 Both stations were listed for sale in January 2003, at one point appearing on eBay with a $950,000 asking price.An acquisition by Clear Channel Communications (now iHeartMedia) in September 2003 at a price of $180000 ultimately fell through, leaving DiMarcantonio to attempt to find individual investors to buy equity in the stations.Clear Channel at that time owned WWTI (ABC 50 Watertown), which was later owned by Newport Television and is now owned by Nexstar Media Group.