Even in those early days, the Board of Directors of the station began examining the possibility of a move to the FM band by increasing the number of daily broadcast hours and developing the long-term income streams necessary to fund such an operation.

CKUL was now a bona fide radio station, broadcasting 65 hours per week with 25 DJs rather than irregularly with only a handful of programmers.

In 2003, the CRTC approved the application to operate a new English-language community-based campus FM radio station in Lethbridge.

During this year CKXU also received a license renewal to extend their ability to transmit to the Lethbridge area on 88.3 FM.

[7] In February of every year CKXU hosts a fundraising event at the Slice Bar and Grill in Downtown Lethbridge.

[8] FUNdrive centres on a week-long change in the regular radio format where the DJs ask listeners for pledges to the station in return for incentive packages (often referred to as 'SWAG').