Studios and offices are on Young Street in Halifax, while the transmitter is located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park.

Overnight and early weekend mornings, CJNI carries the national Rogers all-news service, shared with CFTR Toronto, CKWX Vancouver and CFFR Calgary.

The station features play-by-play from three teams: Toronto Blue Jays,[1] Montreal Canadiens, and the Halifax Mooseheads in the QMJHL.

[2] On November 26, 2004, Rogers Communications received approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) for a new English-language News/Talk commercial FM radio station in Halifax to operate at 95.7 MHz.

In June 2021, Rogers announced that it would rebrand CJNI and its other all-news and news/talk radio stations under the CityNews brand beginning October 18, 2021.