Editing WBLS (section)

===2010–present===
[[File:Rev. Conrad Tillard in June 2022.jpg|thumb|200px|[[Conrad Tillard]]]]
From 2010 to 2015, former [[Nation of Islam]] minister and "Hip Hop Minister" [[Conrad Tillard]] served as a radio talk show host on WBLS, which broadcast his hour-long ''Sunday Night Live'' community-issues program for five years.<ref name="auto2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/16/nyregion/keeping-the-faith-differently-a-harlem-firebrand-quietly-returns-to-christianity.html|title=Keeping the Faith, Differently; A Harlem Firebrand Quietly Returns to Christianity|first=Alan|last=Feuer|date=June 16, 2003|work=The New York Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nypress.com/news/will-hiphop-minister-conrad-muhammad-go-from-noi-to-gop-GANP1020020723307239999|title=Will 'Hiphop Minister' Conrad Muhammad Go from N.O.I. to G.O.P.?|website=nypress.com}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.villagevoice.com/2001/11/13/bloomberg-radio/|title=Bloomberg Radio|first=Peter|last=Noel|date=November 13, 2001|website=The Village Voice}}</ref>

WBLS acquired WRKS's intellectual property in a merger of the two outlets announced on April 26, with a joint statement on both stations' respective websites.<ref>{{cite news|last=Sisario |first=Ben |title=New York Radio Rivals Kiss-FM and WBLS to Merge |url=http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/26/a-new-york-first-kiss-fm-and-wbls-longtime-radio-rivals-will-merge/ |work=[[The New York Times]] |date=April 26, 2012 |access-date=May 18, 2012 }}</ref> In addition to acquiring WRKS's intellectual property, WBLS and WLIB also moved into Emmis's New York production facility in the West Village section of Manhattan, into studio space vacated by WRKS during the week of May 21, 2012.

During the [[2012–13 NBA season|2012-13]] [[NBA]] season, WBLS broadcast selected [[New York Knicks]] games in an agreement with WEPN-FM.  These games conflicted with WEPN-FM's coverage of the [[NFL]]'s [[New York Jets]] when both teams were scheduled to play on Sunday afternoons.

On February 11, 2014, [[Emmis Communications]] announced it would purchase WBLS and WLIB from YMF Media LLC for $131&nbsp;million, pending FCC approval.<ref>{{cite news|title=Emmis buys WBLS and WLIB-A|url=http://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/126723/emmis-buys-wbls-and-wlib-a|work=allaccess.com|date=February 11, 2014|access-date=February 11, 2014}}</ref> The purchase was consummated on June 10, 2014. On July 1, 2019, Emmis announced that it would sell WBLS and WQHT to the public company Mediaco Holding—an affiliate of [[Standard General]]—for $91.5&nbsp;million and a $5&nbsp;million [[promissory note]]. Emmis will be a shareholder in Mediaco Holding and continue to operate the stations.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allaccess.com/net-news/archive/story/187565/emmis-forms-new-mediaco-holding-company-with-stand|title=Emmis Forms New Mediaco Holding Company With Standard General, To Transfer WBLS And WQHT (Hot 97)/New York To New Entity|website=All Access|language=en|access-date=July 2, 2019}}</ref> The sale was consummated on November 25, 2019.