The station is owned and operated by network parent Corus Entertainment, and maintains studios on Hoffer Drive and McDonald Street on the northeast side of Regina; its transmitter is located near Louis Riel Trail/Highway 11, northwest of the city.

The Communications Tower (associated with the local early broadcasts in 1987) is the tallest structure in Saskatchewan at over 300 metres (984 ft) with lights and top antenna.

Towerectors was owned and operated by Gerhard F. Hein and George Anderson.The station first signed on the air on September 6, 1987, under the ownership of Canwest.

On May 31, 2011, Shaw Media announced that a new local weekday morning newscast would begin broadcasting on CFRE in late-August 2011.

[3] In late 2011, CFRE-DT became the first television station in the Regina market to begin broadcasting its local newscasts in high definition.