CHEZ-FM
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| City | Ottawa, Ontario |
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| Broadcast area |
National Capital Region (Eastern Ontario, Western Quebec, Upstate New York) |
| Branding | 106.1 CHEZ |
| Slogan | Ottawa's Rock Station |
| Frequency | 106.1 MHz (FM) |
| First air date | March 25, 1977 |
| Format | Mainstream rock |
| ERP | 100,000 watts |
| Class | C1 |
| Callsign meaning | from a French word meaning "at the home of" |
| Owner |
Rogers Media, a division of Rogers Communications (Rogers Radio) |
| Sister stations | CIWW, CISS-FM, CJET-FM, CKBY-FM |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www.1061chez.ca |
Coordinates: 45°22′42.3″N 75°37′32.8″W / 45.378417°N 75.625778°W
CHEZ-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting a mainstream rock format at 106.1 FM in Ottawa, Ontario. The station uses its on-air brand name as 106.1 CHEZ and is owned by Rogers 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.
CHEZ was launched at 6 PM 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.
The initial signal strength was 100,000 watts, and the first song was "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder. The original morning show host was Mike O'Reilly, better known at the time as frontman in the rock group Bolt Upright and the Erections.
The station focused on the 18- 34-year-old demographic by playing English progressive rock music. CHEZ also ran children's programming, talk programming and even some French programming when it first launched on air. Shows like CHEZ Ottawa, The Source, Jazz 106, Medium Rare and In the City distinguished the station from others in the Ottawa market. Radio personalities developed at the station included Ken Rockburn, Brian Murphy and Darren Stevens.
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