The following are updates to previously-reportedĀ itemsĀ and other recent regulatory filings and actions concerning Upper Midwest broadcast stations. This report is created by the author and is not an official report of the FCC.
Iowa
Iowa Public Radio’s KSUI/91.7 (Iowa City) returned to full power of 100kW on Feb. 27 after resolving technical problems that had caused the station to operate at reduced power since late December.
TLC Broadcasting’s KCMR/97.9 (Mason City) returned to full power of 6kW on Feb. 23 after resolving a transmitter issue.
After a years-long back-and-forth, the FCC has formally granted Heritage Baptist Church a construction permit for a new station on 88.1 in Burlington and dismissed Sound in Spirit Broadcasting’s competing application. The new station will use 5kW/69m (class A). See the Feb. 5 FCC Monitor for more background.
Grace Baptist Church of Marion requested the callsign KGCI-LP for its future low-power FM station on 98.7 in Marion.
Michigan
Real People Media was granted the callsign WRJX-LP for its future low-power FM station on 94.1 in Calumet.
Minnesota
The FCC granted First Baptist Church of St. James a construction permit for a new 100-Watt low-power FM station on 107.9 in St. James.
North Dakota
Bible Broadcasting Network was granted the callsign KYBD for its future station on 88.3 in Grand Forks. It also applied to increase the planned power from 1kW to 1.5kW.
In His Presence Ministries requested the callsign KTGH for its future station on 90.1 in Bowdon.
South Dakota
TMRG’s KXLG/99.1 (Milbank-Watertown) reports that it resumed full-power operations on Feb. 26.
The South Dakota Board of Directors for Educational Telecommunications was granted the callsign KWSD for its future station on 89.1 in Mitchell. The callsign was previously used by an unrelated TV station in Sioux Falls.
Wisconsin
With a community of license change from Wittenberg to Shawano recently approved, Weigel Broadcasting’s TV-49 Inc. applied to modify the construction permit for a new station on channel 31 to specify a tower south of Green Bay. The 1,000kW facility would be in the same area as other Green Bay-market TV stations and would use a directional antenna limiting the signal to the south to avoid interference to WITI (Milwaukee), which also transmits on RF channel 31.
VCY America is buying W218CC/91.5 (Wausau) from Radio By Grace for $28,000. W218CC will switch its input to VCY’s WVRN/88.9 (Wittenberg).
Gateway Technical College’s W269BV/101.7 (Elkhorn) was granted a construction permit to move its transmitter a few miles to the east and reduce power slightly from 38 to 27 Watts. It will continue to relay WGTD/91.1 (Kenosha).
Vanguard Association of Sunbelt Colleges Corporation applied to modify the construction permit for future station WBWY/91.9 (Janesville) to move the transmitter to a tower west of the city using 450 Watts at 125m.
G&G Media Services LLC closed on its purchase of WWIS-FM/99.7, WWIS/1260, and WWIS translator W287CT/105.3 (Wisconsin Rapids) from Dan Smith’s WWIS Radio Inc. on Feb. 29. The buyer has been operating the stations under a time brokerage agreement since Sept. 28.
Disclosure: Jon Ellis is an employee of Gray Media Group. The statements and views expressed in this posting are his own and do not reflect those of Gray Media Group.