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Rick Campanelli joins Breakfast Television

June 10, 2025

Rick Campanelli has departed the 98.1 CHFI Toronto afternoon drive show to join Citytv’s Breakfast Television as a live eye reporter.

Campanelli, who started his new gig with BT on Monday morning, will be travelling across the Greater Toronto Area doing hits from various locations during the show.

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The former MuchMusic host first joined CHFI in March 2024, alongside co-host Brooksy.

He’ll continue to be heard on the station every Sunday morning, starting at 10 a.m. ET, playing hits from the ’90s and 2000s on a new show dubbed Rewind with Rick Campanelli.

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Greg Burns, from sister station KiSS 92.5 (CKIS-FM) steps into the 4 – 7 p.m. ET time slot on CHFI, while Pina Sama takes over his 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. ET midday daypart on KiSS.

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