sentences:  In 1976, the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare awarded White Ash Broadcasting a "matching grant" of $125,000 to cover the cost of studio and transmission equipment.To earn the full grant award, the program required White Ash to raise $40,000 from local sources.White Ash Broadcasting successfully petitioned the FCC for a construction permit in the fall of 1976, and received a full license two years later.