On February 14, 2003, Joco Communications was given approval by the CRTC for a new FM radio service to serve the community of Sturgeon Falls.

The station began broadcasting in April 2003 with its studios located at 12006 Highway 17, Unit 7, in Sturgeon Falls.

In 2005, the station was given approval to increase power to serve all of the Municipality of West Nipissing and outlying communities.

In September 2010, Joco Communications announced a tentative deal to sell the station to Haliburton Broadcasting Group,[3] which received CRTC approval on February 21, 2011.

[4] Joco had already sold CFSF's former sister station CJJM-FM in Espanola to Haliburton earlier in the year.