[5] The matter was taken to court, where Edmonds attacked the validity of a 1953 option awarded to the Asheville Citizen-Times newspaper during WLOS's fight for channel 13, which remained outstanding.

[8] On March 1, 1958, Wolfson's company, Wometco Enterprises, announced it had reached a deal to buy Britt's stock in Skyway Broadcasting and thus assume majority ownership of the WLOS stations.

[9] The FCC approved the transaction in August,[10] and upon closure, several WTVJ employees moved to Asheville to help manage WLOS radio and television.

While WISE intended to stick with the easy listening format, it noticed a high amount of listenership to contemporary hit radio stations.

[17] Prior to the sale, WISE had been a contemporary station, and rumors had circulated as early as February that the new ownership would transplant that format to the FM band, boosting ratings.

[19] WISE and WKSF were sold to Heritage Broadcast Group in 1986; the Asheville stations were at the time the largest owned by the Atlanta-based company.

[19] Osborn Communications agreed to buy WKSF from Heritage Broadcast Group in December 1993 and began managing the station in March 1994.

WKSF's transmitter is sited atop Mount Pisgah (at an elevation of over 5,700 feet (1,700 m) above sea level), giving it a wide coverage area across Western North Carolina and beyond.

The station also relayed flood information, updated road closings and power outage reports throughout the storm.

Artists include U2, Katy Perry, Boston, Bon Jovi, Lady Antebellum, Michael Jackson and Madonna.