wvbc relaunched as wyzr on september 1, 2013, as a result of a november 2012 announcement by pittsburgh public media (a group who unsuccessfully bid on wduq with the intent to retain its news-jazz-npr format as is) to purchase the license of wvbc as a pretext to returning jazz to pittsburgh airwaves in partnership with the pittsburgh jazz channel, an online jazz radio station founded by the former wduq staffers shortly after the wduq sale and format change. the wvbc sale finalized in may 2013.