CJET-FM

CJET-FM is a Canadian radio station. Licensed to Smiths Falls, Ontario, the station serves the Ottawa market broadcasting at 92.3 FM, with an adult hits format branded as Jack 92.3. CJET has studios located in Smiths Falls (as part of its license agreement), with auxiliary studios located with the Rogers Ottawa cluster at Thurston Drive and Conroy Road in Ottawa, while its transmitter is located near Carleton Place.

For the radio station that began as CJET-FM, see CKBY-FM.
CJET-FM
CitySmiths Falls, Ontario
Broadcast areaNational Capital Region
(Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec, Upstate New York)
BrandingJack 92.3
SloganPlaying whatever! Whenever!
Frequency92.3 MHz (FM)
First air date1955
FormatAdult hits[1]
ERP9.3 kWs average
17 kW peak
horizontal polarization only
HAAT119.1 meters (391 ft)
ClassB
Former frequencies1070 kHz (AM) (1955-1958)
630 AM (1958-2000)
OwnerRogers Media
(Rogers Media, Inc.)
Sister stationsCHEZ-FM, CISS-FM, CIWW, CKBY-FM
WebsiteJack 92.3

History

The station was launched in 1955 by Rideau Broadcasting, at 1070 AM, and played a country music format. It began broadcasting in a daytime-only capacity On October 22, 1955.[2] In 1958, the station's frequency changed to 630 AM.

In 1969, CJET-FM was also launched as a stereo simulcast of the AM signal. That station now uses the callsign CKBY.

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. Rogers converted CJET to FM the following year at 92.3 MHz as Country 92,[3] and the station adopted an adult hits format with the Jack FM branding in 2004. In September 2015, the station changed its format to variety hits but kept the JACK-FM branding. The station's format will feature hits from the late 1960s through today.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-06-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. "CJET-FM". Canadian Communication Foundation. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  3. (CRTC), Government of Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission. "ARCHIVED - Conversion of AM station CJET to FM and exemption from the requirement to broadcast less than 50% hits each week". www.crtc.gc.ca.

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