 In 2004, the station relaunched as a full-fledged station with a very different schedule; for instance, the station produces a separate local newscast, "Studio 12 News" and current affairs program "In Depth with Dan Carter", that are produced independently from CHEX and focus on the Durham Region.The station remained affiliated with CBC despite the fact its signal overlaps with that of the network's Toronto owned-and-operated station (O&O) CBLT-DT; as a result, the Toronto market was served by two CBC stations (the first since 1961, when CHCH-TV became an independent station).On May 20, 2015, Corus and Bell Media announced an agreement whereby Corus' CBC affiliates, including CHEX-TV-2, would leave the public network and instead affiliate with CTV.