CJET-FM

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]

For the radio station that was CJET-FM from 1969 to 2020, see CKBY-FM.
CJET-FM
CitySmiths Falls, Ontario
Broadcast areaOttawa Valley
Frequency92.3 MHz (FM)
BrandingCountry 92.3
Programming
FormatCountry music
Ownership
OwnerRogers Sports & Media
(Rogers Media, Inc.)
CHEZ-FM, CISS-FM, CIWW, CKBY-FM
History
First air date
October 22, 1955 (1955-10-22) (on AM)
2000 (on FM)
Former frequencies
1070 kHz (AM) (1955-1958)
630 kHz (1958-2000)
Call sign meaning
Callsign swapped from CKBY-FM
Technical information
ClassB
ERP9,300 watts (17,000 watts peak) horizontal polarization only
HAAT119.1 meters (391 ft)
Links
Website923country.com

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

CJET began as an AM radio station on October 22, 1955 (1955-10-22). It first broadcast on 1070 kHz. But because 1070 AM was a clear channel frequency reserved for Class A station CBA in Moncton, New Brunswick, CJET had to limit its nighttime signal to avoid interference. In 1958, it switched its frequency to 630 kHz, which was powered at 10,000 watts around the clock. In 1969, it added an FM station at 101.1, CJET-FM.

In the 1990s, many AM stations in Canada began making plans to switch over to the FM dial. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) gave CJET permission to go from AM 630 to FM 92.3 in 2000. It took the call sign CKBY-FM. Those call letters had previously been used on 105.3 FM in Ottawa, now CISS-FM. At this point, Smith Falls had two co-owned FM stations, 101.1 CJET-FM and 92.3 CKBY-FM.

On December 3, 2020, Rogers Communications reorganized the content of three of its Ottawa-area stations. CIWW 1310 News became CityNews, simulcast on both 1310 AM and on 101.1 FM CJET-FM. CKBY-FM was rebranded Country 92.3.[3] [4] 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 it flipped to adult hits as JACK FM in 2004.

Both radio stations swapped call signs to coincide with the reorganization. The station at 92.3 took the call letters CJET-FM and the station at 101.1 took the call letters CKBY-FM.[5]

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-06-18.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. FCCdata.org/CJET-FM
  3. "1310 NEWS becomes CityNews, serving Ottawa and the Valley". CityNews. December 3, 2020. Retrieved December 3, 2020.
  4. JACK has hit the road, Hometown News, December 4, 2020
  5. Call Letter Changes in Smiths Falls, Canadian Radio News, December 12, 2020

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