Canadian Music Week: Contemporary hit radio in Toronto a case of same old, same old

TORONTO – If contemporary hit radio (CHR) listeners in Toronto think the music coming through their speakers all sounds the same, they’re pretty well right.Not only do CHR stations in Toronto put popular tunes in heavy rotation, they are also all playing the exact same Top 20 songs all day long, with few exceptions, according to recent research from BDS Radio Canada, a division of The Nielsen Company. The CHR market in Toronto consists of five stations: 92.5 KiSS FM (CKIS), 99.9 Virgin Radio (CKFM), Z103.5 FM (CIDC), 104.5 CHUM FM (CHUM) and 93.5 Flow FM (CFXJ). BDS Radio Canada did...