branding kiss 103.1 slogan victoria s 1 hit music station frequency 103.1 mhz fm first air date april 1 1923 format chr erp 20 000 watts haat 147.4 meters 484 ft class b callsign meaning c hit t former callsigns cfcl 1923 1925 cfct 1925 1941 cjvi 1941 2000 owner rogers media rogers broacdcasting ltd. sister stations cioc fm webcast listen live website kiss 103.1 chtt fm is a radio station in victoria british columbia canada which airs at 103.1 fm . the station owned by rogers communications airs a chr format branded as kiss 103.1 . history edit 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 initially broadcasting a religious format under the ownership of the centennial methodist church . in 1924 the cfcl studios relocated from the church to the fletcher brothers store on douglas street in downtown victoria . cfcl dropped its religious programming in 1925 when george deauville bought the station and acquired a new licence for it changed its call letters to cfct and moved its studios to the bank of toronto now part of toronto dominion bank building on douglas street . cfct moved 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 and then to 1450 in 1935 . it increased power back to 500 watts in 1939 before settling at 1480 am on march 29 1941 following the havana treaty . the victoria times colonist bought cfct on october 1 1941 and sold a half interest in the station to taylor pearson & carson ltd. with the two entities forming the island broadcasting co. as cfct s parent company and changing its calls to cjvi ; it became a charter affiliate of cbc radio s dominion network shortly after its formation in january 1944 . cjvi moved to 900 am on may 15 1945 . taylor pearson & carson acquired majority ownership of cjvi in 1951 and its studios relocated to its present location at 817 fort street in downtown victoria in 1952 . cjvi 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 was further increased to 10 000 watts in april 1957 . harold carson part of the taylor pearson & carson firm that owned cjvi died in 1959 and his company became selkirk communications that year . in 1970 selkirk acquired 100 % ownership of cjvi which 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 a mix of adult contemporary ac and adult standards music in january 1984 as cjvi began broadcasting in am stereo but the format went fully ac about a year later . more oldies music was gradually brought into the programming until cjvi had an all oldies format by 1988 . maclean hunter ltd. bought cjvi parent selkirk communications in 1989 and transferred the ownership to rogers media immediately afterward . cjvi dropped its cbc affiliation in 1991 one of the last privately owned former affiliates to do so . on september 1 1995 cfms fm 98.5 was purchased by rogers from then owner capital broadcasting paired up with cjvi and renamed cioc fm on december 11 . on april 1 1997 cjvi 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 1 switching frequencies and bands with camosun college station ckmo as it moved to 103.1 mhz and became chtt with a chr format branded as hot 103 ; the first song played was bye bye bye by n sync . in 2003 the format shifted to hot adult contemporary . on january 29 2004 after playing love song by sky chtt flipped to adult hits branded as jack fm . the first song played on jack was sharp dressed man by zz top . on february 24 2015 chtt flipped back to chr as kiss 103.1 . the last song played on jack was hit the road jack by the stampeders while the first song on kiss was uptown funk by mark ronson and bruno mars . 2 references edit decision crtc 2000 215 http www.pugetsoundradio.com 2015 02 24 victorias jack fm flips kiss external links edit official website cjvi chtt history at canadian communications foundation query the rec s canadian station database for chtt fm v t e radio stations on southern vancouver island british columbia victoria am cfax 1070 fm cbux fm 1 88.9 cbcv 90.5 cjzn 91.3 cbu fm 1 92.1 cioc 98.5 cbuf fm 9 99.7 ckkq 100.3 cfuv 101.9 chtt 103.1 chbe 107.3 cils 107.9 defunct chce ckmo now internet only station central vancouver island duncan cjsu 89.7 lake cowichan cicv 98.7 nanaimo ckgi 98.7 chly 101.7 ckwv 102.3 chwf 106.9 parksville cibh 88.5 chpq 99.9 saltspring island defunct cfsi 107.9 adjacent markets bellingham northwest washington southwest bc mainland north west vancouver island metro vancouver british columbia radio markets okanagan prince george northern interior thompson cariboo northern & western vancouver island southwest bc mainland greater vancouver victoria & mid island see also list of radio stations in british columbia v t e rogers communications corporate directors 1 bonnie brooks david peterson edward rogers iii charles sirois fixed line telecommunications rogers cable rogers hi speed internet rogers telecom mobile telecommunications chatr glentel fido solutions mobilicity rogers wireless magazines canadian business chatelaine english ch telaine french flare glow l actualit lou lou maclean s marketing the medical post moneysense profit sportsnet magazine today s parent television conventional television city stations city dt chmi dt cjnt dt ckal dt ckem dt ckvu dt omni television stations cfmt dt chnm dt cjco dt cjeo dt cjmt dt other hockey night in canada5 cable television city city saskatchewan sportsnet sportsnet 360 sportsnet regional channels east ontario west pacific sportsnet one sportsnet ppv wwe network sportsnet world mlse leafs tv nba tv canada other channels cable 141 cpac fx fxx g4 oln rogers tv1 tv rogers french 1 the shopping channel viceland radio stations am cfac cffr cftr cirs ciww cjcl ckat ckgl ckwx fm cfgp fm cflt fm cfrv fm chas fm chbn fm chst fm chdi fm chez fm chfi fm chfm fm chmn fm chtt fm chur fm chym fm cikr fm cikz fm cioc fm cisq fm ciss fm citi fm cjaq fm cjax fm cjet fm cjmx fm cjni fm cjok fm cjqm fm cjqq fm cjrq fm cjrx fm ckby fm cker fm ckfx fm ckgb fm ckis fm ckiz fm ckks fm ckmh fm ckqc fm cksr fm ckxc fm cky fm ckyx fm wlyk2 radio networks jack fm most canadian stations sportsnet radio other assets hockey night in canada3 maple leaf sports & entertainment 37.5 % rogers bank rogers media rogers plus spring fishing show toronto blue jays shomi vuguru facilities owned 33 dundas street east 545 lake shore boulevard west rogers building rogers centre rogers park sponsored rogers arena rogers k rock centre rogers place under construction leased canadian broadcasting centre4 acquisitions and historic brands direct acquisitions aurora cable internet cable atlantic maclean hunter selkirk communications newton cable score media sprint canada systems resold by shaw classicomm fundy cable graham cable mountain cablevision trillium cable defunct channels citynews channel viewers choice msnbc canada goltv the biography channel some assets listed above are only partially owned by rogers communications . refer to each individual article for detailed information . 1community channels owned or part owned by rogers cable 2u . s. border station operated by rogers under a local marketing agreement 3brand used under license from the cbc . 4studio 41 and its eighth floor offices are leased from the cbc for its nhl coverage . 5part time network broadcast over the same stations as cbc television ; see crtc decision 2015 154 coordinates 48 25 17 n 123 30 40 w 48.42139 n 123.51111 w 48.42139 ; 123.51111 retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title chtt fm & oldid 731696203 categories radio stations in victoria british columbiarogers communications radio stationscontemporary hit radio stations in canadaradio stations established in 19231923 establishments in british columbiahidden categories coordinates on wikidata navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 26 july 2016 at 23 12 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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