[2][6] In 1995, Dr. Charles Bownds and his wife Joyce, originally from Houston, Texas, purchased WUAT.
[7] The station's studios are within the Mini-Outlet store, also owned by the Bownds, along Main Street in Pikeville.
[7] Joyce Bownds, who was also the station's morning disc jockey, died on January 31, 2016.
[9] The Estate of Joyce Virginia Bownds entered into an agreement with Vicki R. Smith and Johhny William Paul Bridges, both of Pikeville, on August 24, 2016.
[6][10] The sale to Smith and Bridges' WUAT, LLC, at a price of $20,000, was consummated on October 17, 2016.