Its daytime signal reaches as far north as Ft. Pierce, as far west as Ft. Myers and Naples, and as far south as Cuba.
[3] During nighttime hours (sunset to sunrise) the WINZ directional skywave pattern must not interfere with stations in Canada and Mexico.
Former talk-hosts included Al Franken, Randi Rhodes, Mike Malloy, Stephanie Miller, Lionel, Neil Rogers, Thom Hartmann and Don Imus.
Frank Mottek worked as an anchor and reporter for WINZ from 1981 to 1992, before joining CBS station KNX Los Angeles in 1992.
From 1985 to 1991, he broadcast the live descriptions of all space shuttle launches for the CBS Radio Network which aired on WINZ.
iHeartMedia (as Clear Channel Communications) purchased the station from West Palm Beach-based media entrepreneur Bud Paxson.
In 2008, Miami Heat (National Basketball Association) games moved back to WINZ from WIOD.
[6] Since the change of format, ratings for WINZ have dropped from a 1.0 in the Spring of 2009, to a 0.3 in April, a 0.6 in May, and a 0.5 in June, behind the sports station WAXY and WQAM.
On November 6, 2013, WINZ announced that they were the new flagship station for the Miami Marlins starting with the 2014 season, ending a 5-year relationship with WAXY.
On September 22, 2021, WINZ rebranded as "Fox Sports 940", dropping remaining local hosts Jeff "DeFo" DeForrest and "The Greek", but keeping the live games from the Marlins and U of M.[10] On January 30, 2023, iHeartMedia announced it had picked up the radio broadcast rights to the Miami Dolphins (marking the fourth NFL team the company had signed with in the previous 2 years, alongside the Carolina Panthers, Green Bay Packers and Washington Commanders) and would place the team on a joint simulcast of WBGG-FM (which had previously been the team's broadcast home from 2010 to 2015) and WINZ.