CJET-FM

Last updated
CJET-FM
Broadcast area National Capital Region
Eastern Ontario
Western Quebec
Frequency 92.3 MHz
Branding Jack 92.3
Programming
Format adult hits
Ownership
Owner
CHEZ-FM, CISS-FM, CKBY-FM
History
First air date
October 22, 1955 (on AM)
October 27, 2001 (on FM)
Former call signs
CFRL (1955)
CJET (1955–2000)
CKBY-FM (2020–2023)
Former frequencies
1070 kHz (AM) (1955–1958)
630 kHz (1958–2000)
Technical information
Class B
ERP 9,300 watts (17,000 watts peak) horizontal polarization only
HAAT 119.1 meters (391 ft)
Links
Website www.jack923.com

CJET-FM (92.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Smiths Falls, Ontario, and serving the Ottawa Valley and National Capital Region. The station is owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media. It broadcasts an adult hits format and is branded as Jack 92.3 . [1]

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CJET-FM has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 9,300 watts (17,000 watts maximum), horizontal polarization only. The transmitter is on Ontario Highway 15 near Line Road 7 in Beckwith, Ontario. [2] On October 26, 2023, the station swapped call letters with its sister station, switching from CKBY-FM to CJET-FM, after the sister station abandoned its CityNews Radio format. After stunting a Christmas music format, Jack FM made its return to CJET-FM 92.3 at midnight December 27, 2023. [3] The station previously used the "Jack" format from 2004 to 2020. [4]

History

The station was launched in 1955 by Rideau Broadcasting as CJET, on 1070 AM, and played a country format. [5] Prior to signing on, the station would have been known as CFRL = "Rideau Lakes" it was changed to CJET when the station signed on. It began broadcasting in a daytime-only capacity On October 22, 1955. [6] In 1958, the station's frequency changed to 630 AM.

In the early 1960s Rich Little was hired full-time as a disc jockey and talk show host. His afternoon-evening shift ran from 4 to 8 weekdays, and the show gave him the opportunity to use his impressions on the air. [7]

In 1969, CJET-FM was launched on 101.1 FM as a stereo simulcast of the AM signal.

In 1984, the AM and FM stations were sold to Harvey Glatt's CHEZ-FM Inc., which was subsequently acquired by Rogers Communications, the stations' current owner, in 1999. On March 21, 2000, the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) approved Rogers' application to convert CJET from the AM band (630 kHz) to the FM band on 92.3 MHz. [8] On October 14, 2001, CJET-FM began testing on 92.3 MHz and launched on October 27 as Country 92. CJET's 630 AM transmitter was later shut down. [9] The station adopted an adult hits format as 92.3 Jack FM in 2004. [10] [11]

On December 3, 2020, CJET returned to country as Country 92.3, taking on the format and programming of CKBY-FM (both stations would also swap callsigns) after its flip to all-news radio as a simulcast of CIWW CityNewsOttawa. [10] [12] The two stations also swapped call letters. [4] [13]

On October 26, 2023 at 1:00 p.m., the country format was reverted back to CKBY-FM 101.1 (along with the callsign change) after Rogers decided to discontinue the all-news format in Ottawa. After the two frequencies simulcasted for several days, 92.3 would begin stunting on November 1 with Christmas music for the holiday season as Santa Radio Canada, sharing its branding with an internet radio stream promoted by Rogers under the same name. [14] [3] On December 27, 2023, the station returned to the Jack FM format as Jack 92.3 (emphasizing the return by promoting itself as "Smith Falls' new-ish radio station"). [15] [16]

On November 22, 2024, Rogers announced its intent to sell CJET-FM to My Broadcasting Corporation, pending CRTC approval. [17] [18]

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References

  1. ↑ "92.3 JACK FM (Smiths Falls) - Rogers Media Inc". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-06-18.
  2. ↑ "FCCdata.org - powered by REC". fccdata.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  3. 1 2 "JACK 92.3 - Playing Whatever". www.jack923.com. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  4. 1 2 "City News Ottawa Ceases Operation; Country 92.3 Returns To 101.1 - RadioInsight" . Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  5. ↑ "CJET Radio". www.ottawacountrymusichof.org. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  6. ↑ "CJET-FM". Canadian Communication Foundation. Archived from the original on 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  7. ↑ "Rich Little". Canadian Communication Foundation. Retrieved October 29, 2018.
  8. ↑ Decision CRTC 2000-81, Conversion of AM station CJET to FM, CRTC, March 21, 2000
  9. ↑ "Country 92". 26 October 2003. Archived from the original on 2003-10-26. Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  10. 1 2 ‘I’m saddened’: Loss of last Smiths Falls radio station silences local voice, Smiths Falls Record News, January 7, 2021 archived
  11. ↑ "JACK has hit the road". Hometown News. 2020-12-04. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  12. ↑ "1310 NEWS becomes CityNews, serving Ottawa and the Valley". CityNews. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  13. ↑ NorthEast Radio Watch 12/7/2020: Can Rogers Combine in Ottawa?, Scott Fybush/Northeast Radio Watch, December 7, 2020
  14. ↑ "Jack Returns To Smiths Falls/Ottawa - RadioInsight" . Retrieved 19 February 2024.
  15. ↑ "Jack Returns To Smiths Falls/Ottawa". RadioInsight. 2023-12-27. Retrieved 2023-12-28.
  16. ↑ Jack FM is back on the airwaves, hometownnews.ca, January 5, 2024
  17. ↑ Thiessen, Connie (2024-11-22). "MBC to acquire three stations from Rogers Sports & Media". Broadcast Dialogue. Retrieved 2024-11-23.
  18. ↑ My Broadcast Corporation purchases CJET-FM Smiths Falls, hometownnews.ca, November 22, 2024

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