CJOT-FM (99.7

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) is a

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. It broadcasts a

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and is owned by

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. The station uses its on-air brand name ''

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99.7''. CJOT's studios and offices are located on Merivale Road in

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along with

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CKQB-FM CKQB-FM (106.9 FM, ''Jump! 106.9'') is a radio station licensed to Ottawa, Ontario. Owned by Corus Entertainment, it broadcasts a Top 40/CHR format. CKQB's studios are located at 1504 Merivale Road in Nepean along with sister station CJOT-FM, ...

. The

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is located off Stagecoach Road (Route 25) in Greely, southeast of Ottawa.

History

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was authorized by the

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(CRTC) on August 26, 2008, to build a new FM radio station in Ottawa. It

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the air on May 27, 2010, with an

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format branded as ''99.7

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''. The first song on "EZ Rock" was "

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. CJOT became the new flagship station of the "

" brand in Canada, about five months after the sign-off of Toronto's 97.3 CJEZ-FM, which became adult hits-formatted

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, ''

97.3''. But on June 30, 2011, at 3 p.m., CJOT also flipped to a

format, branded as ''Boom 99.7''. The last song on "EZ Rock" was "

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" by

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, while the first song on "Boom" was " Start Me Up" by

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. The station's playlist focuses on songs from the 1970s, 80s and 90s. In March 2013, as part of

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's proposed acquisition of Astral Media,

reached a tentative deal to acquire Astral's 50% stake in the Teletoon networks, along with several radio stations (including CJOT), for $400.6 million. On January 28, 2014, the CRTC approved Corus's acquisition of CJOT and sister station

. The acquisition was closed on January 31, 2014. An unprotected low-power

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radio station owned by Instant Information Services operated at 99.7 FM as CIIO-FM. That station was authorised by the CRTC in May 2010 to move to 97.5 MHz. As well,

operated a repeater at 99.7 FM in Pembroke, which later moved to 99.9 FM.

Controversy

On November 21, 2008, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore issued a statement calling on the CRTC to review its approval of both the Astral station and Frank Torres' new

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. Moore asked the commission to assess whether the

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population of the Ottawa-

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area was sufficiently well-served by existing French radio services, and to consider licensing one or more of the French language applications—which included a

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station, a

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station and a campus radio station for the

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—in addition to or instead of the approved stations. In the resulting round of hearings, Torres proposed that a new francophone station could be licensed on 94.5 FM, although such a station would be second-adjacent to Astral's

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subsequently aired a testing signal on 94.5 in May 2009 to determine whether the signal could be used without impacting CIMF. The test found that the signal could be used without causing significant interference to CIMF, and Astral consequently gave its consent to the use of the frequency as long as the company retained authorization to launch the 99.7 station.Scott Fybush
"WHHO, RIP"
''NorthEast Radio Watch'', February 8, 2010.

References

External links

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