the gradual evolution of National Public Radio (NPR). It also broadcast live remotes from the Ohio State Fair. By the year 2000, WOSU primarily aired NPR news and talk programming, supplemented by programs from American Public Media and Public Radio International. It was also home to the Ohio State ice hockey and women's basketball broadcasts. On weekend evenings the station featured 12 hours of bluegrass music on a program called The Bluegrass Ramble, hosted by a group of three rotating announcers. In addition to its sports and news coverage, the station produced an award-winning talk show, Open Line with host Fred Andrle, who retired in May 2009 after 25 years in radio. In September 2009 Andrle's program was replaced by All Sides With Ann Fisher, hosted by former Columbus Dispatch reporter and columnist Ann Fisher, who came to WOSU with 20 years of journalism experience. Ohio State eventually decided to concentrate its radio broadcasting efforts on the FM band. In 2010, the university purchased station WWCD at 101.1 FM, changing its call letters to WOSA. The 101.1 station mostly plays classical music, leaving WOSU-FM 89.7 FM to concentrate on news and informational programming. WOSU-FM 89.7 and WOSU 820 began simulcasting again, carrying NPR news and talk shows. The FM signal was branded as the main station, under the moniker "89.7 FM NPR News". The university also announced that it was putting WOSU 820 AM up for sale. In September 2011, a deal was finalized to sell 820 AM, pending Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approval. St. Gabriel Radio agreed to pay $2 million. The sale and transfer of license was approved by the FCC on November 7, 2011. No formal announcement of farewell or final goodbye to listeners was made prior to the final shutdown of WOSU. The station ended its regular NPR and local news broadcasts at 5 p.m. on December 9, 2011, after which it aired a continuous announcement loop informing listeners that its news and talk format would continue on 89.7 WOSU-FM. The announcements continued until 9:00 a.m. on December 14, when the signal was abruptly shut down in the middle of the sentence "I'm Mandie Trimble, W...", ending before the full WOSU call sign was spoken. WVSG New call letters were granted on December 15, WVSG. The station returned to the air on December 17 after 3 days of silence. The station made its official debut at