It went on the air with a formal opening September 10, 1947, operating on 1400 kHz with 250 watts of power.

In 1990, WQNS and WHCC owner KAT Communications of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, filed for Chapter 11, but the stations were doing well and no changes were planned.

[3] The switch to the current call letters was made around 1998 or 1999, and the station began playing adult standards soon after that.

[4] The switch to talk was made in 2008, except for the morning show, which kept standards as part of the programming for a time.

The station also features local sports programming such as Tuscola High School football games.