On November 13, 2002, WTNC was purchased by ComCorp with the objective of bringing WBBR/WB programming over-the air. The call sign was changed to WBRL and was initially supposed to be on channel 19 before Communications Corporation decided to put it on channel 21 (sister station KZUP-CD was on channel 19, but is now on channel 20; some station ids from 2002 erroneously branded the station as WB 19 instead of WB 21).
On November 13, 2002, WTNC was purchased by ComCorp to air WB programming via over-the-air broadcasting. The station's call sign changed to WBRL and initially intended for channel 19 but Communications Corporation ultimately placed it on channel 21 (KZUP-CD, the sister station, was originally on channel 19 but now occupies channel 20; some station IDs from 2002 incorrectly identified the station as WB 19).