WXRD

The station began broadcasting November 10, 1972, holding the call sign WFLM, and airing an easy listening format, as the "World's Finest Listening Music".^[1][2][6] The station was originally owned by John Meyer.^[1][2] In 1982, the station's call sign was changed to WWJY,^[3] and the station was branded "Joy"/"South Lake 104".^[6] In 1993, John Meyer sold the station to M & M Broadcasting, owned by former Hammond, Indiana, mayor Thomas McDermott Sr., for $600,000.^[7] On March 1, 1993, the station's format was changed from easy listening to CHR.^[6][7][8] In 1995, the station began to simulcast the rock format of WABT 103.9 in Dundee, Illinois.^[9]

In 1996, the station was sold to Z-Spanish Network, along with WABT, for $3.6 million,^[10][11] and the station adopted a Spanish language format,^[12] as "La Zeta".^[13] On July 1, 1996, the station's call sign was changed to WZCO.^[3] The station would go silent shortly thereafter, before switching to a country music format in November 1996, with programming from Real Country, under a Local marketing agreement with M & M Broadcasting, who was in the process of purchasing the station.^[14] On December 2, 1996, the station's call sign was changed to WXRD.^[3] By 2002, the station's format had been changed to classic rock.^[15] In 2004, the station was sold to Radio One Communications, along with WZVN, for $4.9 million.^[16][17][18] The station was purchased by Adams Radio Group in 2014.^[19][20]

After 18 years, WXRD pulled The Bob and Tom Show off the air on June 17, 2019, and began a locally produced classic rock morning show. As of December 2021, Nights with Alice Cooper was the station's only syndicated day-part.^[21]

Effective June 9, 2023, Adams Radio Group's portfolio of 18 stations and translators, including WXRD, was sold for $12.6 million.

• Facility details for Facility ID 39382 (WXRD) in the FCC Licensing and Management System
• WXRD in Nielsen Audio's FM station database