 The station changed ownership several different times during the 1970s; it was a sister station to WDRK in Greenville (now WRZX) from 1968 until 1972 under the ownership of Lee Rutherford and Ron Rumley airing Drake-Chenault's "Hitparade" adult contemporary automation tapes.Later in that same year, the station was later owned by the Hildebrand family (as WMER Incorporated) and played Top 40 music.Scott Hillebrand (air name