On April 25, 2017, Rogers Media announced that it would acquire CISL, and switch the station to a sports radio format branded as "Sportsnet 650" later in the year. The move came as Rogers had acquired the radio rights to the Vancouver Canucks hockey team beginning in the 2017–18 season. The station would also assume the Toronto Blue Jays radio rights in Vancouver in the 2018 season. Both teams were previously broadcast by Bell Media's TSN Radio stations CFTE and CKST.