 WPEK was sold to Cathy Hughes (Radio One) in the fall of 2000 and then sold in late January 2001 to Cox Broadcasting.An agreement was reportedly reached between new station ownership and then affiliate network content provider, Westwood One, which distributed nationally syndicated talk shows to WPEK such as G. Gordon Liddy, Dr. Joy Browne, and the Don & Mike Show, to keep network programming running until February 16, 2001 to facilitate a smoother format transition.However, on February 1, 2001, the Don & Mike Show, which, just 3 days earlier, had again been rated #1 (Arbitron) in the "afternoon drive" time slot, was cut short at 5p.m.