CFQX broadcasts a country radio format and is owned by the Jim Pattison Group.

CFQX has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most Canadian stations.

CFQX was an easy listening station, originally broadcasting on 92.9 FM.

It played quarter-hour sweeps of instrumental music with some soft vocals.

On September 2, 2011, Astral Media applied to increase CFQX-FM's antenna height from 138.4 to 147.5 metres to give it better coverage.