Denver's 7 makes every effort to give free air time to qualified nonprofit organizations and events through our public service announcements and our weekly Colorado Community Calendar.

The Federal Communications Commission no longer requires us to grant time to any specific group, but airing your message is important to us.

It's part of our continuing committment to serve the community.

To submit your announcement(s) to our Community Calendar, please send us:

A typed press release, three weeks before your event date.
Include the who, what, when, where, why and how of the event.
Please include a phone number that viewers can call for more information (you'd be surprised how many press releases forget this part).
Provide a contact name and number for us, in case we need more information.
A fact sheet about your organization is also helpful, but not required.

You may fax all Community Calendar materials to Community Affairs at (303) 832-1484 or e-mail communityaffairs@thedenverchannel.com. Remember, the 7NEWS' community affairs department needs a minimum of three weeks to add an event to our Colorado Community Calendar.

Your event or announcement has a better chance to get on the air if it is not dated.

If your organization offers an ongoing program instead of a one-time event, we can keep it in our inventory longer. Because of the numerous requests that we receive, it is not possible to air all announcements and therefore we cannot guarantee that an event will be featured.

We appreciate that you want to publicize your event with 7NEWS.