 The FCC approved the application on December 12, 1980.On November 1, 1988, WKMC and WHPA were sold to WHPA/WKMC Inc., a company headed by David G. Mitchell, thus ending more than three decades of the licensee being in the hands of Cove Broadcasting, though ownership principals had changed over the years.Concurrently with the change in ownership, WKMC was permitted to operate with limited nighttime power after the FCC permitted Regional Class III stations to adopt nighttime authorization in the late 80s.