It has a contemporary hit radio format and is owned by Audacy, Inc., with studios on Corporate Parkway in Amherst, New York.

(The two stations' programming eventually fully merged onto WKSE's signal in June 2023 as 102.5 was sold off that month.

[4]) WKSE carried the syndicated weekly show The Rockin' America Top 30 Countdown with Scott Shannon throughout the 1980s.

After the launch of urban contemporary CKFG-FM that October on the adjacent 98.7 MHz frequency, WKSE lost much of its prominence in the Toronto market and became a bit harder to find on some radio receivers with weaker tuners.

In addition, listeners in Canada are not able to use the Audacy app to stream WKSE, as it is restricted to users in the United States.