 The station aired an adult contemporary format, branded as "classic hits", playing music from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s.Throughout the 1980s, WKKD was originally used on a local access channel in Naperville throughout its AC days on Jones Intercable until the Summer of 1988.In the late 1980s, the station aired a soft AC format, as "Lite Mix", with the branding changing to "K-Lite" in 1989.