Doelitzsch aims to launch Southern Illinois UHF station Channel 27
Marion radio owner Dennis Doelitzsch expects FCC approval within four to eight weeks to begin construction of Channel 27 on Illinois 37, delivering local sports, movies and reruns with minimal local news. If approved, the station could air in six months to two years from a 10 acre site near Marion, aiming for high quality broadcasting and a diverse lineup.
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Marion
Illinois
Dennis Doelitzsch
WDDD
WDDW
Federal Communications Commission
Doelitzsch
Mount Vernon
Cairo
Southern Illinois
Paducah
WPSD
Linois Broadcasters Association
National Association of FM Broadcasters
FCC
Federal Regulatory Agency
Channel 27 Inc
United States
St. Louis
Couple celebrates first anniversary with candy dinner on busy intersection
Stever and his wife marked their first wedding anniversary with a candy dinner on a traffic island at the junction of South Illinois Avenue and Mill Street. A white tablecloth, pizza, wine, and car horns set the scene while passing motorists paused to observe the unusual celebration.
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Stever
South Illinois Avenue
Mill Street
Memorial Hospital trims expansion plan at Carbondale
Memorial Hospital in Carbondale will expand to add beds and upgrade facilities, but only the ground floor of the south wing will be added while the entire north wing proceeds. The project costs about 6 million dollars and includes a new intensive care unit and nursery, with CHPSI study of planning boundaries to influence the certificate of need process.
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Tom Woolf
Carbondale’s Memorial Hospital
Main Street
Jackson Street
George Maroney
Maroney
State Health Facilities Planning Board
Memorial
Perry
Jackson
Randolph County
Sparta
Chester
Red Bud
Belleville-St. Louis
Jackson County
Comprehensive Health Planning of Southern Illinois Inc
CHPSI
Carbondale
State Health Board
Martin Anderson
Illinois
Anderson
Iran Commission Arrives as Hostage Talks Pause
A five member UN sponsored commission arrives in Tehran to begin probing the deposed shah as Ayatollah Khomeini postpones hostage release decisions until parliamentary elections in April. Militants back Khomeini and vow to obey the nation's will.
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Associated Press
Tehran
Ayatollah
Ruhollah Khomeini
BBC
London
Geneva
Switzerland
Khomeini
Iran
Foreign Ministry
U.S
Abolhassan Bani
Southern Illinois Weather Outlook Today
More mild weather is in store for Southern Illinois today. Cloudy skies are expected with a high in the mid 40s. Tonight remains cloudy and colder with a low in the 20s. Partly sunny and colder on Monday with a high in the mid 30s.
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Southern
Illinois
National Weather Service
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Heiden
Ann Landers
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