It changed calls to WZXY on October 14, 1981, and changed to its current callsign on July 1, 1991. In the early 1980s, WGAT-FM became WZXY, an AOR station under their nickname "The New Y105, FM Rock". Sometime in the mid- to late-1980s, WZXY changed formats from AOR to CHR/Top 40.
This transition occurred on October 14, 1981, when it was rebranded as WZXY, and its current call sign was adopted on July 1, 1991. In the early 1980s, WGAT-FM was repositioned as WZXY, a prominent radio station known as "The New Y105, FM Rock". At some point in the late 1980s, around the mid-decade, WZXY switched from AOR to Top 40/CHR format.