East metro station KLBB/1220 (Stillwater) has returned to the air with a temporary facility a week before a statutory deadline to resume broadcasting. The station had gone silent at the end of…
Author: Jon Ellis
Fergus Falls TV Translator Silent Ahead of Channel Change
Pioneer Public Television’s northernmost signal, K49FA-D (Fergus Falls), went off the air March 18 pending a channel change due to the spectrum auction repack. The PBS station already has FCC approval to…
Tegna Enters Des Moines, Quad Cities with Nexstar-Tribune Spinoffs
Tegna is entering Iowa with the purchase of spinoffs from the Nexstar-Tribune merger in two markets: Tribune ABC affiliate WQAD/8 (Moline-Quad Cities), Nexstar ABC affiliate WOI-DT/5 (Ames-Des Moines), and Nexstar CW affiliate KCWI/23 (Ames-Des…
Changes for Several Secondary Radio Transmitters in NW Ontario
The CRTC has approved a move to FM for CKDR-3 (Hudson). The rebroadcaster currently transmits on AM 1450 with 40 Watts and will move to FM 97.5 with 27 Watts, relaying the…
FM Station Moves Transmitter to Wausau
A belated note that WRVM’s WXVM/104.1 (Merrill-Wausau) completed its transmitter move to Wausau around the beginning of the year. The station now uses 8.3kW/144m (class C3) from Rib Mountain. Areas north of…
Rhinelander Station Drops Sports for AC
WHOH/96.5 (Rhinelander) has dropped Sports in favor of “Mix 96” following the station’s sale to Heartland Communications. The new format apparently does not yet have a website but does have a Facebook page.
Classical Music Returns to Brookings
Classical Minnesota Public Radio translator K238AX/95.5 (Brookings) has returned to the air. The translator had left the air in February 2018 after leaving its previous transmitter site. It downgraded from 250 Watts…
Omaha AM Station to Leave Longtime Transmitter Site
The FCC has approved a plan for Walnut Radio’s KOBM/1490 (Omaha) to co-locate its transmitter with new sister station KCRO/660, leaving its longtime home in the Midtown/Hanscom Park neighborhood. FCC records indicate…
Family Radio Surrenders Omaha FM Translator CP
Family Radio has dropped plans for an FM translator in Omaha. The Christian radio network had received a construction permit for K239CO/95.7, which would have used just 2 Watts, relaying programming from…
FOX Turns Off Translator in Walker
FOX Television Stations has returned the license for a longtime northern Minnesota translator, K49CU (Walker). The translator had broadcast from the KCCW-TV tower near Hackensack relaying KFTC/26 (Bemidji), which, in turn, relays…