Dean Slack bought the station in 1977 and persuaded Horn, who started his career at WCBA 10 years earlier and was then a top personality at WENY, to return.
"Bob and Dee" hosted the morning show until they sold their stations a little more than a year later to Route 81 Radio, based in Hazleton, Pennsylvania.
Following the collapse of Route 81 Radio, the station was sold to WS Media, LLC, a company controlled by William Christian of Vision Communications.
After WHHO ceased operations in 2009, the station dropped its standards format in favor of the Fox Sports Radio Network.
Effective March 15, 2013, Great Radio, LLC (another company controlled by Christian along with his son Jeffrey) acquired WCBA for $6,000.