381:, normally a routine paperwork matter, but after nearly a year of consideration the FCC dismissed the renewal application and terminated the station's authority to broadcast. On June 11, 1998, the station owners petitioned the FCC for reconsideration and on June 30, 1998, the Commission granted the petition, reinstated the application, and renewed that station's license. Control of the license was transferred to Rollins Broadcasting Company and the new owners applied for a new callsign. The station was assigned the current
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programming, a series of complaints, both formal and informal, were filed with the FCC that WJAM was not properly serving the public interest. Citing "a lack of public affairs programming" by the station, its routine license renewal was challenged. The license held by Radio Marion, Inc., was
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in which the characters deal with health problems with practical solutions and healthier eating. The program is hosted locally by registered nurse
Frances Ford who brackets the show with a listener call-in show offering advice, support, and "practical steps to better health".
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Communications, Inc., to receiver William H. Dilday Jr. The transfer was approved by the FCC on March 26, 1985.
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September 30, 1986, and the transaction was consummated on July 20, 1987.
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