CJET-FM
{{Short description|Radio station in Smiths Falls, Ontario}}
{{For|the radio station that was CJET-FM from 2020 to 2023|CKBY-FM}}
{{Infobox radio station
| name = CJET-FM
| logo = CJET-FM Jack 92.3.svg
| logo_size = 150px
| airdate = October 22, 1955 (on AM)
October 27, 2001 (on FM)
| frequency = 92.3 MHz
| city = Smiths Falls, Ontario
| area = National Capital Region
Eastern Ontario
Western Quebec
| format = adult hits
| owner = Rogers Radio
(Sale pending to My Broadcasting Corporation)
| licensee = Rogers Media, Inc.
| erp = 9,300 watts (17,000 watts peak) horizontal polarization only
| haat = {{convert|119.1|meters}}
| branding = Jack 92.3
| sister_stations = CHEZ-FM, CISS-FM, CKBY-FM
| class = B
| website = [https://www.jack923.com/ www.jack923.com]
| former_frequencies = 1070 kHz (AM) (1955–1958)
630 kHz (1958–2000)
| former_callsigns = CFRL (1955)
CJET (1955–2000)
CKBY-FM (2020–2023)
| callsign_meaning =
}}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.rogersmedia.com/brands/92-3-jack-fm-smiths-falls/ |title=92.3 JACK FM (Smiths Falls) - Rogers Media Inc |access-date=2015-06-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150703141029/http://www.rogersmedia.com/brands/92-3-jack-fm-smiths-falls/ |archive-date=2015-07-03 |url-status=dead }}
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.{{Cite web|url=https://fccdata.org/?lang=en&canfm=CJET-FM|title=FCCdata.org - powered by REC|website=fccdata.org|accessdate=19 February 2024}} 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.{{Cite web|url=https://www.jack923.com/|title=JACK 92.3 - Playing Whatever|website=www.jack923.com|accessdate=19 February 2024}} The station previously used the "Jack" format from 2004 to 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/260365/city-news-ottawa-ceases-operation-country-92-3-returns-to-101-1/|title=City News Ottawa Ceases Operation; Country 92.3 Returns To 101.1 - RadioInsight|accessdate=19 February 2024}}
History
The station was launched in 1955 by Rideau Broadcasting as CJET, on 1070 AM, and played a country format.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ottawacountrymusichof.org/inductees/cjet.htm|title=CJET Radio|website=www.ottawacountrymusichof.org|accessdate=19 February 2024}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/cjet-fm |website=Canadian Communication Foundation |access-date=22 October 2018 |title=CJET-FM |archive-date=22 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181022193540/http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/listing_and_histories/radio/cjet-fm |url-status=dead }} 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.{{cite web |title=Rich Little |url=http://www.broadcasting-history.ca/personalities/little-rich |website=Canadian Communication Foundation |access-date=October 29, 2018}}
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.
[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2000/db2000-81.htm Decision CRTC 2000-81], Conversion of AM station CJET to FM, CRTC, March 21, 2000 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.{{Cite web|url=http://country92.ca/|title=Country 92|date=26 October 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20031026152536/http://country92.ca/ |accessdate=19 February 2024|archive-date=2003-10-26 }} The station adopted an adult hits format as 92.3 Jack FM in 2004.[https://www.insideottawavalley.com/news-story/10302039--i-m-saddened-loss-of-last-smiths-falls-radio-station-silences-local-voice/ ‘I’m saddened’: Loss of last Smiths Falls radio station silences local voice], Smiths Falls Record News, January 7, 2021 [https://archive.st/archive/2021/5/www.insideottawavalley.com/azf0/www.insideottawavalley.com/news-story/10302039--i-m-saddened-loss-of-last-smiths-falls-radio-station-silences-local-voice/index.html archived]{{Cite web |date=2020-12-04 |title=JACK has hit the road |url=https://www.hometownnews.ca/jack-has-hit-the-road/ |access-date=2022-09-09 |website=Hometown News |language=en-US}}
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 CityNews Ottawa.{{cite news |date=December 3, 2020 |title=1310 NEWS becomes CityNews, serving Ottawa and the Valley |work=CityNews |url=https://ottawa.citynews.ca/local-news/1310-news-becomes-citynews-serving-ottawa-and-the-valley-3151012 |access-date=December 3, 2020}} The two stations also swapped call letters.[https://www.fybush.com/nerw-20201207/ NorthEast Radio Watch 12/7/2020: Can Rogers Combine in Ottawa?], Scott Fybush/Northeast Radio Watch, December 7, 2020
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.{{Cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/260644/rogers-launches-santa-radio-in-canada/|title=Jack Returns To Smiths Falls/Ottawa - RadioInsight|accessdate=19 February 2024}} 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' newish radio station").{{Cite web |date=2023-12-27 |title=Jack Returns To Smiths Falls/Ottawa |url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/260644/rogers-launches-santa-radio-in-canada/ |access-date=2023-12-28 |website=RadioInsight |language=en-US}}[https://www.hometownnews.ca/jack-fm-back-on-airwaves/ Jack FM is back on the airwaves], hometownnews.ca, January 5, 2024
On November 22, 2024, Rogers announced its intent to sell CJET-FM to My Broadcasting Corporation, pending CRTC approval.{{Cite web |last=Thiessen |first=Connie |date=2024-11-22 |title=MBC to acquire three stations from Rogers Sports & Media |url=https://broadcastdialogue.com/mbc-to-acquire-three-stations-from-rogers-sports-media/ |access-date=2024-11-23 |website=Broadcast Dialogue |language=en-US}}[https://www.hometownnews.ca/cjet-fm-smiths-falls/ My Broadcast Corporation purchases CJET-FM Smiths Falls], hometownnews.ca, November 22, 2024[https://crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2025/2025-18.htm#bm4 My Broadcasting Corporation Tillsonburg and Smiths Falls, Ontario Application 2024-0603-2] - Broadcasting Notice of Consultation CRTC 2025-18, CRTC, January 24, 2025
References
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External links
- [https://www.jack923.com/ Jack 92.3]
- [https://broadcasting-history.ca/radio/radio-stations/ontario/ontario-ottawa-valley/cjet-fm/ CJET-FM] at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
- [http://www.ottawacountrymusichof.org/inductees/cjet.htm CJET Radio] - Ottawa Valley Country Music Hall of Fame
- [https://www.geocaching.com/geocache/GC2TG61_smiths-falls-then-now-cjet Smiths Falls Then & Now - CJET]
- {{RecnetCanada|CJET-FM}}
{{Ottawa Radio}}
{{Rogers Communications}}
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