The station was launched on December 8, 1955 on 910 AM, owned by Greg-May Broadcasting and licensed to the community of Lindsay.

[1] On January 7, 1998, Centario received permission from the CRTC to convert CKLY to the FM band at 91.9 MHz with an effective radiated power of 14,000 watts.

[2] CKLY-FM began on-air testing in early April 1998 with low power from a tower at the studio location.

The station was acquired by CHUM Limited on December 21, 2000,[4] and by CTVglobemedia, now Bell Media on March 23, 2007.

On July 8, 2008, long-time CKLY owner Pete McNabb died at the Victoria Manor in Lindsay.