| Broadcast area | Dorset, Hampshire, Isle of Wight and West Sussex |
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| Slogan | Playing What We Want |
| Frequency | 106.0 MHz and 106.6 MHz FM |
| First air date |
30 October 2008 (The Coast 106) |
| Format | Classic and Contemporary Hits |
| Owner | Celador Radio Broadcasting |
| Website | 106 Jack FM |
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 (on NOW South Hampshire). It broadcasts from its Roman Landing studios in Kingsway, Southampton alongside its sister station The Breeze 107 which is also housed in the same building.
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It is operated by Celador who bought Original 106 (Solent) from Canwest in August 2008.[1] It replaced The Coast 106[2] which in turn replaced Original 106 in October 2008, and while initial RAJAR results were encouraging with a healthy increase over those posted by Original, the weekly reach stagnated at around 115,000 by Q1 2011.
Celador rebranded the station as JACK FM, to bring it in line with its sister station in Bristol, also originally broadcasting as Original 106, on 4 July 2011. At the time of the relaunch as JACK fm, all prior presenters were removed from the station, which switched to a format also used by the UK's other JACK stations - a presenter-led breakfast show (hosted by Bam Bam),[3] and automated music at other times. Like all other JACK fm stations, The South's 106 Jack FM runs with a strapline of "Playing What We Want", which does mean that they will not play any requested songs and will only play the music that they want, but they do play some of the very best music like David Bowie, Spandau Ballet, Foo Fighters and Phil Collins, to name but a few. Former Blake's 7 actor Paul Darrow, who often records straplines and does voiceovers for Jack FM, and is referred to on the station only as The Voice of Jack.
Chillerton Down (IOW, South Hampshire, South East Dorset. - 106 MHz
Crabwood Farm (Central Hampshire) - 106.6 MHz
Mannings Heath (East Dorset) - 106.6 MHz
Following the station's previous launch, Coast 106 made use of a Restricted Service Licence from Ofcom to re-broadcast the station to Guernsey. This was done to promote the station to people of Guernsey for when they travel to the mainland.
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