CJAQ-FM
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| City of license | Calgary, Alberta |
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| Broadcast area | Calgary, Alberta |
| Branding | "96-9 Jack FM" |
| Slogan | "Playing What We Want" |
| Frequency | 96.9 MHz |
| First air date | 1927 (on AM) 1996 (on FM) |
| Format | adult hits |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| Callsign meaning | C JAQ (sounds like Jack) |
| Former callsigns | CJCJ (1927-1950) CKXL (1950-1987) CISS (1987-1991) CFXX (1991-1992) CFXL (1992-1996) CKIS-FM (1996-1999) CHRK-FM (1999-2003) CKIS-FM (2003-2009) |
| Former frequencies | 690 kHz (1927-1941) 1230 kHz (1941-1947) 1140 kHz (1947-1996) |
| Owner | Rogers Communications |
| Sister stations | CHFM-FM, CFFR, CFAC, CKAL-TV, CJCO-TV |
| Webcast | Listen Live |
| Website | 96.9 Jack FM |
CJAQ-FM is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts at 96.9 FM in Calgary, Alberta. The station uses the on-air brand name Jack FM. It is the second Jack FM station in Canada and the world, after its sister CKLG-FM in Vancouver.
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[edit] History
The station originally signed on back in 1927 as CJCJ, an AM radio station and has gone through various ownerships, callsigns, frequencies and formats over the years. In 1996, the station moved to the FM band and changed formats to a country music/top 40 hybrid as Kiss FM, with the CKIS calls (previously, they were used by CHUM Radio-owned CKGM Montreal, its original calls).[1] The station changed calls to CHRK in 1999 and format to classic rock as Rock 97 when Rogers acquired the station. The station changed to urban music three years later and returned the Kiss branding to the station. On April 1, 2003 at midnight MT, the station returned to its CKIS calls and flipped to its current format.
The station flipped call signs with CJAQ in Toronto, Ontario in June 2009, after the Toronto station was rebranded from Jack FM to Kiss 92.5. It was announced on July 8 that ET Canada's Roz Weston will be hosting the new morning show.
[edit] Rebroadcasters
CJAQ-FM has repeaters in Alberta and British Columbia:
| City of license | Identifier | Frequency | RECNet | CRTC Decision |
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| Banff 1 | CJAQ-FM-1 | 94.1 | Query | 2004-466 |
| Lake Louise | CJAQ-FM-2 | 93.9 | Query | 98-485 |
| Invermere, British Columbia | CJAQ-FM-3 | 97.3 | Query |
1 In 1997, rebroadcaster CJAQ-FM-1 received CRTC approval to operate at 94.3 FM, [2] until it moved to its current frequency at 94.1 FM in 2004.
[edit] References
[edit] External links
- 96.9 Jack FM
- CJAQ-FM history at Canadian Communications Foundation
- Query the REC's Canadian station database for CKIS-FM
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