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Radio station in Ottawa

CHEZ FM (106.1 MHz, CHEZ 106) is a Canadian radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format in Ottawa, Ontario. The station is owned by Rogers Radio, a division of Rogers Sports & Media. CHEZ's studios are located at the intersection of Thurston Drive and Conroy Road in Ottawa, while its transmitter is located in Camp Fortune, Quebec, within Gatineau Park.

CHEZ was launched at 6 p. m. on March 25, 1977 by CHEZ FM Inc., a company owned and operated by Harvey Glatt. Glatt owned Treble Clef music stores, a chain of retail record stores, and was also a major local concert promoter. During the first few years on air, CHEZ competed with AM station CFRA, then a pop leaning music station. In 1987, just a few weeks before celebrating its tenth anniversary on the air, CHEZ attained the number one position in the Ottawa market for the first time, with nearly 300,000 weekly listeners. CHEZ had two sister stations, CHEQ and CJET, under the umbrella of Rideau Broadcasting, located in Smiths Falls. In 1994, CHEZ shifted to classic rock, partly due competing station CJSB moving its mainstream rock format to FM. The station and its holdings (Rideau Broadcasting), Canada's last major independent radio station, was sold to Rogers Radio in 1999, joining CKBY and CIWW as Rogers owned stations in the Ottawa market. In 2011, CHEZ changed their slogan to "World Class Rock", and began adding more current rock music to its playlist, shifting towards a mainstream rock format. In March 2014, the station added more currents, and their slogan was changed again to "Ottawa's Rock Station" reflecting their competitor CKQB switching from active rock to a Top 40/CHR format. On June 6, 2016, CHEZ was rebranded to 106.1 CHEZ with a new logo and the station's new website was launched reflecting the change. In June 2019, CHEZ announced a new morning show, The Biggs and Barr Show, which formerly aired on CHTZ in St. Catharines. In May 2020, the station reverted to its old branding of CHEZ 106, but kept the same logo and format.