CFGQ-FM

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.[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOJvsTFWQxY/ 107 Kik FM Commercial, 1987]{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/s7X0547GE0s| archive-date = 2021-12-05| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s7X0547GE0s| title = Rock 107 KIK FM Commercial, May 3 1996 (1 of 2) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite web| url-status = live| archive-url = https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/PDOj0xAu9yQ| archive-date = 2021-12-05| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDOj0xAu9yQ| title = Rock 107 KIK FM Commercial, May 3 1996 (2 of 2) | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} 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.Pip Wedge, [http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/index3.php?url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/personalities.php?id=437 Biography of Harvey Glatt]{{Dead link|date=June 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}; www.broadcasting-history.ca.

In September 1997, CKIK flipped to contemporary hit radio 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,{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2022-12-16 |title=Hosts mark last day on Calgary's Q107 ahead of format flip |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/hosts-mark-last-day-on-calgarys-q107-ahead-of-format-flip/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}} 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.[http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=1f320696-470a-4595-9406-6724034f1f95&k=30165 "Morning host Terry DiMonte leaves Montreal"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071124180336/http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=1f320696-470a-4595-9406-6724034f1f95&k=30165 |date=2007-11-24 }}. The Gazette, November 21, 2007. 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.{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2019-08-13 |title=Corus to air Rock 101 Vancouver morning show on Q107 Calgary |url=http://broadcastdialogue.com/corus-to-air-rock-101-vancouver-morning-show-on-q107-calgary/ |access-date=2022-12-17 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}

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 the announced date, the station became an FM simulcast of AM news/talk station CHQR, with both stations collectively rebranded as "QR Calgary".{{Cite web |date=2023-01-09 |title=Q107 Calgary Flips to CHQR Simulcast - RadioInsight |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/246203/format-change-coming-to-q107-calgary/ |access-date=2023-01-09 |language=en-US}}

In May 2023, 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 formally designating the current CHQR facility as an AM rebroadcaster of CFGQ.{{cite web|url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/corus-formally-applies-to-air-news-talk-on-fm-in-calgary-questions-viability-of-am/|title=Corus formally applies to air news/talk on FM in Calgary, questions viability of AM|first=Connie|last=Thiessen|work=Broadcast Dialogue|date=May 24, 2023|access-date=May 24, 2023}}

In June 2024, before the CRTC began any action on Corus' application, the company abruptly rescinded the application and announced that it would abandon the CHQR simulcast on CFGQ instead. A Corus spokesperson stated that the choice was made because the company was "not able to monetize QR on both AM and FM the way we had hoped". Corus then confirmed that CFGQ would return to a music-based format by the end of July.{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2024-06-10 |title=Corus to abandon talk on FM in Calgary |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/corus-to-abandon-talk-on-fm-in-calgary/ |access-date=2024-06-11 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}} Later that month, RadioInsight reported that Corus had purchased the domain name "1073Edge.com", implicating the possibility of a modern rock format modeled after Toronto sister station CFNY-FM 102.1 The Edge.{{Cite web |title=Domain Insight 6/27: More Spanish Changes For iHeart In Florida? What’s Next For 107.3 Calgary? |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/netgnomes/273501/domain-insight-6-27-more-spanish-changes-for-iheart-in-florida-whats-next-for-107-3-calgary/ |access-date=2024-07-01 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}

On July 31, 2024, at 7 a.m., CFGQ flipped to a classic alternative format as 107.3 The Edge. The new format focuses primarily on alternative rock, grunge, and new wave music from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s (marketed by the station as "iconic alternative"). The station will also air Alan Cross's The Ongoing History of New Music, and continue to carry Calgary Stampeders CFL games.{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2024-07-31 |title=Corus launches 107.3 the Edge in Calgary |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/corus-launches-107-3-the-edge-in-calgary/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}} The station competes primarily with Harvard Media's modern rock CFEX-FM, and to an extent with Bell Media's active rock CJAY-FM.{{Cite web |title=Iconic Alternative Arrives In Calgary |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/276560/iconic-alternative-arrives-in-calgary/ |access-date=2024-08-09 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}

In February 2025, Corus announced the addition of Justin Wilcomes, also known as Drex, in the morning slot effective March 3. The Drex Show will also air in the afternoon on CFNY in Toronto.Connie Thiessen, [https://broadcastdialogue.com/71572-2/ "The Drex Show joins the Edge lineup in Calgary, Toronto"]. Broadcast Dialogue, February 27, 2025.

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.[http://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/DB2000-304.htm Decision CRTC 2000-304]

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• [https://globalnews.ca/radio/qrcalgary/ QR Calgary]
• [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/alberta/alberta-south/cfgq-fm/ CFGQ-FM history] - Canadian Communications Foundation
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