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The station started broadcasting in [[1965]], when it signed on as '''WCTS''', with a non-commercial very conservative fundamentalist [[Christian]] format, consisting of mostly Bible teachings, by the Fourth Baptist Church in Minneapolis.
It sold to a secular commercial entity in [[1993]], and was changed to '''WBOB''', picking up a [[country music]] format under the "Bob 100" moniker. The [[1990s]] "Bob" station is credited as the source of the "[[Bob FM]]" series of stations that began appearing in [[North America]] several years later. However, they use an Adult Hits format rather than country. It was as "Bob 100", with its "Turn your knob to Bob" slogan, that the station prompted a parody done by the Minneapolis-based cast of ''[[Mystery Science Theater 3000]]'', in which mad scientist Dr. Clayton Forrester announces that he is starting a radio station, and encourages Mike and the 'Bots to "Turn your crank to Frank", alluding that said station would be named after lab assistant TV's Frank. A "Frank" format (Similar to "[[Jack FM]]" format) has since materialized in [[2006]] in the Northeast [[United States]].
100.3 was known as '''WRQC''' for two years starting in [[1997]], broadcasting a [[hard rock]] format with [[Howard Stern]] in the morning. It later became one of several area stations to resurrect the '''WLOL''' [[call sign]] in [[1999]], with a classic hits format, until becoming smooth jazz KJZI in July of [[2003]].
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