CJWL-FM

CJWL-FM (98.5 MHz Lite 98.5) is a Canadian radio station in Ottawa, Ontario. It is owned by Evanov Communications and broadcasts a soft adult contemporary format (with evening specialty shows focusing on pop standards and instrumental easy listening). CJWL's studios are located in the Glebe at 150 Isabella Street, while its transmitter is located in downtown Ottawa. Evanov announced on September 5, 2024, that the station, along with CKHK-FM in Hawkesbury and CHRC-FM in Rockland, Ontario are to close effective September 20, 2024 due to " a difficult media climate, and the residual effects of the pandemic."^[1]

On September 18, 2024, after announcing that a buyer had been found for CKHK and CHRC and that they would not closing, Evanov announced that CJWL also would not be closing at the end of the week and that there would be an announcement soon regarding the station's future.^[2]

CJWL was launched on February 20, 2006. It has a similar format to co-owned CKDX and CKPC in Southern Ontario, which was branded as The Jewel 98.5 FM. The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission in 2005.^[3]

The CJWL call sign formerly belonged to Haliburton Broadcasting Group's CFIF in Iroquois Falls.

On October 6, 2009, CJWL received CRTC approval to increase power from 485 watts to 1,100 watts.^[4]

In May 2021, Evanov rebranded all Jewel stations to the Lite branding. The company also announced that CKHK-FM Hawkesbury, and CHRC-FM in Clarence-Rockland would drop the soft adult contemporary/pop standards "Jewel" format and flip to a country format.^[5]

CJWL wasn't affected by the format changes but was rebranded as Lite 98.5 on May 3, 2021.

• Lite 98.5
• CJWL-FM at The History of Canadian Broadcasting by the Canadian Communications Foundation
• CJWL-FM in the REC Canadian station database

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