The purchase of 101.9 by CBS put WFAN back on equal footing with ESPN Radio affiliate WEPN, which made its own AM-to-FM move in April 2012 (to the former WRKS). Speculation at the time suggested that the move would also allow CBS to split the WFAN simulcast at a later date and ensure a full-power New York home for its new national sports network, CBS Sports Radio, which began daily programming in January 2013 (and currently airs on the HD3 subchannel of WCBS-FM). Such a move would have mirrored CBS-owned sports talk pairings in markets such as Baltimore, where WJZ airs CBS Sports Radio full-time and WJZ-FM airs local sports talk. CBS (and later Entercom) chose not to break the simulcast, with Cumulus Media's suburban station WFAS (1230) "de facto" serving as the CBS Sports Radio flagship instead. Due to MLB and NFL blackout rules, WFAN is only allowed to air sporting events involving the New York-area teams within its home market.