 CKUL's studios and offices are located on Kempt Road in Halifax, while its transmitter is located on Washmill Lake Drive in Clayton Park.Based on the current format, CKUL-FM competes with CKHY-FM.After receiving CRTC approval on March 5, 1990, the station first went on the air on August 30 of that year as "96.5 Sun FM", under the original call letters CIEZ-FM originally with an easy listening/beautiful music format.