The following are updates to previously-reported items 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
Des Moines Public Schools’ KDPS/88.1 (Des Moines) informed the FCC that it plans to go off the air June 5 and that the district is planning to sell the station. An application to transfer the license has not yet been filed. KDPS is a core Des Moines signal using 5.2kW/85m (class A).
Following its purchase of KPVL/89.1 (Postville), American Christian Radio reports that the station went off the air April 15 because the station’s transmitting equipment was not included in the sale.
Calvary Baptist Church was granted the callsign KPMT-LP for its future low-power FM station on 95.7 in Waterloo.
Marion Avenue Baptist Church was granted the callsign KEPL-LP for its future low-power FM station on 92.3 in Washington.
Michigan
The FCC granted Global Evangelism Ministry Services the callsign WGHS-LP for its future low-power FM station on 101.9 in McMillan.
The FCC granted Fundamental Baptist Church of Kinross Township the callsign WIGD-LP for its future low-power FM station on 96.5 in Kinross.
Minnesota
Fairmont Area Catholic Radio’s KYEJ/90.1 (Fairmont) has completed an upgrade from 175 Watts to 6kW. The group was also granted a modification to the construction permit for future station KRYX/91.9 (Fairmont) to change the planned facility from 6kW/29m to 830W/56m.
Northwestern Media’s KDGR/88.1 (Grand Rapids) reports that it returned to full power of 5kW on May 6 after completing transmitter repairs.
One Day Church Project was granted the callsign KBQA for its future station on 88.1 in Rochester. It has also applied to modify the construction permit to specify 4kW/44m (class A) rather than the original 20.5kW/102m (class C3).
Nebraska
Gray Media’s KCWH-LD/18.1 (Lincoln) returned to the air May 5 after a two-week outage.
Flood Communications West’s K26CV-D (Ogallala) returned to the air on May 6, implementing a new 3.2kW facility.
Wisconsin
Bellowing Ox Properties’ WPBO-LP/104.7 (Platteville) has signed on. The station carries Catholic programming from Relevant Radio.
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.