A brand new radio station will quickly be hitting Calgary’s FM radio waves.
QR Calgary, a Corus Leisure radio station, is launching Monday morning and can substitute former basic rock station Q107 Calgary.
In response to Corus, the station could have the identical native information, climate, visitors and speak exhibits as its AM equal, 770 CHQR.
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The station can be searching for to interact a youthful viewers in Calgary, in line with a Monday morning information launch.
“QR Calgary has been a part of the radio panorama for over 5 a long time and its give attention to the neighborhood has been a giant a part of its success,” mentioned John Vos, regional program director for Corus Radio.
“By bringing QR programming to the FM band at 107 FM, we stay up for reaching a brand new technology of stories and speak listeners in Calgary and Western Canada.”
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Along with AM and FM radio, QR Calgary shall be out there on-line and thru podcast apps equivalent to Spotify and Apple Podcasts. The station may also be out there on Shaw Direct, Telus TV and Amazon Alexa.
“At Corus Audio, our technique is to place our premium content material throughout all our platforms – AM, FM and podcast,” mentioned Brad Phillips, senior vp at Corus Audio.
“We’re enthusiastic about this distinctive alternative on this dynamic market.”
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Corus Radio is launching a contest to rejoice the QR Calgary launch. The Crack the $10K QR Code Contest, sponsored by Deerfoot Inn & On line casino, will award $10,000 to at least one fortunate listener.
For extra data, go to the QR Calgary web site.
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