It was sold to the owners of WIXX (1520 AM; today WEXY), continuing the easy format with the new call letters WIXX-FM, while the AM was country music.
[7][8] Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) acquired WAXY-FM in 1994, and changed its call sign to WBGG-FM on September 1.
The final quarter-hour of music was delivered by DJ Miguel Lombana and consisted of "It's the Same Old Song" by the Four Tops, "The End" by The Doors and "The Long and Winding Road" by The Beatles (which was an inside gag and reference to Stuart Elliott and his signing off of 96X WMJX years earlier).
WBGG would regain the rights on January 30, 2023, following a new agreement between iHeart and the team; the games will be shared with WINZ (AM) and the stations will carry all Dolphins games, pre and post-game shows, and a weekly show with team and league personnel.
In April 2004, the FCC fined Clear Channel Communications $495,000 for broadcasting allegedly indecent material on the Stern show.
[12] To fill the morning talk slot, in May 2004, Clear Channel moved Paul & Young Ron from co-owned WZTA.
[13] (Lex and Terry took over the morning show at WZTA, but lost that outlet for their syndicated program when that station switched formats to Hispanic urban in February 2005).