In 1965, the stations were acquired by Great Lakes Broadcasting, a consortium that included Maclean-Hunter.

In 1972, the FM outlet's callsign was changed again, to CKGL (evidently for "Kitchener, Great Lakes").

(CRTC approval was required, but only as a format swap between the existing stations at 570 and 96.7 as required under the regulations at the time, not a formal exchange of frequencies)[1] The stations became part of Rogers in 1994 when that company acquired Maclean-Hunter.

In the summer 2016, Rogers relocated the studios of CHYM, CIKZ-FM and CKGL to "The Boardwalk" near Ira Needles Boulevard and University Avenue.

[2] Prior to the move, their studios were located at 305 King Street West in Downtown Kitchener.