In February 1991, WKOA first went on the air on 94.5. The station had been programmed as an all-oldies station after listener questionnaires appeared in local newspapers asking readers what type of format was needed for a new radio station that was going to be coming in February 1991. The winning format was oldies, though former Top-40 outlet WSYN-FM Sunny 106.5 had just gone all-oldies in May 1990. The new Koast 94.5 played an odd sort of oldies, many of which were not heard on Sunny 106.5. The playlist was somewhat small. "Dancing Queen" by ABBA, "Torn Between Two Lovers", and "Tom Dooley" by The Kingston Trio were some of the oldies played over and over again on WKOA-FM. By late 1992, Koast 94.5 was dead and talk radio station WRNN took over. The Tom Snyder Radio Show was one of their early shows. The format lasted for almost eight years on 94.5 FM.
In 2000, WRNN-FM "Hot Talk 94.5", a 6,000-watt station, traded frequencies with WMYB "Star 99.5", a 25,000-watt station, for a few weeks. WMYB soon moved to 92.1, leaving the frequency vacant.[3]WEZV needed better coverage of the south end of the market, so a simulcast began.[4] The simulcast ended on July 26, 2007, when WYEZ switched to a soft AC format as "Yes 94.5".[5] On March 17, 2008, the format was tweaked to a mainstream AC format. [citation needed]
The switch to rhythmic AC took place on September 2, 2008.[6] While the station was consulted by Alan Burns and used the "Movin" name, it was not a rhythmic adult contemporary, to which the Movin' name usually refers. WYEZ was the second rhythmic oldies station that used the slogan, the first being KMVN in Los Angeles, California, which has since changed. The slogan was "Picks You Up and Makes You Feel Good".
On April 21, 2015, WYEZ changed their format to adult contemporary, branded as "94.5 The Tide",[8] with the slogan "Today’s Best & Yesterday’s Favorites."[9] WYEZ added John Tesh late in 2016.[10]
