Entercom Communications Corp., a leading media and entertainment company and one of the two largest radio broadcasters in the U.S., on Tuesday announced a deal to sell Rock 107.3 WAAF Boston to Educational Media Foundation for $10.75 million in cash.

The transaction, which must be approved by the Federal Communications Commission, is expected to close in the second quarter of 2020, according to EMF, which will replace the radio station’s rock format with “contemporary Christian” programming, beginning this Saturday, under a network affiliation agreement.

“We’re very pleased that we’re able to bring contemporary Christian radio to the Boston area,” said Joe Miller, the company’s vice president of signal development. “Boston is one of the last major markets we haven’t been able to get a major signal into until now.”

Entercom said it will continue to air the rock format on its existing HD stations, 104.1 HD2 and 93.7 HD2, and on radio.com.

WAAF lost Greg Hill, the host of the “Hill-Man” morning show for more than 28 years, in 2019, when Entercom announced he would join Sports 93.7 WEEI’s morning show.

“The Greg Hill Show” now airs from 6 to 10 a.m. on WEEI.