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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	106.1 MHz (FM)
First air date	1977
Format	mostly classic rock, some alternative rock
ERP	100 kW
Class	C1
Owner	Rogers Communications
Website	chez106.com

CHEZ is a Canadian radio station, which broadcasts classic rock at 106.1 FM in Ottawa. The station uses the brand name CHEZ 106 ("chez" is pronounced "shay", like the French word.)

Contents 1 History 2 Schedule 2.1 Weekdays 2.2 Saturdays 2.3 Sundays 3 External links

CHEZ was launched at 6pm on March 25th 1977 by CHEZ-FM Inc., 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. 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.

From 1987 to 1993, CHEZ news director Ken Rockburn hosted the syndicated newsmagazine show Medium Rare from CHEZ's studios.

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. CHEZ quickly went on to hire their main competition, CKQB's morning show of Doc & Woody, in late 1999.

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

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.

• 12:00am-5:30am: Eric The Intern

• 5:30am-9:00am: The CHEZ Morning Show with Doc & Woody

• 9:00am-3:00pm: Jacki

• 3:00pm-12:00am: Robin Harper

• 12:00am-6:00am: Eric The Intern

• 6:00am-12:00pm: Jacki

• 12:00pm-6:00pm: Cracker Jay

• 6:00pm-9:00pm: Steve Colwill

• 9:00pm-12:00am: Classic Rock House Party

• 12:00am-2:00am: Classic Rock House Party

• 2:00am-6:00am: Jason Maassen

• 6:00am-8:00am: Rust Never Sleeps

• 8:00am-12:00pm: Psychedelic CHEZ with Steve Colwill

• 12:00pm-6:00pm: Psychedelic CHEZ with Robin Harper

• 6:00pm-7:00pm: House of Blues Radio Hour w/ Elmwood Blues

• 7:00pm-8:00pm: Legends of Classic Rock

• 8:00pm-10:00pm: Robin Harper

• 10:00pm-12:00am: Rust Never Sleeps

• CHEZ 106.1

v • d • e Radio stations in Ottawa, Ontario and Gatineau, Quebec
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