Nosler continued at KZAP in various capacities until the mid-1970s, when he migrated to television and became a national advocate of natural foods, health and nutrition.

The station's signal was briefly downgraded by the FCC due to a transmission violation, but full power was restored in early 1984.

Other jocks throughout the Tom Chase and Ed Lambert era included Dave Diamond, Dean Stevens, Dave Skyler, Greg Lane, Melanie Evans, John Edwards, Panama Jack, Ron Brooks, Ally Knight, Rick Foster, Russ Martin, Pat "The Night Hawk" Garrett and Alex Cosper.

Tom and Terry left in 1989 to do mornings in San Jose, and were replaced by a temporary irreverent show that failed called "The Renegades."

KWOD played an important role in giving early airplay to national acts Cake, Deftones, Oleander and Papa Roach.

Shortly after the move to their new headquarters in downtown Sacramento, part-time DJ Giles Hendriksen from the U.K. became the full-time afternoon host with Joe Gomez staying in the evening slot.

The following year he became a writer for radio/music trade magazine VirtuallyAlternative and became operations manager of WLUM/Milwaukee, owned by Super Bowl champion Willie Davis of the Green Bay Packers.

Ron Bunce assumed control of KWOD's programming in 1997, and took the station to an edgier harder rock direction, but the Arbitron ratings for the alternative format had peaked in 1995.

In 2003, after a protracted seven-year court battle wherein violations of the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act (RICO) were alleged, Entercom acquired KWOD from Royce International Broadcasting.

Artists such as John Mayer and Tracy Chapman were added as harder rock bands like Korn and Deftones were dropped.

The station later shifted back toward its original approach, but the heritage KWOD on-air staff (Boomer & The Dave, Andy Sims, Nick Monroe, and Capone) did not return.

In February 2009, following the cancellation of the syndicated Adam Carolla Show, the morning drive time slot transitioned into playing music.

In May 2009, Program Director Curtiss Johnson posted a notice on KWOD's homepage announcing that the station would be shutting down on May 22.

Citing economic difficulties as the primary reason for the shutdown, Johnson assured that the decision was local and not made by the owner corporation Entercom.

On September 2, 2011, at 5 p.m., after playing "I Wish" by Skee-Lo, KBZC dropped the All-'90s format and shifted to Rhythmic Adult Contemporary, retaining the "Buzz" moniker, but added a new slogan: "Feel Good Music."

The sudden flip came after it saw a decline in both its listener base and ratings, as well as an ill-fated attempt to expand its library to include music from the late 1980s and early 2000s.

The KUDL call letters were formerly used on KWOD's long-time adult contemporary sister station in the Kansas City market.

On February 2, 2017, Entercom announced its intent to merge with CBS Radio, who owned the fellow Sacramento AC and Adult CHR stations KYMX and KZZO, as well as KSFM, KNCI, and KHTK.

Entercom stated that this decision was intended "to facilitate the timely FCC approvals for the planned combination with CBS Radio".

[11][12][13] KUDL's HD2 subcarrier, called Subterranean, formerly aired a format featuring Deep Rock tracks and album cuts.