CHQT

CHQT

City of license	Edmonton, Alberta
Branding	iNews880
Frequency	880 kHz (AM)
First air date	August 19, 1965
Format	All-news radio
Power	50,000 watts
Class	B
Transmitter coordinates	53°22′7″N 113°19′5″W / 53.36861°N 113.31806°W / 53.36861; -113.31806Coordinates: 53°29′26″N 113°26′55″W / 53.49056°N 113.44861°W / 53.49056; -113.44861 (iNews880)
Callsign meaning	Canada's Highest Quality Talk
Owner	Corus Entertainment (Corus Radio)
Sister stations	CHED, CISN-FM, CKNG-FM
Website	iNews880

CHQT is a radio station in Edmonton, Alberta, broadcasting its signal on 880 kHz AM with a power of 50,000 watts. It also broadcasts AM stereo using the C-QUAM system. The station currently operates an all-news radio format under the brand name iNews880, and is owned by Corus Entertainment.

CHQT can also be received on 93.5 MHz on Shaw Cable FM.

CHQT is currently ranked #15 in the Edmonton market according to the Fall 2011 PPM data report released by BBM Canada. ^[1]

History

The station started on August 19, 1965 on 1110 kHz, with 10,000 watts power. It originally broadcast an MOR music format.

In 1979, CHQT started using 50,000 watts power.

In 1985, the station changed frequency to 880 kHz on the sale to Monarch Broadcasting, Ltd.^[2]

In June 2001, CHQT began using the moniker COOL 880 as it dropped its longtime MOR format for oldies.

In October 2003, it became '880 JOE AM' for a few months before it returned to 'COOL 880' on January 13, 2004. The reason for the change to Joe AM was to protect its sister station Power 92 (CKNG-FM), which was planning a change to the adult hits format. The company was afraid that another broadcaster would take the name and/or format on the FM band. However, the station lost a considerable amount of its listeners, and has not recovered. Power 92 then became JOE FM and abandoned the top 40 format in favor of an 80's and 90's mix of music.

On May 20, 2008 at 6:30 AM, the oldies format was discontinued for an all-news format.

Other facts

Before the name change and being bought by Corus Entertainment, their news slogan was This is Alberta's Major News station - AM 880 CHQT - Currently all newscasts on Edmonton Corus radio stations are produced by 630 CHED.

References

External links

Radio stations in Edmonton, Alberta

AM	CHED 630 CBX 740 CFCW 790 CHQT 880 CJCA 930 CFRN 1260

FM	CJSR 88.5 CKAV-4 89.3 CHFA 90.1 CBX 90.9 CHBN 91.7 CKNG 92.5 CJLD 93.1 CBX-FM-2 93.9 CKUA 94.9 CKEA 95.7 CKRA 96.3 CIRK 97.3 CFWE 98.5 CIUP 99.3 CFBR 100.3 CBCX-FM-1 101.1 CKER 101.7 CKNO 102.3 CHDI 102.9 CISN 103.9 CFMG 104.9 CJRY 105.9 CJNW 107.1 CKFT 107.9

Specialty services	Sur Sagar Radio Desh Punjab Radio

Alberta radio markets Banff Calgary Edmonton Fort McMurray Grande Prairie Lethbridge Lloydminster Medicine Hat Red Deer See also List of radio stations in Alberta Edmonton portal

Corus Entertainment

TV stations

Cable TV/
specialty
channels

Corus Family	ABC Spark CMT

Corus Kids	Cartoon Network Disney Channel Nickelodeon Teletoon Teletoon Retro Treehouse TV YTV

Corus Média	Historia Séries+ Télétoon Télétoon Rétro

Corus Women	Cosmopolitan TV Oprah Winfrey Network W Movies W Network

Telelatino Network	EuroWorld Sport Mediaset Italia Sky TG24 Telelatino TeleNiños Univision Canada

Other	Encore Avenue HBO Canada (Western Canada and Territories) Movie Central Sundance Channel

Radio stations
(by call-sign)

AM: CFMJ; CFPL; CHED; CHMJ; CHML; CHQR; CHQT; CJOB; CJOY; CKNW

FM: CFGQ; CFHK; CFLG; CFMI; CFMK; CFNY; CFOX; CFPL; CHAY; CILQ; CIMJ; CING; CIQB; CISN; CJDV; CJGV; CJKR; CJOT; CJSS; CJXY; CKBT; CKCB; CKDK; CKNG; CKQB; CKRU; CKRY; CKWF; CKWS

Other assets

Corus Digital Post
DeepSky
Kids Can Press
Nelvana

Defunct brands

Some of the assets listed above are majority-owned, not wholly-owned, by Corus Entertainment, or are under license. Refer to full asset list for detailed information.