Subject: THE END OF CHUM AS A TOP 40 STATION
Station: CHUM Toronto
Date: June 6, 1986 (Upgraded 6-4-11)
Time: 12:02

"I don't know much about this business. I hire people who do." - Allan Waters

For the better part of 29 years, CHUM ruled the airwaves as southern Ontario's leading Top 40 radio station.

It all started May 27, 1957 when CHUM owner Allan Waters gambled that listeners would want to hear the Top 40 tunes - including the newfangled rock 'n' roll - 24 hours a day. He won his bet as CHUM went on to become one of North America's premiere Top 40 stations, a status that has grown to legendary proportions. However, by 1986, CHUM determined that a change was necessary, and a format of current and past soft rock hits was introduced on June 6. Not only did the Top 40 era end on that day at CHUM, but so did the tradition of the CHUM Chart - more than 1,500 issues strong.

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(The Bill Dulmage Collection)

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