Jack FM

JACK FM is the alternative name and on-air brand

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of 60 radio station

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s in Canada

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, the United States

United States

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, the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

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, and Russia

Russia

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. Jack stations play a mix of 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s

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hits with some current

2000s in music

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hot adult contemporary singles

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. Jack's slogan

Slogan

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"playing what we want" can also be considered as more of a motto

Motto

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or philosophy of their programming. They promote

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themselves as having a larger and more varied playlist

Playlist

In its most general form, a playlist is simply a list of songs. They can be played in sequential or shuffled order. The term has several specialized meanings in the realms of radio broadcasting and personal computers.-In radio:...

than other commercial radio stations. It is not unusual for a Jack FM station to have a playlist of over 1000 songs compared to normal FM stations which sometimes have playlists of fewer than 500 songs. Further distinguishing the format from traditional radio is the fact that many Jack FM radio stations do not use DJs or have traffic or weather reports; indeed, the format "has been likened to an iPod set on shuffle." The stations are officially classified as the Variety Hits or Adult Hits
Adult hits
Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...

format by radio research companies.

History and timeline

One of the early originators of this format was radio programmer Bob Perry, on an American

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Internet radio

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stream in 2000. Perry named the station after a fictitious persona, "Cadillac Jack" Garrett, "a hard-living radio cowboy." The back story created by Perry for the original web stream was that Garrett, a DJ who had worked a lot of "big sticks," finally got his own radio station and after years of being told what he was to play on-air was creating a station where the motto was "playing what we want." However, according to Rogers Communications

Rogers Communications

Rogers Communications Inc. is one of Canada's largest communications companies, particularly in the field of wireless communications, cable television, home phone and internet with additional telecommunications and mass media assets...

, the only thing taken, without permission, for the first Jack-FM radio station, in Vancouver, was the name and the tagline. Pat Cardinal, one of the first JACK Program Directors, says that he was unaware of the type of music on the American website and that "JACK" was one of several names that were considered for the format. Rogers Communications came to an agreement with Perry for the use of the Jack-FM name in Canada soon after the launch.
Jack was also inspired by the success of CHUM Limited

CHUM Limited

CHUM Limited was a media company based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada from 1945 to 2007. Immediately prior to its acquisition, it held full or joint control of two Canadian television systems — Citytv and A-Channel — comprising 11 local stations, and one CBC Television affiliate, one...

's "Bob FM

Bob FM

Bob FM is the on-air brand of a number of FM radio stations in Canada and the United States. The Bob FM format features a mix of classic 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s and 1990s hits with some current hot adult contemporary singles....

" brand on CFWM radio in Winnipeg

Winnipeg

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, Manitoba

Manitoba

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. Program director Howard Kroeger was inspired to create Bob FM after hearing a mix tape at a friend's 40th birthday party. Other Canadian broadcasters copied the concept as well, adopting such brands as Corus Entertainment

Corus Entertainment

Corus Entertainment Inc. is a publicly traded Canadian media and entertainment conglomerate.Corus is a leading Canadian specialty television and radio producer, with additional assets in pay television, advertising services, television broadcasting, children's book publishing and children's...

's "Dave FM

Dave FM

"Dave FM" is the moniker of at least two commercial radio stations in North America:*since 2003, CJDV in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada*since 2004, WZGC in Atlanta, Georgia, USA...

" and "Joe FM". In 2003, an Ottawa

Ottawa

Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...

station launched "Frank FM" as a one-day Halloween

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prank. (The prank's name was possibly also inspired by the Canadian satirical magazine Frank.)

Beginning in late 2002, the format was adopted on Canadian

Canada

radio station

Radio station

s owned by Rogers Communications

Rogers Communications

. The first Jack station was Vancouver

Vancouver

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's CKLG-FM

CKLG-FM

CKLG-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...

, which quickly shot to the top of the city's BBM

Bureau of Broadcast Measurement

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radio ratings. The format was consequently adopted on other Rogers stations in 2002 and 2003. The format proved popular in many markets where it was introduced, although its success was not always as dramatic as it had been in Vancouver.

In 2004, SparkNet Communications, the owner of the Jack-FM and "Playing What We Want" trademarks outside of Canada, started to licence Jack-FM's in the United States. NRC Broadcasting's KJAC 105.5 in Denver, Colorado

Denver, Colorado

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was the first U.S. station to become "Jack-FM" on April 14, 2004. The success of Jack caused a cloning effect, with some stations using the names of famous locals to promote their version of the format, such as WABZ

WABZ

WABZ is a radio station broadcasting an adult hits format. Licensed to Sherman, Illinois, USA, the station serves the Springfield, Illinois, area. The station is currently owned by Saga Communications of Illinois, LLC.-History:...

"Abe FM" in Springfield, Illinois

Springfield, Illinois

Springfield is the third and current capital of the US state of Illinois and the county seat of Sangamon County with a population of 117,400 , making it the sixth most populated city in the state and the second most populated Illinois city outside of the Chicago Metropolitan Area...

, named for Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln

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, WBEN-FM

WBEN-FM

WBEN-FM, known as "95.7 Ben FM," is an adult hits station in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The station plays a mix of 1970s, 1980s and 1990s hits, with some current hot adult contemporary rock singles. Named after Benjamin Franklin, the station pioneered a "Playing Anything We Feel Like" radio...

"Ben FM" in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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, named for Benjamin Franklin

Benjamin Franklin

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, "100.5 FM Louie" in Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville, Kentucky

Louisville is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kentucky, and the county seat of Jefferson County. Since 2003, the city's borders have been coterminous with those of the county because of a city-county merger. The city's population at the 2010 census was 741,096...

, "Doug-FM 93.1" WDRQ

WDRQ

WDRQ is an FM radio station in Detroit, Michigan. The station is branded as 93.1 Doug FM. Doug FM broadcasts from the Fisher Building just north of downtown Detroit and transmits its signal from an antenna 669 feet in length located at the intersection of Ten Mile and Greenfield Roads in suburban...

in Detroit, Michigan

Michigan

Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake"....

, "96.7 Steve FM" WLTY

WLTY

WLTY is a variety hits radio station licensed to Cayce, South Carolina and serves the Columbia, South Carolina market. The Clear Channel Communications outlet is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast at 96.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 9 kW...

in Columbia, South Carolina

Columbia, South Carolina

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, named after current University of South Carolina

University of South Carolina

The University of South Carolina is a public, co-educational research university located in Columbia, South Carolina, United States, with 7 surrounding satellite campuses. Its historic campus covers over in downtown Columbia not far from the South Carolina State House...

football coach Steve Spurrier

Steve Spurrier

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, or "The Chief 92.5 FM" in Champaign, Illinois

Champaign, Illinois

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, named for the controversial symbol of the University of Illinois, Chief Illiniwek

Chief Illiniwek

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, or local symbols like WARH

WARH

WARH is a radio station in Granite City, Illinois. WARH serves the St. Louis, Missouri, metropolitan area.WARH plays an adult hits format as "106.5 The Arch - It's all about the variety". The format is quite similar to the Jack FM stations in the U.S. & Canada...

in St. Louis (licensed to Granite City, IL), known as "106.5, The Arch".

On July 29, 2005, Rawlco

Rawlco Communications

Rawlco Radio Ltd. is a Canadian media company. The company is the sole proprietor of thirteen radio stations in the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan, and the majority partner in Northwestern Radio Partnership, which owns four other stations in Saskatchewan...

's CKCK

CKCK-FM

CKCK-FM, a Canadian radio station in Regina, Saskatchewan, was one of the world's pioneering radio stations. Its current incarnation is known on air as Jack FM, and broadcasts at 94.5 MHz. It is housed at 2401 Saskatchewan Drive in Regina, with CJME and CIZL-FM.- History :In 1922, the...

in Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina, Saskatchewan

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became the first non-Rogers station in Canada

Canada

to directly license the Jack-FM brand rather than adopting an alternate name.

On Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at noon, WQSR

WQSR

WQSR is a radio station broadcasting on 102.7 FM. The station is licensed to Baltimore and serves that market. Its transmitter is located in Pikesville, next to the Pikesville Reservoir. It is under ownership of Clear Channel Communications. The station offers an adult rock hits format known as...

, an oldies station in Towson

Towson, Maryland

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, Maryland

Maryland

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which targeted Baltimore

Baltimore

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area listeners, changed its format from oldies to Jack-FM. Listeners and staffers alike were surprised by the sudden change because many long-time DJs and on-air personalities were considered almost a Baltimore institution. WQSR

WQSR

received a large amount of negative publicity regarding their format change. Popular former WQSR personality Steve Rouse has since resurfaced as the new morning show host at sister station, the Soft AC-formatted WLIF

WLIF

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Not long after, on Friday, June 3, 2005, at 5:00 p.m. EDT, WCBS-FM

WCBS-FM

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, the oldies station in New York City

New York City

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, switched to Jack-FM without any prior warning. The switch to a more generic format has been termed The Day the Music Died by some New Yorkers and has drawn criticism even from non-listeners of the station, particularly due to the sudden firing of DJs of historic renown such as Cousin Brucie. In a partial nod to this controversy, on June 14, 2005, it was announced that the station would be unique among those with the Jack format in that it would occasionally include '50s

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and early '60s songs in its rotation as well as songs by performers like Frank Sinatra

Frank Sinatra

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that are normally not part of the Jack format, though a later Web update retracted this and songs from before the late '60s

1960s

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were no longer played. The change in New York

New York

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generated the most negative publicity of any market that switched a station to the Jack format, including a derogatory comment by the mayor himself. According to the New York Post, mayor Michael Bloomberg

Michael Bloomberg

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responded to the change by declaring he would "never listen to that fucking CBS radio ever again", which the new Jack station picked up on, making jokes about his quip ("Hey, Mayor Bloomberg. I heard you took a shot at us in The Post. What's with all the swearin' like a sailor? Fleet week is over. It's just music.") Initially, Arbitron

Arbitron

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ratings showed a sharp decline and while ratings did recover, they never surpassed the levels that WCBS-FM had before the format switch.

As a result, on July 6, 2007, WCBS-FM announced it would be switching its Jack format back to "Classic Hits" on July 12, a move attributed mostly to the newly appointed CBS Radio CEO Dan Mason. Three of the fired DJs and staff (Dan Taylor, Bob Shannon, and Mr. G) returned to the station, along with newsman Al Meredith (who had stayed at the station during Jack-FM doing his Sunday morning public affairs show), as well as DJ Pat St. John

Pat St. John

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who had previously left CBS-FM for Q104.3 about a year before the flip to Jack. Steve O'Brien a weekend and fill in DJ's at time if the format change would also return in a similar capacity in 2008. However, the Jack FM format now renamed ToNY is still available through WCBS-FM's HD2 subchannel, and via an internet stream at www.1011hd2.com.

On the same day that WCBS-FM made the switch, another station owned by CBS, 104.3 WJMK, an oldies station in Chicago

Chicago

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, Illinois

Illinois

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, changed format to 104.3 Jack-FM as well. The change at WJMK didn't attract as much attention as the change to WCBS, but it still drew the ire of its listeners. The oldies format has since returned to the Chicago airwaves with the introduction of WZZN (94.7 FM; now WLS-FM).

On July 5, 2005, it was announced that Bohn & Associates Media and Wall Media formed SparkNet Communications L.P. as the exclusive International licensor and owner of the Jack-FM format. SparkNet has, in turn, licensed the format to Dial Global

Dial Global

Dial Global is a radio syndication company. It is a wholly owned subsidiary of Triton Media Group and is a sister company to Townsquare Media, both of which are owned by Oaktree Capital Management....

for satellite-based syndication to stations in U.S. markets outside the 40 largest. This satellite-fed Jack became active in October 2005, and now serves many of the smaller Jack stations, such as Evansville

Evansville, Indiana

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and Knoxville

Knoxville, Tennessee

Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region...

.

All Jack-FM stations in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

and Canada use Howard Cogan as the "voice" of Jack.

Stations using the "Jack" name are very strictly licensed by SparkNet. There are several terms that the station must agree to, one of them being the fact that disc jockeys are not to be used for at least the first few months of the format, among other things. SparkNet has also been very protective of its format, unsuccessfully filing suit against Bonneville International

Bonneville International

Bonneville International Corporation is a broadcasting company wholly owned by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints through its for-profit arm, Deseret Management Corporation...

for its use of the Jack-FM "Playing What We Want" trademark and other phrases said to infringe. For this reason, many stations using a Jack-like format use slightly different slogans to avoid infringing on SparkNet's service marks: BEN in Philadelphia uses the tagline "playing anything we feel like", for instance. WDRQ in Detroit uses the line "93.1 DOUG FM - We Play...EVERYTHING!"

In late September 2005, CJAQ-FM

CJAQ-FM

CKIS-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 92.5 FM in Toronto, Ontario. The station broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format branded as KiSS 92.5...

in Toronto

Toronto

Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

, Ontario

Ontario

Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....

announced that it would become the first DJ-free station in Canada. Pat Cardinal, general manager and program director of the station, announced that "The move came as a result of listener feedback." "The audience has been telling us that they want no DJs on Jack. They want more music." When it first launched - 92.5 Jack-FM operated without disc jockeys in an effort to establish the "Playing What We Want" concept which was new to Toronto. DJs were introduced within weeks. In November 2005, Cardinal defended his decision in an interview with Michael Hainsworth

Michael Hainsworth

Michael Hainsworth is a business reporter for CTV Toronto and CTV affiliates across the country. He anchors The Close on Canada's financial news network, Business News Network . He also files business reports for Toronto all-news channel CablePulse24 and national cable news network CTV News Channel...

of Report on Business Television and stated why he doesn't see commercial-free iPods and satellite radio as a threat to a non-DJ format.

In mid-October 2005, Entravison Radio launched a Spanish

Spanish language

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-language version of the Jack format dubbed "José" with the "We Play What We Want" tagline translated into Spanish as "Toca lo que Quiere." "José" went live on six FM and AM stations in Sacramento

KRCX-FM

KRCX-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Marysville, California, USA, it serves the Sacramento area...

, Stockton

KCVR (AM)

KCVR is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish language Adult Hits format. Licensed to Lodi, California, USA, it serves the Stockton/Modesto area. The station is currently owned by Entravision Holdings, LLC....

, and Modesto, California

KCVR-FM

KCVR-FM is a radio station licensed to Columbia, California, USA. The station is currently owned by Entravision Holdings, LLC.-History:...

, Albuquerque, New Mexico

KRZY (AM)

KRZY is a radio station licensed to Albuquerque, New Mexico, USA, the station serves the Albuquerque area. The station is currently owned by Entravision Holdings, LLC....

, and Denver, Colorado

KMXA (AM)

KMXA is a Spanish AC radio station owned by Entravision. It broadcasts on 1090 kHz AM. It is licensed to Aurora, Colorado and serves the Denver, Colorado area....

. Currently, "José" stations have no affiliation with Jack, SparkNet Communications or Bob Perry.

On October 25, 2005, Infinity Broadcasting announced that it would be replacing Howard Stern

Howard Stern

Howard Allan Stern is an American radio personality, television host, author, and actor best known for his radio show, which was nationally syndicated from 1986 to 2005. He gained wide recognition in the 1990s where he was labeled a "shock jock" for his outspoken and sometimes controversial style...

with Jack-FM on some of its stations. Stern left terrestrial radio for Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio

Sirius Satellite Radio is a satellite radio service operating in North America, owned by Sirius XM Radio.Headquartered in New York City, with smaller studios in Los Angeles and Memphis, Sirius was officially launched on July 1, 2002 and currently provides 69 streams of music and 65 streams of...

in late 2005.

In mid-May 2006, the playlist of CJAQ-FM

CJAQ-FM

CKIS-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 92.5 FM in Toronto, Ontario. The station broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format branded as KiSS 92.5...

in Toronto

Toronto

, Ontario

Ontario

evolved into a classic rock

Classic rock

Classic rock is a radio format which developed from the album-oriented rock format in the early 1980s. In the United States, the classic rock format features music ranging generally from the late 1960s to the late 1980s, primarily focusing on the hard rock genre that peaked in popularity in the...

format. The '80s Top 40 acts such as Madonna

Madonna (entertainer)

Madonna is an American singer-songwriter, actress and entrepreneur. Born in Bay City, Michigan, she moved to New York City in 1977 to pursue a career in modern dance. After performing in the music groups Breakfast Club and Emmy, she released her debut album in 1983...

, Duran Duran

Duran Duran

Duran Duran are an English band, formed in Birmingham in 1978. They were one of the most successful bands of the 1980s and a leading band in the MTV-driven "Second British Invasion" of the United States...

, Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde

Kim Wilde is an English pop singer, author and television presenter who burst onto the music scene in 1981 with the number 2 UK Singles Chart new wave classic "Kids in America". In 1987 she had a major hit in the United States when her version of The Supremes' classic "You Keep Me Hangin' On"...

, Cyndi Lauper

Cyndi Lauper

Cynthia Ann Stephanie "Cyndi" Lauper is an American singer, songwriter, actress and LGBT rights activist. She achieved success in the mid-1980s with the release of the album She's So Unusual and became the first female singer to have four top-five singles released from one album...

, Falco

Falco (musician)

Johann Hölzel , better known by his stage name Falco, was an Austrian pop and rock musician and rapper. He had several international hits: "Der Kommissar", "Rock Me Amadeus", "Vienna Calling", "Jeanny", "The Sound of Musik", "Coming Home " and posthumously, "Out Of The Dark"...

etc. have been dropped in favor of an all-rock

Rock music

Rock music is a genre of popular music that developed during and after the 1960s, particularly in the United Kingdom and the United States. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, itself heavily influenced by rhythm and blues and country music...

format, and the station's slogan has changed to "Toronto's Best Rock Variety."

In September 2006, Rawlco-owned CKCK-FM (the only non-Rogers operated Jack-FM station) changed its slogan from the traditional "Playing What We Want" to "The Greatest Rock Of All Time" and added announcers to their afternoon drive show. This station also follows the "classic rock" format, similar to CJAQ-FM in Toronto.

In October 2006, the UK's first Jack-FM format station won a broadcast licence for the Oxford area. 106 Jack FM Oxford started broadcasting at 1:06 PM BST

British Summer Time

Western European Summer Time is a summer daylight saving time scheme, 1 hour ahead of Coordinated Universal Time. It is used in the following places:* the Canary Islands* Portugal * Ireland...

on 18 October 2007 . On 2 December 2009, Bristol radio station Original FM changed to Jack FM after requesting a format change with OFCOM. Two further Jack-FM stations were planned on DAB digital radio from 2008 for Northamptonshire and Northeast Wales and West Cheshire but by Aug. 2009 were a year late with no indication of an ETA

ETA

ETA , an acronym for Euskadi Ta Askatasuna is an armed Basque nationalist and separatist organization. The group was founded in 1959 and has since evolved from a group promoting traditional Basque culture to a paramilitary group with the goal of gaining independence for the Greater Basque Country...

. In addition the Oxfordshire Jack was to have been relayed to a wider area.
RadioToday has reported The Coast (radio station)

The Coast (radio station)

106 Jack FM is an adult hits format radio station broadcasting to a stretch of the English South Coast on 106 MHz & 106.6 MHz FM and on DAB Digital...

will flip to become JACK FM on July 4th 2011

In January 2007, KAJR

KAJR

KAJR is a 1.75 kW Class A commercial radio station licensed in Indian Wells, California, which broadcasts to the greater Coachella Valley and the Morongo Basin at 95.9 MHz. Originally a JACK-FM affiliate, KAJR airs a soft AC music format branded as "The Oasis" as of February 1, 2010.The...

in the Coachella Valley

Coachella Valley

Coachella Valley is a large valley landform in Southern California. The valley extends for approximately 45 miles in Riverside County southeast from the San Bernardino Mountains to the saltwater Salton Sea, the largest lake in California...

, California

California

California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

launched as a "Jack FM" affiliate in a region unable to receive the KCBS-FM

KCBS-FM

KCBS-FM is a radio station in Los Angeles, California broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on 93.1 FM. KCBS-FM airs an adult hits music format branded as "Jack-FM"....

signal from Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

, 100 miles to the West. KAJR

KAJR

is no longer "Jack FM" and now airs a soft AC music format branded as "The Oasis" as of February 1, 2010.

On October 22, 2007 WJMK in Chicago announced that radio personality Steve Dahl

Steve Dahl

Steven Robert Dahl has been an American radio personality and humorist for more than thirty years. He is currently podcasting, and releases the podcasts for download daily from his own website as well as the iTunes store...

would be morning drive personality as of November 5, the first personality on the station since it went to the Jack format. In March 2011, WJMK dropped the Jack format and is now known as "K-Hits" with a similar format of 1960s-70s-80s classic hits. Eddie & Jobo (Ed Volkman and Joe Bohannon, former morning hosts at WBBM-FM

WBBM-FM

WBBM-FM, known on air as "B96", is a Rhythmic Contemporary outlet in Chicago, Illinois with a Rhythmic based playlist. The station is owned by CBS Radio and broadcasts at 96.3 MHz with an ERP of 4.2 kW. WBBM's main competition is WKSC-FM "103.5 Kiss FM", as well as urban rivals WGCI-FM &...

) now do the morning show.

There is one nationally syndicated satellite format using the "Jack FM" name; after several years at ABC Radio, it was recently acquired by Dial Global

Dial Global

.

From 2007 to present, many Jack-FM stations were added in cities in the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, while some Jack stations changed to other radio formats, e.g.: CJAQ

CKIS-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 CKLG-FM in Vancouver.-History:...

in Toronto

Toronto

, Ontario

Ontario

, Canada

Canada

Jack FM stations

Radio stations are listed here if they specifically use the Jack FM brand. Stations branded as Bob FM

Bob FM

are listed on that article; stations using alternate brands are listed at adult hits

Adult hits

Adult hits is a radio format, popular in the early 2000s, that does not adhere to a specific music genre, but instead draws from a wider playlist...

. Note: Only add web sites for radio stations that do not have existing Wikipedia articles

Listen Live Jack Fm ONLINE Official Jack Website www.jack.fm

Canada

Location	Call sign Call sign In broadcasting and radio communications, a call sign is a unique designation for a transmitting station. In North America they are used as names for broadcasting stations...	Frequency	Notes
Regina Regina, Saskatchewan Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox... , Saskatchewan Saskatchewan Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....	CKCK CKCK-FM CKCK-FM, a Canadian radio station in Regina, Saskatchewan, was one of the world's pioneering radio stations. Its current incarnation is known on air as Jack FM, and broadcasts at 94.5 MHz. It is housed at 2401 Saskatchewan Drive in Regina, with CJME and CIZL-FM.- History :In 1922, the...	94.5 FM	only Jack FM station in Canada not owned by Rogers Media Rogers Media Rogers Media Inc is a subsidiary of Rogers Communications Inc., which owns Canada's largest publishing company, Rogers Publishing Limited, which has more than 70 consumer and business publications. Rogers Media Inc...
Smiths Falls Smiths Falls, Ontario Smiths Falls is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada. It is in the census division for Lanark County, but is considered a separated town and does not participate in county government... , Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	CJET CJET-FM CJET-FM is a Canadian radio station. Licensed to Smiths Falls, Ontario, the station serves the larger metropolitan Ottawa market. CJET broadcasts at 92.3 FM, programming an adult hits format with the brand name Jack FM.-History:...	92.3 FM	serves Ottawa Ottawa Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario... market
Vancouver Vancouver Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,... , British Columbia British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost of Canada's provinces and is known for its natural beauty, as reflected in its Latin motto, Splendor sine occasu . Its name was chosen by Queen Victoria in 1858...	CKLG CKLG-FM CKLG-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...	96.9 FM
Victoria, British Columbia Victoria, British Columbia Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia, Canada and is located on the southern tip of Vancouver Island off Canada's Pacific coast. The city has a population of about 78,000 within the metropolitan area of Greater Victoria, which has a population of 360,063, the 15th most populous Canadian...	CHTT CHTT-FM CHTT-FM is a radio station in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, which airs at 103.1 FM. The station, owned by Rogers Communications, uses the Jack FM brand and format.-History:...	103.1 FM
Calgary Calgary Calgary is a city in the Province of Alberta, Canada. It is located in the south of the province, in an area of foothills and prairie, approximately east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies... , Alberta Alberta Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...	CJAQ CJAQ-FM CKIS-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 92.5 FM in Toronto, Ontario. The station broadcasts a contemporary hit radio format branded as KiSS 92.5...	96.9 FM

Former Stations:

Location	Call sign	Frequency	Notes
Toronto Toronto Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from... , Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	CJAQ CKIS-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 CKLG-FM in Vancouver.-History:...	92.5 FM	Became top 40 CKIS-FM CKIS-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 CKLG-FM in Vancouver.-History:... (Kiss 92.5) in June 2009 2009 in radio The following events occurred in radio in 2009.- Events :* January 1: Kurdish TV starts broadcasting in Turkey.* January: Michael Smerconish, morning host at talk radio WPHT Philadelphia, begins syndication of his morning show to WHFS in Washington and WOR in New York City.* January 17: Two well... , although it was a mainstream rock Mainstream rock Mainstream rock is a radio format used by many commercial radio stations in the United States and Canada.-Format background:... station from 2006 2006 in radio The year 2006 saw a number of significant events in radio broadcasting.-Events:January 3 - The BJ Shea Morning Experience switches to KISW in Seattle, Washington, from the former FM Talk station KKWF.... -2009 2009 in radio The following events occurred in radio in 2009.- Events : January 1: Kurdish TV starts broadcasting in Turkey.* January: Michael Smerconish, morning host at talk radio WPHT Philadelphia, begins syndication of his morning show to WHFS in Washington and WOR in New York City.* January 17: Two well... .
Barrie Barrie Barrie may refer to:* Barrie, city in Ontario, Canada* Barrie , Canadian federal electoral district* Barrie , provincial electoral district* Barrie—Simcoe—Bradford, former Canadian electoral district... , Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....	CICX CICX-FM CICX-FM is a Canadian radio station, broadcasting at 105.9 FM in Orillia, Ontario. The station airs a country format under the KICX-FM brand.-History:...	105.9 FM	Became country Country music Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music... in 2008 2008 in radio Several events occurred in radio in 2008.- Events :* January 2: WWFT finished Christmas music stunting, rolling out the red carpet for Adult contemporary music branded as "Warm."... .

United States

Location	Call sign	Frequency	Notes/websites
Marion, Alabama Marion, Alabama Marion is the county seat of Perry County, Alabama. As of the 2000 census, the population of the city is 3,511. First called Muckle Ridge, the city was renamed after a hero of the American Revolution, Francis Marion.-Geography:...	WNPT WNPT-FM WNPT-FM is an American radio station licensed to serve Marion, Alabama, USA. The station, which began regular broadcast operations in 1991, is currently owned by John Sisty Enterprises, Inc.-Programming:...	102.9 FM	Not Jack FM anymore now Catfish Country
Mobile, Alabama Mobile, Alabama Mobile is the third most populous city in the Southern US state of Alabama and is the county seat of Mobile County. It is located on the Mobile River and the central Gulf Coast of the United States. The population within the city limits was 195,111 during the 2010 census. It is the largest...	WYOK WYOK WYOK is a radio station licensed to serve the community of Atmore, Alabama. The station, founded in 1966, broadcasts to the greater Mobile metropolitan area and Pensacola, Florida. It broadcasts an adult hits music format and is under ownership of Cumulus Media...	104.1 FM	Began operations on March 19, 2009 at 1:04 PM CDT
Kodiak, Alaska Kodiak, Alaska Kodiak is one of 7 communities and the main city on Kodiak Island, Kodiak Island Borough, in the U.S. state of Alaska. All commercial transportation between the entire island and the outside world goes through this city either via ferryboat or airline...	KRXX KRXX KRXX is a commercial radio station in Kodiak, Alaska, operating as the Jack FM affiliate for South Central Alaska.-External links:* — official website...	101.1 FM
Bakersfield, California Bakersfield, California Bakersfield is a city near the southern end of the San Joaquin Valley in Kern County, California. It is roughly equidistant between Fresno and Los Angeles, to the north and south respectively....	KRJK KRJK KRJK is an American radio station operating under program test authority after applying to be licensed to serve Lamont, California, USA...	97.3 FM	Debuted September 30, 2011
Los Angeles, California Los Angeles, California Los Angeles , with a population at the 2010 United States Census of 3,792,621, is the most populous city in California, USA and the second most populous in the United States, after New York City. It has an area of , and is located in Southern California...	KCBS-FM KCBS-FM KCBS-FM is a radio station in Los Angeles, California broadcasting to the Greater Los Angeles area on 93.1 FM. KCBS-FM airs an adult hits music format branded as "Jack-FM"....	93.1 FM
Sacramento, California Sacramento, California Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...	KQJK KQJK KQJK is a commercial adult hits music radio station in Roseville, California, broadcasting to the Sacramento, California, area on 93.7 FM. It is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications, which acquired it along with four stations in Seattle, Washington, Baltimore, Maryland, and Portland,...	93.7 FM	Sold to Clear Channel Communications Clear Channel Communications Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
San Diego, California San Diego, California San Diego is the eighth-largest city in the United States and second-largest city in California. The city is located on the coast of the Pacific Ocean in Southern California, immediately adjacent to the Mexican border. The birthplace of California, San Diego is known for its mild year-round...	KFMB-FM KFMB-FM KFMB-FM is a commercial radio station located in San Diego, California, broadcasting on 100.7 FM. KFMB-FM airs an adult hits music format branded as "Jack FM".-History:...	100.7 FM
Susanville, California Susanville, California Susanville is the county seat of Lassen County, California, United States. Susanville is located on the Susan River in the south-central part of the county, at an elevation of 4186 feet . The population was 17,974 at the 2010 census, up from 13,541 at the 2000 census...	KLZN KLZN KAJK is a radio station licensed to Susanville, California, USA. It serves Lassen County, California. The station is owned by Sierra Radio, Inc. That company is in turn partially owned by Gary Katz....	96.3 FM
Aspen Aspen, Colorado The City of Aspen is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Pitkin County, Colorado, United States. The United States Census Bureau estimates that the city population was 5,804 in 2005... /Vail, Colorado Vail, Colorado The Town of Vail is a Home Rule Municipality in Eagle County, Colorado, United States. The population of the town was 4,589 in 2005. The town was established and built as the base village to Vail Ski Resort, with which it was originally conceived...	KKCH KKCH KKCH is a radio station broadcasting a JACK FM format. Licensed to Glenwood Springs, Colorado, USA, it serves the Aspen area. The station is currently owned by NRC Broadcasting Mountain Group....	92.7 FM
Denver, Colorado Denver, Colorado The City and County of Denver is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Colorado. Denver is a consolidated city-county, located in the South Platte River Valley on the western edge of the High Plains just east of the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains...	KJAC KJAC KJAC is a commercial radio station located in Timnath, Colorado, broadcasting to the Fort Collins-Denver, Colorado area on 105.5 FM. The station airs an adult hits music format branded "JACK FM"....	105.5 FM	First Jack-FM in the U.S.
Hayden Hayden, Colorado Hayden is a Statutory Town in Routt County, Colorado, United States. The population was 1,634 at the 2000 census. The town sits along U.S. Highway 40 in the Yampa River Valley between Craig and Steamboat Springs. Historically a center of coal mining and agriculture, it consists today of a small... /Craig Craig, Colorado The City of Craig is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Moffat County, Colorado, United States. The population was 9,189 at the 2000 census... /Steamboat Springs, Colorado Steamboat Springs, Colorado The city of Steamboat Springs is a Home Rule Municipality that is the county seat and the most populous city of Routt County, Colorado, United States. The city is also known as "Steamboat," "The Boat," or "Ski Town USA". As of the 2010 census, the city population was 12,088.The city is an...	KIDN-FM KIDN-FM KIDN-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Hayden, Colorado, USA. The station is owned by and the broadcast license is held by NRC Broadcasting Mountain Group, LLC...	95.5 FM/95.9 FM
Vero Beach, Florida Vero Beach, Florida Vero Beach is a city in Indian River County, Florida, USA. According to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2006 estimates, the city had a population of 16,939. It is the county seat of Indian River County...	WJKD WJKD WJKD is a radio station broadcasting a Jack FM format. Licensed to Vero Beach, Florida, USA, the station is currently licensed to Vero Beach Broadcasters, LLC. 99.7 went on the air on March 27, 1992, as WWDO FM. From 1995-2001, the station consisted of a country music format, and branded itself as...	99.7 FM
Neoga, Illinois Neoga, Illinois Neoga is a city in Cumberland County, Illinois, United States. The population was 1,854 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Charleston–Mattoon Micropolitan Statistical Area. The current mayor of Neoga is Wayne Modglin, a councilman who was appointed to the position following the resignation...	WHQQ WHQQ WHQQ is a radio station licensed to serve Neoga, Illinois, USA. The station is owned by the Cromwell Radio Group and the broadcast license is held by WSHY, Inc....	98.9 FM
Norridge, Illinois Norridge, Illinois Norridge is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. The population was 14,582 at the 2000 census. The current Mayor of Norridge is Ronald A. Oppedisano.The village is completely surrounded by Chicago and Harwood Heights.-Name origin:...	WRHS WRHS WRHS is an FM radio station broadcasting on 89.7 MHz in Norridge, Illinois, in the Chicago metropolitan area. It is owned and operated by Ridgewood High School, and it broadcasts from the campus in Norridge, Illinois.-Christmas:...	89.7 FM
Peoria, Illinois Peoria, Illinois Peoria is the largest city on the Illinois River and the county seat of Peoria County, Illinois, in the United States. It is named after the Peoria tribe. As of the 2010 census, the city was the seventh-most populated in Illinois, with a population of 115,007, and is the third-most populated...	WHPI WHPI WHPI is a radio station for Glasford, Illinois in the Peoria, Illinois radio market. On September 26, 2010 the station began using the adult hits format Jack FM.-History:...	101.1 FM
Evansville, Indiana Evansville, Indiana Evansville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Indiana and the largest city in Southern Indiana. As of the 2010 census, the city had a total population of 117,429. It is the county seat of Vanderburgh County and the regional hub for both Southwestern Indiana and the...	WEJK WEJK WEJK is a radio station broadcasting an Adult Hits format. Licensed to Boonville, Indiana, the station serves the Evansville area. The station is currently owned by Boonville Broadcasting Co., Inc. and features programing from ABC Radio.-History:...	107.1 FM	.
Larned, Kansas Larned, Kansas Larned is a city in and the county seat of Pawnee County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 4,054.-History:...	KSOB KSOB KSOB is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Larned, Kansas, USA. The station is currently owned by Rocking M Radio, Inc.KSOB broadcasts an adult hits music format branded as "Jack FM"...	96.7 FM	Formerly Bob FM
Lindsborg, Kansas Lindsborg, Kansas Lindsborg is a city in McPherson County, Kansas, USA. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 3,458. It is known for its association with Swedish heritage and the biennial Svensk Hyllningsfest...	KVOB KVOB KVOB is a radio station licensed to serve Lindsborg, Kansas, USA. The station is owned by Rocking M Radio, Inc.KVOB broadcasts an adult hits format branded as "Jack FM" to the greater Salina, Kansas, area...	95.5 FM	Formerly Bob FM
Lake Charles, Louisiana Lake Charles, Louisiana Lake Charles is the fifth-largest incorporated city in the U.S. state of Louisiana, located on Lake Charles, Prien Lake, and the Calcasieu River. Located in Calcasieu Parish, a major cultural, industrial, and educational center in the southwest region of the state, and one of the most important in...	KBIU KBIU KBIU is a radio station broadcasting an Adult hits format. Licensed to Lake Charles, Louisiana. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media.-History:...	103.3 FM
Baltimore, Maryland	WQSR WQSR WQSR is a radio station broadcasting on 102.7 FM. The station is licensed to Baltimore and serves that market. Its transmitter is located in Pikesville, next to the Pikesville Reservoir. It is under ownership of Clear Channel Communications. The station offers an adult rock hits format known as...	102.7 FM	Sold to Clear Channel Communications Clear Channel Communications Clear Channel Communications, Inc. is an American media conglomerate company headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. It was founded in 1972 by Lowry Mays and Red McCombs, and was taken private by Bain Capital LLC and Thomas H. Lee Partners LP in a leveraged buyout in 2008...
Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...	KZJK KZJK KZJK is a radio station broadcasting the adult hits "Jack FM" format in the Minneapolis-St. Paul region of Minnesota. The current format took to the air on the morning of April 21, 2005, following more than four years of a 1980s-centered playlist...	104.1 FM
Jackson, Mississippi Jackson, Mississippi Jackson is the capital and the most populous city of the US state of Mississippi. It is one of two county seats of Hinds County ,. The population of the city declined from 184,256 at the 2000 census to 173,514 at the 2010 census...	WWJK WWJK WWJK is an adult hits radio station in Jackson, Mississippi. In July, 2008, after six years in the Jackson radio market, Jacksonville-based Backyard Broadcasting had apparently sold WWJK to Meridian-based New South Radio, but the deal was called off shortly thereafter.-History:WWJK was previously...	94.7 FM
Columbia Columbia, Missouri Columbia is the fifth-largest city in Missouri, and the largest city in Mid-Missouri. With a population of 108,500 as of the 2010 Census, it is the principal municipality of the Columbia Metropolitan Area, a region of 164,283 residents. The city serves as the county seat of Boone County and as the... /Boonville, Missouri Boonville, Missouri This page is about the city in Missouri. For other communities of the same name, see Boonville Boonville is a city in Cooper County, Missouri, USA. The population was 8,202 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Cooper County. The city was the site of a skirmish early in the American Civil...	KWJK KWJK KWJK is a radio station broadcasting an adult hits format. Licensed to Boonville, Missouri, USA, the station serves the Columbia, Missouri area. The station is currently owned by Billings Broadcasting LLC.-Station History:...	93.1 FM/103.5 FM
Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City, Missouri is the largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and is the anchor city of the Kansas City Metropolitan Area, the second largest metropolitan area in Missouri. It encompasses in parts of Jackson, Clay, Cass, and Platte counties...	KCJK KCJK KCJK is a variety hits station that serves the Kansas City metropolitan area. Broadcasting at a frequency of 105.1 MHz, KCJK adopted its Jack FM format in October 2004, after flipping from their predecessor: the retro hits station E-105...	105.1 FM
West Plains, Missouri West Plains, Missouri West Plains is a city in Howell County, Missouri, United States. The population was 10,866 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Howell County. The West Plains Micropolitan Statistical Area consists of Howell County.-Geography:...	KSPQ KSPQ KSPQ is a radio station licensed to serve West Plains, Missouri, USA. The station is owned by Missouri Ozark Radio Network, Inc.KSPQ broadcasts an adult hits format branded as "Jack FM"....	93.9 FM	Known as Q94 Jack fm
Missoula, Montana Missoula, Montana Missoula is a city located in western Montana and is the county seat of Missoula County. The 2010 Census put the population of Missoula at 66,788 and the population of Missoula County at 109,299. Missoula is the principal city of the Missoula Metropolitan Area...	KYJK KYJK KYJK is a commercial radio station licensed to Missoula, Montana, owned by Spanish Peaks Broadcasting. KYJK airs a Adult Hits music format, using the trademarked "Jack FM" handle.-External links:*...	105.9 FM
Holdrege, Nebraska Holdrege, Nebraska Holdrege is a city in Phelps County, Nebraska, United States. The population was 5,636 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Phelps County.-Transportation:...	KMTY KMTY KMTY is a radio station licensed to serve Holdrege, Nebraska, USA. The station is owned by Armada Media - McCook, Inc.KMTY broadcasts an adult hits format branded as "Jack FM" to the greater Kearney, Nebraska, area. KMTY previously aired a similar music format branded as "Bob FM"...	97.7 FM	Formerly Bob FM
Buffalo, New York Buffalo, New York Buffalo is the second most populous city in the state of New York, after New York City. Located in Western New York on the eastern shores of Lake Erie and at the head of the Niagara River across from Fort Erie, Ontario, Buffalo is the seat of Erie County and the principal city of the...	WBUF WBUF WBUF is an FM radio station in Buffalo, New York. Its transmitter is located in Buffalo. It is owned by Townsquare Media and broadcasts on 92.9 FM. The station signed on in 1947.-Programming:...	92.9 FM
Columbus, Ohio Columbus, Ohio Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...	WJKR	98.9 FM	Only Non Urban or Rap station by Radio One
Elko, Nevada Elko, Nevada Elko is a city in Elko County, Nevada, United States. The population was 18,297 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Elko County. The city straddles the Humboldt River....	KLKO KLKO KLKO is a radio station licensed to serve Elko, Nevada. The station is owned by Elko Broadcasting Company. It airs an Adult Hits music format....	93.7 FM	Formerly Bob FM
Roswell, New Mexico Roswell, New Mexico Roswell is a city in and the county seat of Chaves County in the southeastern quarter of the state of New Mexico, United States. The population was 48,366 at the 2010 census. It is a center for irrigation farming, dairying, ranching, manufacturing, distribution, and petroleum production. It is also...	KEND KEND KEND is a commercial radio station licensed to serve Roswell, New Mexico, USA. The station, which began broadcasting in 1990, is currently owned by the Pecos Valley Broadcasting Company....	106.5 FM
Williston, North Dakota Williston, North Dakota -Demographics:Preliminary data from a 2010 housing study indicates that population has grown by nearly 22 percent over the past decade; the actual increase might be much higher. Williston is in western North Dakota's booming oil patch, and adequate, affordable housing has become a concern. The...	KDSR KDSR KDSR is a radio station licensed to serve Williston, North Dakota. The station is owned by Marks Radio Group, and licensed to Williston Community Broadcasting Corp....	101.1 FM	Formerly Bob FM
Pierre, South Dakota Pierre, South Dakota Pierre is the capital of the U.S. state of South Dakota and the county seat of Hughes County. The population was 13,646 at the 2010 census, making it the second least populous state capital after Montpelier, Vermont...	KLXS-FM KLXS-FM KLXS-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Pierre, South Dakota. The station is owned by Riverfront Broadcasting LLC...	95.3 FM
Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga, Tennessee Chattanooga is the fourth-largest city in the US state of Tennessee , with a population of 169,887. It is the seat of Hamilton County...	WSAA WSAA WSAA is a radio station broadcasting a Christian rock format known as Air 1. Licensed to Benton, Tennessee, USA, the station serves the Chattanooga area. The station is currently owned by Lb Radio of Chattanooga, LLC.-History:...	93.1 FM
Knoxville Knoxville, Tennessee Founded in 1786, Knoxville is the third-largest city in the U.S. state of Tennessee, U.S.A., behind Memphis and Nashville, and is the county seat of Knox County. It is the largest city in East Tennessee, and the second-largest city in the Appalachia region... /Maryville, Tennessee Maryville, Tennessee Maryville is the county seat of Blount County, Tennessee, in the Southeastern United States. The city is located south of Knoxville. Maryville's population was 27,258 at the 2010 census. It is included in the Knoxville Metropolitan Area. Maryville has received a number of accolades for its...	WQJK WQJK WQJK is a radio station licensed to serve Maryville, Tennessee, USA. The station is owned and operated by South Central Communications.WQJK broadcasts an adult hits format branded as "Jack FM" to the metropolitan Knoxville, Tennessee, area....	95.7 FM
Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...	WCJK WCJK WCJK is an FM radio station broadcasting to the Nashville, Tennessee market on a frequency of 96.3 mHz. WCJK-FM is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to broadcast with a power of 39,000 watts to serve the community of Murfreesboro, Tennessee.- History :In the early and mid 1980s,...	96.3 FM
Amarillo, Texas Amarillo, Texas Amarillo is the 14th-largest city, by population, in the state of Texas, the largest in the Texas Panhandle, and the seat of Potter County. A portion of the city extends into Randall County. The population was 190,695 at the 2010 census...	KPRF	98.7 FM
Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...	KJKK	100.3 FM
McAllen McAllen, Texas McAllen is the largest city in Hidalgo County, Texas, United States. It is located at the southern tip of Texas in an area known as the Rio Grande Valley and is part of the . Its southern boundary is located about five miles from the U.S.–Mexico border and the Mexican city of Reynosa, the Rio... /South Padre Island, Texas South Padre Island, Texas South Padre Island is a town in Cameron County, Texas, United States. It is part of the Brownsville–Harlingen Metropolitan Statistical Area. It may be included as part of the Brownsville–Harlingen–Raymondville and the Matamoros–Brownsville metropolitan areas. The population was 2,816 at the...	KJAV KJAV KJAV is a radio station licensed to serve Alamo, Texas, USA. The station is owned by Border Media Partners and the broadcast license is held by BMP RGV License Company, LP.... /KZSP	104.9 FM/95.3 FM
San Antonio, Texas San Antonio, Texas San Antonio is the seventh-largest city in the United States of America and the second-largest city within the state of Texas, with a population of 1.33 million. Located in the American Southwest and the south–central part of Texas, the city serves as the seat of Bexar County. In 2011,...	KJXK KJXK KJXK is a radio station in San Antonio, Texas, broadcasting an adult hits music format as a member of the "Jack FM" brand. KJXK is the first Jack fm Station in the state of Texas.-History:...	102.7 FM
Victoria, Texas Victoria, Texas Victoria is a city in and the seat of Victoria County, Texas, United States. The population was 60,603 at the 2000 census. The three counties of the Victoria Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 111,163 at the 2000 census,...	KTXN-FM KTXN-FM KTXN-FM is a radio station licensed to serve Victoria, Texas, USA. The station is owned by Broadcast Equities Texas, Inc.KTXN-FM broadcasts an adult hits format branded as "Jack FM"....	98.7 FM
Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, Utah Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC. With a population of 186,440 as of the 2010 Census, the city lies in the Salt Lake City metropolitan area, which has a total population of 1,124,197... /Provo, Utah Provo, Utah Provo is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Utah, located about south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front. Provo is the county seat of Utah County and lies between the cities of Orem to the north and Springville to the south...	KJQN KJQN KJQN is a radio station in Salt Lake City, Utah which currently plays the Jack FM radio format. It broadcasts at 103.1MHz.Previously known as Classic Alternative KJQ, the station flipped to Jack FM in January 2005.... /KNJQ	103.1 FM/105.1 FM
Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...	KJAQ KJAQ KJAQ is a commercial radio station located in Seattle, Washington. KJAQ airs an adult hits music format branded as "Jack FM".-History:...	96.5 FM
Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling, West Virginia Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...	WYJK-FM WYJK-FM WYJK-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Jack FM or Adult Hits format. Licensed to Bellaire, Ohio, USA, it serves the Wheeling area. The station is currently owned by Keymarket Licenses, LLC and brands itself as "Jack FM"....	100.5 FM

United Kingdom

Oxford, Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....

– 106 Jack FM
106 Jack FM (Oxfordshire)
106 Jack FM is an English language adult hits format radio station that broadcasts on 106.8 MHz FM in Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom. The station is branded as Jack FM...
Bristol
Bristol
Bristol is a city, unitary authority area and ceremonial county in South West England, with an estimated population of 433,100 for the unitary authority in 2009, and a surrounding Larger Urban Zone with an estimated 1,070,000 residents in 2007...

– 106 Jack FM
106 Jack FM (Bristol)
106 Jack FM is an English language adult hits format radio station that broadcasts on 106.5MHz FM in Bristol, United Kingdom and is owned by Celador Radio.-History:...

launched on at 6:00 am 2 December 2009 with no prior warning, following a staged on-air argument and station hijacking of Original 106.5 the previous day.
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...

– 106 Jack FM (Hertfordshire) - previously hertbeat FM.
Hampshire
Hampshire
Hampshire is a county on the southern coast of England in the United Kingdom. The county town of Hampshire is Winchester, a historic cathedral city that was once the capital of England. Hampshire is notable for housing the original birthplaces of the Royal Navy, British Army, and Royal Air Force...

– 106 Jack FM (South Coast) - (previously The Coast 106) launched on July 4th 2011

Russia

Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

– KEKC
KEKC (Russia)
KEKC is a Russian language adult hits radio station in Moscow, Russia that broadcasts on 89.9 FM, Saint Petersburg, Russia on 91.1 FM and Voronezh, Russia on 102.3 FM. The stations' branding is KEKC FM, which possibly means Jack FM in English....

89.9
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

– KEKC
KEKC (Russia)
KEKC is a Russian language adult hits radio station in Moscow, Russia that broadcasts on 89.9 FM, Saint Petersburg, Russia on 91.1 FM and Voronezh, Russia on 102.3 FM. The stations' branding is KEKC FM, which possibly means Jack FM in English....

91.1

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