In 1952, WBLK filed for channel 12 in Clarksburg, seeking to trade on the TV first call rights it held from its NBC radio affiliation.
The first was a challenge by the publisher of Clarksburg's two daily newspapers, saying that Ohio Valley's ownership of the TV station would result in a monopoly; this led to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit overturning the FCC's grant.
Allegheny did not hold on long, selling WPQZ for $128,000 two years later to the Gilcom Corporation of West Virginia, making it a sister to stations in Weirton and Altoona, Pennsylvania.
[12] On May 5, 1989, WPQZ became WOBG, part of a year of major changes that included a format flip to oldies[13] and the station's sale for $100,000 to Hilber Corporation, owned by Robert Steinhilber.
In asking for authority to remain silent with the FCC, Burbach informed the commission that WOBG went off the air on December 17 of that year due to a series of fatal failures of its transmitter.