Following the sale, the station's call became WKGE in 2008. After being off-air since July 2012, during October 2012 WKGE was listed as silent in the FCC database. Birach Broadcasting filed July 24, 2014 for Special Temporary Authority (STA), requesting to keep the station silent for a maximum period of 180 days from the date of filing. The FCC granted this petition on September 11, 2014. As in previous filings, ownership cited main transmitter problems as the reason to keep the station silent, and had only intended a 90-day silence period, but as that window had come and gone, it would likely remain silent for the duration of the STA. In a subsequent application, filed March 3, 2015, Birach requested an additional stay-silent authorization of 90 days while efforts continued to secure a new transmitter, as the current one was constantly failing. The FCC approved this request on April 3, 2015.