Established in 1962 as WNOH, WCLY last broadcast a sports radio format, simulcasting sister stations 620 WDNC and 99.9 WCMC-FM HD2.

WNOH's original antenna was close to where present-day Interstate 40 crosses Lake Wheeler Road, and its studios were located in the Jack Wardlaw Building on Hillsborough Street.

Construction of I-40 through southern Raleigh forced the station to move their antenna to Maywood Avenue, where it shared a tower with WLLE (now WQDR).

It was announced on August 10, 2009, that Curtis Media would sell WCLY and WDNC to Capitol Broadcasting Company in exchange for the North Carolina News Network.

[8] Capitol Broadcasting ran a contest in which listeners were invited to submit ideas for a permanent name, but the vast majority of the nominations were to keep the name "That Station".

[9] On July 31, 2022, WCLY flipped back to sports, branded as "The Buzz", simulcasting sister stations WDNC and WCMC-FM HD2.