The station is a member of the Alliance des radios communautaires du Canada.

The station originally dates back to 1990 when Radio Communautaire Kapnord Inc. received an approval from the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on September 28, 1990 to operate a low-power short-term French language community events radio station at Kapuskasing on the frequency of 91.5 MHz with 33 watts.

[2] On January 26, 1993, Kapnord received CRTC approval to operate a new French language community radio station on the frequency of 89.7 MHz with an effective radiated power of 3,000 watts.

[3] The station officially signed on the air on October 20 later that same year with the CKGN-FM callsign.

In 2000, the station was authorized to add a transmitter at Smooth Rock Falls to operate on the frequency 94.7 FM.