I thought 680 would be the only one doing live and more importantly local radio coverage on Xmas Eve. Turns out I was wrong. My dog woke me up at midnight to go outside and "use the facilities" (i.e. a tree in my backyard) and I turned on what I thought was CFTR.

Turns out they were simulcasting CKWX, aka 1130 AM in Vancouver. It was a very weird hybrid, even down to the top-of-the-hour I.D., which called itself "News Radio Toronto-Vancouver." The headlines that followed were a strange amalgam of stories, with the anchor reporting about local traffic accidents in Vancouver, right down to the street names, then doing the same for a Toronto fender bender. There were even references to Calgary, so I expect they may have been on that outlet as well. 

The only thing local was traffic and weather cut-ins, and often they didn't end in time, leaving them joining the B.C. anchor in the middle of a story.

I'm not sure if they've ever done this before and it was certainly Christmas related. But it was clear you can't be all things to all people when you're trying to be a local newscast. And this thing just did not work. But it must have saved Rogers some money for all the overtime they didn't pay, having only one crew in across the country. 

It wasn't until 6 AM that they went back to all Toronto local.