 Prior to acquisition by NIPR, WCKZ had been a Modern adult contemporary station as "Star 94.1" with the call signs WGL-FM and WYSR.The WYSR call-letters continued as the station flipped to Rhythmic oldies, first as "Y94", then as "Groovin' Oldies 94.1", in 1998.In 2001, the station acquired the WCKZ call-letters from sister station 102.3 and retooled the format on that frequency to Urban AC as "94.1 The Wiz".