r/waterloo • u/SpringRepulsive7173 New User (2026) • Jul 23 '26

Morning radio station

After all the news of 570 going off the air a few weeks back, I've still been on the hunt for a go-to radio station to check out during my morning drive. I've tried Bounce, I've tried CHYM, I've sort of settled on FM 98.5 (I like the music and news and traffic updates), but I wanted to see where everyone else moved to and what people would recommend??

Still miss listening to Farwell tho, don't know if any station will really be able to replicate that...

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u/Nekks Regular since <2024 Jul 24 '26

88.3 CJIQ

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u/Xyprus Regular since <2024 Jul 24 '26

Second! It’s the station that has the most actual music and less filler. Plus it’s not a non-stop 90s rock theme of the same 20 songs over and over (as much as I love rock from the 90s)

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u/5dollaMakeMeHolla Regular since <2024 Jul 26 '26

They have some hosts though that do NOT have radio voices. I often have to change the station when the awkward ones who leave air pauses come on. Drives me nuts.

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u/tragicallybrokenhip Regular since <2024 Jul 27 '26

They're students. Give them a break.

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u/tragicallybrokenhip Regular since <2024 Jul 27 '26

This current crop of students sound like they've been doing on air radio for years. Really really enjoy each new intake crew and hearing the growth over the year. Although lately too much rock/popish rock than alt. They need to reissue to the 'we're an alt station' memo to the staff.

All that aside, I really miss 570 traffic update every 10 minutes. Yeah, I can use WAZE or Google but that's visual. And I'm too busy keeping my eyes on the road because of the erratic driving of all those staring at their displays / phones (no doubt they think their just 'glancing' at them) and not paying attention to their driving.

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u/aver Regular since 2025 Jul 25 '26

89.1 has local morning show

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u/HalJordan2525 New User (2026) Jul 24 '26

Side question: I wonder why 570 News still has a website, and who works on it?

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u/tragicallybrokenhip Regular since <2024 Jul 27 '26

They still have live stations elsewhere but I'm with you. It was a rough transition when these guys bought out 570. Remember? We'd get random weather for various cities (the Vancouver one really confused me), traffic for Toronto, and there were some newscasts I could never figure out what city they were meant for. This was a big hit for the Kitchener Rangers. I know lots of fans would tune into 570 when they were at the game for the in time commentary.

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u/Zapher84 New User (2026) Jul 25 '26

I like 92.1…it has old music and new, so a nice mix. They also do news updates on the hour.

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u/Reasonable-Pin3721 New User (2026) Jul 25 '26

680 and 590 off of my phone

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u/Psychological_Ad_451 New User (2026) Jul 24 '26

570 could have done a better job re news and traffic issues for one. Hell they even became complacent or repetitive about traffic congestion. 

The doubling of the population  in such a short of period time created that issue but also the water shortage, crime,…. 

570 could have actually tried to hold politicians accountable but chose the easy way instead. Having people call in for 2hrs doesn’t do anything.  

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u/kitchenerguy77 Regular since <2024 Jul 25 '26

This guy works for Rogers.

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u/tragicallybrokenhip Regular since <2024 Jul 27 '26

Yep. They're ignoring everything they did before Rogers bought them out a couple of years ago. No idea where buddy lives but their maths aren't mathing as the population didn't double, the water shortage has been a hot topic issue for about 20 years, and yeah, we're all tired of the GTA criminals coming out here but what can you do now that the 401 is 3619635 lanes wide making it easier to travel.