It is owned and operated by Rogers Sports & Media alongside Citytv station CKEM-DT (channel 51).

The station was licensed by the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on June 8, 2007,[2] and first signed on the air on September 15, 2008.

The station was originally assigned the call sign CHXE by Industry Canada, but this was changed to CJEO in February 2008.

[4] Omni Alberta formerly produced local newscasts aimed at the Cantonese, Mandarin, and South Asian communities across the province.

[5] On August 31, 2011, when Canadian television stations in CRTC-designated mandatory markets transitioned from analogue to digital broadcasts,[7] the station flash cut its digital signal on UHF channel 44, using virtual channel 56.