On August 1, 1961, WCLE-FM first signed on the air.[4] It was the sister station to AM 1570 WCLE. Because WCLE was a daytimer, the FM station simulcast the AM's programming by day and continued broadcasting at night. At first, the station was powered at 5,100 watts and only served the Cleveland area. When WUSY signed on in 1983, "Big Jon" Anthony didn't have the key to the studio and had to force his way in to place US 101 on the Chattanooga map.
The old studios were at the Osborne Building right off I-75 and has been at their current location off Lee Highway since the 1990s.
In 2000, Cumulus announced it would buy 11 radio stations in 4 markets from iHeartMedia (then known as Clear Channel Communications) in exchange for 25 radio stations in 5 markets plus cash as a part of that company's merger with AMFM Incorporated.[5] Other Clear Channel stations were WLOV (urban contemporary by this time), sports talkWUUS, CHR WKXJ, active rock WRXR (the former WLMX-FM), and oldiesWSGC.[6]
On November 1, 2017, iHeartMedia announced that WUSY, along with all of their sister stations in Chattanooga and Richmond, would be sold to Entercom due to that company's merger with CBS Radio.[7] The sale was completed on December 19, 2017.[8]
