Defence cutbacks in the late 1990s saw both the Newport Corner transmitter and the Mill Cove receiver automated from CFB Halifax, eliminating the requirement for a separately administered Canadian Forces Station, thus CFS Mill Cove was decommissioned and both facilities were renamed as "Naval Radio Section".
The downsizing of defence forces in the late 1990s led to the automation of both the Newport Corner transmitter and the Mill Cove receiver from CFB Halifax, making a separate Canadian Forces Station redundant. Consequently, CFS Mill Cove was closed, and both facilities were rebranded as "Naval Radio Section".