 The license surrender had followed an investigation by the commission into a decade of limited operations for it and co-owned WBVA (1450 AM).WVAB had a long history in Virginia Beach, moving from a popular music station to strictly news and finally gospel programming.The late Sidney Kellam, a scion of political and economic power in Princess Anne County and Virginia Beach during mid-20th century, and members of the Kellam family, were the original owner and founders of WVAB.