Golden West stated that the owner's health, as well as the station's financial performance, were factors in the decision to sell.
[2] In April 2007, the station switched frequencies and adopted the new call letters CKVN-FM.
In 2014, Lethbridge-based Clear Sky Radio, who owns CJOC-FM, acquired CKVN from Golden West.
Clear Sky also received permission from the CRTC to remove the license conditions requiring CKVN to operate as a religious station; Clear Sky and Golden West argued that the station had accumulated financial losses under its existing Christian format.
[3] In September 2014, the station flipped to alternative rock as 98.1 The Bridge, with the new call letters CKBD-FM.