WCLN-FM signed on in 1984 at 107.1 FM, the sister station of Clinton's WCLN 1170 AM. The station once aired an urban contemporary format while at 107.1. The station was also briefly known as WMXS before reverting to WCLN in 1994 and moving to 107.3 FM. With studios in Fayetteville, WCLN is heard well in southern parts of the Research Triangle thanks in part to a recent power increase to 25,000 watts. The station is also heard east of Fayetteville via WZKB, 94.3 FM in Wallace, thanks to the 2003 purchase of this station and in Goldsboro on 98.9 after acquiring translator W255AL from WRTP-FM.