The station signed on as WCCJ in late January 1995 with a commercial-free
free-form rock format. Due to low advertising rates, in June 1995, the station changed to
smooth jazz, and would flip again to
rhythmic oldies as "92.7 the Jam" on August 22, 1999. As a result of the decline of rhythmic oldies nationally, on April 2, 2001, WCCJ flipped to
mainstream urban as
Hot 92.7, with new call letters WCHH, taking on
urban/
hip hop station
WPEG. It did well in the ratings at first, knocking heritage station WPEG down to 6th place in the market, but later declined, so it was flipped to
urban AC on January 21, 2004, as "Q92.7", along with a call letter change to WQNC. WQNC took over
Tom Joyner's show from longer standing urban AC rival
WBAV-FM soon after that. WBAV subsequently answered back by signing on as an affiliate for a new syndicated show hosted by Joyner's rival,
Steve Harvey. On May 15, 2008, WQNC added two talk shows: the
New York City based "Keeping It Real with Rev.
Al Sharpton", and the "
Warren Ballentine Show". In October 2009, WQNC rebranded as "My 92.7", changed to a more contemporary format, dropping the talk show hosts other than Joyner, and adding energetic music from such artists as
Usher,
Patti LaBelle and
Whitney Houston. The slogan was "R&B from the 80s, 90s, and Now", although some 70s
disco/
soul/
R&B songs remained on the playlist. On August 31, 2011, Radio One announced its intention to sell off their Charlotte stations to Davis Broadcasting, but in April 2012, the deal fell through, and Radio One decided to keep the stations. On August 27, 2012, WQNC began directing listeners on air and online to sister station
WNOW-FM. Imaging teased that something 'inspirational' was coming. Two weeks later, on September 13, WQNC began simulcasting sister WPZS and switched call letters with that station. The two stations provided a strong combined signal with 60 percent overlap. WPZS increased power to 10.5 kW and height to 154 meters. Construction was completed in October 2013. On August 14, 2015, 92.7 began stunting with all-
Drake as "Drake 92.7", promoting a new format to come the following Monday, August 17, at 5 pm. Along with this, 92.7 reverted to its previous call sign of WQNC, with 100.9 retaining the gospel format and the WPZS call letters. At the promised time, WQNC flipped back to urban as "92.7 The Block", taking direct aim at WPEG (as well as
WGIV/W277CB). "The Block" was moved to the
HD2 channel of
WOSF, as well as
translator station W273DA (102.5 FM), on February 28, 2022; following a transition period, 92.7 became an FM simulcast of
WFNZ on March 1, a role previously served by the 102.5 facility. Ahead of the swap, on February 16, WQNC changed its call letters to WFNZ-FM. On September 4, 2025, WFNZ-FM switched affiliations from Infinity Sports Network to ESPN Radio. ==References==