Toronto Mike
March 25, 2009 / 19:57

They managed to save the old CHUM Sign, why can't they do the same for the old CHUM web site?

http://www.torontomike.com/2008/07/its_not_the_building_we_love_i.html

The_Voice
March 25, 2009 / 22:14

Thanks for the heads up! I was able to grab my birthday chart earlier today!

CQ
March 26, 2009 / 09:02

Big media cares indeed. I just visited Thursday morning's Toronto edition mainpage of 20%(?) CTVglobemedia owner, Torstar's Toronto Star: no mention of the iconic radio station.
Nothing is shown on its Entertainment section page nor sidebar listing of smaller entertainment stories.

Darryl
March 26, 2009 / 11:42

I managed to grab most of the 1978-1981 gifs (Toronto Star cutouts) but ran out of time.

At least I can place them somewhere if the charts never resurface.

Horonymous
March 26, 2009 / 14:28

CTV and Global are not interested in proving quality to Canadians.

Stephanie Wilkinson
March 26, 2009 / 16:03

Whew! I too was able to get my birthday week. Sorta cool.. I don't like the Beatles, despite the fact they held the one and two spot.

Gail
March 26, 2009 / 20:54

Okay, I admit it, I have facebook.

I just found a group started in Vancouver that is out to save the charts. Sure, I'm member #3, but it's a start.

Sent it to all my "friends" and already two have joined. You have to start somewhere.

Directed the creator to your site :)

Tony
March 27, 2009 / 10:39

The old CHUM Charts archive can still be accessed through archive.org. Unfortunately, however, because of the nature of the database used on the old website, accessing the archives can be a bit tricky.

Below is a link to the first chart (chart=1) entry of 5/27/57:

http://web.archive.org/web/20070712094854/www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=1

Using the drop down (or jump) menu to directly access other dates will NOT work like it did before. You must manually replace the chart number at the end of the url in the address bar to access other dates. Here are two examples:

http://web.archive.org/web/20061107221844/www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=100

In this case, "chart=100" is the chart listing for April, 06, 1959

Example 2:

http://web.archive.org/web/20061107191215/www.1050chum.com/index_chumcharts.aspx?chart=978

In this instance, "chart=978" is the chart listing for 10/18/75. It's really not that hard to grasp. The higher the chart number, the more recent the chart date & vice versa.

One additional caveat: Archive.org is notoriously slow, so a great deal of patience will definitely be required while accessing the CHUM archives through this site. You'll get a lot of "connection timed out" error messages as well, but just keep re-entering/re-clicking the url and you will eventually gain access.

I hope my rather sloppy & half-assed explanation makes at least some sense :-)

John Baker
April 2, 2009 / 12:07

I too, was first surprised, then disappointed to find my CHUM chart bookmark bring up the CP24 site. I repeatedly emailed the site to ask what had become of them. A week later I got this reply,

"Thank you for your email. We appreciate that you have been a loyal listener to 1050 CHUM and hope that you will continue to tune into the station for your local news, weather and traffic updates now that the station has changed its format. CHUM Radio has made the decision to change the format to an all-news station – CP24 Radio 1050 – in an effort to provide Torontonians with more local news. Thank you very much for your comments. Feedback from our listeners is extremely important to us."

Yeah, right. Not one mention of the CHUM charts. I replied to this email but have not received a response.

This is very short sighted on CP24's part. All they need is a link.

Bob
April 3, 2009 / 01:31

Im not surprised, CTV has always come off as arrogant, and as much as people seems to dislike Rogers because they are a monopoly of sorts, i still prefer them to the arrogance of CTV/Globemedia.
CP24 has never been the same since it was taken over by CTV!

Chris
April 3, 2009 / 08:56

Tony (March 27) -- thank you! Yes, the alternative method to finding the CHUM charts is slow, but it's a place to start. Thanks again!

ChumKid
April 5, 2009 / 19:37

I'm incredulous. Seriously - how hard would it have been to incorporate a link? CHUM Charts were a part of my childhood/teen years, and they represent an important facet of Canadian music history. I can't believe that they are no longer accessible on the Web. You know...that modern thing called The World Wide Web, where information about everything is available to all. Honestly, what dolts. Must they sever all ties to the past?

Cheryl Calaminici
April 5, 2009 / 22:43

Chum, after all the loyal years I listened to my most favourite music and you up and left all of us with nothing to take your place or even someplace to go back to on the internet to relive old times, look up our favourtie songs etc. HOW COULD YOU LEAVE US IN THE COLD???? :((

Neville A. Ross
April 21, 2009 / 06:30

I love music, I love this city

Then, if you truly do, you'll buy or download your favorite music instead of just expecting CTV Globemedia to keep on subsidizing a station who listeners were dying off anyway (if it were me, I would have got rid of the oldies format, and replaced it with a new music format in AM stereo, and hire the New Musical Express to run the station, playing current Canadian and British rock and roll/dance/pop.) That's what Toronto really needs.

For all it's worth, I hope that you get to save the CHUM charts, but to be brutally frank, it's time for you nostalgia addicts to join the 21st century-either that, or give up rock music and listen to something else.

As for losing a radio station, you think that you have it bad? The listeners and DJ's at CKLN radio have had their formats and shows forcibly pulled off of the air by the unelected student body at Ryerson, and that station was a 1000 times better that 1050 CHUM.

Mike MacDonald
April 21, 2009 / 13:49

I only recently discovered access to old chart information. I do have all #ed charts from 1968 through 1975 including multiple copies of the last 2-3 years when I finally figured out that it was just as easy to pick up a handful as one each week. I started collecting Aug. 11/58 but not regularly. I also picked up through 1976-1977 a copy each week of the larger store chart (Eaton's) until my supplier found it too much trouble to save them for me. MM

Ron
April 21, 2009 / 16:57

That's really nice Neville. Please begrudge us our nostalgia if you don't mind.

Thx Tony for that archive link, much appreciated.

Neville A. Ross
April 22, 2009 / 02:44

Tony, nobody owes you classic rock at all, or any form of nostalgia to begin with. You're a big boy, and you can buy music just as easy as you listen to 1050 CHUM. Also, you don't need classic rock every day, just sometimes. A little new music wouldn't be bad, and it won't kill you, either.

chumbug
May 2, 2009 / 20:29

If you've got some CHUM charts to share, may I suggest a visit to the ARSA website at las-solanas.com/arsa

The site is devoted to preserving radio station surveys from all over the place ... they've archived almost 10,000 and new surveys are being added every day. The site includes over 300 CHUM charts, as well as charts from CKEY, CFTR, CKFH, etc.

If you've got surveys you could enter, the site could use your help. If not, it's still a great place to surf around and relive some memories!

Darryl
May 21, 2009 / 13:14

Okay. As promised, some 78-81 CHUM Charts are at: http://dtradio.com/chum/

MsC
July 29, 2009 / 14:21

"Tony, nobody owes you classic rock at all, or any form of nostalgia to begin with. You're a big boy, and you can buy music just as easy as you listen to 1050 CHUM. Also, you don't need classic rock every day, just sometimes. A little new music wouldn't be bad, and it won't kill you, either."

True Neville, but we don't need your supercilious attitude here either OK?

Canuck
December 4, 2009 / 00:28

The charts are gone, but fans still might want to check out the following and listen to classic shows and interviews... before THAT plug gets pulled too...

http://ondemand.streamtheworld.com/1050chum/

Neville A Ross
December 8, 2009 / 20:55

Sorry, Tony!

I was having a bad day and was up too late! I didn't mean to offend!

Nev

Bruce from Ottawa
April 10, 2010 / 10:04

It's been over a year since the demise of the old music format at 1050 CHUM. I really missed Roger Ashby's Sunday morning show which was again repeated at night so I could listen to it on the radio. He had such a vast collection of rare music and knowledge of such artists. I can get 740 CHWO quite well at night and can also get it via Internet. Anyhow I still miss Chum and of course being able to connect to their chart website. Hopefully it could be put up again sometime

Roz Stickley
April 16, 2010 / 15:40

I to miss the old CHUM AM. I had been listening since the early 60's, in fact I was an offical "Chum Bug", and picked up the weekly Chum Chart at the record shop. I loved listening to many of the DJ's from back then, Bob McAdorey, Jungle Jay Nelson, Mike Darow, Al Boliska, John Majhor and Mike Cooper. Chum brought the Beatles to Maple Leaf Gardens, Toronto in 1964 and 1965 and yes I was there, both times!
CHUM AM was a big part of my life growing up, and left me with many wonderful memories....

Bill Penny
March 23, 2011 / 00:15

My brother has a copy of every one of the original chum charts issued for YEARS, starting in 1963. I believe it is right from the the first one ever issued.

Are they of some use in keeping the hole thing alive?

Bill Penny
March 23, 2011 / 00:15

My brother has a copy of every one of the original chum charts issued for YEARS, starting in 1963. I believe it is right from the the first one ever issued.

Are they of some use in keeping the hole thing alive?

Peter Faulkner
July 18, 2011 / 23:07

The archive.org works occasionally buy I noticed it defaults back to that 24-7 Toronto station. I'm from WIndsor but I loved the CHUM sound.

Terry
January 3, 2012 / 05:52

I have started to reprint full chart listings on my website. Contact me if you want to discuss or need more links - thanks

Janet Evans
January 9, 2012 / 10:12

Yes as a kid growing up in Toronto in the 1960's, the weekly Chum charts were entertaining, of which 1050 focused on the current Rock & Roll music of that era and continued with the 60's theme into the 70's, 80's & 90's.
Who would have thought that the Waters family would sell their historic Chum Ltd. company. Their should have been some effort made to preserve the nostalgia Chum Chart music site, its a shame.

Ðan
January 26, 2012 / 13:05

I'd love to find the 580 CFRA countdown charts from the 8O's . Every weekend, I would listen and follow along with the chart from the newspaper.