In 2002, the station briefly was recalled as WPFX, and then WLIE-FM shortly before the start of 2003.
WNGO was mostly a religious radio station, with local church minister H.M. Suthard and Paul Mullins as the original owners.
Amazing Grace was the first song to be played on the station in its inaugural broadcast.
[2]: 77 The station would launch WNGO-FM (94.7 MHz, now WZYK) in 1955 in order to broadcast local sporting events at night.
[2]: 78 On December 26, 2022, WKYX 570 AM and translator W265DZ 100.9 FM split from the news/talk simulcast with WKYX-FM and WNGO.