It has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 100,000 watts, the maximum for most FM stations.
[3] But with few people owning FM receivers in that era, the owners saw little opportunity to make the station profitable.
The tower was moved to Gray Court and the power was increased to allow it to be heard in the Greenville-Spartanburg radio market.
Well known local disc jockey Monty Dupuy moved his morning show from WFBC 1330 AM to what was then called "XL Stereo 100."
WGXL was sold in the early 1980s to the Keymarket Group, which flipped the station to country music in September 1981.