KWJJ-FM

The station signed on the air on September 16, 1968, as KJIB.[4] It was a stand-alone FM station, not attached to an AM station. KJIB was owned by Contemporary FM, Inc., with Bernard D. Seitz serving as owner and general manager. It played beautiful music, mostly instrumental cover versions of popular songs along with Broadway and Hollywood show tunes. The call sign referred to "jib," a sail used on sail boats.

In 1974, KJIB was acquired by Park Communications, which owned other easy listening stations around the country.[5] A year earlier, Park bought AM 1080 KWJJ, a longtime Portland country music station. For the first years of Park ownership, KJIB remained easy listening and KWJJ remained country.

In the late 1970s, Park moved KJIB from mainstream easy listening to a new format known as "Beautiful Country."[6] The sound was soft, but used instrumental cover versions of Country songs, rather than Pop songs.

KJIB switched to a conventional country format in the early 1980s. The FM station played mostly contemporary country hits with only a small amount of DJ chatter, while the AM station continued as a personality country outlet, going back several decades for its playlist of country tunes. On August 19, 1985, KJIB changed its call sign to the current KWJJ-FM. The two stations simulcast the morning show and some other segments during the day. In 1995, AM 1080 KWJJ became a network affiliate for ABC's Real Country, a classic country service.[7]

In 1996, Fisher Communications bought KWJJ-AM-FM for $35 million.[8] Fisher owned radio and TV stations in Seattle and other Pacific Northwest cities. Fisher continued the mainstream country format on KWJJ-FM and briefly continued the classic country sound on AM 1080 KWJJ. The following year, the AM station became hot talk KOTK.

In 2003, Fisher Communications sold KOTK and KWJJ-FM to Entercom for $44 million.[9] Entercom changed the AM station to all-sports as KFXX. KWJJ-FM continued as a country outlet. On January 6, 2004, KWJJ-FM rebranded as "99.5 The Wolf."