[9] In 1969, the Federal Communications Commission designated Washington Community's challenges alongside WOOK's and WFAN-TV's license renewals for hearing.

The group also charged that WOOK was the outlet for a numbers racket, using fake Bible citations to publicize the daily result; FCC rules prohibit the broadcast of information related to illegal gambling.

[14] To preserve its African-American-oriented programming, WOOK swapped formats and call signs with co-owned Spanish-language station WFAN (100.3 FM), and subsequently left the air on April 22, 1978.

[2] However, the station faced turmoil within months of beginning operations when, in October, eight managers resigned from WYCB in a dispute over finances and the new venture's direction.

The company filed for bankruptcy in 1988, and on December 11, 1989, the station was sold at foreclosure auction[20] to Broadcast Holdings, Inc., owned by G. Cabell Williams III, for $150,000.