It broadcasts a mainstream adult contemporary radio format and switches to all-Christmas music for much of November and December.

Eventually, as network programming moved from radio to television, WKBN-AM-FM switched to a middle of the road format of popular music, news, sports and talk in the 1950s.

It was mostly automated, airing quarter hour sweeps of mostly instrumental cover versions of popular adult hits, as well as Broadway and Hollywood show tunes.

WKBN-FM changed its call sign to WMXY and adopted the slogan "Mix 98.9", with a hot adult contemporary format.

On Saturdays and Sundays, the station would switch over to the "Time Warp Weekend", where all music heard was from the 1980s and early 1990s.