After the sound of a ticking clock, The first song was "FM" by Steely Dan. In the meantime, some of the other applicants for the license had merged to form a group called Biltmore Forest Radio Inc., headed up by U.S. House Representative Mel Watt. The group was successful in pointing out in the U.S. Court Of Appeals in a separate case Bechtel v. FCC (10 F.3d 875) that the FCC's "interrogation preference" was "arbitrary and capricious".
Following the sound of a ticking clock, The first song played was "FM" by Steely Dan. At the same time, some other applicants for the license joined forces to form Biltmore Forest Radio Inc., led by U.S. House Representative Mel Watt. This group successfully challenged the FCC's approach in court (in the case Bechtel v. FCC), highlighting its arbitrariness and lack of justification.