The local station began broadcasting on February 6, 1961. According to the Canadian Communications Foundation, the station was operating on AM 1200 kHz by 1966, until the station was approved to move to AM 1210 in 1971 but was moved to its current AM frequency at 1230 kHz instead. The "FB" in the callsign stands for Frobisher Bay, which was renamed Iqaluit in 1987. The station operates from the CBC Building at the Astro Hill Complex in the centre of Iqaluit.