[1][2] Through the concession granted the station began operating on August 9, 1961, with power of 100 wats at the frequency of 1420 kHz, 211.20 meters, by the prefix ZYE-77.

On April 19, 1965, with the permission of Contel (Anatel's predecessor), it was identified as ZYE-96 at 900 kHz, with festivities and campaigns with jingles.

Provisionally, its studios were located in the old São Luís College, with its first technical operator Osmar Dias de Oliveira, the official date of inauguration where it happened to be transmitted by radio was April 28, 1962 (although that by Contel is authorized only on May 10, 1963) with the blessings of Dom Antônio Mazzarotto, for which it was a wish of the same, with celebrations in the Club Princess of the Fields, with presence also of Agnaldo Rayol, Duo Pianístico, Sexteto Paulistano of Guitars and Conjunto Madrigal .

In the mid-1960s by the study of the Faculty of Philosophy, Science and Letters (current UEPG) showed that the radio had a total of 259 apparatuses, the largest among all broadcasters from Ponta Grossa.

In March 1966, Marechal Floriano Peixoto Square, the highest point of the city (980 m), next to the St. Ann Cathedral, continued the custom of classifying itself as "the best sound", complementing "The radio success!"