WFLS was founded, and initially owned and operated by,
The Free Lance–Star newspaper. WFLS began broadcasting as an AM station (on 1350 AM), on July 15, 1960. Adopting a
middle-of-the-road format, WFLS-FM launched on June 12, 1962. The station switched to an all-
country music format in 1975. It started broadcasting in
HD Radio in May 2006. On January 23, 2015,
Alpha Media "entered into a definitive agreement" to purchase WFLS and sister stations WNTX,
WVBX, and WWUZ from Free Lance-Star License, Inc. The purchase was consummated on May 1, at a price of $8.1 million. Alpha Media merged with
Connoisseur Media on September 4, 2025. ==References==