 In 1985, the station changed to live album-oriented rock.Programmed in the first year by local native and Appalachian State Graduate Greg Mull (see K-Rock Fort Myers and 98 Rock Tampa) and fellow ASU graduates Justin 'Jay' Phelps and Jon Austin, the station during the '80s placed in the top 10 of Charlotte Arbitron ratings during Fall 1985-December 1986.After Mull's departure in 1986, both Phelps and Austin served in music director roles, under various hired program directors in the 1980s including Bob Raleigh who later went on to launch classic rock WCKN (now WROQ) in Greenville, SC.