 According to the commission's records, WVAB operated for a total of 357 days in the two license terms between April 1, 2008 and November 30, 2017, and was silent for the remaining period of nearly nine years.When it did operate, in order to avoid automatic deletion of its license after one continuous year of silence, it was at 6 watts from a temporary transmitter site at the western edge of Virginia Beach, Virginia; the FCC estimated that WVAB covered two percent of its licensed service area from that site.Birach has claimed since acquiring the stations that it has been unable to get zoning approval for a new tower.