Смитс-Фолс қаласының радиостансасы CJET 92.3 FM тарихы

Radio station in Smiths Falls, Ontario
the radio station that was CJET FM from 2020 to 2023

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. 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. 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. The station previously used the "Jack" format from 2004 to 2020.

The station was launched in 1955 by Rideau Broadcasting as CJET, at 1070 AM, and played a country format. 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. 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 weekdays, and the show gave him the opportunity to use his impressions on the air. In 1969, CJET FM was launched on 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 on 92.3 MHz. On October 14, 2001, CJET FM began testing on 92.3 MHz and launched on October 27 as Country 92. CJET's 630 AM transmitter was later shut down. The station adopted an adult hits format as 92.3 Jack FM in 2004. 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. The two stations also swapped call letters.