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
Gendreau Broadcast’s KCLN/1390 (Clinton) and KMCN/94.7 (Clinton) notified the FCC that they returned to full-power operation on Sept. 29 after repairing antenna damage. They had been at reduced power due to spring storm damage.
Michigan
The FCC granted upgrades for Morgan Murphy Media/Queen Bee’s Knees’ WOLV/97.7 (Houghton) and WHKB/102.3 (Houghton). WHKB will also move to 102.9. Both stations will move to a site about ten miles southwest of Houghton that’s already used by sister station WHBS/96.3, with WOLV and WHKB both using 22kW/226m (class C2).
The FCC approved Gospel Opportunities’ purchase of WRPP/92.7 (Manistique-Escanaba) from Aurora Media LLC.
AMC Partners Escanaba’s WCMM/102.5 (Gulliver-Escanaba) was granted special temporary authority to transmit at 4kW ERP, rather than its licensed 60kW, due to a transmitter malfunction.
West Central Michigan Media Ministries’ WIHC/97.9 (Newberry) was granted an extension of special temporary authority to operate at 50% of its licensed 50kW due to an exciter failure.
Minnesota
The FCC granted Lowcountry 34 Media LLC a construction permit for new low-power TV station K03JP-D (Faribault), which will transmit from Rosemount with 3kW and cover provide potential coverage of the Twin Cities metro area.
The FCC granted an extension of special temporary authority for Park Public Radio’s KPPS-LP/97.5 (St. Louis Park) to remain off the air until April 13, 2027. The filing says KPPS-LP needs additional time to return to the air from a new transmitter site.
Faith Sound’s K203BR/88.5 (Winona), which relays KFSI/92.9 (Rochester), went off the air Oct. 27 due to a tower collapse. The station’s filing says it is seeing an alternate site.
South Dakota
The FCC has granted Forum Communications’ K35MW-D (Lead) a construction permit to reduce power from 15kW to 7.5kW. K35MW-D previously reported going off the air Oct. 7 due to technical difficulties.
Wisconsin
Coastal Television’s W15EE-D (Ashland), which is a translator of KQDS-TV/21.1 (Duluth), went off the air Oct. 16 due to transmitter failure.
Vanguard Association of Sunbelt Colleges Corporation was granted the callsign WTEG for its future station on 88.3 in Rosendale.
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.