CRN founder Michael Horn (who, at the time, was an on-air personality at Los Angeles’ KFI AM) read an article in the trade publication Radio & Records that mentioned Los Angeles radio station KMET earned ratings points in the Phoenix market.

Noncommercial music channels from companies such as Digital Planet and DMX eventually were picked up by cable providers.

CRN also airs a simulcast of XEAAA-AM (a female-oriented Spanish-language station based in Guadalajara, Mexico); and a seventh channel that duplicates and timeshifts some of the other feeds' programs.

Former Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson co-host Ed McMahon also hosted his weekly Lifestyles Live program on CRN.

[5] Don Ecker’s “UFOs Tonight”,[6] and the pro wrestling themed “Squared Circle” hosted by James "Shadowe" Boone[7] were also CRN original programs.