and renamed it WPQZ. Allegheny did not hold on long, selling WPQZ for $128,000 two years later to the Gilcom Corporation of West Virginia, making it a sister to stations in Weirton and Altoona, Pennsylvania. Gilcom sold WPQZ to Radio Two, owner of Clarksburg FM station WKKW, for $387,500 just 14 months later. Between 1985 and January 1987—when Radio Two's sister company Radio One sold off the FM—the two stations formed a simulcast, with the AM adopting the WKKW call letters and its country music format. On May 5, 1989, WPQZ became WOBG, part of a year of major changes that included a format flip to oldies and the station's sale for $100,000 to Hilber Corporation, owned by Robert Steinhilber. Later in 1990, Hilber bought the station's second FM partner, new station WXKI in Salem, which became WOBG-FM after having signed on December 31, 1989. Hilber sold both stations to Burbach Broadcasting for nearly $625,000 in 1998; the sale price included the assumption of almost $265,000 in debt. Ultimately, aging equipment sealed WOBG's fate in 2009, by which time the station was broadcasting adult standards music. In asking for authority to remain silent with the FCC, Burbach informed the commission that WOBG went off the air on December 17 of that year due to a series of fatal failures of its transmitter. The station never returned to the air, with its license expiring as a matter of law on December 18, 2010. References External links OBG Defunct radio stations in the United States Radio stations established in 1936 Radio stations disestablished in 2009 1936 establishments in West Virginia 2009 disestablishments in West Virginia OBG