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''The Bill Watters Show'' is a former sports talk radio program on
CFMJ CFIQ (640 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Richmond Hill, Ontario, and serving Greater Toronto. The station airs a talk format and is known as ''640 Toronto''. It is owned by Corus Entertainment with radio studios and offices i ...
AM640 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hosted by
Bill Watters William Wayne Watters (born June 29, 1943) is a Canadian sports media personality and former Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. College career Watters was a fullback and linebacker with the Toronto Varsity Blues football team ...
and Jim Ralph, it aired weekdays from 4:00pm to 7:00pm. As of July 18, 2011 it is no longer listed as a regular program on AM 640, and has been replaced by other programming.


Hosts

The program was hosted by
Bill Watters William Wayne Watters (born June 29, 1943) is a Canadian sports media personality and former Assistant General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. College career Watters was a fullback and linebacker with the Toronto Varsity Blues football team ...
and Jim Ralph. Watters is a former NHL agent, scout, and the former assistant General Manager of the
Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club and often referred to as the Leafs) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Atlantic Div ...
. He also appears on
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on
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as well as ''
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'' on
CFMJ CFIQ (640 kHz) is a commercial AM radio station licensed to Richmond Hill, Ontario, and serving Greater Toronto. The station airs a talk format and is known as ''640 Toronto''. It is owned by Corus Entertainment with radio studios and offices i ...
AM640. The program also featured hockey "insiders"
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,
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and
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.


Format

''The Bill Watters Show'' focused heavily on hockey, specifically the Toronto Maple Leafs. The program was often called "The Show The Entire Hockey World Listens To". The show also covered other major sports, with a specific focus on Toronto's professional sports teams.


External links


AM640 official site

''Bill Watters Show''

Bill Watters bio
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