History
This station was WGAT-FM Mar. 13, 1979, WZXY on Oct. 14, 1981, and changed to its current letters on July 1, 1991.
In the early 1980s, WGAT-FM became WZXY, an AOR station with the nickname "Y-105". Sometime in the mid to late 1980s, WZXY changed formats from AOR to Top 40. Through much of the 1990s and a large part of the 2000s the format was oldies ("Good Times Great Oldies") and then adult hits. The station was called "The Peak" when it changed to hot adult contemporary.
On February 24, 2012 WKOS changed their format to country, branded as "Great Country 104.9".
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