In 1986, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) granted KWIC a significant upgrade to Class C1 status at the maximum 100,000 watts from the original Fannett site. It required moving its operating channel up one notch to 107.9 MHz. This was done in conjunction with then KGOL at 107.3 in Lake Jackson, Texas also moving up one channel to 107.5 MHz, in order for that station to compete in the Houston area as a classic rock station. The signal upgrade was put to KWIC's advantage as well.