The station began broadcasting at 5:30 a.m. on February 1, 1958 as WABZ-FM, acting largely as the FM simulcast of
WABZ. It was the first FM station to serve
Albemarle, North Carolina and surrounding
Stanly County. Ted Bell hosted "Saturday Night Music Machine" while at WABZ-FM, interviewing
Neil Sedaka,
Debbie Reynolds,
Freddie Cannon,
George Burns,
Phil Everly,
Teresa Brewer,
Tiny Tim, and
Gene McDaniels. The show, which Bell hosted until 1982, featured stars such as
Bobby Rydell and
Chubby Checker.
Johnny Olson of
The Price Is Right recorded station IDs for WABZ-FM at Bell's behest. On December 28, 1993, Bill and Susi Norman, owners of
WZKY and
WXLX, bought WABZ-FM from Piedmont Crescent Communications through their company Jenni Communications, Inc. "Inspiration 100.9" played "
Southern Gospel Music of today, yesterday and all the favorites", along with the
Trading Post, local sports and
ministry programs. Johnny Caudle hosted the morning show from 1995 until 2000. In 2004, WABZ moved to its current city of license and changed its letters and format, giving grade A signal quality to the
Charlotte area. Radio One, Inc. announced on November 16 that it had purchased WPZS for $11.5 million and moved it to the company's Charlotte facilities. The company already operated WPZS under an
LMA earlier in the month, changing the format to
Urban contemporary gospel. 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 September 13, 2012, at Midnight, WPZS began simulcasting sister
WQNC. WQNC and WPZS also swapped call letters on the same day. The two stations provided a strong combined signal with 60 percent overlap. The simulcast ended on August 14, 2015, with 100.9 reverting to the callsign WPZS. WPZS carried the syndicated
Yolanda Adams Morning Show. On December 11, 2025, multiple stations in the Charlotte area changed formats and call letters. This included moving the call sign and
hot adult contemporary format, previously at
107.9 FM, to this station, which became WLNK-FM. ln addition, this station's "Praise" format and WPZS call letters were moved to
610 AM, its
translator W273DA at 102.5 FM, and also the
HD-2 channel of
WOSF. On January 24, 2026, WLNK-FM applied for a power increase which would change the station from Class A to Class C3 and a change in the city of license to
Weddington, North Carolina.
Bible Broadcasting Network is buying WLNK for $4.2 million. ==References==