WKXJ

The 103.7 frequency is a newly assigned signal to the area, where it relocated from McMinnville, Tennessee and had been at 103.9 MHz, where its previous format was Country, now relocated to sister station WTRZ. But before WTRZ played country music as "Hot Country 103.7," the station, known as "Z-104" during the mid-1980s to early 1990s, was a mix of Adult contemporary, AOR, and CHR. As WBMC in the early 1980s aired an adult contemporary format. The move to Chattanooga had been in the works since 2003. In a statement from the online website The Chattanoogan on June 18, 2008, Clear Channel VP/Market Manager Mark Bass said, "This is going to be a carefully researched radio station that reaches a huge number of listeners in the Chattanooga area with a unique format that is not in this market anywhere, and something new and unique to the country, we're taking it first step forward."[http://www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_129983.asp From The Chattanoogan (June 18, 2008)]

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On June 23, 2008, after playing a ticking clock for a few minutes, the station flipped to a Disco format branded as "Boogie 103.7".{{cite web |title=WKZP Dances Out Of The Box |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/42193/wkzp-dances-out-of-the-box |website=All Access |language=en}} However, a few weeks later, the disco music was replaced with clips of The Rick and Bubba Show played around the clock. On August 29, 2008, the station flipped to an Adult Contemporary format branded as "103.7 The River," featuring "Delilah" at night.{{cite web |title=WKZP Flips To WURV '103.7 The River' |url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/45470/wkzp-flips-to-wurv-103-7-the-river |website=All Access |language=en}} However, after a year in the format, Clear Channel decided to bring the KISS-FM brand back to Chattanooga for the first time in 2 years, which was previously used at sister station WLND.

On November 1, 2017, iHeartMedia announced that WKXJ, along with all of their sister stations in Chattanooga and Richmond, would be sold to Entercom (now Audacy, Inc) due to that company's merger with CBS Radio.{{Cite web|url=https://radioinsight.com/headlines/120711/entercom-trades-boston-seattle-spin-offs-iheartmedia-richmond-chattanooga-2/|title = Entercom Trades Boston & Seattle Spin-Offs to iHeartMedia for Richmond & Chattanooga| date=November 2017 }} The sale was completed on December 19, 2017.{{cite web|title=Consummation Notice|url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1774721&Service=FM&Form_id=905&Facility_id=14735|website=CDBS Public Access|publisher=Federal Communications Commission|access-date=December 21, 2017|date=December 19, 2017}}

On January 22, 2021, WKXJ replaced Elvis Duran & The Morning Show with The Bert Show.

On May 16, 2025, Audacy announced that WKXJ's top 40/CHR format would be moving to 105.5 on May 23, ultimately displacing that station's active rock format. Like WRXR, WKXJ had been failing to overtake Bahakel's WDOD-FM, registering only a 2.7 share in the March 2025 ratings books, compared to WDOD-FM's 6.0.

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