CJYQ, or Classic Hits Q93 as it was known under Newcap, continued to be an apparently viable station until the late 1990s, when the station was quietly switched to full-time automation, dropping all but a bare minimum of announcers (shared with CKIX and later VOCM) to read weather forecasts and other brief segments.
In exchange the station would air a greater amount of Canadian content than required (40% instead of 35%), of which at least half (or 20% overall) would have to be Newfoundland music.
The station adopted its This is Newfoundland and Labrador branding in April 2010 to coincide with the launch of a new Newcap-owned tourism portal of the same name.
On January 28, 2014, a fire destroyed CJYQ's broadcasting tower, knocking the station of off the air.
On April 30, 2021, CJYQ was rebranded as New Country 930 to align with other country-formatted stations owned by Stingray.