going to launch the former WRCZ, "Moose" Waters KAZR Des Moines, Iowa and "Sloppy" Joe going to KDAT in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. The station's signal is directional to the southwest since it is short spaced to WNYQ 101.7 Glens Falls, NY and slightly to the southeast to protect WRSY 101.5 in Marlboro, Vermont. At one time, all three radio stations were owned by Vox Radio Group. The original allocation for the Brandon, Vermont frequency was 101.9 FM, and was moved to its current 101.5 frequency when WCVR-FM in Randolph, Vermont upgraded from a class A at 102.3 FM to a class C3 at 102.1. The original call sign for WEXP was WADT, which was used from 1993 to 1998, though the station never made it on the air under the WADT calls. The WEXP calls were previously used on WKOL Plattsburgh, New York until 1995, and on WSGN-FM in Gadsden Alabama from 1975 until 1984. WEXP, along with 29 other Nassau stations in northern New England, was purchased at bankruptcy auction by Carlisle Capital Corporation, a company controlled by Bill Binnie (owner of WBIN-TV in Derry), on May 22, 2012. The station, and 12 of the other stations, would then be acquired by Vertical Capital Partners, controlled by Jeff Shapiro; however, as this would put Shapiro over the Federal Communications Commission's ownership limits in the Lebanon-Rutland-White River Junction market, WEXP and WWOD would be acquired by Electromagnetic Company, a company controlled by William and Gail Goddard. Simulcast station WTHK was not included in this deal and would remain with Shapiro. This transaction was consummated on November 30, 2012, with the WEXP/WWOD portion valued at a price of $600,000. On December 10, 2012, Scott Fybush reported that Radio Vermont paid $475,000 to buy the station. WEXP's simulcast on WTHK ended on January 22, 2013; that station now simulcasts WXXK. The sale to Radio Vermont was completed on March 15, 2013. On June 12, 2014, Radio Vermont announced that WEXP would drop the classic rock format and launch an undisclosed music format branded as "101 The One" on July 1. The new format was simulcast with WCVT (101.7 FM) in Stowe, and featured what Ken Squier described as "a new adult service local to Vermont." Station ownership changed in 2019 and new owner David "Uncle Dave" Tibbs relaunched the station as a non-profit with an eclectic music format, branded as "101.5 WEXP,