CHTT-FM
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| City of license | Victoria, BC |
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| Branding | 103.1 Jack FM |
| Slogan | Playing What We Want |
| First air date | April 1, 1923 |
| Frequency | 103.1 MHz (FM) |
| Format | Adult hits |
| ERP | 20 kW |
| Former callsigns | CFCL (1923-1925) CFCT (1925-1941) CJVI (1941-2000) |
| Owner | Rogers Communications |
| Website | 103.1 Jack FM |
CHTT is a radio station in Victoria, British Columbia, which airs at 103.1 FM. The station, owned by Rogers Communications, uses the Jack FM brand and format.
[edit] History
CHTT began broadcasting on April 1, 1923 on the AM band as CFCL, airing on 410 meters (later on 910 kHz) with 500 watts of power and initially broadcasting a religious format. CFCL would drop the religious programming in 1925 as it changed its call letters to CFCT, moving around on the AM band several times during the next 16 years as it switched to 630 kHz in 1928, to 1430 (with a power reduction to 50 watts) in 1933, to 1450 in 1935, became an affiliate of CBC Radio shortly after the Corporation's formation in 1936, and increased power back to 500 watts in 1939 before settling at 1480 AM on March 29, 1941 (following the Havana Treaty) and changing its calls to CJVI.
CJVI moved to 900 AM on May 15, 1945, and increased its power to 5000 watts on July 28, 1954 at 2:26 PM to increase its coverage up Vancouver Island to north of Nanaimo, south to Seattle and east to the Lower Mainland as far as Chilliwack. Power would be further increased to 10,000 watts in 1964.
CJVI switched to a country music format in November 1972 and began branding as VI 90 on January 22, 1979; the country format was dropped for adult contemporary music in 1985, with more oldies music gradually brought into the programming until CJVI had an all-oldies format by 1988, and it dropped its CBC affiliation in 1991 (one of the last privately owned former affiliates to do so).
In 1995, CFMS-FM 98.5 was sold by then-owner Capital Broadcasting and paired up with CJVI. On April 1, 1997, the station dropped its oldies format for a news/talk format, identifying on-air as "Victoria's Information Superstation", but dropped that format and returned to oldies music on July 10, 1999.
On September 2, 2000, CJVI moved to the FM band, switching frequencies and bands with Camosun College station CKMO as it moved to 103.1 MHz and became CHTT, with the brand HOT 103 and a Hot AC format. In 2004, CHTT would adopt the Jack-FM brand and format.
[edit] External links
Vancouver: CJSF 90.1 | CBUX 90.9 | CKYE 93.1 | CJJR 93.7 | CFBT 94.5 | CKZZ 95.3 | CHKG 96.1 | CKLG 96.9 | CBUF 97.7 | CFOX 99.3 | CFMI 101.1 | CITR 101.9 | CFRO 102.7 | CHQM 103.5 | CKCL 104.9 | CBU 105.7 | CKAV-2 106.3 | CFML 107.9
Victoria: CBUX 89.9 | KVIX 89.3 (Port Angeles, WA) | KNWP 90.1 (Port Angeles, WA) | CBCV 90.5 | CJZN 91.3 | CBU-1 92.1 | CIOC 98.5 | CKKQ 100.3 | CFUV 101.9 | CHTT 103.1 | KBDB 103.9 (Forks, WA) | CHBE 107.3
Bellingham, Washington: KUGS 89.3 | KMWS 90.1 (Mount Vernon) | KSVR 91.7 (Mount Vernon) | KZAZ 91.7 | KISM 92.9 | KMRE 102.3 | KAVZ 102.5 | KWPA 103.1 | KAFE 104.3 | KWPZ 106.5
