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.
Minnesota
VCY America’s KVCS/89.1 (Spring Valley) reports that it went off the air Sept. 10 due to a studio-to-transmitter link failure.
Edge Spectrum closed on its purchase of K30QX-D (Duluth) from Lowcountry 34 Media on Oct. 4. The station changed hands as a result of a swap of licenses between the two companies.
Nebraska
VSS Catholic Communications has closed on its purchase of the former K205FP/88.9 (Falls City) and has completed a frequency change to 89.5, moving its transmitter to a site near Shubert with 250 Watts. The new K208GM relays KVSS/102.7 (Papillion). Filings indicate the new facility was activated on Oct. 10.
Chadron State College’s KJZC/90.5 (Chadron) returned to full power of 865 Watts ERP on Sept. 30.
North Dakota
Lowcountry 34 Media closed on its purchase of K23OL-D (Bismarck) from Edge Spectrum on Oct. 4. The station changed hands as a result of a swap of licenses between the two companies.
South Dakota
The FCC has granted Midwest Communications’ K251BH/98.1 (Sioux Falls) a construction permit to move from its current site near Harrisburg to a tower near Rowena, remaining 250 Watts but improving its signal to Sioux Falls due to the higher antenna height.
Wisconsin
Following its purchase of W223DN/92.5 (La Crescent, MN), Magnum Communications has applied to move the translator from its present site in West Salem to a taller tower near La Crescent and change frequency to 92.7. The proposed 250-Watt facility would have a coverage area similar to Magnum’s two other translators in the La Crosse market; its W296EH/107.1 (La Crosse) is requesting dismissal of a construction permit to change frequency to 92.7. The filing states the relocated W223DN would relay the HD3 signal of Magnum’s WKBH-FM/102.7 (Onalaska).
A month before it was due to expire, an unbuilt construction permit for a facility change at WIBA/1310 (Madison) has been canceled. The permit had called for WIBA to co-locate with WTSO/1070. WIBA would have used 4.8kW non-directional day and 1.4kW directional night; it is currently licensed for 5kW both day and night, non-directional during the day and directional at night.
Lowcountry 34 Media closed on its purchase of W35DM-D (Minocqua) from Edge Spectrum on Oct. 4. The station changed hands as a result of a swap of licenses between the two companies.
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.