On November 8, 2019, WNBM, in anticipation of a future sale, ceased live programming and became fully automated, terminating its remaining airstaff in the process. With the COVID-19 pandemic effectively ensuring a sale would not occur in the near future, the station added the Westwood One-distributed, Atlanta-based Rick & Sasha program to mornings in late April 2020. Rick & Sasha lasted a year on the station, as Cumulus canceled the program in April 2021. The Hughley program was eventually dropped as well, resulting in Westwood One's urban adult contemporary-formatted The Touch radio service, delivered via satellite, being heard in all time periods.
