The names and dial positions are all familiar in the Toronto summer radio ratings released by Numeris.
 
As usual CHFI and CHUM-FM are on top, with CBC Radio 1 also in the overall mix. CHUM clobbers its ’FI competitor in women, 25-54, while men prefer 98.1 (and Q107 and Boom) to 104.5.
 
See the breakdown here. 
 
The overall 12+ numbers are interesting to me – especially when it comes to our old friend AM 640. I know summer is traditionally a fallow period for talk stations – although with the machinations of Trump, Trudeau and the Wynne government, there’s been lots to gab about – but CFMJ is down again.

640 went from an already low 1.5 to a 1.3, and its numbers are anemic with both genders. CFRB, by comparison, has inched even higher than they were in the winter.
 
Which leads to the question asked here over and over again – how long can Corus continue with that format in the face of ever declining numbers? Don’t get me wrong – I like a lot of things about AM 640 and would hate to see it disappear. But this is an expensive format and they can’t possibly be happy with the small market share it gets - and has been getting for years. And the changes in the morning - and the idiotic way they did it - certainly didn't help.