CHQR is a
radio station owned by
Corus Entertainment operating in
Calgary
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,
Alberta, Canada. Broadcasting at
AM 770, it airs
talk programming. With the exception of one show, all of CHQR's weekday programming is produced in-house. CHQR is also the exclusive radio voice of the
Calgary Stampeders. CHQR is also the last AM station in the Calgary market to broadcast in
C-QUAM
C-QUAM (Compatible QUadrature Amplitude Modulation) is the method of AM stereo broadcasting used in Canada, the United States and most other countries. It was invented in 1977 by Norman Parker, Francis Hilbert, and Yoshio Sakaie, and published i ...
AM Stereo. CHQR is a
Class B station on the
clear-channel frequency of 770 kHz.
CHQR's studios are located on 17th Avenue Southwest in Calgary, while its transmitters are located just south of the Calgary city limits near De Winton.
As of Winter 2021, CHQR is the most-listened-to radio station in the Calgary market according to a PPM data report released by
Numeris.
History
The station originally began broadcasting at 810 AM in 1964 and received approval to move to its current frequency in 1985.
On November 9, 2011, Corus Entertainment Inc., on behalf of its wholly owned subsidiary CKIK-FM Limited applied to the CRTC to add an FM transmitter to serve Calgary on the frequency 106.9 MHz to rebroadcast the programming of CHQR 770. This application was denied on May 24, 2012.
In December 2015, CHQR was added to sister station
CKRY-FM's
HD2
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sub-channel when they activated HD Radio services, becoming the first station in Alberta to do so.
On January 9, 2023, CHQR rebranded as ''QR Calgary'' and added an FM simulcast on
CFGQ-FM
CFGQ-FM (107.3 FM, ''Q107'') is a radio station in Calgary, Alberta. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts a classic rock format. CFGQ's studios are located on 17th Ave SW near Westbrook Mall, while its transmitter is located at 85th Stree ...
.
Former logos
File:CHQR-AM.png, Logo used as AM 770
File:770 CHQR logo.svg, Logo used from 2021-2023
References
External links
770 CHQRCHQR history-
Canadian Communications Foundation
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Radio stations established in 1964
1964 establishments in Alberta