NewsTalk 1010

NewsTalk 1010 is Toronto's news and talk station at 40 kilobits per second - compressed audio for talk format, which actually works because speech tolerates compression better than music does. The station covers news, sports, current events, and local politics with the particular Canadian-Toronto blend of earnestness and skepticism. Hosts have strong personalities instead of the generic interchangeable style most North American news radio adopted. This makes it actually listenable for long stretches. Morning drive includes news updates and sports coverage. Midday shifts toward political talk a…