104.5 Chum FM Toronto

CHUM FM has been part of Toronto's radio furniture for decades, and 104.5 is still where the city goes for Hot AC that doesn't feel like a focus group wrote it. The playlist is broad on purpose: The Weeknd and Alessia Cara next to Ed Sheeran, Dua Lipa, maybe a '90s throwback nobody asked for. It works. Mornings are chatty, sometimes too chatty. The music loosens up later in the day, and that's when the station earns its keep. What you get is competent, well-paced Canadian radio with actual personality. The hosts sound like they live in the city, not like they're reading scripts sent from a boa…