The station has a brokered programming format, where hosts pay for their time on the air and may advertise their services and products.

On March 17, 1997, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced that 88 stations been given permission to move to newly available "Expanded Band" transmitting frequencies, ranging from 1610 to 1700 kHz.

The station is notable as the first broadcasting home of South Florida sports radio personality Jorge Sedano, who began his career in 1999 as a host/update anchor/producer at WAFN ("The Fan").

During its time as "The Fan", WAFN carried programming from New York's WFAN 660 AM, including the syndicated Imus in the Morning.

One restriction is that the FCC has generally required paired original and expanded band stations to remain under common ownership.