Oxford's FM 107.9
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| Broadcast area | Oxford |
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| Slogan | Playing What You Want |
| Frequency | 107.9 MHz, DAB and online [1] |
| First air date | (original) 14 February 1997, (as Jack FM 2) 20 August 2013 |
| Format | Contemporary |
| Owner | Passion Radio (Oxford) Ltd part of OXIS Media |
| Website | http://www.jack2.com |
JACK 2 is an Independent Local Radio station broadcasting in Oxfordshire, United Kingdom on FM, the Oxfordshire DAB multiplex, in Surrey and Hampshire on DAB and online. It is a music-heavy station with only limited speech, instead allowing listeners to control the music and submit recordings of themselves to be played. The station is aimed at an adult-contemporary audience and plays seven hours per week of specialist music as required by Ofcom. JACK 2 competes with Heart Thames Valley, BBC Oxford and sister station Jack FM Oxfordshire, as well as some online Community Radio and DAB stations in Oxfordshire.
The station allows its listeners to pick all the songs that play in real time. Listeners are able to vote songs up and down the playlist via the website or the station's app. Whatever song is at the top of the list when the previous one finishes is next to play.
Previously known under a variety of names since its inception in 1997 (see history), most recently Glide FM, the station launched in its current incarnation on 20 August 2013.
The station is based at 270 in north Oxford, formerly the site of Six TV - The Oxford Channel and shared with Jack FM Oxfordshire.
The origins of the station lie in a student radio station, Oxygen 107.9 which was trialled in November 1995 and launched at 1.07pm on Valentine's Day 1997. It was acquired in late 2000 by Fusion Radio Holdings, which rebranded the station as Fusion 107.9. Fusion merged with the Milestone Group in 2003 and the station was relaunched again as Passion 107.9 (and is still legally known as Passion Radio), but was sold to ARI Consultancy (previously known as Absolute Radio International) in 2006, leading to another rebrand as Oxford's FM 107.9 which lasted until August 2010. Following an attempt at a format change in 2010 (see below) and sinking ratings, the station relaunched as Glide FM on 18 August 2010.
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