CJAQ-FM

CJAQ-FM

City	Calgary, Alberta
Branding	96.9 Jack FM
Slogan	Playing whatever! Whenever!
Frequency	96.9 MHz
First air date	1927 (on AM) 1996 (on FM)
Format	adult hits
ERP	48,000 watts average 100,000 watts peak
HAAT	160 meters (520 ft)
Class	C1
Transmitter coordinates	51°05′10″N 113°59′49″W / 51.086°N 113.997°W / 51.086; -113.997Coordinates: 51°05′10″N 113°59′49″W / 51.086°N 113.997°W / 51.086; -113.997
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 Media, a division of Rogers Communications (Rogers Radio)
Sister stations	Radio: CHFM-FM, CFFR, CFAC TV: CKAL-DT, CJCO-DT
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 CJAX-FM in Vancouver. CJAQ's studios are located on 7th Avenue Southwest in downtown Calgary, while its transmitter is located on Patina Hill Drive Southwest in the Prominence Point neighbourhood in west Calgary.

As of Fall 2014, CJAQ is ranked #8 in the Calgary market ratings according to Numeris Canada.^[1]

History

The station originally signed on in 1927 as CJCJ, an AM radio station located on 1230 AM. In the 1941 great frequency shuffle of most North American AM stations it moved to it's longtime frequency of 1140. In 1950, it adopted the call letters that it would become most historically identified with by most Calgary radio listeners, CKXL (or simply "XL" for short). It adopted a Top 40 format in 1964. On September 4, 1987, the station dropped Top 40 for adult contemporary as "Kiss AM 1140" with the CISS call letters. A year later it went oldies full-time. 2 talk shows (Charles Adler and the Larry King Show) were also added briefly in 1990. In September 1991, the station flipped to classic rock as "The Fox" with the CFXX, and, later on, CFXL call letters. On June 3, 1996, the station moved to the FM band and changed formats to Hot AC as Kiss FM, with the CKIS calls (previously, they were used by CHUM Radio-owned CKGM Montreal).^[2] "Pirate Radio with Chris Sheppard" was a featured show on the station at the time. The station changed calls to CHRK in 1999 and returned to classic rock as Rock 97 when Rogers acquired the station. The station changed to urban music on July 19, 2002, 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.

Previous Jack FM logo

Rebroadcasters

CJAQ-FM has repeaters in Alberta and British Columbia:

Rebroadcasters of CJAQ-FM
City of license	Identifier	Frequency	RECNet	CRTC Decision
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,^[3] until it moved to its current frequency at 94.1 FM in 2004.

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Radio stations in Calgary, Alberta

AM	CFFR 660 CJLI 700 CHQR 770 CFAC 960 CBR 1010 CKMX 1060

SW	CFVP 6.03 MHz

FM	CKAV-3 88.1 (defunct) CJSI 88.9 CBCX 89.7 CKMP 90.3 CJSW 90.9 CJAY 92.1 CFEX 92.9 CKUA-1 93.7 CHKF 94.7 CKWD 95.3 CHFM 95.9 CJAQ 96.9 CHUP 97.7 CIBK 98.5 CBR-1 99.1 VF5001 100.3 CKUV 100.9 CKCE 101.5 CBR 102.1 CFXL 103.1 CBRF 103.9 CKOV 104.5 CKRY 105.1 CIRI 106.5 CKYR 106.7 CFGQ 107.3 VF5002 107.9

Specialty services	Sur Sagar Radio Sur Sangam Radio

HD Radio	105.1-1 105.1-2

Alberta radio markets Banff Calgary Edmonton Fort McMurray Grande Prairie Lethbridge Lloydminster Medicine Hat Red Deer See also List of radio stations in Alberta

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Owned	33 Dundas Street East 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West Rogers Building Rogers Centre Rogers Park

Sponsored	Rogers Arena Rogers K-Rock Centre Rogers Place

Leased	Canadian Broadcasting Centre⁴

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Defunct channels	CityNews Channel Viewers Choice MSNBC Canada GolTV The Biography Channel

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¹Community channels owned (or part-owned) by Rogers Cable
²U.S. border station operated by Rogers under a local marketing agreement
³Brand used under license from the CBC.
⁴Studio 41 and its eighth floor offices are leased from the CBC for its NHL coverage.
⁵Part-time network broadcast over the same stations as CBC Television; see CRTC Decision 2015-154

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