On November 13, 1990, Twigg Communications Ltd. received CRTC approval to operate a new FM station at 102.3 MHz in Belleville, Ontario.
[2] CJOJ began on-air tests in October 1993 and signed on the air as OJ 95 on December 1 that same year.
On July 26, 2002, the CRTC approved the application by John Sheratt to acquire CJOJ from Belleville Radio Ltd. and CHCQ-FM from CHCQ Ltd.[4] Anthony Zwigg, owned both Belleville Radio Limited and CHCQ Limited.
As he became more involved in these activities, Mr. Sherratt decided to make an offer to Mr. Zwigg for the purchase of the two stations.
Sherratt's company was Starboard Communications Ltd. On October 23, 2002, Starboard Communications received CRTC approval to decrease CJOJ's power from 50,000 watts to 42,000 watts ERP, and to relocate the transmitter to a site near Oak Lake in Stirling, approximately 25 kilometres west of the existing site.