As of February 28, 2021, CHDI is the 8th-most-listened-to radio station in the Edmonton market according to a PPM data report released by Numeris.

[2] The station spent its first year broadcasting from a run down oil-field trailer on the property of the Airways Country Inn in Nisku, Alberta.

Local media latched on to their "pirate" story, giving them a huge shot in the arm in their first year.

[citation needed] In November 2006, Rogers Media acquired CHDI, and sister station CKER-FM.

A fact many in the Edmonton market knew to be more accurate with the audience, based on Sonic's prevalence with the listeners.