in december 2009 and again in march 2010, the station filed letters and applications to the federal communications commission for the station to go silent. the fcc approved the request but the station was required to come back on the air by november 30, 2010 or the broadcast license would be revoked. on july 24, 2014, the fcc notified the owners that the station's license was deemed to be expired as of november 29, 2010, due to the station being remaining silent for well in excess of twelve months.