The Team (corporately styled as The TEAM) was a Canadian sports radio network, which broadcast from 2001 to 2002. It was owned and operated by CHUM Limited, based on the existing format of their Ottawa station The Team 1200, and incorporated virtually all of the company's AM radio stations across Canada. It was dissolved as a national network in 2002 amid poor ratings, although a few of its former stations retained the sports format and Team branding as standalone entities.
History
thumb|right|The Team logo, branded for 1050 Toronto
The network was launched on May 7, 2001, but struggled to build an audience in many cities. In Toronto, for example, the network had to compete against Telemedia's The Fan 590, and found that much of its potential audience had already built a strong sense of loyalty to the more established station. The switch of 1050 CHUM, the network's flagship station, away from its popular former oldies format was also controversial.
The network aired both original programming — its marquee Canadian sportscaster was Jim Van Horne, while other programs were hosted by Paul Romanuk, Mike Richards and Gene Valaitis — and syndicated sports programming from the United States, such as The Jim Rome Show.
In August 2002, after just over a year on the air, CHUM pulled the plug and most of the network's stations reverted to their old pre-Team formats. the Winnipeg and Montreal stations were added shortly thereafter, with Ottawa and Edmonton stations added in 2013. The two Bell Media-owned sports radio stations in Vancouver, while sharing some programming with the TSN Radio stations, retained the Team branding until September 8, 2014, when they were both re-branded as TSN Radio.
The Team stations
CHUM-owned
{| class="wikitable"
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! Broadcast area
! Station
! Previous format
! Subsequent format
! Current format
|-
| Halifax, Nova Scotia
| CJCH
| Talk radio
| Oldies with some talk programming
| Relocated to FM as CJCH-FM 101.3 The Bounce; now 101.3 Virgin Radio (CHR/Top 40)
|-
| Montreal, Quebec
| CKGM
| Oldies
| Retained The Team
| Later renamed TSN Radio 990; now TSN Radio 690
|-
|Ottawa, Ontario
|CFGO
| Adopted The Team in 1998
| Retained The Team
| Later renamed TSN Radio 1200
|-
| Kingston, Ontario
| CKLC
| Adult contemporary
| Adult standards
| Relocated to FM as CKLC-FM 98.9 The Drive (Alternative rock); now Pure Country 99
|-
| Peterborough, Ontario
| CKPT
| Oldies
| Adult standards as 1420 Memories
| Relocated to FM as CKPT-FM Energy 99.3; now Move 99.7 (AC)
|-
| Toronto, Ontario
| CHUM
| Oldies as 1050 CHUM
| Oldies as 1050 CHUM
| reverted to a sports format on April 13, 2011, as TSN Radio 1050
|-
| Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario
| CKKW
| Oldies
| Oldies as Oldies 1090
| Relocated to FM as CKKW-FM KFUN 99.5; now Bounce 99.5 (Adult Hits)
|-
| Winnipeg, Manitoba
| CFRW
| Oldies
| Oldies
| returned to all-sports as TSN Radio 1290; shut down in June 2023
|-
| Vancouver, British Columbia
| CKST
| Oldies
| Retained The Team
| Later renamed TSN Radio 1040 in September 2014; shut down in June 2023 The station was subsequently relaunched as TSN Radio 1290 on October 5, 2011.
Following the 2007 acquisition of CHUM by CTVglobemedia, majority owner of TSN, there had been occasional reports about CTV potentially using the remaining Team stations and/or the 1050 frequency in Toronto to launch a new sports radio station in Toronto or full radio network using TSN content and personalities. Plans on launching a new TSN Radio brand began in January 2011 and Toronto's radio station CHUM (1050 AM) became the first station under the new TSN Radio network as TSN Radio 1050 on April 13, 2011. CTVglobemedia was purchased by Bell Canada Enterprises in early 2011 and became Bell Media; the company completed its purchase of Astral Media, owner of The Team's former Edmonton affiliate CFRN, in July 2013.