CJET-FM

CJET-FM
City	Smiths Falls, Ontario
Broadcast area	Ottawa Valley
Frequency	92.3 MHz (FM)
Branding	Country 92.3
Programming
Format	Country music
Ownership
Owner	Rogers Sports & Media ; (Rogers Media, Inc.)
Sister stations	CHEZ-FM, CISS-FM, CIWW, CKBY-FM
History
First air date	October 22, 1955; 66 years ago (on AM); 2000 (on FM)
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	923country.com

CJET-FM (92.3 MHz) is a commercial radio station licensed to Smiths Falls, Ontario, and serving the Ottawa Valley and the Western suburbs of Ottawa. The station is owned by Rogers Sports & Media. It broadcasts a country music radio format and is branded as Country 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]

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.^[3] In 1958, the station's frequency changed to 630 AM.

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. ^[4] On October 14, 2001, CJET-FM began testing at 92.3 MHz and launched on October 27 as Country 92. CJET 630 AM transmitter was later shutdown. ^[5] 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 to the 2000s.

The End of Jack FM[]

On December 3, 2020, Rogers reorganized the content of its Ottawa stations with 1310 News becoming CityNews, simulcast on both CIWW (1310 AM) and CJET (101.1 FM) while CKBY's country format was transferred to 92.3 FM, and was rebranded Country 92.3.^[6] ^[7] 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.

The cancellation of Jack FM leaves Smiths Falls without a local radio station for the first time since the 1950s. ^[8]

Both radio stations swapped call signs to coincide with the reorganization. The station at 92.3 took the call letters CKBY-FM and the station at 101.1 took the call letters CJET-FM.^[9]