As the licensee had also failed to pay the required regulatory fees, the FCC dismissed the renewal application on January 12, 2005, and ordered the station to cease broadcast operations.
[5] The station's license was cancelled and its call sign deleted from the FCC database on June 24, 2005.
[6] The station continued normal broadcast operations in defiance of the FCC's order and applied for reinstatement of their license on May 22, 2006.
[9] On March 7, 2007, the station's license was reinstated after the fine had been paid and other regulatory requirements had been satisfied.
The station went silent on January 24, 2015, to prepare to be sold to new owners, with WYVC FM to continue to be owned and operated by Down Home Broadcasting.