 CHLY's studio is located in the basement of the Queens Hotel on Victoria Crescent in downtown Nanaimo.The station features an eclectic format with a variety of music genres (including jazz, reggae, alternative rock, hip-hop, roots music, folk and electronica) and programs reporting on issues of the campus, local community and the world.The longest-running program to air on CHLY is the "Elevator Club", a program of easy listening music hosted by Gord Bibby since the station's inception; its original run on CHLY aired on Sunday nights from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. until its final program on the station aired on September 28, 2014.