CFNY: The Spirit of Radio

CFNY: The Spirit of Radio

8.0
86 min
2026

In 1976, CFNY launched in a small suburban house just north of Toronto and went on to become one of the most influential punk, new wave and alternative radio stations in the world. This is the story of their mission to bring the most exciting music in the world to the masses. It's also a story of the personalities, lawsuits, bankruptcies, concerts, and listener protests that went along with it.

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Cast

Geddy Lee

Self

Deryck Whibley

Self

Jim Kerr

Self

Emily Haines

Self

Peter Hook

Self

BK

Benjamin Kowalewicz

Self

Steven Page

Self

Andy McCluskey

Self

JC

Jim Cuddy

Self

Bruce Cockburn

Self

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