Arnold W.(Abe)Albright and Richard Glenn Klopsch, principals in AKZ Inc. Albright, a former News Director with the "Group W" Westinghouse Broadcasting Company and NBC affiliates including KDKA in Pittsburgh and WIND in Chicago, and Klopsch, a newscaster and radio personality, revamped the struggling station by expanding the local market. They increased local sports coverage, particularly Waynesburg College Football and Basketball, and built community interest by covering the Greene County Fair, demolition derby at the County’s Fair Grounds, the Carmichaels Coal Show and the 4-H farm and horse show in Western Greene County. Under Albright's management, the station became the Southwest Pennsylvania broadcast outlet for Pittsburgh Pirate Network Baseball games and the Pittsburgh Steelers football. They contracted with NBC for news on the hour and special programing (they were the only NBC affiliate with just 250 watts) and followed with local news. Frustrated by the restrictive daytime license and 250-watt transmitter, Albright began the process of applying to the FCC (Federal Communications Commission) for an increase in power. In early 1976, Albright entered into an agreement with Kenneth R. Strawberry, of Uniontown, an employee at the US Department of State. Strawberry proposed using his connections at other Government agencies to lobby the FCC for approval to increase wattage power and further expand market coverage. Strawberry's efforts resulted in the FCC's granting an increase in power to 500-watts on April 27, 1976. The Strawberry/Albright partnership applied for an FM Stereo Broadcast license which was relocated from Fairmont, West Virginia on April 21, 1978, permitting WANB to broadcast a full 24-hours. WANB was joined by a simulcast FM sister station on April 21, 1978; enabling listeners to enjoy local radio service after the AM was forced to leave the air at sundown. with the Albright/Strawberry agreement, the company name changed from Commonwealth Broadcasters to WANB, Inc. The move required the purchase of new transmitting equipment. Strawberry advanced funds for the purchase, increasing his financial interest in the operation and ultimately forcing Albright out of ownership. On October 24, 1978 the FCC granted WANB 1000-watts of power. In 1980, housing for the transmitting equipment was constructed on land purchased south of Waynesburg near I-79 and broadcasting began from the 5000-foot guyed steel tower. With its increased capacity, the station now covered Greene and adjacent counties 24 hours a day and the signal reached a significantly expanded advertising market. Pushed out of ownership in the