The following are updates to stories previously reported here and smaller recent FCC filings and actions that do not merit a full story of their own at this time:
Iowa
Hearst CBS affiliate KCCI/8 (Des Moines) completed an upgrade from 28.3kW to 44.6kW, remaining on RF channel 8.
The FCC has approved the sale of KWKB/20.1 (Iowa City) and a station in Utah from HC2 Broadcasting to Faith Broadcasting Network, which operates the TCT Christian TV network.
K230CB/93.9 (Marshalltown) applied for a license to cover after a few months of testing. K230CB was granted during the FCC’s AM Revitalization effort to relay KFJB/1230.
Minnesota
Future FM translator K252GA/98.3 (Mankato) was granted a frequency change to 98.7 with the new callsign K254DT. The translator was granted during the AM Revitalization window to relay Subarctic Media’s KTOE/1420 and faces a May 16 deadline to sign on.
EICB-TV East’s construction permit for new low-power TV station K14QM-D (Duluth) was granted an extension until January 2022.
The FCC deleted the construction permits for new low-power TV stations K29LX-D (Duluth) and K30NX-D (Duluth). The permits were due to expire in 2018.
Nebraska
Sinclair Broadcast Group returned the license of former TV translator KHGI-LD/27 (O’Neil). The cancellation does not affect the full-power TV station that uses a similar callsign.
Flood Communications’ KOHA-LD/27 (Omaha) was granted special temporary authority to continue broadcasting at 4kW while it works to complete a 15kW facility.
North Dakota
The Educational Media Foundation’s KNDW/91.7 (Williston) was granted special temporary authority to operate at an unknown reduced power due to an antenna issue. The station says it has acquired a replacement antenna but it has not yet been installed.
Wisconsin
Live Sports Radio, LLC requested special temporary authority to operate a low-power TV station on channel 5 at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, as it has done for previous NFL seasons. The facility provides an audio feed of the game to fans. The latest authorization would be for 5 Watts from August 5, 2021 to February 5, 2022.
The FCC granted an extension of special temporary authority for Baraboo Broadcasting Corporation to continue operating a low-power TV station on channel 16 in Baraboo, which is the successor to former analog low-power TV station W43BR. The owner intends to apply for a permanent LPTV license once FCC rules allow the filing.
Magnum Radio’s WBOO-LP (Elk Mound-Eau Claire) was granted an extension until January 2022 to resume broadcasting digitally on channel 18. It had previously broadcast in analog on the now-discontinued channel 45.