metal pole and broadcast for several hours to preserve the station's license. Regular service resumed on August 19, 2004, after a new tower was erected and the antenna installed. In October 2004, the station applied for a new construction permit, identical to the previous upgrade permit, after the original expired without the upgrade being completed. After overcoming a series of objections, the new permit was granted on February 9, 2006, with a scheduled expiration date of February 9, 2009. After overcoming an objection to this permit by the Federal Aviation Administration over tower placement, a new permit was issued on April 17, 2009, with a scheduled expiration of April 17, 2012. In February 2009, Woodrow Michael Warren reached an agreement to sell KWTR to Sierra Communications, Inc., for a reported $350,000 in cash. The FCC approved the sale on April 17, 2009, but the deal was never completed and Warren filed a notification of non-consummation with the FCC on October 25, 2009. In the midst of the abortive sale, the station fell silent again at 7:07 a.m. on May 7, 2009, and notified the FCC in June 2009. In their application for special temporary authority to remain silent, KWTR management cited the loss of "electric and other utilities" at the licensed transmitter site as the reason they halted broadcast operations. The FCC granted the requested authority on July 24, 2009, with a scheduled expiration of January 20, 2010. In January 2010, the station applied for an extension which was granted on March 30, 2010, with a mandatory expiration of May 7, 2010. The station returned to the air on the evening of May 6, 2010, from a new transmitter site. This proved short-lived as "severe lightning and tornado activity" struck Reagan County and the station's transmission system was damaged. Rather than continue at low power, the station signed off at 8:17 a.m. on May 15, 2010. In June 2010, the station applied to the FCC for another remain-silent authority while repairs were being affected. The Commission granted this authority on August 30, 2010, with a February 28, 2011, expiration. Citing "a lack of qualified personnel" to install the repaired equipment, KWTR management applied for an extension to their authority in February 2011. However, the station never returned to the air and in October 2011 the FCC ruled that the KWTR broadcast license had "expired as a matter of law" at