[3] KWAV is a Class B FM station with a higher power than would be granted under the present U.S. Federal Communications Commission rules.

The Adult Contemporary music mix was upbeat, featuring an R&B-leaning playlist with Cher, Mariah Carey, Gloria Estefan, Janet Jackson, Whitney Houston, Paula Abdul, The Pointer Sisters, Vanessa Williams, Brian McKnight, Lionel Richie, Stevie Wonder, Michael Jackson, Madonna, Smokey Robinson, Timmy T, Stevie B, Expose, and Ace of Base as core artists.

Other core artists included Amy Grant, Bryan Adams, Rod Stewart, Sting, Michael Bolton, Billy Joel, Richard Marx, Paul Young, Restless Heart, Don Hensley, Foreigner, Bonnie Raitt, Bruce Hornsby, Huey Lewis, Heart, Roxette, Basia, and Swingout Sister.

By early 1996, the music mix became very upbeat - almost Hot Adult Contemporary in nature - and included songs by Blues Traveler, Gin Blossoms and The Cranberries.

The station also began adding 1970s-era R&B/disco tracks by artists such as Earth Wind & Fire, Diana Ross, Gloria Gaynor, and The Beegees.

by Men At Work after finishing off Cliff Richard's "Never Say Die (Give a Little Bit More)", until the station immediately went off the air for three hours after a man with a 12-gauge shotgun entered the KWAV building and fired 58 shots into the studio equipment, destroying the station's equipment and the Cliff Richard record, causing an estimate $200,000 in damage.

[8] In court, Norbert entered no plea when he was arraigned for felony charges of vandalism, burglary, and discharging a firearm at a public place a day after the shooting.

Monterey Police according to Radio & Records said that Norbert had broken into KWAV's studio during early morning hours in order to avoid hurting anyone.

[9] Vic Johnson, Bob March, Teddy Greene, Michael Redding, Jerry Connelly, John Van Camp, Dean Knox, Greg Dean, Jeff Powers, Dennis Miller, Bo Woods, Alan Richmond, Sandy Shore, John Garabo, Gary Russell, Sebastian Thomas, Debi McCallister (now at KQFC in Boise, Idaho), Jack Peterson, Jane Grigsby (Jane Holladay) and the team of Barry Brown, Jay Peterson and Karen Hamilton.