CJAX-FM
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| City | Vancouver, British Columbia |
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| Broadcast area | Metro Vancouver |
| Branding | 96.9 Jack FM |
| Slogan | Playing whatever! Whenever! |
| Frequency | 96.9 MHz (FM) (also on HD Radio) |
| First air date | March 1, 1980 |
| Format | Analog/HD1: Adult hits HD2: CKWX simulcast |
| ERP | 75 kilowatts |
| HAAT | 686 metres |
| Class | C |
| Transmitter coordinates | 49°21′27″N 122°57′14″W / 49.357365°N 122.953776°WCoordinates: 49°21′27″N 122°57′14″W / 49.357365°N 122.953776°W |
| Callsign meaning | Sounds like "jack" |
| Former callsigns | CJAZ-FM (1980-1985) CKKS-FM (1985-2002) CKLG-FM (2002-2014) |
| Former frequencies | 92.1 MHz (1980-1984) |
| Owner |
Rogers Media, a division of Rogers Communications (Rogers Radio) |
| Sister stations |
Radio: CIOC-FM, CKWX, CKKS-FM Television: CKVU-DT, CHNM-DT |
| Webcast | Listen live |
| Website | www.jackfm.com |
CJAX-FM is a Canadian radio station in the Greater Vancouver region of British Columbia. It broadcasts at 96.9 MHz on the FM band with an effective radiated power of 75,000 watts from a transmitter on Mount Seymour in the District of North Vancouver. The station also operates a 1,430 watt repeater (CJAX-FM-1, 96.9 MHz) in Whistler, British Columbia. Studios are located in downtown Vancouver, and the station is currently owned by Rogers Communications.
CKLG was the first conventional radio station in North America to adopt the Jack FM branding, officially classified as a "variety hits" or "adult hits" format. Most Jack FM stations play a wide mix of music from the late 1960s through the 90s, as well as some current adult contemporary/hot adult contemporary singles. It formerly used the slogan "Playing what we want", promoting itself as having a larger and more varied playlist than any other commercial radio stations. In the early years when the station was on AM in North Vancouver - Don North who later went on to become a famous war correspondent for a large US national TV network was the sound engineer. Jack Ammon has a weekly radio show as a keyboards accompanist for singers Gary Lee and Bob Stone.
In 1980, Selkirk Communications launched CJAZ at 92.1 FM in Vancouver, with an all-jazz music format, transmitting from Salt Spring Island at 100,000 watts. Although overall regional coverage was very good, poor stereo reception in the key Vancouver area led the station to change frequencies and transmitter site to 96.9 MHz and Mt Seymour in 1984, transmitting at 75,000 watts. Low ratings led to a format change on September 15, 1985, when the station adopted an urban adult contemporary format (the first in Canada), rebranded as FM 97 and the call sign was changed to CKKS-FM. This was followed about a year later by a switch to the "adult contemporary music" format and another on-air rebranding as "97 Kiss FM". Four years later, the station was sold to Maclean-Hunter Ltd, and in 1994 it became a part of Rogers Broadcasting. The adult contemporary format would also arrive on CHQM-FM, which dropped its easy listening format in 1992, and surpassed CKKS as Vancouver's leading AC station, becoming Vancouver's most-listened-to FM station later on.
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