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WWFN-FM (100.5 FM, "100.5 The Game") is a
radio station Radio broadcasting is the broadcasting of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based rad ...
broadcasting a
sports Sport is a physical activity or game, often competitive and organized, that maintains or improves physical ability and skills. Sport may provide enjoyment to participants and entertainment to spectators. The number of participants in ...
format. Licensed to
Marion, South Carolina Marion is a city in and the county seat of Marion County, South Carolina, Marion County, South Carolina, United States. It is named for Francis Marion, a brigadier general from South Carolina in the American Revolutionary War. The population was 6 ...
, United States, the station serves the
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area. The station is currently owned by Cumulus Media.


History

Classy 100.5 signed on in December 1991. The first call sign for the 100.5 frequency was WQTI, at the same time the call sign WQTR went to what is now WQPD. WKSY played
country music Country (also called country and western) is a popular music, music genre originating in the southern regions of the United States, both the American South and American southwest, the Southwest. First produced in the 1920s, country music is p ...
. Cumulus Media bought classic rock WHSC-FM 98.5,
alternative rock Alternative rock (also known as alternative music, alt-rock or simply alternative) is a category of rock music that evolved from the independent music underground of the 1970s. Alternative rock acts achieved mainstream success in the 1990s w ...
WBZF 100.5, and WMXT. The adult contemporary format from WMXT moved to 100.5, while alternative rock moved to 98.5. Later, the call sign WFSF was used. Formats on 100.5 FM have included
adult contemporary Adult contemporary music (AC) is a form of radio-played popular music, ranging from 1960s vocal and 1970s soft rock music to predominantly ballad-heavy music of the 1980s to the present day, with varying degrees of easy listening, pop, soul ...
and
contemporary hit radio Contemporary hit radio (CHR, also known as contemporary hits, hit list, current hits, hit music, top 40, or pop radio) is a radio format common in many countries that focuses on playing current and recurrent popular music as determined by the Top ...
(CHR). Prior to 2003,"WHLZ Florence, SC Flips to Hot AC as Q100.5"
Radioinsight, April 18, 2017
the WHLZ call sign, "Wheelz" name and country format belonged to a station in Manning, South Carolina, which moved to
Charleston, South Carolina Charleston is the List of municipalities in South Carolina, most populous city in the U.S. state of South Carolina. The city lies just south of the geographical midpoint of South Carolina's coastline on Charleston Harbor, an inlet of the Atla ...
and became WIHB. On July 3, 2013, at 3 p.m., WHLZ rebranded as "Nash FM 100.5". On April 17, 2017, after stunting with music from each decade from the 1960s through the 1990s, WHLZ changed its format from country to hot adult contemporary, branded as "Q100.5" under the new WQPD call sign. The format includes Bob and Sheri in the mornings and an automated Westwood One-originated format the remainder of the day and weekends. On August 28, 2023, WQPD changed its format from hot adult contemporary (which moved to WWFN-FM 100.1 Lake City as "Q100.1") to sports, branded as "100.5 The Game", under a new WWFN-FM call sign.100.5 The Game Expands to Regional Trimulcast
Radioinsight - August 28, 2023
The station operates as a half-day (6 a.m. to 6 p.m.) simulcast of sister station WNKT in Eastover.


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* 1992 establishments in South Carolina Cumulus Media radio stations Sports radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1992 WFN-FM {{SouthCarolina-radio-station-stub