Where is the money coming from? 640 is owned by Corus, a company with crashing shares.
Meanwhile, Bell has the money and just won't spend it. 
 

Onterio's Authoratative News Voice. indeed. Gordon Sinclair and Jack Dennett must be rolling in their graves.

Almost all of the voiceovers are taken directly from CTV Toronto's newscasts. The problem there is that if they take something from the noon newscast and play it at say, 4 PM, it's at least four hours old by that point and things could have changed in the interim. How would they know if they haven't got anybody there reporting? 

I've also heard them do this - and this is even worse. Instead of taking an old reporter story, who at least went to the scene, they'll sometimes take the noon anchor reading a piece of copy and use that as their "reporter" VO. That's just cheesy. 

I don't know. Maybe I'm just a bit of purist and this doesn't bother anyone else. But I think it's a poor way to run a newsroom, especially one that was once so prominent, although admittedly devastated by seemingly never-ending budget cuts. 

As a former ND of 70's Toronto radio, it's a joke that CFRB can even say they have a newsroom.  In order to promote yourself as an "authoritative" news source, you must have some and CTV ain't it!  No reporters inside or on the outside.  Their constant programming lineup changes become routine lacking any sign of professional input. This shell of its former self is a result of Bell's ownership, only confirmed by their basement ratings. 

Dial Twister wrote:

Given that the only time I see or hear references to 640 or 1010 are right here on Big Yellow, I'm amazed they bother to keep the lights on.

Other than RA and a few others round these parts, who is still listening? 😉

You're probably right but for better or worse, that's a lot of what I listen to because music just doesn't do it for me anymore. I need a little more content than that. (Although whether you'd call the talkers' offerings "content" is up to you.) So I only really feel confident venturing opinions on stations I actually hear. 

That said, I welcome any posts about other radio outlets here. The problem, as I see it, is that nothing much different ever happens at CHUM-FM or CHFI, and their very consistency is what makes them so popular. But it also makes them fairly dull and predictable, and that may be why they so seldom make news here. But if anyone has anything to say about them, please feel free. I'd welcome the additions.

Agreed. They could both be better, including CFRB which Bell has treated like a car rusting in garage that they never go out and start. No wonder it doesn't run properly. Even given the limitations of AM these days, a new owner that cares could surely do better.