After two months of cold segues and promos, a new airstaff debuted in February 1988, consisting of Greg Darden (from KRNB in Memphis, Tennessee) for mornings, Maxx Myrick (from WCIN in Cincinnati, Ohio) for middays as well as programming duties, Dave Hendricks (a holdover from the station's previous format) for afternoons, Tori Turner (also from WCIN) for nights as well as the station's music director, and "Brother" Bill Prater (from WJKC in Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands) for overnights.
The successful lineup for a number of years included "Smooth Talker" Wayne Walker & Vince Davis on the Z-104 Wake-Up Patrol, also Rocky Valentine, Al Sullystone, Janice Henderson and Action Jackson.
In January 1993, WLWZ added a simulcast partner as 103.3 FM from nearby Greer signed on, becoming WLYZ, which helped the station to be heard in the Spartanburg part of the market.
All the Double Z urban staff was fired with the exception of Action Jackson and Wayne Walker who did a short stint as midday personality on WJMZ until March 1995.
During that time, Emerald City decided to sell to Sinclair Broadcast Group, and 103-X changed formats to oldies in February 1996 after the flip of WFBC-FM to top-40.
In 2005, Entercom sold WOLT, WOLI, and WSPA (910 AM) to Davidson Media Group, while retaining "The Walk" and placing it on its newly acquired 106.3 WGVC signal.
Davidson Media sold WOLI-FM and eleven other stations to Mahan Janbakhsh's TBLC Holdings, LLC for $3.5 million; following the closure of the sale in November 2015, it flipped to Regional Mexican as Activa 103.9.
[8] On March 19, 2020, following the closure of the sale, the station flipped to contemporary worship music as His Radio Praise, and changed its call letters to WSHP-FM.