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
Educational Media Foundation’s KILV/107.5 (Castana) reports that its transmitter is operating at an unspecified reduced power due to storm damage.
After signing on earlier this year, Grace Baptist Church’s KSHW/88.3 (Glidden) has applied to upgrade from 100 Watts to 3kW/27m. The power increase would add Carroll to KSHW’s main coverage area.
Minnesota
Gray Media closed on its purchase of KXLT-TV/47.1 (Rochester) from SagamoreHill of Minnesota on March 21. Gray’s KTTC/10.1 (Rochester) had already operated KXLT through a long-standing agreement.
HC2 Station Group’s K33LN-D (Minneapolis) requested special temporary authority to transmit at reduced power of 5.25kW ERP due to a damaged transmitter. The station normally broadcasts with 15kW ERP.
Edge Spectrum’s K29NY-D (Alexandria), which is currently off the air, has applied to move to a nearby tower and downgrade from 500 to 250 Watts. It would replace a previous construction permit for 15kW.
NexCom Media was granted the callsign KRKG-LP for its future station on 101.9 in Willmar but has now requested the callsign KRGX-LP instead.
Nebraska
iHeartMedia’s KFAB/1110 (Omaha) notified the FCC that it returned to full power of 50kW, using its licensed nighttime directional pattern, on March 26. The station had briefly reduced to 12.5kW non-directional while repairs were made.
MyBridgeRadio’s K257GW/99.3 (Omaha) has filed a license to cover application requesting program test authority to transmit from its new tower in western Omaha, using a 140-Watt directional pattern that limits the signal to the east. K257GW had previously transmitted from Springfield.
North Dakota
RadioDifferently’s KHTZ/106.9 (Minot), formerly KHRT-FM, notified the FCC that it returned to the air March 26. The filing says KHTZ is transmitting a message telling listeners that new programming will launch on April 1. The station also notified the FCC that it has activated an HD Radio signal.
South Dakota
The FCC has approved a move by CSN International’s K209FR/89.7 (Aberdeen) to a site east of the city, reducing power from 250 to 205 Watts.
Edge Spectrum’s K22KD-D (Sioux Falls), which is currently off the air, was granted a move to a different site and an upgrade from 100 to 250 Watts.
Wisconsin
VCY America’s WVCS/90.1 (Owen) returned to the air on March 18. The station was off the air for two weeks due to program delivery issues.
David Magnum’s W276CO/103.1 (Fond du Lac) reports that it went off the air March 24 due to unknown technical reasons.
Edge Spectrum’s W26FG-D (Eau Claire), which is currently off the air, was granted a move to a different tower, remaining 100 Watts.
Disclosure: Jon Ellis was an employee of Gray Media Group at the time this item was posted. The statements and views expressed in this posting are his own and do not reflect those of Gray Media Group.