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The station was launched in 1987 by Redmond Broadcasting as an Easy Listening station. It was acquired by Telemedia in 1995 , and subsequently adopted its current format and branding. Several other Telemedia-owned stations broadcasting a similar format in other cities were later branded EZ Rock as well. When Standard Broadcasting acquired Telemedia in 2002 , CJEZ was one of the stations retained by Standard, although some of the other EZ Rock stations were sold to Rogers Communications . CJEZ competes most closely with fellow adult contemporary station CHFI at 98.1. In the mid- 2000s , it picked up veteran CHFI morning show host Erin Davis after that station cancelled her show with Bob Magee in favour of Mad-Dog and Billie, later known as Jay And Billie , younger morning hosts who had previously worked in Contemporary Hit and urban radio at KISS 92 FM . In 2005 , CHFI rehired Davis for mornings, also hiring her co-host, longtime CJEZ morning personality Mike Cooper . For its new morning show, CJEZ hired Stu Jeffries and Colleen Rusholme away from Country 95.3 . Heading into her 13th year in broadcasting, Colleen Rusholme is no stranger to radio and television. A native of Kitchener-Waterloo, Rusholme began her career as a news reporter in Toronto. Through the years, she found herself in various roles including being the only female air borne traffic reporter in Canada at the time. As an interviewer, Rusholme has come up close and personal with such stars as Faith Hill, Shania Twain and Celine Dion. She was a weekly on-air contributor to CMT's flagship show, CMT Central. "My Music at Work", then a slogan for the station, inspired the title of The Tragically Hip 's 2000 album '' Music At Work ''. PERSONALITIES
Former personalities
EZ ROCK Although the EZ Rock brand was originally inspired by the CJEZ call letters, and by the French language Rock Détente network popular in Quebec , it has since been adopted by several other Canadian radio stations broadcasting a similar musical format. All of the EZ Rock stations were owned by Telemedia, the same company that owned CJEZ, at the time they adopted the branding. After Standard Broadcasting acquired the Telemedia stations, some were sold to Rogers Communications or Astral Media , although they continued to use the EZ Rock brand. Standard stations
Rogers stations
CICX in Orillia, Ontario was an EZ Rock station from 1996 until 2002 , when it adopted the Jack FM brand. Astral stations
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