 Later, Kiss added live DJs and, for a while, moved in an adult contemporary direction with George Michael, Dave Koz, The Temptations, Bobby Womack, The Chi-Lites, Babyface, and Kenny G.

In the spring of 2008, midday host Omega Jones, and afternoon host Jae McKrae, and Calvin P in the evening held their positions respectively.In the fall of 2008, WUKS was ranked #2 overall in the market with 8.5 percent of listeners.That was the first time since 1986 a station other than Foxy 99 or WKML hit the number 2 mark.