It is independently owned by Willpower Radio, LLC[2] and airs an adult album alternative music format.
[5] In September 1993, the station was transferred to Willpower Radio, LLC so named for majority shareholder William J. Stanley.
In early 2006, Willpower moved the station studios from Sharon, Connecticut, to Red Hook, New York, where they remain today.
WKZE plays a selection of music from folk, world, blues, rock, and jazz genres often mixing unlikely songs together to form an eclectic sound unique to the station.
The station plays artists such as The Jayhawks, Andrew Bird, Dar Williams, Drive-By Truckers, Sharon Jones, The Decemberists, The Beatles, Chris Stapleton, Wilco, Vieux Farka Toure, My Morning Jacket, Guy Davis, The Waterboys, Natalie Merchant, Miles Davis, Tom Waits and others.