Editing CFNY-FM (section)

===Revival, evolution, and beginning of the Edge===
In the summer of 1989, Selkirk was acquired by [[Maclean-Hunter]], which was committed to returning the station to an alternative format. Instead of reviving the old free-form programming, however, Maclean-Hunter tweaked the station's programming to create a more conventional [[modern rock]] station. In the same year, [[Howard Glassman|"Humble" Howard Glassman]] and [[Fred Patterson]] launched the station's new morning show, [[Humble & Fred]], which would go on to receive wide acclaim.
[[File:Cfny06.png|thumb|This logo was used when CFNY switched to [[rock music|rock]].]]
In the early 1990s, the station again became an important outlet for new Canadian music, with bands such as [[Barenaked Ladies]], [[The Lowest of the Low]], [[Rheostatics]], and [[Sloan (band)|Sloan]] counting CFNY as their first major radio supporter. However, [[alternative rock]] was the dominant commercial genre by this time, so CFNY did not sound as distinctive compared to other radio stations as it once had.

Unfortunately it would also be some time before the changes were effective in resolving the staff morale problems born during the station's recent turbulent years. The most public manifestation of the station's morale woes came in 1992, when DJ Dani Elwell resigned from the station by reading her résumé live over the air.<ref>"CFNY Insider's Report". ''[[Eye Weekly]]'', August 27, 1992.</ref><ref name="Ballad of Martin Streek">{{cite news|last1=Archer|first1=Bert|title=The Ballad of Martin Streek|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/the-ballad-of-martin-streek/article4280388/|publisher=The Globe & Mail|access-date=30 January 2015|date=25 July 2009}}</ref> 

In June 1992, with the arrival of the new management team of Vince DiMaggio as general manager and Stewart Meyers as program director, sixteen staff were let go in one day. Those included Scot Turner, Don Berns, Kneale Mann (who would return three years later), Jim Duff, and others. 

But the 1990s were also a period of revival and sowing seeds of growth for the station. In addition to the growth of the Humble & Fred morning show, Jason Barr also joined the station at this time<ref name="broadcastermagazine.com">{{cite web|author=Your Name (this will appear with your post)|url=http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/astral-s-97-7-htz-fm-niagara-announces-new-morning-show/1000398882/|title=Astral's 97.7 HTZ-FM, Niagara Announces New Morning Show &#124; Broadcaster - Canada's Communications Magazine|publisher=Broadcastermagazine.com|date=2011-01-06|access-date=2012-03-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120402213452/http://www.broadcastermagazine.com/news/astral-s-97-7-htz-fm-niagara-announces-new-morning-show/1000398882/|archive-date=2012-04-02|url-status=dead}}</ref> and would go on to become a significant contributor to CFNY.

A creation of program director Stewart Meyers, on-air personality [[Alan Cross]] launched a new feature on the station in 1993, ''[[The Ongoing History of New Music]]''. The program chronicled all manner of history and trivia about the roots of rock music in a quasi-documentary style. Over time the feature would come to be one of the most recognizable and long-running shows on the station, being owned by the station until 2008 and continuing to air new segments up until May 2011, when Cross left the station for other opportunities; it was then revived in 2014 after he returned, and continues to air today.

The mid-1990s were another era of transition for CFNY as station owner Maclean-Hunter was acquired by [[Rogers Communications]] in 1994. CFNY was sold to competing telecommunications conglomerate [[Shaw Communications]] as a result of the acquisition. During this period, the station dropped its old branding and became ''102.1 The Edge''. For several years toward the end of the 1990s it was also referred to as ''Edge 102'' before this was dropped in favour of the current usage. On May 1, 1996, the station finally moved from its old studio in Brampton to a new facility at Yonge-Dundas Square along with a street-level studio at 228 Yonge Street in downtown Toronto.<ref name="broadcasting-history.ca"/>

After only four years of ownership, [[Shaw Communications]] chose to spin off its radio holdings to [[Corus Entertainment]] in 1999. Corus remains CFNY's owner today.