The transmitter site is off Memorial Highway in Town 'n' Country, Florida, co-located with sister station 970 AM WFLA.
Clear Channel put a news/talk format on AM 570, giving it the call sign WTBN, which stood for "Tampa Bay News".
The following year, Salem Communications took over AM 570, installing a Christian radio format, heard currently on WTBN.
[8] WHNZ was the flagship station of the Tampa Bay Rays baseball team from 2005 to 2008, now heard on WDAE.
As of 2011[update], WHNZ airs select sporting events moved from WDAE or WFLA due to schedule conflicts.
Brokered programs on money, business and health were heard in middays, evenings and weekends.
On January 11, 2024, WHNZ switched back from Spanish news/talk to a mix of English-language talk and business news, branded as "Impact Radio".
Weekday mornings on WHNZ begin with a news and interview show hosted by Michael Delgiorno, based at co-owned WLAC Nashville.