CHUP-FM

CHUP-FM

City	Calgary, Alberta
Branding	Soft Rock 97.7
Frequency	97.7 MHz
First air date	March 6, 2008
Format	Adult contemporary
ERP	100,000 watts
HAAT	298.6 meters (980 ft)
Class	C1
Transmitter coordinates	51°03′54″N 114°12′47″W / 51.065°N 114.213°W / 51.065; -114.213
Callsign meaning	C H UP (former branding)
Former callsigns	CIGY-FM (2008-2011)
Owner	Rawlco Radio
Website	softrock977.com/

CHUP-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 97.7 FM in Calgary, Alberta. The station airs an adult contemporary format branded as Soft Rock 97.7 and is owned by Rawlco Radio. CHUP's studios are located on Railway Street Southeast in Calgary, while its transmitter is located at 85 Street Southwest and Old Banff Coach Road in western Calgary.

As of the Fall 2014 Numeris Radio PPM Data, CHUP was the #15 radio station in Calgary.^[1]

History

The 97.5 FM frequency, adjacent to the new 97.7 FM, was originally occupied by CIRI-FM which moved to 106.5 FM in early 2008 to make room for the new 97.7 FM frequency.

After its approval in 2007,^[2] the station began on-air testing on February 19, 2008 as CIGY-FM and officially launched on March 6, 2008 at 10:00am MST. The first song played was Who Says You Can't Go Home by Jon Bon Jovi and Jennifer Nettles. The station's original music format was a hot adult contemporary/country mix. The station was originally branded 97-7 Calgary FM but changed its branding to The New 97-7 FM as of September 2008, then to Mix 97.7 in 2009 while maintaining the same format. In April 2010, the country music lean was dropped and CIGY-FM became a full-time Hot AC station while maintaining the Mix 97.7 branding making it the first time Calgary has had two Hot AC stations as it took on CKCE-FM, which plays more rhythmic-leaning contemporary tracks.

On May 20, 2011, the station changed its format to adult hits, branded as Up! 97.7, as well as their callsign to CHUP-FM. The modern AC format was moved to CFIT-FM.

Logo as up! 97.7, 2011-2015

On September 4, 2015, CHUP-FM shifted to adult contemporary, branded as Soft Rock 97.7.^[3]

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Radio stations in Calgary, Alberta

AM	CFFR 660 CJLI 700 CHQR 770 CFAC 960 CBR 1010 CKMX 1060

SW	CFVP 6.03 MHz

FM	CKAV-3 88.1 (defunct) CJSI 88.9 CBCX 89.7 CKMP 90.3 CJSW 90.9 CJAY 92.1 CFEX 92.9 CKUA-1 93.7 CHKF 94.7 CKWD 95.3 CHFM 95.9 CJAQ 96.9 CHUP 97.7 CIBK 98.5 CBR-1 99.1 VF5001 100.3 CKUV 100.9 CKCE 101.5 CBR 102.1 CFXL 103.1 CBRF 103.9 CKOV 104.5 CKRY 105.1 CIRI 106.5 CKYR 106.7 CFGQ 107.3 VF5002 107.9

Specialty services	Sur Sagar Radio Sur Sangam Radio

HD Radio	105.1-1 105.1-2

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

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