 Harvey Levin, the majority owner of KFAT-Levin Radio, died of cancer in May 1982 at the age of 38, setting in motion a chain of events that would lead to KFAT's demise.In order to pay down debts, he had instructed his estate to sell KUIC in Vacaville to pay down debt and fund the continuation of KFAT, but the down payment on the Vacaville station was simply too high, and KFAT was sold first.Western Cities Broadcasting paid $3.6 million for the station, and needing vastly improved economic results from what KFAT was delivering, on January 17, 1983, KFAT flipped to CHR as KWSS.