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On September 18, 2014, JVJ Communications, Inc. filed a "Notification of Suspension of Operations / Request for Silent STA" form with the FCC to take the station silent. The reason given was that "[t]he station has run out of money and cannot afford to broadcast at this time." The FCC granted the request on October 15, 2014.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1651178&Service=AM&Form_id=910&Facility_id=32974 |title=Notification of Suspension of Operations - Request for Silent STA |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=September 18, 2014 |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> The station resumed broadcasting when JVJ Communications, Inc. filed a "Resumption of Operations" form with the FCC on December 17, 2014 stating that "[t]he station is operating pursuant to its license."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1665320&Form_id=910&Facility_id=32974 |title=Resumption of Operations |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 17, 2014 |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref>
 
On December 4, 2017, JVJ Communications, Inc. applied to the FCC for a construction permit to build an FM [[Broadcast relay station|translator]]. The FCC granted the permit on January 12, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1763013 |title=ORIGINAL CONSTRUCTION PERMIT [W271DA] |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 4, 2017 |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> The permit specifies that the translator's facilities includingwill include a new tower will be constructed adjacent toat the AMWPDC antennatransmitter site.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1795178&Service=FX&Form_id=350&Facility_id=201338 |title=APPLICATION FOR AN FM TRANSLATOR OR FM BOOSTER STATION LICENSE |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 12, 2018 |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> As a result, on November 13, 2018 JVJ Communications, Inc. applied to the FCC for a construction permit for WPDC to substitute the new tower for the currently used AM antenna tower, which will be decommissioned. The resulting required changes to the AM antenna will necessitate permanently reducing the nighttime power from 18 watts to 7 watts.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/forms/prod/prefill_and_display.pl?Application_id=1796046&Service=AM&Form_id=301&Facility_id=32974 |title=MINOR CHANGE TO A LICENSED FACILITY [WPDC] |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=November 13, 2018 |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref> The FCC granted JVJ Communications, Inc. a new license for the translator on December 13, 2018.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://licensing.fcc.gov/cgi-bin/ws.exe/prod/cdbs/pubacc/prod/app_det.pl?Application_id=1795178 |title=LICENSE TO COVER [W271DA] |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=December 13, 2018 |website=fcc.gov |publisher=[[Federal Communications Commission]] |access-date=2018-12-20}}</ref>
 
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