNY was one of the stations sold off by Rogers to [[Shaw Communications]], which in turn spun its radio holdings off to [[Corus Entertainment]], CFNY's current owner, in 1999.

In the mid-1990s, the station dropped its old branding, becoming ''102.1 The Edge''. Later it became ''Edge 102'' before reverting to ''102.1 The Edge''. "The Edge" was a common brand name for alternative and modern rock radio stations during the 1990s, and was created by a U.S. consulting firm called [[Jacobs Media]].

Although CFNY remains the station's official call sign, it was never mentioned on-air for many years. In August 2005, however, the station began airing some new identification breaks which used both the CFNY calls and the Edge branding. (Canadian radio stations are officially required to mention their call letters once an hour, although this rule has not been heavily enforced by the CRTC in recent years.)

CFNY is available nationwide in Canada on the [[Bell TV]] satellite TV system, channel 955. It is also available via [[Rogers Cable|Rogers Digital Cable]] on channel 929 in the GTA and 954 in other areas of Ontario.

==International reach==

102.1 The Edge has long enjoyed a unique position among radio stations as an international station, as its signal is strong enough that, like many other Toronto radio stations, it is widely available in two of the top fifty media markets in North America. Its signal from Toronto beams from the [[CN Tower]] throughout the [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]-[[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]] [[New York State|NY]] market, in addition to Toronto. CFNY pulls a share of between 0.6% and 1.1% in the Arbitron radio rating in Buffalo, which has compelled the other Buffalo rock stations to stay on the cutting edge of Canadian music, with bands such as [[The Tragically Hip]] and [[Our Lady Peace]] enjoying far higher sales in Buffalo than elsewhere in the United States.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}

In addition, the station broadcasts [[streaming audio]] over the Internet.

As a result of these factors, CFNY frequently promotes itself as one of the most listened-to radio stations in the world — the station did, in fact, rank tenth in a 2002 [[Arbitron]] survey of the world's most listened-to Internet radio streams.<ref>[http://www.arbitron.com/NEWSROOM/archive/03_12_02.htm Arbitron Press Release]</ref>

==''The Dean Blundell Show''==
''The Dean Blundell Show'' is a morning show, which airs Monday through Friday from 5:30 AM until 10:00 AM. The show consists of hosts, Dean Blundell, Jason Barr, and Todd Shapiro discussing ongoing news and events in a sometimes humorous and cynical fashion. It is known for its listener contests, charity work, colourful guests, and Blundell's rants. Every morning Dean Blundell presents "The Edge Files", a look at some recent, sensational, news stories delivered in a satirical way.

[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]] co-stars [[Steve-O]] and [[Chris Pontius]] were guests on the show on [[March 26]], [[2004]], in order to promote their "Don't Try This at Home" tour, leading to the "suspension" of Blundell, Barr and Shapiro for the following day. During the interview, Pontius and Steve-O used multiple expletives on the air. Steve-O also proceeded to urinate on the floor and perform a stunt called "Unwrapping the Mummy" all in front of a live studio audience.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.thefreeradical.ca/The_Edge_Jackass.htm
|title=Edge's Blundell back on air today
|publisher=[[Toronto Sun]]
|date=[[2004-03-30]]
|first=John
|last=Kryk
}}</ref>

===Recurring guests===
* Spencer “The Cripple” often comes in, usually on Monday mornings, to talk about his experiences in life. Usually the segment leads to the subjects of bowel movements and sexual dysfunction.
* "Lesbian Lu" visits every Tuesday to talk about her experiences as a gay woman.
* Sex columnist [[Josey Vogels]], every Wednesday morning. Each week she brings a sex-related topic up for discussion, though conversations tend to lead to requests for information about her own sexual exploits.
* "Gay Jeff", a gay friend of Todd Shapiro, every Thursday morning, though occasionally on other days as well. Jeff and the hosts discuss topics related to the gay community; however, these discussions usually lead to the hosts questioning Jeff about his sexual exploits or opinions and perceptions as a gay man.
* "Psychic Nikki" comes in on Friday mornings, and discusses her [[psychic]] visions regarding celebrities, the show's hosts, and callers. Todd, Dean and Jason often playfully joke about her predictions.

===Past recurring guests===
* The "Blind [[Film criticism|Movie Reviewer]]", [[Derek Welsman]], appeared every Thursday morning. [[Blindness|Legally blind]] (he has stated he can see about 10–12%), Welsman, who was also a [[advertising|commercial]] producer for the radio station, talked about a movie he had seen recently, from the perspective of a blind person. Each movie reviewed was assigned a score of one to five "[[star (classification)|blurries]]", and each review ended with Welsman's [[catch phrase]], "and that's the way I see it!" Derek moved on to another radio station in November 2007. His last review for the Edge was Thursday, November 8, 2007. He ended the segment by returning to his home planet of Myopia with his commanding alien officers, [[Ray Charles]] and the blind girl from the Lionel Ritchie "Hello" music video. Derek left for a job that paid him more money.
* [[Gino Empry]] was a recurring guest until early 2006 when he got so upset that he used profanities on the air, forcing the morning show to end their on-air relationship with him. Empry often fought with Todd and then made up.
* Eduardo, a frequent caller who would demand free offerings and get extremely upset when Dean, Jason and Todd made it difficult for him to do so. Often resorting to hanging up on the morning show, the three would call him back many times until full arguments would break out. Eduardo gave up on the Dean Blundell show, and now often calls an easy listening station.

===Contests===
More so than any other of the regular shows on the station, the Dean Blundell Show regularly runs a variety of contests, which often lead to much larger prizes than the other shows' contests. Contests have included:
* The "Moderately Paid Employee Program" in which the winner, Adwoa Nsiah Yeboah, was awarded a position at the station as its helicopter traffic reporter.
* "The Mister Man-Boobs Contest", "The Cougar Hunt", "The Edge Ultimate Ugly Contest", and "Buns of Steel Contest"
* A series of Wheels, loosely following the [[7 Deadly Sins]]. Each of these "Wheel" contests consist of a series of random challenges (oft-repeated challenges involve stunts done in front of the live tapings of ''[[Breakfast Television]]'', getting onto other radio stations to promote the show/contest, and marketing the radio station), determined by a spin on the wheel, and posed either to a certain number of selected Inside Edge members, or as an open challenge to all listeners. The winners of these challenges are given one or more spaces on the final spin of the wheel, where the person landed on wins a giant prize. To date, there have been Wheels of Greed, Sloth, Envy, Gluttony, and most recently, Pride.
* The "$50,000 Gong", loosely based on ''[[The Gong Show]]'', in which listeners come to the Edge studios and present their talent (either by demonstrating something sufficiently impressive or sufficiently disgusting) to the on-air personalities, who hit a [[gong]] if they don't like it. The listeners who don't get "gonged" qualify for the final round, where one listener will be awarded $50,000. On October 27th The Edge announced that James McAndrew was the winner with his "fart on command" talent.
* The "Edge Youtube Challenge", in which listeners post videos on [[YouTube]]. The videos must include the Edge logo, and "102.1 The Edge" in the video title. 4 prizes of $1000, and 1 grand prize of $5000 are to be rewarded.

The show also has a number of recurring games, with smaller prizes. These include:
* Stump The Show, where callers try to stump the hosts with a question. Due to a convoluted series of rules (including not being able to say "um", "uh" or "no"), this game is generally won by the show, rather than a caller (in which case no prize is awarded).
* "Wha' Happened?", in which callers try to impress the hosts with strange stories of problems in their lives. Blundell, Barr and Shapiro tend to prefer stories dealing with flatulence, sexual mishaps, and the like.
* "What's Wrong With You?", a similar call-in contest to "Wha' Happened" except listeners share interesting and often disgusting, crude or sexual stories about what's wrong with them or their family.

==Other on-air personalities==
===Alan Cross===
{{main|Alan Cross}}
Alan Cross started at CFNY in October 1986 doing the overnight show. He held the position of [[program director]] for the station from 2004 to 2008. He continues to host the ''[[The Ongoing History of New Music]]'', which runs Sundays at 8:00 p.m. and is rebroadcast Mondays at 11:00 PM. As well, he creates a daily, minute-long segment of the ''Ongoing History'', that is played sporadically during the day's commercial breaks (as well as via a [[podcast]]); upwards of 5,000 segments have been produced.<ref>{{cite episode
| title = 500th Show
| series = The Ongoing History of New Music
| serieslink = The Ongoing History of New Music
| credits = Alan Cross (writer/host), Rob Johnston (producer)
| station = CFNY-FM
| city = Toronto
| transcripturl = http://www.edge.ca/station/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?rem=21235&pge=1&arc=2
}}</ref>

===Dave "Bookie" Bookman===
[[Image:Bookie.jpg|thumb|right|Dave "Bookie" Bookman]]
Dave Bookman currently works the "afternoon drive" timeslot, from 2:00 p.m until 7:00 p.m, though he joined the radio station in 1991 (and is one of only three on-air personalities from that time that are still at the radio station), as a street reporter for their no longer existent ''Live in Toronto'' show. Bookman often talks about his love of [[sport]]s, [[soap opera]]s and [[independent music]], and also often has interviews with various [[musical artist|artist]]s, [[sports commentator]]s and [[movie reviewer]]s. As well, he is often given brand new music to premiere, or concerts to announce on his show.

Bookman currently runs two regular contests:
*"Bookie's College of Musical Knowledge", a trivia game involving three categories (generally about or related to music, but occasionally about other subject matters, most notably ''[[The Simpsons]]''), three answers and three contestants. The first contestant picks the category, and gets a question and three [[multiple choice]] answers to choose from. If answered wrongly, the question is posed to the second, and then the third, contestant. Before getting answers, Bookman always inquires as to where the contestant is calling from, and recommends a nearby place to visit, if he knows of one.
*"Tums Up or Tums Down" is a new contest, which began on [[12 July]], [[2006]]. Two players relay something they feel passionately for or against, giving it a rating of "[[Thumbs up|Tums up]]" or "[[Thumbs down|Tums down]]" accordingly. Bookman, and two others (usually his producer Adam Ricard, and another station staffer, John "JD" Davies) then vote, by "[[secret ballot]]" – they each write down their choice, and then reveal them to the other judges – on which player's answer was best, with the majority vote getter being the winner. On the off-chance that there's a tie (very occasionally a judge will abstain), a coin has been flipped to select the winner. The contest is not currently sponsored by the [[antacid]] company; rather, the phrase is just used as [[wordplay]].

Bookman also hosts ''Bookie's Free Nu Music Nite'', Tuesday nights at the [[Horseshoe Tavern]], and the ''Indy Hour'' program, an hour dedicated to independent music programming, Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. Bookman is himself a former musician, who formed the band [[The Bookmen]] with [[Tim Mech]] in the early 1990s.

===Josie Dye===
Josie Dye generally is on-air between the ''Dean Blundell Show'' and 2:00 p.m. Her show consists mostly of music, interspersed with "different" stories that Dye either finds in the news or relates from her own personal experience. "The Nooner", an hour-long [[All Request]] period between noon and 1:00 p.m., also takes place during Dye's show, to which she often assigns an arbitrary theme (previous themes have included gay music to correspond with Toronto's [[Pride Week]], cover songs, and live sessions, which she has stated is her favourite theme). She also runs a small survey every day in order to pick the last song played on The Nooner, which is generally between two choices, and relate to the theme, if there is one for that day.

Dye runs two regular contests:
*"Guess this Edge Artist", in which she gives a series of three or four bizarre clues pointing towards a [[musician]] or [[music group|group]], whose music is played on the radio station. In order to win, players must call in (other forms of entry, such as email, are not accepted) with the correct answer.
*"Retro Recall", a contest that takes place daily during the Nooner. A very short clip from the beginning of a [[retro]] (defined as ten years old, or older) song is played, and the first caller who correctly identifies both the group or musician and the song title wins (after which the full song is played).

Josie Dye also hosts the ''live-to-air'' broadcast from Republik nightclub, Friday nights from 2:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m.

===Barry Taylor===
Barry Taylor is from [[Hamilton, Ontario]]<ref name=BTAYLOR>{{cite web| title = 102.1 EDGE Biography: Barry Taylor| url=http://www.edge.ca/bio/barry.cfm| accessdate = 2007-01-21}}</ref> and usually works Monday - Wednesday evenings, from the end of Bookman's show until around midnight, and starting at noon on weekends. He also co-hosts Punkorama, an hour of programming dedicated to [[punk rock]] music, Tuesday nights at 11 p.m.

Instead of contests, Taylor has a number of regular, usually listener-interactive, programming:
*"The Barry Interesting Survey", an online and call-in survey dealing with a usually music-themed topic.
*"The 4:20 Thought", much like the Barry Interesting Survey, except based on [[420 (cannabis culture)|cannabis culture]]. Taylor poses a question, "What is your favourite movie to watch while experiencing 'the 420'", and then runs down the top five listener responses.
*"The Barry Funny Joke", admittedly self-written jokes that Taylor describes as "experienced best sometime after [[420 (cannabis culture)|4:20 PM]]". The joke and punchline, which is essentially a pun, are both deadpanned twice in succession, followed by a sound clip that generally involves a [[shotgun]] cocking and firing, as well as the voice clip of [[Cyborg]] (from the children's show [[Teen Titans (TV series)]]) saying "BOO-YA!". Examples of Barry Funny Jokes:
**What football team would you hire to help you with moving? The [[Green Bay Packers]].
**What does a hip administrative assistant drink? [[Kool Aid]].

Taylor also runs various small segments involving himself "talking" to celebrities (who are actually just recordings). The people he talks with often include [[Chad Kroeger]] of [[Nickelback]], [[Chewbacca]], and, most commonly, [[Jeff Martin (Canadian musician)|Jeff Martin]] of [[The Tea Party]] – Taylor likes to play a clip of the word "You" from the beginning of the song "Fire in the Head" (from the 1995 ''[[The Edges of Twilight]]'' album) as often as possible. Has appeared several times as a juror on the [[MuchMusic]] video-disection show [[Video on Trial]].

Taylor also hosts the ''[[Steam Whistle Brewing|Steam Whistle]] Indie Club'' every Friday and Saturday night at the station's storefront studio.

===Martin Streek===
Martin Streek is another of the three remaining personalities from the "Spirit of Radio" era. He currently hosts the ''Thursday 30'', a four hour long show that counts down the top 30 songs of the past week (collected via record sales and listener voting), as well as introduces new music (a segment called the "Groundbreakers"), and flashes back to a previous year's countdown, as Streek recalls the top five songs of that week in a certain previous year.

Streek also hosts two ''live-to-air'' broadcasts from [[nightclub]]s: Saturday nights at the Phoenix and Sunday nights at Velvet Underground, both in [[downtown]] [[Toronto]]. Both shows run from 9:00 PM until 2:00 AM, and are broadcast without interruption (i.e., [[Advertising|commercial]]-free), except for live ads imploring people to visit the club, after about 10:00 p.m.. Martin is also a huge fan of Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Depeche Mode and The Clash.

Martin has been voted DJ of the year a few times in Now Magazine's year-end public ballot.

Just recently he had to have his appendix removed surgically; he has recovered and is doing well.

===Darryl Spring===
Darryl started at CFNY in June 2005 and hosts some overnight shows along with Friday and Saturday Evenings (Countdown to the Kingdom and Countdown to Club 102 at the Phoenix). Darryl also has some interactive contests like the Edge Artist Showdown and the Album Title Challenge. On occasion he'll fill in for club DJ Craig G, or Club Host Martin Streek. Spring, along with Edge dj Shawarma host a live-to-air show Saturday Nights around 2am.

===Darrin Pfeiffer===
[[Darrin Pfeiffer]], the drummer for the [[United States|American]] [[pop punk]] band [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]], joined CFNY in 2005 after moving to Toronto with his Canadian-born wife Vicky Montgomery. He currently hosts the overnight slot on Sundays. Darrin was born in the suburbs of nearby Buffalo, NY (in Akron), where CFNY broadcasts very clearly and enjoys a small but cult following among alt-rock fans of the WNY region.

===Megaphone Man===
Megaphone Man, Hosted Monday to Wednesday nights at 10:00 p.m., directly after Barry Taylor, from 2005-2006 before going on a supposed hiatus. He returned on Wednesday, January 23rd, for the Megaphone Man Hour. Megaphone Man's gimmick is speaking through a megaphone, at low volume. Megaphone Man is believed to be the alter ego of radio personality Barry Taylor.

===Adwoa Nsiah-Yeboah===
Adwoa Nsiah-Yeboah, winner of the "Edge Moderately Paid Employee" contest in February 2005, reports on traffic during The [[Dean Blundell]] Show (morning drive) and with [[Dave Bookman]] (afternoon drive). While not a host herself, occasionally Blundell and Bookman engage Adwoa in banter.

===Adam Ricard===
Adam Ricard hosts Saturday morning's ''All Request Breakfast'' (9-Noon Saturdays), as well as producing Dave Bookman's ''Afternoon Drive Rock and Roll Radio Show''.

===George Stroumboulopoulos===
He has returned to host the ''Strombo show'' from 5pm to 8pm on Sundays. He brings in guests and plays some new music.

===Past personalities===
*[[Steve Anthony]]
*[[Carlos Benevides]]
*[[Mary Ellen Beninger]]
*[[Don Berns]]
*[[Neil Morrison (DJ)|Brother Bill]]
*[[Ron Bruchal]]
*[[Lee Carter (radio)|Lee Carter]]
*[[Reggie Cecchini]]
*[[Nick Charles (DJ)|Nick Charles]]
*[[Rick Charles]]
*[[Daddy Cool (DJ)|Daddy Cool]]
*[[Sandra Crawford]]
*[[Pete Cugno]]
*[[Jim Duff (DJ)|Jim Duff]]
*[[Dan Duran]]
*[[Danger]]
*[[Scott Eagleson]]
*[[Dani Elwell]]
*[[Alan Ericson]]
*[[Phil Evans]]
*[[Norah Fountain]]
*[[Pete Fowler (DJ)|Pete Fowler]]
*[[Artie Funkhouser]]
*[[Lana Gay]]
*Peter Goodwin
*[[Pete Griffin]]
*[[Ivar Hamilton]]
*[[Mike Hanafin]]
*[[Hal Harbour]]
*[[Howard Glassman|Humble Howard]]
*[[David Hight]]
*[[Beverly Hills (radio host)|Beverly Hills]]
*[[Josh Holliday]]
*[[Kim Hughes (radio)|Kim Hughes]]
*[[Liz Janik]]
*[["Live" Earl Jive]]
*[["Deadly" Hedley Jones]]
*[[John Jones]]
*Kneale Mann
*[[David Marsden]]
*[[Brad McNally]]
*[[Kevin O'Leary (DJ)|Kevin O'Leary]]
*[[Fred Patterson]]
*[[Maie Pauts]]
*[[Sandra Plagakis]]
*[[Skip Prokop]]
*[[Jim Reid (DJ)|Jim Reid]]
*[[David Haydu|Geets Romo]]
*[[Reiner Schwarz]]
*[[James Scott (DJ)|James Scott]]
*[[Chris Sheppard (DJ)|Chris Sheppard]]
*[[Skot Turner]]
*[[Eddy Valiquette]]
*[[Craig Venn]]
*[[Erella Vent]]
*[[Ted Woloshyn]]
*[[Visnja]]
*[[Benjamin Kowalewicz]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==See also==
* [[List of radio stations in Ontario]]
* [[Edgefest]]

==External links==
* [http://www.edge.ca/ EDGE.CA]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=397&historyID=179 CFNY history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
* [http://www.spiritofradio.ca/ spiritofradio.ca, a CFNY historical fan page]
* [http://www.martinstreek.com/ martinstreek.com, a site by an Edge DJ]
* {{RecnetCanada|CFNY-FM}}

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CFNY-FM

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216.16.228.6: /* Recurring guests */

{{Infobox Radio station
| image = [[Image:Edge102.gif]]|
| name = CFNY-FM|
| airdate = 1960 |
| frequency = 102.1 [[Megahertz|MHz]] ([[FM radio|FM]]) |
| city = [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]], [[Ontario]]
| area = [[Greater Toronto Area]]|
| format = [[modern rock]] |
| owner = [[Corus Entertainment]] |
| power = 35 kW |
| erp = 100 kW |
| branding = "102.1 The Edge" |
| sister_stations = [[CFMJ (AM)|CFMJ]], [[CILQ-FM|CILQ]]
| slogan = |
| class = |
| website = [http://www.edge.ca/ 102.1 The Edge] |
}}
'''CFNY-FM''' is a [[Canada|Canadian]] [[radio station]], broadcasting at 102.1 [[FM radio|FM]]. While the station's official [[city of license]] is [[Brampton, Ontario]],<ref>{{cite press release
| url=http://www.crtc.gc.ca/archive/ENG/Decisions/2006/db2006-394.htm
| title=Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2006-394
| publisher=[[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]]
| date=[[2006-08-23]]
| accessdate=2007-03-13
}}</ref> the studios are located on [[Yonge Street (Toronto)|Yonge Street]] in downtown [[Toronto]], and the transmitter is in the [[CN Tower]]. The station targets the entire [[Greater Toronto Area]]. As of December 2007, the station holds a 3.8% share<ref>The percentage of people 12 and older tuned to the station</ref> of its [[media market|market area]].<ref name="BBM2007">{{cite press release
| title=Top-Line Radio Statistics - Toronto CTRL S4 2007
| publisher=[[Bureau of Broadcast Measurement|BBM Canada]]
| url=http://www.bbm.ca/en/BBM_Canada_S4_2007_Top-line_Radio_Report_final.pdf
| format=PDF
| date=[[2007-12-03]]
| accessdate=2008-01-06
}}</ref>

For some time in the 1980s, its free-format programming was considered unique, and the station garnered wide respect around the world{{Fact|date=March 2007}}. This rarely translated into profits, however, and after being sold and re-sold several times to larger and larger media companies, the station now plays a conventional [[modern rock]] format with the branding '''102.1 The Edge'''. The radio station is currently owned by [[Corus Entertainment]].

The station's current program director is Ross Winters, who succeeded [[Alan Cross]] in September 2008 after Cross transferred to Corus' interactive media division, Splice Media.

==History==
CFNY originally started operating in 1961, as an [[FM radio|FM]] rebroadcast of an [[AM radio|AM]] station, [[CIAO (AM)|CHIC]]. The nearby [[Humber College]] provided a steady stream of young employees, who were encouraged to play their own selections in the evening. In the mid-1970s, the owners decided to give the station a brand of its own, creating CFNY in 1977.

Prior to CFNY the call letters were CHIC FM with a transmitter power of 857 watts ERP mono, enough just to cover the town of Brampton later to become a city. Up to around 1975 the CHIC AM control room operator spun LP's from the third turntable in AM master control. Nonstop full play of each side of the LP with a few stops by the AM operator for ID and to flip the LP over. The music was picked by the AM operator just prior to their shift. Any type of music picked simply from the library almost randomly. This may have been the beginning of CFNY. Listeners loved it and at times requested full play of LPs. Sometimes missed by the operator the LP would finish and listeners would call in to complain of the dead air.

The call letters, CFNY, as all call letters for TV and radio broadcast stations has no formal meaning, although the phrase "Canada's First New Youth" has been cited as a [[backronym]].

In 1976 a new FM studio was built just up the road from the old studio in Brampton on a very limited budget. Engineers Mike Hargrave Pawson and Steve Martak built the new studio and a new transmitter site in Georgetown to increase the coverage from 857 watts to 100 kW ERP.

===The Spirit of Radio===

Things started changing when [[David Marsden]] joined as program director in 1978. The station started to sound like a "slick" version of a college radio station. At the time alternative was still very new, but it was also in 1978 that [[New Wave music|New Wave]] and [[punk rock]] took off, and soon the station became known as one of the few commercial stations that played alternative music. Canadian punk act [[Forgotten Rebels]] paid homage to CFNY in the liner notes of their 1979 album ''In Love with the System''.

Fans started referring to it as ''the spirit of radio'', which was used as their catchphrase for some time, and also inspired the [[Rush (band)|Rush]] song "[[The Spirit of Radio]]". Fans were loyal but few, and with a measly 857 watts of power, broadcast from a house in [[Brampton, Ontario|Brampton]], a suburban city northwest of Toronto, the problems of attracting new listeners were many. In 1979, the original owners were involved in an unrelated court action and forced to sell the station. The new owners started the process of moving the antenna to the [[CN Tower]] in 1983.

With the Canadian economy in [[recession]], and interest rates high, the new owners sold the station to media conglomerate [[Selkirk Communications]]. At first, Selkirk did not change the format, and completed the move to the CN Tower. By 1985, the station had reached new heights of popularity, capturing over 5.4% of the Toronto area listeners, and becoming internationally famous for its music mix. For a brief period, it was also available on satellite across North America, although this also led to the introduction of more "popular" music.

The station was particularly well respected for introducing new acts which other stations wouldn't play because they were too small – in the early 1980s, Canadian artists such as [[Martha and the Muffins]], [[Rough Trade (band)|Rough Trade]], [[Blue Rodeo]], [[Jane Siberry]], [[54-40]], [[Skinny Puppy]] and [[Spoons (band)|Spoons]] were among the acts championed by CFNY. CFNY also created Canada's first independent music awards, the [[U-Knows]] (a pun on Canada's mainstream [[Juno Award]]s). In 1986, the station held a listener contest to rename the awards, which were redubbed the [[CASBY Award]]s, for "Canadian Artists Selected By You".

In 1988, the station turned its first profit. However, this was not enough for Selkirk, which sought higher ratings.

===Format change and listener rebellion===

Late that year, it switched to a mostly [[top 40]] format, leaving its alternative format for weekends and late night. At first, there was a listener rebellion. Their phone-in show at noon was an all-request hour, and invariably the requests were for alternative songs. However, the management soon put a stop to this, telling DJs to refuse such calls and only select requests from the top 40. Soon, most of the staff resigned, or were fired.

Loyal listeners soon began signing petitions, and filed an intervention with the [[Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission]] (CRTC) opposing the station's 1989 licence renewal. Radio analyst reports suggested that 100,000 new listeners had been gained by the change. However, this hid the fact that the market share dropped considerably, to 4.3%.

===Evolution to [[modern rock]]===

In 1989, Selkirk was acquired by [[Maclean-Hunter]], who committed to returning the station to an alternative format. Instead of reviving the old freeform programming, however, Maclean-Hunter tweaked the station's programming to create a more conventional [[modern rock]] station. In the early 1990s, the station again became an important outlet for new Canadian music, with acts such as [[Barenaked Ladies]], [[The Lowest of the Low]], [[Rheostatics]], and [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]] counting CFNY as their first major radio supporter. However, with alternative rock being the decade's dominant genre, CFNY did not sound as distinctive compared to other radio stations as it had in the 1980s, so it never fully regained its former level of influence and respect.

The change also masked, rather than solving, morale problems at the station — in 1992, DJ Dani Elwell resigned from the station by reading her résumé over the air<ref>[http://www.spiritofradio.ca/Sounds.asp?SearchText=Ellwell]</ref>.

When Maclean-Hunter was purchased by [[Rogers Communications]] in 1994, CFNY was one of the stations sold off by Rogers to [[Shaw Communications]], which in turn spun its radio holdings off to [[Corus Entertainment]], CFNY's current owner, in 1999.

In the mid-1990s, the station dropped its old branding, becoming ''102.1 The Edge''. Later it became ''Edge 102'' before reverting to ''102.1 The Edge''. "The Edge" was a common brand name for alternative and modern rock radio stations during the 1990s, and was created by a U.S. consulting firm called [[Jacobs Media]].

Although CFNY remains the station's official call sign, it was never mentioned on-air for many years. In August 2005, however, the station began airing some new identification breaks which used both the CFNY calls and the Edge branding. (Canadian radio stations are officially required to mention their call letters once an hour, although this rule has not been heavily enforced by the CRTC in recent years.)

CFNY is available nationwide in Canada on the [[Bell TV]] satellite TV system, channel 955. It is also available via [[Rogers Cable|Rogers Digital Cable]] on channel 929 in the GTA and 954 in other areas of Ontario.

==International reach==

102.1 The Edge has long enjoyed a unique position among radio stations as an international station, as its signal is strong enough that, like many other Toronto radio stations, it is widely available in two of the top fifty media markets in North America. Its signal from Toronto beams from the [[CN Tower]] throughout the [[Buffalo, New York|Buffalo]]-[[Niagara Falls, New York|Niagara Falls]] [[New York State|NY]] market, in addition to Toronto. CFNY pulls a share of between 0.6% and 1.1% in the Arbitron radio rating in Buffalo, which has compelled the other Buffalo rock stations to stay on the cutting edge of Canadian music, with bands such as [[The Tragically Hip]] and [[Our Lady Peace]] enjoying far higher sales in Buffalo than elsewhere in the United States.{{Fact|date=August 2008}}

In addition, the station broadcasts [[streaming audio]] over the Internet.

As a result of these factors, CFNY frequently promotes itself as one of the most listened-to radio stations in the world — the station did, in fact, rank tenth in a 2002 [[Arbitron]] survey of the world's most listened-to Internet radio streams.<ref>[http://www.arbitron.com/NEWSROOM/archive/03_12_02.htm Arbitron Press Release]</ref>

==''The Dean Blundell Show''==
''The Dean Blundell Show'' is a morning show, which airs Monday through Friday from 5:30 AM until 10:00 AM. The show consists of hosts, Dean Blundell, Jason Barr, and Todd Shapiro discussing ongoing news and events in a sometimes humorous and cynical fashion. It is known for its listener contests, charity work, colourful guests, and Blundell's rants. Every morning Dean Blundell presents "The Edge Files", a look at some recent, sensational, news stories delivered in a satirical way.

[[Jackass (TV series)|Jackass]] co-stars [[Steve-O]] and [[Chris Pontius]] were guests on the show on [[March 26]], [[2004]], in order to promote their "Don't Try This at Home" tour, leading to the "suspension" of Blundell, Barr and Shapiro for the following day. During the interview, Pontius and Steve-O used multiple expletives on the air. Steve-O also proceeded to urinate on the floor and perform a stunt called "Unwrapping the Mummy" all in front of a live studio audience.<ref>{{cite news
|url=http://www.thefreeradical.ca/The_Edge_Jackass.htm
|title=Edge's Blundell back on air today
|publisher=[[Toronto Sun]]
|date=[[2004-03-30]]
|first=John
|last=Kryk
}}</ref>

===Recurring guests===
* Spencer “The Cripple” often comes in, usually on Monday mornings, to talk about his experiences in life. Usually the segment leads to the subjects of bowel movements and sexual dysfunction.
* "Lesbian Lu" visits every Tuesday to talk about her experiences as a gay woman.
* Sex columnist [[Josey Vogels]], every Wednesday morning. Each week she brings a sex-related topic up for discussion, though conversations tend to lead to requests for information about her own sexual exploits.
* "Gay Jeff", a gay friend of Todd Shapiro, every Thursday morning, though occasionally on other days as well. Jeff and the hosts discuss topics related to the gay community; however, these discussions usually lead to the hosts questioning Jeff about his sexual exploits or opinions and perceptions as a gay man.
* "Psychic Nikki" comes in on Friday mornings, and discusses her [[psychic]] visions regarding celebrities, the show's hosts, and callers. Todd, Dean and Jason often playfully joke about her predictions.

===Past recurring guests===
* The "Blind [[Film criticism|Movie Reviewer]]", [[Derek Welsman]], appeared every Thursday morning. [[Blindness|Legally blind]] (he has stated he can see about 10–12%), Welsman, who was also a [[advertising|commercial]] producer for the radio station, talked about a movie he had seen recently, from the perspective of a blind person. Each movie reviewed was assigned a score of one to five "[[star (classification)|blurries]]", and each review ended with Welsman's [[catch phrase]], "and that's the way I see it!" Derek moved on to another radio station in November 2007. His last review for the Edge was Thursday, November 8, 2007. He ended the segment by returning to his home planet of Myopia with his commanding alien officers, [[Ray Charles]] and the blind girl from the Lionel Ritchie "Hello" music video. Derek left for a job that paid him more money.
* [[Gino Empry]], was a recurring guest until his death in 2007, often fighting with Todd and then making up.
* Eduardo, a frequent caller who would demand free offerings and get extremely upset when Dean, Jason and Todd made it difficult for him to do so. Often resorting to hanging up on the morning show, the three would call him back many times until full arguments would break out. Eduardo gave up on the Dean Blundell show, and now often calls an easy listening station.

===Contests===
More so than any other of the regular shows on the station, the Dean Blundell Show regularly runs a variety of contests, which often lead to much larger prizes than the other shows' contests. Contests have included:
* The "Moderately Paid Employee Program" in which the winner, Adwoa Nsiah Yeboah, was awarded a position at the station as its helicopter traffic reporter.
* "The Mister Man-Boobs Contest", "The Cougar Hunt", "The Edge Ultimate Ugly Contest", and "Buns of Steel Contest"
* A series of Wheels, loosely following the [[7 Deadly Sins]]. Each of these "Wheel" contests consist of a series of random challenges (oft-repeated challenges involve stunts done in front of the live tapings of ''[[Breakfast Television]]'', getting onto other radio stations to promote the show/contest, and marketing the radio station), determined by a spin on the wheel, and posed either to a certain number of selected Inside Edge members, or as an open challenge to all listeners. The winners of these challenges are given one or more spaces on the final spin of the wheel, where the person landed on wins a giant prize. To date, there have been Wheels of Greed, Sloth, Envy, Gluttony, and most recently, Pride.
* The "$50,000 Gong", loosely based on ''[[The Gong Show]]'', in which listeners come to the Edge studios and present their talent (either by demonstrating something sufficiently impressive or sufficiently disgusting) to the on-air personalities, who hit a [[gong]] if they don't like it. The listeners who don't get "gonged" qualify for the final round, where one listener will be awarded $50,000. On October 27th The Edge announced that James McAndrew was the winner with his "fart on command" talent.
* The "Edge Youtube Challenge", in which listeners post videos on [[YouTube]]. The videos must include the Edge logo, and "102.1 The Edge" in the video title. 4 prizes of $1000, and 1 grand prize of $5000 are to be rewarded.

The show also has a number of recurring games, with smaller prizes. These include:
* Stump The Show, where callers try to stump the hosts with a question. Due to a convoluted series of rules (including not being able to say "um", "uh" or "no"), this game is generally won by the show, rather than a caller (in which case no prize is awarded).
* "Wha' Happened?", in which callers try to impress the hosts with strange stories of problems in their lives. Blundell, Barr and Shapiro tend to prefer stories dealing with flatulence, sexual mishaps, and the like.
* "What's Wrong With You?", a similar call-in contest to "Wha' Happened" except listeners share interesting and often disgusting, crude or sexual stories about what's wrong with them or their family.

==Other on-air personalities==
===Alan Cross===
{{main|Alan Cross}}
Alan Cross started at CFNY in October 1986 doing the overnight show. He held the position of [[program director]] for the station from 2004 to 2008. He continues to host the ''[[The Ongoing History of New Music]]'', which runs Sundays at 8:00 p.m. and is rebroadcast Mondays at 11:00 PM. As well, he creates a daily, minute-long segment of the ''Ongoing History'', that is played sporadically during the day's commercial breaks (as well as via a [[podcast]]); upwards of 5,000 segments have been produced.<ref>{{cite episode
| title = 500th Show
| series = The Ongoing History of New Music
| serieslink = The Ongoing History of New Music
| credits = Alan Cross (writer/host), Rob Johnston (producer)
| station = CFNY-FM
| city = Toronto
| transcripturl = http://www.edge.ca/station/ongoing_history_of_new_music.cfm?rem=21235&pge=1&arc=2
}}</ref>

===Dave "Bookie" Bookman===
[[Image:Bookie.jpg|thumb|right|Dave "Bookie" Bookman]]
Dave Bookman currently works the "afternoon drive" timeslot, from 2:00 p.m until 7:00 p.m, though he joined the radio station in 1991 (and is one of only three on-air personalities from that time that are still at the radio station), as a street reporter for their no longer existent ''Live in Toronto'' show. Bookman often talks about his love of [[sport]]s, [[soap opera]]s and [[independent music]], and also often has interviews with various [[musical artist|artist]]s, [[sports commentator]]s and [[movie reviewer]]s. As well, he is often given brand new music to premiere, or concerts to announce on his show.

Bookman currently runs two regular contests:
*"Bookie's College of Musical Knowledge", a trivia game involving three categories (generally about or related to music, but occasionally about other subject matters, most notably ''[[The Simpsons]]''), three answers and three contestants. The first contestant picks the category, and gets a question and three [[multiple choice]] answers to choose from. If answered wrongly, the question is posed to the second, and then the third, contestant. Before getting answers, Bookman always inquires as to where the contestant is calling from, and recommends a nearby place to visit, if he knows of one.
*"Tums Up or Tums Down" is a new contest, which began on [[12 July]], [[2006]]. Two players relay something they feel passionately for or against, giving it a rating of "[[Thumbs up|Tums up]]" or "[[Thumbs down|Tums down]]" accordingly. Bookman, and two others (usually his producer Adam Ricard, and another station staffer, John "JD" Davies) then vote, by "[[secret ballot]]" – they each write down their choice, and then reveal them to the other judges – on which player's answer was best, with the majority vote getter being the winner. On the off-chance that there's a tie (very occasionally a judge will abstain), a coin has been flipped to select the winner. The contest is not currently sponsored by the [[antacid]] company; rather, the phrase is just used as [[wordplay]].

Bookman also hosts ''Bookie's Free Nu Music Nite'', Tuesday nights at the [[Horseshoe Tavern]], and the ''Indy Hour'' program, an hour dedicated to independent music programming, Sunday nights at 8:00 p.m. Bookman is himself a former musician, who formed the band [[The Bookmen]] with [[Tim Mech]] in the early 1990s.

===Josie Dye===
Josie Dye generally is on-air between the ''Dean Blundell Show'' and 2:00 p.m. Her show consists mostly of music, interspersed with "different" stories that Dye either finds in the news or relates from her own personal experience. "The Nooner", an hour-long [[All Request]] period between noon and 1:00 p.m., also takes place during Dye's show, to which she often assigns an arbitrary theme (previous themes have included gay music to correspond with Toronto's [[Pride Week]], cover songs, and live sessions, which she has stated is her favourite theme). She also runs a small survey every day in order to pick the last song played on The Nooner, which is generally between two choices, and relate to the theme, if there is one for that day.

Dye runs two regular contests:
*"Guess this Edge Artist", in which she gives a series of three or four bizarre clues pointing towards a [[musician]] or [[music group|group]], whose music is played on the radio station. In order to win, players must call in (other forms of entry, such as email, are not accepted) with the correct answer.
*"Retro Recall", a contest that takes place daily during the Nooner. A very short clip from the beginning of a [[retro]] (defined as ten years old, or older) song is played, and the first caller who correctly identifies both the group or musician and the song title wins (after which the full song is played).

Josie Dye also hosts the ''live-to-air'' broadcast from Republik nightclub, Friday nights from 2:00 a.m. until 5:00 a.m.

===Barry Taylor===
Barry Taylor is from [[Hamilton, Ontario]]<ref name=BTAYLOR>{{cite web| title = 102.1 EDGE Biography: Barry Taylor| url=http://www.edge.ca/bio/barry.cfm| accessdate = 2007-01-21}}</ref> and usually works Monday - Wednesday evenings, from the end of Bookman's show until around midnight, and starting at noon on weekends. He also co-hosts Punkorama, an hour of programming dedicated to [[punk rock]] music, Tuesday nights at 11 p.m.

Instead of contests, Taylor has a number of regular, usually listener-interactive, programming:
*"The Barry Interesting Survey", an online and call-in survey dealing with a usually music-themed topic.
*"The 4:20 Thought", much like the Barry Interesting Survey, except based on [[420 (cannabis culture)|cannabis culture]]. Taylor poses a question, "What is your favourite movie to watch while experiencing 'the 420'", and then runs down the top five listener responses.
*"The Barry Funny Joke", admittedly self-written jokes that Taylor describes as "experienced best sometime after [[420 (cannabis culture)|4:20 PM]]". The joke and punchline, which is essentially a pun, are both deadpanned twice in succession, followed by a sound clip that generally involves a [[shotgun]] cocking and firing, as well as the voice clip of [[Cyborg]] (from the children's show [[Teen Titans (TV series)]]) saying "BOO-YA!". Examples of Barry Funny Jokes:
**What football team would you hire to help you with moving? The [[Green Bay Packers]].
**What does a hip administrative assistant drink? [[Kool Aid]].

Taylor also runs various small segments involving himself "talking" to celebrities (who are actually just recordings). The people he talks with often include [[Chad Kroeger]] of [[Nickelback]], [[Chewbacca]], and, most commonly, [[Jeff Martin (Canadian musician)|Jeff Martin]] of [[The Tea Party]] – Taylor likes to play a clip of the word "You" from the beginning of the song "Fire in the Head" (from the 1995 ''[[The Edges of Twilight]]'' album) as often as possible. Has appeared several times as a juror on the [[MuchMusic]] video-disection show [[Video on Trial]].

Taylor also hosts the ''[[Steam Whistle Brewing|Steam Whistle]] Indie Club'' every Friday and Saturday night at the station's storefront studio.

===Martin Streek===
Martin Streek is another of the three remaining personalities from the "Spirit of Radio" era. He currently hosts the ''Thursday 30'', a four hour long show that counts down the top 30 songs of the past week (collected via record sales and listener voting), as well as introduces new music (a segment called the "Groundbreakers"), and flashes back to a previous year's countdown, as Streek recalls the top five songs of that week in a certain previous year.

Streek also hosts two ''live-to-air'' broadcasts from [[nightclub]]s: Saturday nights at the Phoenix and Sunday nights at Velvet Underground, both in [[downtown]] [[Toronto]]. Both shows run from 9:00 PM until 2:00 AM, and are broadcast without interruption (i.e., [[Advertising|commercial]]-free), except for live ads imploring people to visit the club, after about 10:00 p.m.. Martin is also a huge fan of Nine Inch Nails, Tool, Depeche Mode and The Clash.

Martin has been voted DJ of the year a few times in Now Magazine's year-end public ballot.

Just recently he had to have his appendix removed surgically; he has recovered and is doing well.

===Darryl Spring===
Darryl started at CFNY in June 2005 and hosts some overnight shows along with Friday and Saturday Evenings (Countdown to the Kingdom and Countdown to Club 102 at the Phoenix). Darryl also has some interactive contests like the Edge Artist Showdown and the Album Title Challenge. On occasion he'll fill in for club DJ Craig G, or Club Host Martin Streek. Spring, along with Edge dj Shawarma host a live-to-air show Saturday Nights around 2am.

===Darrin Pfeiffer===
[[Darrin Pfeiffer]], the drummer for the [[United States|American]] [[pop punk]] band [[Goldfinger (band)|Goldfinger]], joined CFNY in 2005 after moving to Toronto with his Canadian-born wife Vicky Montgomery. He currently hosts the overnight slot on Sundays. Darrin was born in the suburbs of nearby Buffalo, NY (in Akron), where CFNY broadcasts very clearly and enjoys a small but cult following among alt-rock fans of the WNY region.

===Megaphone Man===
Megaphone Man, Hosted Monday to Wednesday nights at 10:00 p.m., directly after Barry Taylor, from 2005-2006 before going on a supposed hiatus. He returned on Wednesday, January 23rd, for the Megaphone Man Hour. Megaphone Man's gimmick is speaking through a megaphone, at low volume. Megaphone Man is believed to be the alter ego of radio personality Barry Taylor.

===Adwoa Nsiah-Yeboah===
Adwoa Nsiah-Yeboah, winner of the "Edge Moderately Paid Employee" contest in February 2005, reports on traffic during The [[Dean Blundell]] Show (morning drive) and with [[Dave Bookman]] (afternoon drive). While not a host herself, occasionally Blundell and Bookman engage Adwoa in banter.

===Adam Ricard===
Adam Ricard hosts Saturday morning's ''All Request Breakfast'' (9-Noon Saturdays), as well as producing Dave Bookman's ''Afternoon Drive Rock and Roll Radio Show''.

===George Stroumboulopoulos===
He has returned to host the ''Strombo show'' from 5pm to 8pm on Sundays. He brings in guests and plays some new music.

===Past personalities===
*[[Steve Anthony]]
*[[Carlos Benevides]]
*[[Mary Ellen Beninger]]
*[[Don Berns]]
*[[Neil Morrison (DJ)|Brother Bill]]
*[[Ron Bruchal]]
*[[Lee Carter (radio)|Lee Carter]]
*[[Reggie Cecchini]]
*[[Nick Charles (DJ)|Nick Charles]]
*[[Rick Charles]]
*[[Daddy Cool (DJ)|Daddy Cool]]
*[[Sandra Crawford]]
*[[Pete Cugno]]
*[[Jim Duff (DJ)|Jim Duff]]
*[[Dan Duran]]
*[[Danger]]
*[[Scott Eagleson]]
*[[Dani Elwell]]
*[[Alan Ericson]]
*[[Phil Evans]]
*[[Norah Fountain]]
*[[Pete Fowler (DJ)|Pete Fowler]]
*[[Artie Funkhouser]]
*[[Lana Gay]]
*Peter Goodwin
*[[Pete Griffin]]
*[[Ivar Hamilton]]
*[[Mike Hanafin]]
*[[Hal Harbour]]
*[[Howard Glassman|Humble Howard]]
*[[David Hight]]
*[[Beverly Hills (radio host)|Beverly Hills]]
*[[Josh Holliday]]
*[[Kim Hughes (radio)|Kim Hughes]]
*[[Liz Janik]]
*[["Live" Earl Jive]]
*[["Deadly" Hedley Jones]]
*[[John Jones]]
*Kneale Mann
*[[David Marsden]]
*[[Brad McNally]]
*[[Kevin O'Leary (DJ)|Kevin O'Leary]]
*[[Fred Patterson]]
*[[Maie Pauts]]
*[[Sandra Plagakis]]
*[[Skip Prokop]]
*[[Jim Reid (DJ)|Jim Reid]]
*[[David Haydu|Geets Romo]]
*[[Reiner Schwarz]]
*[[James Scott (DJ)|James Scott]]
*[[Chris Sheppard (DJ)|Chris Sheppard]]
*[[Skot Turner]]
*[[Eddy Valiquette]]
*[[Craig Venn]]
*[[Erella Vent]]
*[[Ted Woloshyn]]
*[[Visnja]]
*[[Benjamin Kowalewicz]]

==References==
{{reflist|2}}

==See also==
* [[List of radio stations in Ontario]]
* [[Edgefest]]

==External links==
* [http://www.edge.ca/ EDGE.CA]
* [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listings_and_histories/radio/histories.php?id=397&historyID=179 CFNY history at Canadian Communications Foundation]
* [http://www.spiritofradio.ca/ spiritofradio.ca, a CFNY historical fan page]
* [http://www.martinstreek.com/ martinstreek.com, a site by an Edge DJ]
* {{RecnetCanada|CFNY-FM}}

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