The station began broadcasting December 14, 1963, and was owned by Paul Dean Ford.[4][5] It initially aired a big band format.[6] By 1968, the station had adopted a country music format, which it continued to air until 1992.[7][1][4][8] It was taken silent in 1992.[8] In 1993, WKZI was transferred to Word Power, Inc., a nonprofit run by the Ford family, and the station adopted its current Christian format.[9][10][6]
Effective October 29, 2021, the station was sold to American Hope Communications, along with WLHW, WPFR, WPFR-FM, and three translators, for $179,000.[11][12]