It long programmed a personality popular music format, and for many years was highly competitive within its signal area with stronger regional (Class B) signals from similarly formatted stations including WNDR and WFBL, although it was unable to achieve full metropolitan coverage especially after sunset.

[7] Past radio personalities at WOLF include: The call sign was changed to WAQX in 1984.

[10] On May 3, 1999, WOLF (alongside WOLF-FM and WKGJ) became the Radio Disney affiliates in the Syracuse metropolitan area,[11][12] and the station switched back using the AM stereo system, this time with a Motorola C-QUAM system.

[19][20] On February 1, 2014, Radio Disney (as part of its phaseout of terrestrial broadcasting) canceled its affiliation with WOLF.

This resulted in the station going off-the-air as it transitioned to a new format, originally slated according to FCC filings to happen in August 2014.

[24] Fox Sports Radio had previously been heard in the area on network owned-and-operated WHEN until late 2010.