CKYL was a Class B regional station broadcasting with a power of 10,000 watts daytime and nighttime.

On July 24, 2006, the Peace River Broadcasting received CRTC approval to operate a new nested FM transmitter at Peace River, along with other new FM transmitters for communities in High Prairie, Fairview, Valleyview and Saddle Hills, Alberta.

[1] On October 17, 2011, Peace River Broadcasting received CRTC approval to operate a new transmitter at Manning, Alberta on 93.3 MHz.

The new FM station operates at 94.9 MHz (channel 235C1), the frequency currently used by the rebroadcasting transmitter CKYL-FM-1, with an average effective radiated power (ERP) of 62,000 watts (maximum ERP of 100,000 watts, and an effective height of antenna above average terrain of 219.9 metres).

[3] In March 2018, CKYL officially moved from AM 610 to its nested FM frequency of 94.9 MHz as CKYL-FM.