WZLR (95.3 FM), known as "95.3 and 101.1 The Eagle," is a radio station broadcasting a 1980s classic hits format currently owned by Cox Media Group.
As early as 1967 the station played country music and even published a countdown chart called the "Flashy 40.
In 1988 the station flipped from country to a national adult contemporary satellite format from ABC radio networks.
It had low ratings since both WVUD-FM (99.9) and WWSN-FM (107.7) were successful adult contemporary stations, and had full market signal penetration while WDJK did not.
The station kept this name until June 1992, when it was changed to "Power 95", following the playing of Boyz II Men's "It's So Hard To Say Goodbye To Yesterday" 953 times in a row.
In 1998, the station was sold to Cox Media Group and tweaks to the format were made including a branding change to "Oldies 95" in its final year of operation.
In October 2000 the station changed call letters to WDTP repeating 95.7 WDPT "Dayton's Point" playing '80s adult hits until September 2002.
The format was the brainchild of former WRBQ Tampa program director Randy Kabrich, and was also used by Cox stations in other markets, including Houston.
95.7 The Point continued on the 95.7 WDPT frequency with the '80s adult hits format until October 30, 2006, when the station became a simulcast of WHIO-AM.
Mostly music of the 1970s and 1960s was played at this time with core artists featuring Fleetwood Mac, Bob Seger, The Eagles and The Doobie Brothers.
On Thursday, January 7, 2010, following the Bubba the Love Sponge Show, the station shifted its focus to the 1980s using the slogan, "Now more '80s and the same great '70s".
Core artists included Def Leppard, Billy Joel, REO Speedwagon, Foreigner, Journey, The Police, Van Halen, John Mellencamp, Phil Collins, Bryan Adams and Aerosmith.
On May 1, 2018, the station posted on its Facebook page that "We're not gonna take it anymore", in reference to Twisted Sister song and tweaked the format to more of a harder based classic rock.
The last song on this era of WZLR's Classic Rock format was Led Zeppelin's "Stairway to Heaven."
[5] Core artists on the new format include Michael Jackson, Madonna, Hall & Oates, Prince and Journey.
On May 4, 2020, WRZX flipped formats to traditional 60s oldies leaving WZLR all to itself in the Dayton market playing Classic Hits.