The station was originally launched in 1943, broadcasting at 1450 AM in Nobel, with the call sign CFPS.

Bob Hope, who was in Toronto performing at the Canadian National Exhibition, visited CFOR on September 4 of that year to officially launch the station's new transmitter.

In 1993, the station moved to 105.9 MHz, adopting its current call sign and a country format.

[1] The former CFOR call letters now belong to an FM radio station in Maniwaki, Quebec.

In August 2003, Rogers switched the station to an adult hits format as Jack FM.

The transaction, which was approved by the CRTC on December 24, 2007, reunited CICX with its onetime sister station CICZ-FM in nearby Midland.