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CHEZ-FM
City of license Ottawa, Ontario
Broadcast area National Capital Region
Eastern Ontario
Branding CHEZ 106
Slogan Ottawa's Classic Rock
Frequency 106. A city of license or community of license, in American and Canadian broadcasting is the community that a Radio station or Television station Ottawa (ˈɒtəwə or sometimes /ˈɒtəwɑː/ is the Capital of Canada and the country's fourth largest municipality. The National Capital Region is an official federal designation for the Canadian capital of Ottawa, Ontario, the neighboring city of Gatineau, Quebec Eastern Ontario is the region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa and St A slogan is a memorable Motto or Phrase used in a Political, commercial, Religious and other context as a repetitive expression of Frequency is a measure of the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit Time. 1 MHz (FM)
First air date 1977
Format mostly classic rock, some alternative rock
ERP 100 kW
Class C1
Owner Rogers Communications
Website chez106.com

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History

CHEZ was launched at 6pm on March 25th 1977 by CHEZ-FM Inc. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays , a company owned and operated by Harvey Glatt and based at 126 York Street in the Market. Harvey Glatt owned Treble Clef music stores and was a concert promoter at the time.

The initial signal strength was 100,000 watts, and the first song was "Isn't She Lovely" by Stevie Wonder. Stevie Wonder (born Stevland Hardaway Judkins on May 13 1950 name later changed to Stevland Hardaway Morris) is an 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.

During the first few years on air, CHEZ FM competed with AM station CFRA, then a pop leaning music station, and after less than 10 years on the air CHEZ attained the number one position in the Ottawa Market with nearly 300,000 weekly listeners.

CHEZ had two sister stations, 101. 1 FM CHEQ and 630 AM CJET, under the umbrella of Rideau Broadcasting, located in Smiths Falls. CKBY is a Canadian radio station which airs a Country music format at 101 CJET is a Canadian Radio station. Licensed to Smiths Falls Ontario, the station serves the larger metropolitan Ottawa market Smiths Falls (2001 population 9977 is a Town in Ontario, Canada.

From 1987 to 1993, CHEZ news director Ken Rockburn hosted the syndicated newsmagazine show Medium Rare from CHEZ's studios. Ken Rockburn is a Canadian radio and television journalist and host Medium Rare was a Canadian radio program which aired from 1987 to 1993

In 1994, CHEZ 106 shifted to classic rock, partly due to CJSB moving its rock format from AM to FM. The year 1994 in radio involved some significant events Events January 11 - The Irish government announces the end Classic rock was originally conceived as a Radio station programming format which evolved from the Album oriented rock (AOR format in the early-1980s CKQB is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts an Active rock format at 106

The station and its holdings (Rideau Broadcasting), Canada's last major independent radio station, was sold to Rogers Communications in 1999, joining CKBY (Y105) and CIWW (Oldies 1310) in the Ottawa market. Rogers Communications Inc (,) is one of Canada's largest communications companies particularly in the field of wireless communications and Cable television, with additional Year 1999 ( MCMXCIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1999 Gregorian calendar) CISS is a Canadian radio station in Ottawa Ontario. The station broadcasts a Hot adult contemporary format at 105 CHEZ quickly went on to hire their main competition, CKQB's morning show of Doc & Woody, in late 1999. CKQB is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts an Active rock format at 106

In 2000, Rogers Communications moved its operations out of the Market, and CHEZ-FM are currently located at 2001 Thurston Drive.

On December 10th, 2007 after 10 years off the Ottawa radio airwaves, Darren Stevens returned to the weekdays 3pm - 7pm on CHEZ-FM. Darren Stevens may refer to Darren Stevens (comedian (born 1965 Canadian radio personality Darren Stevens (cricketer (born 1976 English "The Real Darren Stevens Show" enjoyed a brief run, with his final show on Wednesday February 20th, 2008. In a strange twist of fate, on March 29th, 2008 Stevens returned 'home' to the rock station down the dial to CKQB-FM which is the location where he started his career during the 54 Rock AM period & the FM launch of 106. CKQB is a Canadian radio station which broadcasts an Active rock format at 106 9 The Bear.

CHEZ's "classic rock" universe spans from mid 1960's to roughly the late 80s and early 90s, also including "new music from old artists" such as U2, Rush, Robert Plant, Neil Young, the Tragically Hip, Aerosmith and Ozzy Osbourne. Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of Robert Anthony Plant (born 20 August 1948 West Bromwich, England) is an English rock singer and songwriter famous for his membership in the Neil Percival Young OM (born November 12, 1945, Toronto Ontario) is a Canadian Singer-songwriter, Musician The Tragically Hip is a Canadian rock band from Kingston Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie (lead vocals and occasional acoustic Aerosmith is an American Hard rock band sometimes referred to as "The Bad Boys from Boston " and "America's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" John Michael "Ozzy" Osbourne (born December 3 1948) is a British singer

A majority of CHEZ's programming is pre-recorded using only live announcers 6a-6p Monday to Friday.

Schedule

Weekdays

Saturdays

All pre-recorded shows. No live announcers

Sundays

All pre-recorded shows. No live announcers

External links

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