in 1982, then-wbow and wboq were sold to contemporary media, inc., headed by michael s. rice. wboq was relaunched as a rock station, wzzq, on june 15 of that year. ten years later, in 1992, wzzq became a rock-leaning chr station. between 1995 and 2001, it simulcast on 1230 am, which from 1995 to 2000 also took on the wzzq call letters.