About

NEWS TALK 770 (CHQR), Calgary’s Breaking News and Conversation Station, first went to air on November 17, 1964 and has since been one of Calgary’s leading stations. News Talk 770 remains the home to popular shows such as The Morning News with Bruce Kenyon, Calgary Today with Angela Kokott, Sports Talk and The Rob Breakenridge Show. CHQR has launched the new Kingkade and Kelly Show featuring Roger Kingkade and Erin Kelly every weekday from 9 a.m. to noon and Afternoons with Dave Taylor from 12:30 to 4 p.m. We are now the place for local talk, all day, every weekday.

News Talk 770 is the station to turn to when you know what, to tell you why. News Talk 770 has a full coverage weekly reach of more than 175,000 listeners throughout Calgary.

Aside from delivering the latest in news, News Talk 770 is the official broadcast voice of the Calgary Stampeders. The Stamps have been a fixture on the station every summer and fall since 1992.

News Talk 770's community involvement goes far beyond its daily community events reports. Every December, the station raises well in excess of $200,000 in support of the Calgary Children’s Foundation, which helps children in need throughout the city. The station also supports the CIBC Run for the Cure and Rick Hansen’s Wheels in Motion, an event that raises funds and awareness for individuals with spinal cord injuries.

Capabilities
  • Desktop Display
    • Brand Integrations
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    • Sponsored Posts
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    • Native Ads
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    • High-Impact (Takeovers, Billboards, Overlays, Sliders, Skins)
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    • Rich Media (Expandable & Non-Expandable)
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  • Mobile Display
    • Mobile Rich Media (Including Interstitials & Expandables)
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    • Tablet Traffic
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    • Native & Custom Mobile Executions
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    • Requires SDK Integration
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  • Email
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  • Desktop Display, Mobile Display, Email, Social
  • CPM
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  • Key Differentiator
    News Talk 770 allows you to place your ad in an environment where consumers are engaged, are having their opinion formed, are sharing what they learn and where your ad recall is much higher. Our listeners have a strong affinity for the personalities~ Hosts like Bruce Kenyon (The Morning News), Roger Kingkade & Erin Kelly (Kingkade & Kelly), Afternoons with Dave Taylor, Calgary Today with Angela Kokott, Sports Talk with Mark Stephen and Jock Wilson and The Rob Breakenridge Show. Talk Radio listeners are demanding of their hosts and expect them to have guests and topics that are important to them, explain what is going on in their neighbourhood and the world. Talk radio delivers the breaking news, traffic and weather to your home and car. Talk radio is not just information to make you think but to make you laugh. Talk Radio hosts is proactive, talks politics but doesn’t beat issues to death, is the medium to shape and share your opinion. Talk Radio Advertising is ideal for your products, services and business on the air, on-line and Social media. And here’s the thing again for your business. Talk Radio ads have a great recall. In fact, advertising on Talk Radio is 60% sticker then other radio and advertising formats. News/Talk 770 is Calgary’s #1 commercial radio covering News/Talk/Sports. Over the last 49 years News Talk 770 has catered to listeners who want to be educated and informed on an ongoing basis with local, national and international news, sports coverage, weather, traffic, business information and quality talk shows on today’s issues. News/Talk 770 is a foreground medium that delivers engaging, lively, provocative and locally based opinion and information to an attentive listening audience. Why does News/Talk 770 advertising work? 1) Our listeners are actively engaged when listening to our station, so they are more likely to hear your commercials as well. They are listening to News/Talk for information, so they are less likely to view your commercial as a disruption and change the channel when your commercial comes on. Our listeners are also more likely to stay with the station during a commercial break because they want to hear the rest of the conversation. More important than how many people listen to a radio station is how many people respond to your commercials and this is where News/Talk 770 excels. Ad recall on News/Talk stations is 60% greater than music stations. 2) Our AM signal spreads over all of southern Alberta, so you also benefit from reaching farmers and southern Alberta communities that Calgary FM stations can’t reach. 3) We have a wide variety of specialized shows focused on categories like financial issues, home renovation, gardening, travel, electronics and sports. What a great environment for you to place some of your commercials if your business is related to these categories. 4) Our listeners are predominantly age 50 plus and they have accumulated fabulous wealth to spend with your company. Scroll down to see the 50 Plus video below. Our Experience A huge determining factor of your success on a radio station can be directly attributed to the expertise of your account manager gathered over decades of marketing experience. They will suggest cost effective campaigns and commercial content that will perform for your company within your budget. Our sales department has over 250 years of advertising and marketing experience that can be focused on your business. If you’d like to hear from one of us about growing your business, promoting your event or finding employees, contact Doug or Steve directly or submit the form below. Doug Young Director of Sales doug.young@corusent.com 403-716-2138 Steve Heintz Sales Manager steve.heintz@corusent.com 403-444-4314
Site Traffic
  • 4972041 Global Rank
  • 251237
    Canada
  • 2.73 K Estimated Visits
Traffic Sources
  • Direct
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  • Display
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  • Mail
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  • Referrals
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  • Search
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  • Social
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Alexa Traffic Data
Global Rank 1,225,103
99,277
United States Rank 39,636
66
United States Page Views 21.5%
13.0%
Top Countries
Top Search Keywords
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News Talk 770 advertising reaches 2.73k visitors across desktop and mobile web, in countries such as . Pricing models they offer are CPM on channels such as Display, Mobile, Email, Social Advertising on News Talk 770 will allow you to reach consumers in industries or verticals such as .

They are headquartered at Peterborough, Ontario, Canada, and have 1 advertising & marketing contacts listed on Kochava.

News Talk 770 works with Advertising technology companies such as ADTECH, DoubleClick.Net, Google Adsense, Chango, Simpli.fi, SiteScout, Aggregate Knowledge, RadiumOne, Google Publisher Tag, MyBuys, Mediaplex, Turn, AppNexus, eyeReturn, Tapad, VINDICO, Rocket Fuel, AdGear, Connexity, Index Exchange, Digilant, X Plus One, BlueKai, Adify, The Trade Desk, Improve Digital, Advertising.com, Yahoo Small Business, Centro, Videology, AudienceScience, Criteo, Evidon, Atlas, Integral Ad Science, DoubleVerify, eXelate, AcuityAds, Eq Ads, Flashtalking, Facebook Exchange FBX, Dstillery, IponWeb BidSwitch, Brandscreen, Choice Stream, Openads/OpenX, Conversant, Commission Junction, DistrictM, Adap.TV, Pubmatic, Rubicon Project, Media Innovation Group, Magnetic, BlueKai DMP, MyBuys MyAds, DoubleClick Bid Manager, Adconion, PointRoll, Yield Manager, SpotXchange, DemDex, GumGum, Neustar AdAdvisor, AdRoll, Drawbridge, SlimCut Media, Jivox, OpenDSP, ContextWeb, BrightRoll, Burst Media, AdSniper, Outbrain, StickyAds TV, Eye View Digital, Sharethrough, Walmart, Amazon Ad System, Amazon Associates, GetIntent, Adobe Audience Manager Sync, Criteo Publisher Marketplace.