The station went live in 1979, and changed calls in 1981 to WFWQ (95Q), continuing to do battle with 97.3 WMEE for the Top 40 audience in Fort Wayne.

The station lineup consisted of "The BEST-FM Morning Show" with Sid Kelly, Angie Nash and James Raggi.

Angie Nash spent the previous ten years of her career at cross-town WJFX before joining the morning show.

On June 23, 2014, it was announced that James Raggi would join Angie Nash for mornings after spending three years as an intern/producer in Boston on Kiss 108.

In July 2015 program director/afternoon personality Dan Kennedy announced he was leaving the station after four years to take a job outside of radio.

Artists who recorded at Sweetwater Studios for "Majic Miracle Music" CDs include REO Speedwagon, Ingrid Michaelson, Lenka, Aimee Allen, Jars of Clay, Rick Springfield, Ben Jelen, Josh Kelley, Sara Bareilles, Jon McLaughlin, Gin Blossoms, and Collective Soul.

[7] In 2005, 2006 and again in 2007, WAJI won Radio and Records Hot AC station of the year for their community support and programming excellence.