The forerunner of WJQX signed on at 105.9 FM in the summer of 1993 as WWIV, licensed to Trussville, a suburb east of Birmingham.

While the format of the station was relatively well received by its listeners, a weak broadcast signal (3 kW) and less than ideal transmission tower location on Birmingham's eastern side hampered its ratings success.

WLXY was originally licensed to Northport, served only the Tuscaloosa area and was known on the air as "Arrow 100.7", playing classic rock.

In 2001, WHMA-FM changed its city of license from Anniston to College Park, Georgia and became a part of the Atlanta radio market as WWWQ, leaving an open broadcasting channel for central Alabama.

In April 2003, WANZ changed its dial position to 100.5 and began broadcasting from a taller tower near Vance, enabling its signal to cover both the Birmingham and Tuscaloosa markets.

[3] Not wanting to have two stations competing in the same format, the call letters and other intellectual property of WRAX was transferred to 100.5 FM in March 2005.

WJOX-FM and WSPZ began separate broadcast schedules on January 8, 2007, with many of the established programs from the former WJOX moving to the new FM sports outlet.

The sports talk format and WJOX call-sign were moved to 94.5 FM on July 6 and 31, respectively, as 100.5 began simulcasting on 94.5 as part of the transition.

The new station name and slogan were debuted live on-air by Scott Register, host of Reg's Coffee House, a local radio show, which held a special Friday edition of the program to kick off Live (the first song on the show was "How the Day Sounds" by Greg Laswell.)

Weekends and evenings featured national hosts like Mark Levin, Mike Huckabee, Kim Kommando, Bill Handel and others.

Jim Stefkovich of the National Weather Service accurately predicted on WAPI ten hours before the tornadoes that the destruction would be very high and that there would be loss of life.

In the hours following the tornado, WAPI mobilized listeners to respond to critical needs, collecting and delivering more than two million dollars worth of basic supplies (ten semi-trucks) in the hardest-hit areas.

Hundreds of volunteers worked with radio station staffers to organize and conduct the massive aid deliveries quickly.