 WCVT upgraded to 10,000 watts in 1981.Towson State began directly funding the station in 1988 with the intention of hiring professional management, which it did in the same year.In 1991, faced with an audience that was unsustainably small for its funding needs, WCVT flipped to smooth jazz and light adult contemporary "89.7 The Breeze", changing callsigns to WTMD.