 Under the new company, original owners Nelson T. Barker and Lindy M. Seamon transferred 25% of their shares to their wives, Ethel and Frances, respectively.In April 1958, the station was again honored with a VAPBA award, this time for "Women's News".On January 26, 1959, WBBI was granted permission to change from an unlimited or 24-hour-a-day schedule to a daytime only schedule.