The station was assigned the call lettersWACL-FM on August 2, 1978. On July 1, 1988, the station changed its call sign to WHFX, on March 22, 1996, to WFGA, on March 23, 1998, to WWSN, and on September 13, 2010, to the current WQGA.[3]
On May 15, 2014, Qantum Communications announced that it would sell its 29 stations, including WQGA, to Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia), in a transaction connected to Clear Channel's sale of WALK AM-FM in Patchogue, New York to Connoisseur Media via Qantum.[4] The transaction was consummated on September 9, 2014.