Owned by Radio de la communauté francophone d'Ottawa (RCFO), the station received CRTC approval on February 4, 2010.

The commercial francophone outlets are licensed to Gatineau and primarily target listeners on the Quebec side of the Ottawa River.

The initial application would have had the station broadcast at 101.7 MHz, with an average effective radiated power of 718 watts.

[4] On November 21, 2008, federal Minister of Canadian Heritage and Official Languages James Moore issued a statement calling on the CRTC to review its prior approval of two new stations in the Ottawa area, Astral Media's CJOT-FM and Frank Torres' CIDG-FM.

[8] The test found that the signal could be used without causing significant interference to CIMF, and Astral consequently gave its consent to the use of the frequency as long as the company retained authorization to launch CJOT.