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]

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, at 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 pm weekdays, and the show gave him the opportunity to use his impressions on the air.^[7]

In 1969, CJET-FM was launched at 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 at 92.3 MHz. ^[8] On October 14, 2001, CJET-FM began testing at 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 CityNews Ottawa.^[10][12] The two stations also swapped call letters.^[4]

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.^[13][14] 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]}

References

External links

• Jack 92.3
• CJET-FM history - Canadian Communications Foundation
• Smiths Falls Then & Now - CJET
• CJET-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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