We can review radio stations on Yelp? (mind blows up)
I have... a lot to say about The Edge, but I'll keep it restrained, because I could whine for hours about how far the station has slipped quality-wise. Let me repost a block of text I wrote for the website TVTropes on how much this station decayed over the years...
The Edge (previously known as CFNY, a.k.a. "The Spirit of Music") started broadcasting in 1961, and experienced a critically positive reception in the late 1970s and early 1980s, when it was known as one of the few Canadian radio stations which played alternative music. In the late 1990s, the station was bought by Rogers Communications, and became another corporate rock station. Its programming was homogenized to a point that listeners started to rebel against the station, calling in for alternative songs during all-rock countdowns. Another buyout, this time by Corus Entertainment, completed the transfer of CFNY from truly independent to corporate radio that stifled all creativity. Its decline culminated in a round of layoffs in the company, which included two prominent DJ's: Barry Taylor (who hosted the Thursday block of programming, a traditionally dead block that flourished through his charisma and personality) and Martin Streek, who had worked at the station for over 20 years (he was part of the station's success in the 1980s) and hosted the weekend "live-to-air" events at Toronto clubs. Shortly after the two men were fired, the station whitewashed their biographies and any trace of their careers from the company's website. A few weeks later, Streek wrote a cryptic status message on Facebook ("So...I guess that's it...thanks everyone...I will see you all again soon (not too soon though)... Let the stories begin.") Soon after, Streek committed suicide, and many called The Edge to task for their non-existent coverage of his death.
Do I still harbor a lot of resentment for how they handled their layoffs? Yes. As far as I'm concerned, the soul of the station is gone, and it's just another off-brand alt-rock station. There is next-to-nothing that separates it from any other rock station on the radio, with the exception of Alan Cross' program, but that is a minute fraction of the total content that runs on the station.
I can't tell you how glued I used to be with this station in the late 90s and early 00s. Staying up nights and listening to the live-to-air events, which were a familiar comfort during roadtrips. The weird jokes that would be peppered throughout interstitial segments. A time when Dean Blundell and co. weren't such raging, arrogant lunatics who resorted to controversy to get the word out.
There is good music some of the time (after all, there's plenty of CanCon to go around), but just as often, they'll rely heavily on replaying a handful of artists ad nauseum. It feels like the spark of creativity is just gone.
There may be The Edge, but The Spirit Of Radio has finally left the station for good.