Album-oriented rock
In November 1959, the station signed on the air. Its first [[call sign]] was WRED and it was the FM [[sister station]] to an AM station with the WHOT call letters. The two stations were owned by Myron Jones. From the late 1970s, FM 101.1 had an [[Album-oriented rock|album rock]] format. It called itself "The Wizzard" and used the call sign WSRD.