The station was assigned call sign WORX-FM in 1950. The station was built by Louisville radio engineer and entrepreneur Clarance Henson[4] and owned by numerous families until 1980, when Dubois County Broadcasting bought the station. On January 10, 1981, the station changed its call sign to WCJC. On January 4, 1987, the station changed back to the current WORX-FM.[5]