XWA eventually began operating on a regular schedule in order to promote radio receiver sales, and at first the station was almost single handedly run by Darby Coats.
After numerous frequency changes, followed by a three-year period from 1925 to 1928 when it shared time with CKAC on 730 kHz, CFCF began operating full-time on 600 kHz in 1933, remaining there until 1999.