Birach Broadcasting sold WKGE to Edward A. Schober effective January 17, 2017, for $25,000. Schober subsequently assigned the station's license to his wholly owned Zip2, LLC. In mid-April the station was heard playing a mix of music for hours or days at a time without station identification. On May 2, 2017, Legal IDs returned, plus a message stating that repairs to the facility were underway, so the station would be intermittedly be off the air during the next few weeks. Meanwhile, an interesting mix of music would be played. The station's carrier was initially badly distorted; presumably the aging Continental transmitter was having tube issues or possibly overheating. However, the station's clear null points in the directional pattern remained somewhat consistent (from a distance) with normal parameters.