St. Gabriel Radio Acquisition of WOSU
According to its official website,(September 9, 2011) St. Gabriel Radio with the help of its supporters purchased the former WOSU 820 kHz from The Ohio State University in September 2011. The sale and transfer of license from Ohio State to St. Gabriel Radio was approved in November 7, 2011 by the FCC. 820 AM was assigned a new callsign (WVSG) after WOSU ceased programming on December 9, 2011, went silent on December 14 and returned to the air as WVSG on December 17 (St. Gabriel programming now airs on AM 820), as such St. Gabriel programming likewise ceased on 1580 AM at 6pm on December 20.
Its fundraiser "Leave A Legacy" was intended to purchase WVKO until 2010 when The Ohio State University put WOSU up for sale. The WOSU 5,000 watt daytime signal (790 watts at night) along with its wider coverage area was the reason in St. Gabriel's purchase of AM 820.
On December 29, 2011, WVKO relaunched their website and announced a return of the progressive-talk format to the station on January 2.
It was announced on December 14, 2012, that the format would change, mostly due to a lack of advertiser support. The station changed to Gospel on December 17.
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