 The station began operations in 1960 as WMOP-FM, a 4,200-watt MOR music station.Owner James Kirk instituted major changes in 1973, including changing the calls to WFUZ, increasing the effective radiated power to 100,000 watts, and installing a beautiful music/easy listening format, with big band shows hosted by the legendary "Big Daddy" Miles Foland.WFUZ eventually added evening country music programming in the early 1980s, in response to the growing popularity of competitor WTRS.