After longtime CIGM morning man Scott Overton's employment with the station was discontinued by Rogers during the ownership transition, he wrote a letter to the "Sudbury Star" and "Northern Life" thanking the station's audience for its loyalty and indicating that the station's "long history as a country station will apparently end within the next few months." In early 2009, a number of staff at CIGM were laid off, including the news director. Notably, Newcap had applied for a new CHR/Top 40 station in the round of CRTC license hearings that resulted in the launch of CICS-FM, a competing country music station owned by Larche Communications.