Buddy Shula, a legendary local broadcaster and successful local business advocate, filed with the FCC and announced his intent to purchase the WECK and translator 102.9 FM on March 10, 2017. The sale closed May 3, 2017, at a purchase price of $550,000; among his first moves was to hire Danny Neaverth, the longtime former morning host at WKBW and WHTT-FM, for an on-air position. John Zach, previously WBEN's morning co-host from 1998 to 2016, joined WECK as news director and morning news anchor in July 2017; along with Zach's hiring, the station's national news updates switched from Fox News to CBS News. Zach abruptly left the station in February 2018. Steve Cichon filled the position for several months until his own departure.