 The move expanded the signal reach of WAAF to cover the core of the Boston market and areas to the south.However, both WAAF and WKAF still had signal issues in the South Coast and Taunton areas.During December 2016, rumors were circulating that Entercom was planning to split the WAAF simulcast and flip WKAF to an urban format in January 2017, the Twitter profiles for the new afternoon hosts of AAF only mentioned 107.3, and a simulcast for the station was also added onto the HD2 channel of WKAF and the HD3 channel of WEEI-FM, which, as HD Radio did not have signal interference, could cover areas of Boston that 107.3 didn't cover, eliminating the need for a simulcast and making room for such a move; those rumors were confirmed on the 3rd, as WKAF began running liners redirecting listeners to WAAF, the aforementioned HD channels, or AAF's online stream.