On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that eighty-eight stations had been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz, with then-WREN in Kansas City, Kansas authorized to move from 1250 to 1660 kHz.
One restriction is that the FCC has generally required paired original and expanded band stations to remain under common ownership.
That same day, Entercom (forerunner to Audacy) moved the KXTR call sign to 1250 AM, to establish a new pop station, KRBZ, which has since shifted to an alternative rock format.
[11][12][13][14][15] On April 7, 2014, as part of another warehousing move, Entercom swapped the KUDL call letters with sister station KWOD in Sacramento.
On June 21, 2021, KWOD changed their format to sports gambling, branded as "The Bet KC", with programming from the BetQL Network.