A large portion of its stations were owned and/or operated by Journal Communications, Sinclair Broadcast Group, and LIN TV.

In September 2011, Journal announced that it would file a lawsuit against Cool Music Network for non-payment of broadcast services.

Journal replaced The CoolTV with the Live Well Network in Milwaukee, and MeTV in Green Bay and Lansing on October 1, 2011.

The remainder of LIN Media's stations dropped the network on July 15, 2013, with some replacing it with Bounce TV or local radar loops, or leaving them dark altogether.

It returned in the next month, but with several broken links and out-of-date promotional materials for the network and filler text on several pages (including false placeholder addresses), suggesting a restoration from an older and inaccurate backup of the site.