It was purchased by the Dougall Motor Car Company in 1931, and moved to Fort William.

In 1962, the owners also acquired CFPA-TV, the city's CBC Television affiliate, which then adopted the CKPR callsign as well.

[1] The transition occurred on June 4, 2007 at 12:00 PM ET and was simulcast on Thunder Bay Television.

On March 2, 2011, the station applied to the CRTC to add an FM transmitter at Atikokan to rebroadcast the programming of CKPR-FM Thunder Bay.

Inc.'s application on September 30, 2011 and the new CKPR-FM transmitter in Atikokan operates on the frequency of 93.5 MHz with the callsign CKPR-FM-2.