[2] Its broadcast studio and record library are located in the Student Union Building (the SUB) which is shared by the two institutions.

The organization now known as CHSR was founded in the late 1950s, and officially went on-air January 22, 1961 as Radio UNB.

It is one of the oldest community radio stations in Atlantic Canada and boasts the largest music library east of Montreal, although Fredericton is much smaller than other communities in the Atlantic Region.

As a community radio station housed on a university campus, CHSR makes an extra effort to reach out to the off-campus community, playing local content and providing on-site training for new DJs who later are able to host their own show.

A founding member of the national community broadcasters collective, the National Campus and Community Radio Association, CHSR remains an active member of the alternative media, including participation in the NCRA's Dig Your Roots project.