[7] On October 29, 2008, WAGE received a permit from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to move to 1190 kHz and increase its power to 50,000 watts.

[5] On August 2, 2009, WAGE fell silent due to "tough economic conditions" and an ongoing attempt to move the station to AM 1190 and up the power to 50,000 watts.

The station was also forced to move out of Leesburg as the existing transmitter site was not large enough to accommodate the required towers.

[18][19] At the same time, the United States Department of Justice announced an investigation to determine whether CRI was in compliance with legal obligations under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA).

PPP loans were prohibited for entities subject to the Foreign Agents Registration Act, under which Potomac Radio registered in December 2021.

[23] Potomac Radio's required FARA disclosures revealed CRI and China Global Television Network had paid the company over $4 million between 2019 and 2021, to broadcast its programming.

[24] On December 30, 2022, WCRW announced that it would end its "New World Radio" brokered programming; under a three-year local marketing agreement, iHeartMedia began operating the station on January 4, 2023, concurrent with a call sign change to WTSD.