CIKZ was licensed to
Larche Communications, the station's original owner, by the
Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission in 2003. It began broadcasting on February 6, 2004, on 99.5 MHz. However, the station later changed to 106.7 MHz in 2005, due to interference from
WDCX-FM in
Buffalo. On June 4, 2007, Larche announced a deal to sell CIKZ to Rogers in exchange for
CICX-FM in
Orillia. The deal, which was approved by the
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on December 24, 2007, placed CIKZ in its Kitchener cluster, along with Rogers' existing
CKGL and
CHYM-FM. On January 28, 2008, the station modified its on-air identity to reflect the new ownership. This included some of the on-air personalities and its web site, as well as the adjustment of its branding and logo from
KICX (the spelling used by Larche) to
KIX. Shortly thereafter,
Rogers moved the station's studios, previously in
Waterloo, to the Rogers facility in downtown
Kitchener. On May 30, 2013, the station was rebranded as
Country 106.7, as part of Rogers' rebranding of its
country-formatted stations to a unified brand. ==References==