 WXNR came from the original call letters of WTND.And before that it was WVVY FM playing adult contemporary and then R&B music as "Wavvy 99.5" (with no rap) in 1988 through 1993 it switched to country music WTND and was known as "Thunder Country" until 1996 when the call letters changed to WXNR and the name changed to "New Rock 99X".The station went through many station identities (i.e.