The three stations share studios at 33 Dundas Street East on Yonge-Dundas Square in downtown Toronto; CFMT-DT's transmitter is located atop the CN Tower.

[2] In December 1978, Dan Iannuzzi, founder of the Italian-language daily newspaper Corriere Canadese and future recipient of the Order of Canada, received a licence to operate a multilingual television station, defeating rival applicants Johnny Lombardi and Leon Kossar.

On September 16, 2002, Rogers launched CJMT-TV (channel 40, which was branded as "OMNI.2") to provide additional multicultural programming, and rebranded CFMT as "OMNI.1".

On October 8, 2007, Rogers announced that the operations of the two Omni stations would relocate from 545 Lake Shore Boulevard West to 33 Dundas Street East.

[4] CFMT and CJMT integrated their operations into the building – sharing with Citytv flagship CITY-DT, which had moved into the facility the previous month – on October 19, 2009.

The station broadcasts multicultural programming targeting European and Latin American communities throughout Southern Ontario.

Historically, among English-speaking television viewers in the region, CFMT was best known as home to various English-language syndicated talk shows and sitcom repeats, including The Simpsons, Friends and Family Guy, airing nightly as counterprogramming to local newscasts and first-run prime time series on owned-and-operated stations of the major networks.