Checked it out RA, a bit of a dog’s breakfast and you’re right, not easy to navigate and I don’t feel like  I got much from it, but I bet someone on this board can explain it!

CBC radio would be the official station to tune in.  In the case of a national emergency private stations could also carry the CBC feed.

ED1 wrote:

RadioActive wrote:

By the way, here's something else I've often wondered about. 

In the U.S. there are certain radio stations that are designated as the go-to place in an extreme emergency (like war or a huge hurricane.) In L.A., for example, it's KFI.

Does Toronto have a similar official station that you're supposed to tune to when all hell breaks loose?

Regarding KFI, are you referring to them as the primary entry point for the EAS Presidential messages?

I'm referring to what used to be called The Emergency Broadcast System, which may be out of date thanks to more modern technology. Remember the old tests, followed by the announcement, "If this had been an actual emergency, you would have been instructed where to tune in your area for more information?" 

Those days are gone, but there even used to be little red triangles on American radios to indicate the two frequencies you should go to in the event of a disaster. They were 640 and 1240 and for a time, it was legally required they be displayed on every radio receiver made in the U.S.



That ended a while ago, but certain U.S. stations were then designated as the go-to emergency disaster outlets. (I think WWL was one of them during Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans.) I was wondering if Toronto or Canada had anything similar, and if so, which specific stations were chosen. FEMA has a list of the U.S.outlets at the bottom of their webpage that people can tune to. I notice Buffalo doesn't seem to have one, unless I missed it.

See also: Why 640 & 1240 Were Once Specially Marked On U.S. Car Radios