in september 1933, the merger was dissolved and a new transmitter at 730 khz went on the air with the call sign cfpl. the station was an affiliate of the canadian radio broadcasting commission from 1933 to 1936 when it became an affiliate of the new canadian broadcasting corporation. it was an affiliate of the cbc's dominion network from 1944 to 1962 before that network was integrated into cbc radio. the station changed frequency in 1941 to 1570 khz, and in february 1949 it changed to 980 khz. like many other stations, it had to reduce transmitter power during the night.