On December 15, 2001, the station flipped to All-1980's as "The New 101.5 The Point". The first song as "The Point" was "Don't You (Forget About Me)" by Simple Minds. The station was modeled after KHPT in Houston, Texas that had launched the previous year. The call letters became WPOI on January 14, 2002.
2011–2018
On July 1, 2011, at 10:00 am, after playing Bon Jovi's "Blaze of Glory", the station dropped its 1980s and 1990s format, and began stunting. One hour later, the station flipped to CHR as "Hot 101.5", with LMFAO's "Party Rock Anthem" as its first song.
1Stations owned by CMG but operated by News-Press & Gazette Company under an shared services agreement. 2CMG operates this station, but it is owned by Hoffman Communications, Inc. under joint sales and shared services agreements. 3Sale of this station to Standard General pending FCC approval. 4Sale of these stations to Imagicomm Communications pending FCC approval.
