CJGX Radio was established in 1927 as a vehicle whereby farmers in the area could have direct news on grain and livestock prices.

The Winnipeg Grain Exchange, which had a radio station in Winnipeg, was anxious to operate another station and Dawson Richardson, a broadcaster at the Winnipeg station was hired to find the best possible site. He chose Yorkton.

With the approval of the Yorkton and District Board of Trade, the Deputy Minister of Marine in Ottawa issued a broadcasting license and work began in this new station. The studio was located in the Collacott Block.

It was comprised of three rooms: a studio proper, a control room and a reception area. The transmitter, constructed by James Logan, was located in the park beside the water tower.

The station was officially opened August 17,1927 with M. Poulter as the first announcer. The call letters were CJGX, the GX standing for Grain Exchange.

Radios were relatively new and the Yorkton Enterprise offered a complete crystal receiver set with headphones, which could pick up the station up to 50 miles away. Cost of the set was $5. Besides the initial cost of the receiver, owners of the radio also had to pay a license fee to the federal government.

Since the purpose of the radio station was to inform farmers of farm prices, the programming was fairly simple: farm prices, music and limited news items. Church services were broadcast each Sunday, with the different denominations taking turns each week.

In 1928 the station was connected to the Winnipeg Grain Exchange by remote control, giving more precise reports.

While the Yorkton station was one of four market quotation stations, it holds the record of being one of the oldest privately owned radio stations in Canada.

In 1934 Dawson Richardson purchased the station from the Winnipeg Grain Exchange. In 1936 the station was sold to James Richardson and Sons, who also operated stations in Regina and Winnipeg.

The station was reorganized in 1939 and the Yorkton and District Board of Trade set up a committee to request increased power and frequency in order to serve the area better.

The committee of local business people was not successful as the Radio Commission, which had replaced the Canadian Broadcasting Company, discourage small stations from increasing power. The special committee met with the Canadian Broadcasting Company to have a CBC station established in Yorkton.

Despite many meetings and petitions the station did not become a CBC station.

Later the committee was called to Winnipeg and it was decided that radio station CJGX would be operated by a company known as the Yorkton Broadcasting Company. Shares would be owned by various organizations and persons in the city.

In 1939 permission was given to increase power to 1,000 watts.

During the war years the station provided a vital link, giving up-to-date news of the war and emergency information, as well as general programs.

GX also spearheaded programs raising money for the war effort.

After the war, a new transmitter was built at what is now the junction of highways 9 and 10. By this time the studios were located on the second floor of the Smith and McKay Block on Broadway. A fire in 1957 destroyed the building and the studios. Temporary studios were set up in the Dr. Brass Auditorium until the station located in the Tower Building on Second Avenue.

The station power was increase to 10,000 watts and a new transmitter was constructed seven miles east of Yorkton.

In 1960 studios were established in Melville to give Melville listeners better coverage of their activities.

In 1965 permission was given to operate on 10,000 watts day and night and this required the construction of three new towers.

In 1981 construction began on a new building on the corner of Smith Street and Seventh Avenue. When completed, studios and business offices occupied the top floor, with government and other offices taking up two floors. The Provincial Court is located in the building.

In 1966 the station ownership was taken over by George Gallagher and Ed Laurence. Many will remember Ed Laurence's morning show with Clarence the Crow. When Ed Laurence retired George Gallagher became sole owner of the station.

Lyle Walsh, who had been sales manager, became station manager in 1990 and in 1998 he became a partner in the station.

CJGX has been a booster of Yorkton and Yorkton activities since 1927 and through its farm news and programming plays a vital and important role in the well-being of Yorkton.