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JACK-FM Stations

Revamped! This is a list of all of the JACK-FM stations in North America. They're listed sequentially in order of debut, with any pertinent notes listed below. It now lists the stations' current information, versus the information about the station at the time of the debut.

In late 2000/early 2001, Bob Perry invented the JACK-FM brand, named after his Cadillac Jack Garrett radio persona. He put the new format, which would later spread and become known as "Variety Hits" or "Adult Hits" in the industry, online at jack.fm.

96.9 CKLG/Vancouver, BC
Debut date: December 27, 2002
This was the first time that the JACK-FM brand aired on a terrestrial radio station.

96.9 CKIS/Calgary, AB
Debut date: March 21, 2003

92.5 CISS/Toronto, ON
Debut date: June 5, 2003

92.3 CJET/Smiths Falls, ON
Debut date: January 12, 2004

103.1 CHTT/Victoria, ON
Debut date: February 2, 2004

105.5 KJAC/Denver, CO
Debut date: April 14, 2004
This was the first Jack station in the United States. The station is a rimshot to Denver, but provides city-grade coverage into Ft. Collins, CO and Cheyenne, WY.

100.3 KJKK/Dallas, TX
Debut date: July 1, 2004
This marked the first time that the JACK-FM format aired on a station owned by Infinity Broadcasting.

94.7 WWJK/Jackson, MS
Debut date: September 2, 2004
This was the first station to air the JACK-FM format east of the Mississippi River in the United States.

105.1 KCJK/Kansas City, MO
Debut date: October 7, 2004
This marked the first time that the JACK-FM format aired on a station owned by Susquehanna Broadcasting.

92.7 KKCH/Aspen-Vail, CO
Debut date: October 21, 2004

103.1 KJQN & 105.1 KNJQ/Salt Lake City, UT
Debut date: January 25, 2005

104.5 WJJK/Indianapolis, IN
Debut date: March 13, 2005

93.1 KCBS-FM/Los Angeles, CA
Debut date: March 17, 2005

100.7 KFMB-FM/San Diego, CA
Debut date: April 6, 2005
This was the first United States JACK-FM station to retain its incumbent morning show.

104.1 KZJK/Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
Debut date: April 21, 2005

96.5 KJAQ/Seattle, WA
Debut date: April 22, 2005

102.7 WQSR/Baltimore, MD
Debut date: May 4, 2005

96.3 WCJK/Nashville, TN
Debut date: May 12, 2005

92.9 WBUF/Buffalo, NY
Debut date: May 16, 2005
This station retained the Howard Stern morning show when it debuted JACK-FM due to contractual obligations.

104.3 WJMK/Chicago, IL
Debut date: June 3, 2005

101.1 WCBS-FM/New York, NY
Debut date: June 3, 2005

100.5 KKJJ/Las Vegas, NV
Debut date: June 24, 2005

94.5 CKCK/Regina, SK
Debut date: July 29, 2005

105.9 KFJK/Fresno, CA
Debut date: September 22, 2005
This station retained the Howard Stern morning show when it debuted JACK-FM due to contractual obligations.

95.7 WQJK & 106.7 WRJK/Knoxville, TN
Debut date: October 6, 2005
This was the first satellite-fed JACK-FM station; the feed is offered by Sparknet Communications and distributed by ABC.

98.7 WGCO/Savannah, GA
Debut date: October 6, 2005
Satellite-fed version of JACK-FM

107.1 WEJK/Evansville, IN
Debut date: October 7, 2005
Satellite-fed version of JACK-FM

93.1 KWJK/Columbia, MO
Debut date: October 12, 2005
Satellite-fed version of JACK-FM

93.7 KQJK/Sacramento, CA
Debut date: October 25, 2005
This station retained the Howard Stern morning show when it debuted JACK-FM due to contractual obligations.

100.5 WYJK-FM/Wheeling, WV
Debut date: October 25, 2005
Satellite-fed version of JACK-FM

107.1 KESR/Redding, CA
Debut date: October 25, 2005
Satellite-fed version of JACK-FM

102.7 KJXK/San Antonio, TX
Debut date: January 3, 2006


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