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 a country format. Previously, from 2004 until 2020, the station had an adult hits format branded as JACK 92.3.

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
Frequency92.3 MHz (FM)
BrandingCountry 92.3
Slogan#1 for Country
Programming
FormatCountry[1]
Ownership
OwnerRogers Media
(Rogers Media, Inc.)
CHEZ-FM, CISS-FM, CIWW, CKBY-FM
History
First air date
1955
Former frequencies
1070 kHz (AM) (1955-1958)
630 kHz (1958-2000)
Technical information
ClassB
ERP9.3 kW average
17 kW peak
horizontal polarization only
HAAT119.1 meters (391 ft)
Links
Website923country.com

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.

History

The station was launched in 1955 by Rideau Broadcasting, at 1070 AM, and played a country 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] [4] 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 featured hits from the late 1960s through today.

Return of Country music on 92.3

On December 3, 2020, Rogers reorganized the content of its Ottawa stations with 1310 News becoming CityNews, simulcast on both CIWW and CKBY-FM, while CKBY's former country format was transferred to CJET-FM, and was rebranded Country 92.3.[5] [6] The current Country 92.3 is a similar branding to Country 92, which was used for the previous country format on 92.3 FM from 2001 until the switch to adult hits as Jack FM in 2004.

According to the Canadian Radio News Facebook group, CJET-FM moved from 92.3 to 101.1 and CKBY-FM moved from 101.1 to 92.3. [7]

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.
  4. Country 92 former website from 2003 with logo from 2001-2004 - archive.org
  5. "1310 NEWS becomes CityNews, serving Ottawa and the Valley". CityNews. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  6. JACK has hit the road, Hometown News, December 4, 2020
  7. Call Letter Changes in Smiths Falls, Canadian Radio News, December 12, 2020

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