TSN Radio

It was announced on February 17, 2011, that its Toronto station CHUM (1050 AM) would discontinue its audio simulcast of CP24's television programming as "CP24 Radio 1050" and switch to an all-sports radio format as TSN Radio 1050 effective April 13, 2011, becoming the flagship station of the network. The company further announced plans on October 3, 2011, to convert its two radio stations in Winnipeg and Montreal under the "TSN Radio" banner (becoming TSN Radio 1290 and TSN Radio 990 respectively) on October 5, 2011. The network in some respects represents a revival of the defunct The Team network, which formerly aired on many of the same stations in the early 2000s when they were owned by CHUM Limited; some of those stations remained "Team"-branded sports radio stations right up until joining TSN Radio. Bell Canada gained 100% control of CTVglobemedia's assets on April 1, 2011, thus renaming the company's name to Bell Media and renaming the radio division, CHUM Radio to Bell Media Radio. It was reported on January 19, 2011, that Rob Gray, who was the program director for CKST and CFTE, had been hired to be program director for both CHUM and the new TSN Radio network. ==Stations==

Former stations History TSN entered radio broadcasting with CHUM (1050 AM) in Toronto, which became the first station under the TSN Radio moniker, as TSN Radio 1050, on April 13, 2011. The station serves as the flagship of the network. Bell Media further announced on October 3, 2011, that its radio stations CKGM in Montreal and CFRW in Winnipeg would join the TSN Radio network (becoming TSN Radio 990 and TSN Radio 1290 respectively) on October 5, 2011. CFRW had been long anticipated as a member of the network, having abandoned its oldies format for sports in fall 2010 (and using a TSN-inspired logo in the interim) and acquired the rights to the revived Winnipeg Jets in summer 2011. TSN has said that the aforementioned stations 'shall work closely' with the TSN Radio stations, The CRTC ultimately rejected both proposals. Bell would ultimately receive an exemption to the ownership cap so it could remain the owner of CKGM through the acquisition, which was finalized in June 2013. On September 30, 2013, CFRN in Edmonton and CFGO in Ottawa re-branded as TSN Radio stations. On August 28, 2014, it was announced that the Team stations in Vancouver—CKST and CFTE—would finally rebrand as TSN Radio stations on September 8, 2014. However, following the launch of a rival sports radio station in the market (Rogers-owned CISL), CFTE flipped to a business news format, BNN Bloomberg Radio, in April 2018. CKOC in Hamilton joined the network in 2015, after acquiring radio rights to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. On February 9, 2021, Bell Media discontinued the TSN Radio formats in Hamilton (CKOC), Vancouver (CKST), and Winnipeg (CFRW, which had recently lost its radio rights to the Jets) as part of an ongoing series of cuts across the company. All three stations flipped to automated formats with limited local programming, with the Hamilton station immediately flipping to BNN Bloomberg Radio, and the remaining two flipping to Bell Media's stand-up all-comedy Funny format. The TSN Radio station in Edmonton (CFRN) was shut down on June 14, 2023, along with Bell Media's shutdown or pending sale of nine stations (including CKOC, CFRW and CKST), while cutting programming in Toronto and Ottawa. ==Programming==

's 9 Channel Nine Court, where TSN and CFTO-DT are based To date, TSN Radio has not yet created a full-day national programming schedule along the lines of the 24-hour ESPN Radio and Fox Sports Radio services in the United States, nor is one expected. Indeed, the TSN stations rarely if ever carry another station's local programming. Although there are some common programs, this is mostly limited to a handful of specialty weekend shows, and to U.S. syndicated programming such as The Dan Patrick Show and ESPN Radio (and even these programs are not carried on all stations). Mike Richards signed on to host the Toronto station's morning show, Mike Richards in the Morning. The show airs from 5:30-9a.m. (ET), and was expected to be simulcast on TSN2 beginning in September 2011. With the announcement of TSN1, TSN3, TSN4, and TSN5, the studios of TSN Radio stations in Vancouver, Winnipeg, and Ottawa were also configured to allow television simulcasts. TSN and Mike Richards mutually parted ways in August 2016. 's 250 Richmond Street West which is connected to the 299 Queen Street West building Additionally, TSN has radio broadcasting rights for golf's The Open Championship, The U.S. Open, UEFA Euro 2012 and 2016, the NBA Playoffs, and NFL on Westwood One. As part of TSN's television contract extension with the Canadian Football League, TSN Radio also owned the radio broadcast rights to the Grey Cup from 2013 to 2018. ==References==