| Simulcast of CHQR, Calgary | |
|---|---|
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| Broadcast area |
Calgary Metropolitan Area Banff |
| Frequency | 107.3 MHz ( FM) |
| Branding | QR Calgary |
| Programming | |
| Format | News/ Talk ( CHQR simulcast) |
| Ownership | |
| Owner |
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| CHQR, CKRY-FM | |
| History | |
First air date | April 15, 1982 (as CKIK-FM) |
| Technical information | |
| Class | C |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| HAAT | 298.5 meters (979 ft) |
Transmitter coordinates | 51°03′00″N 114°04′30″W / 51.050°N 114.075°W |
| Links | |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | globalnews.ca/radio/qrcalgary |
CFGQ-FM (107.3 FM, QR Calgary) is a radio station in Calgary, Alberta. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it simulcasts the news/ talk programming of AM sister station CHQR ( AM 770). CFGQ's studios are located on 17th Ave SW near Westbrook Mall, while its transmitter is located at 85th Street Southwest and Old Banff Coach Road in western Calgary.
As of Winter 2020, CFGQ is the 7th-most-listened-to radio station in the Calgary market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris. [1]
History
The station was launched on April 15, 1982, as CKIK-FM, and first broadcast an adult album rock format. Throughout the 1980s and much of the 1990s, CKIK (known on-air as 107 KIK FM and later as Rock 107) played a variety of rock formats. [2] [3] [4] Early in its history, the station encountered financial difficulties, which were alleviated in 1985, when Harvey Glatt, Ottawa music impresario and founder of CHEZ-FM, acquired a 75% interest in the station, which he held until 1995. [5]
In September 1997, CKIK flipped to CHR/Top 40 as Power 107. In January 2002, it flipped to hot adult contemporary as The Peak 107.3. In 2004, the station returned to a rock format as classic rock as Q107, [6] after which it adopted its current call letters.
In 2007, Terry DiMonte, formerly associated with CHOM-FM in Montreal, joined CFGQ as its morning host. [7] In December 2011, Terry DiMonte left CFGQ, returning to CHOM in Montreal. In August 2019, the station replaced its morning show with Willy in the Morning from sister station CFMI-FM. [8]
On December 16, 2022, it was reported that CFGQ would launch a new format on January 9, 2023, with CFGQ's remaining local personalities (including afternoon hosts "Tarzan Dan" Freeman and Cam Sullivan) announcing the end of their respective shows. On January 9, 2023, the station flipped to news/talk as an FM simulcast of CHQR, with both stations collectively rebranded as "QR Calgary". [6] [9]
That spring, following inquiries by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) regarding whether the simulcast complies with broadcasting regulations, Corus filed a set of applications with the CRTC to formalize the simulcast by re-designating CFGQ as the originating station of the news/talk format under a specialty FM licence, revoking CHQR's AM licence, and repurposing the current CHQR facility as an AM rebroadcaster of CFGQ. [10]
Rebroadcasters
CFGQ also has an FM transmitter in Banff (CFGQ-FM-2), which broadcasts at 100.1 MHz with an effective radiated power of 92 watts. [11]
Previous logo
References
- ^ "Winter 2020 PPM Data". Retrieved 2021-04-01.
- ^ 107 Kik FM Commercial, 1987
- ^ "Rock 107 KIK FM Commercial, May 3 1996 (1 of 2)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.
- ^ "Rock 107 KIK FM Commercial, May 3 1996 (2 of 2)". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2021-12-05.
- ^ Pip Wedge, Biography of Harvey Glatt[ permanent dead link]; www.broadcasting-history.ca.
- ^ a b Thiessen, Connie (2022-12-16). "Hosts mark last day on Calgary's Q107 ahead of format flip". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ^ "Morning host Terry DiMonte leaves Montreal" Archived 2007-11-24 at the Wayback Machine. The Gazette, November 21, 2007.
- ^ Thiessen, Connie (2019-08-13). "Corus to air Rock 101 Vancouver morning show on Q107 Calgary". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2022-12-17.
- ^ "Q107 Calgary Flips to CHQR Simulcast - RadioInsight". 2023-01-09. Retrieved 2023-01-09.
- ^ Thiessen, Connie (May 24, 2023). "Corus formally applies to air news/talk on FM in Calgary, questions viability of AM". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved May 24, 2023.
- ^ Decision CRTC 2000-304
External links
- QR Calgary
- CFGQ-FM history - Canadian Communications Foundation
- CFGQ-FM in the REC Canadian station database