In November 1983, Linda Crook petitioned the Federal Communications Commission to allocate a third commercial FM radio station to Quincy.

[4] The station then took a second massive blow when the Great Flood of 1993 devastated communities along the Mississippi River, including Quincy and Hannibal; the loss of revenue after the flood was so great that the station left the air in September 1993.

[5] Tele-Media Broadcasting Company of Rhode Island, owner of WTAD and WQCY 99.5, filed in 1994 to buy the silent WZLZ.

[6] Tele-Media returned the station to air in April 1995 as WMOS "The Moose", offering a mix of album-oriented and classic rock.

[8][9] STARadio Corporation moved in 1998 to acquire WMOS and its sister stations from Citadel Broadcasting.