In 1993, after 11 years without a profit on AM, the station applied to move to the FM band using the available 106.9 frequency that had been occupied by CKO from 1977 to 1989.

Darren Stevens became the first personality to be heard on the new station during a live broadcast from Minglewoods bar in the Byward Market.

The station subsequently faced criticism for its inaugural promotional campaign, which featured images of pregnant young women accompanied by the slogan "Lock up your daughters, the gods of rock are now in Ottawa."

[10] CKQB's studios are located at the broadcasting complex shared by its former sister station CJOH-TV, on Merivale Road in Nepean.

[15] On March 6, Corus announced that CKQB would drop its rock music format by the end of the month, releasing a letter on the station's website promising a "fresh, new direction", with rumours following afterwards that suggested the station was to flip to hot adult contemporary as part of Corus' national "Fresh FM" brand (which only furthered when it had been discovered Corus had registered several web domains with the station's frequency position in it around that same time).

[16] On March 28, at 5 pm, after playing "Jump" by Van Halen, CKQB began stunting with nature sounds and ambient chill music, while promoting an announcement to come the following Monday, March 31, at 11 am, at which time CKQB flipped to contemporary hit radio as Jump!

[18][19] In September 2018, CKQB laid off its morning hosts Jesse Reynolds and Jenna Mo, and announced that they would be replaced by the syndicated Brooke & Jubal (originating from KQMV in Seattle, Washington).

[20] What would later become Brooke & Jeffery was replaced by Tucker & Maura from sister station CFNY-FM in Toronto in November 2023.