After WCOV's outsourcing contract with WSFA expired at the end of 2010, it entered into a new agreement with CBS affiliate WAKA (owned by Bahakel Communications) to produce a nightly 35-minute prime time newscast at 9 covering Montgomery. As mentioned above, WAKA's move into Montgomery cost WCOV its CBS affiliation a quarter-century earlier. At that time, the new show, known as "WCOV News at 9", reverted to pillarboxed standard definition (since WAKA had yet to make any upgrades to newscasts) and originated from studios on Eastern Boulevard (US 80/US 231). In addition, WAKA operates bureaus in Selma (on Landline Road/SR 22 Truck/SR 219) known as the West Alabama Newsroom and in Troy as well as Greenville (both known as South Alabama Newsrooms). Despite merging with WNCF and WBMM on February 4, 2013, WAKA continues to produce "WCOV News at 9" which now airs in high definition from an updated set at the shared WAKA/WNCF studios on Harrsion Road in Montgomery.