WJMO's license was granted a short-term renewal by the FCC on January 19, 1965, along with four other stations owned by Richard Eaton. The unusual move was made due to technical violations at WJMO, and came as co-owned WOOK (AM) and WOOK-FM in Washington, D.C. and WBNX (AM)/New York City faced increased scrutiny and fines over their operations, although it was not provable at the time that WJMO was facing issues similar to those stations (WCUY's license, by contrast, was granted a full renewal). Along with the renewal, WJMO's daytime power was increased to 1,000 watts daytime, while remaining at 250 watts for nighttime hours.