Several Upper Midwest FM stations have recently requested special temporary authority from the FCC to operate at reduced power due to facility issues.
Author: Jon Ellis
My Bridge Radio Adds Station near Omaha
The Christian “My Bridge Radio” network is getting closer to Omaha with the purchase of KZLW/90.1 (Gretna) from Calvary Chapel Omaha/Maranatha Fellowship.
Duluth TV Station Adding 5 Channels
Quincy Media’s KDLH (Duluth) is poised to add five new subchannels. Test patterns that showed up Thursday indicate most of the channels will launch May 1, including Justice Network on channel 3.2,…
Court TV Announces Upper Midwest Affiliates
Court TV has announced its charter affiliate roster, which includes more than a dozen Upper Midwest stations. The broadcast network, a revival of the former cable channel, launches May 8 on most…
New FM Signals in Eau Claire and 4 other Communities
The following recent FM translator sign-ons have not yet been reported here: Munising, MI: W249DR/97.7, relaying the Oldies/Classic Hits “GTO” format of WQXO/1400 McCook, NE: K252FV/98.3, relaying the Christian format of KNGN/1360…
Falling Ice Damages Sioux Falls Area FM Transmitter
Midwest Communications’ KELQ/107.9 (Flandreau-Sioux Falls) is using a backup transmitter after falling ice damaged its primary transmitter. The damage happened sometime prior to April 15, and the station returned to the air April 17….
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Station Off Air Following Storm
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s KINI/96.1 (Crookston, NE-Rosebud, SD) has told the FCC that it’s off the air due to equipment failure following a storm. A notification of suspension of operations indicates KINI…
KDLT Returns to the Air after Transmitter Site Fire
Red River Broadcast Co. NBC affiliate KDLT/46.1 (Sioux Falls) was off the air for much of the week due to a weekend fire at its transmitter site near Rowena. A viewer reports…
Green Bay Station Transitions to AC
Woodward Communications has brought Adult Contemporary back to Green Bay by tweaking an existing format. “KZ104.3” (WKZG Seymour-Green Bay), which had been an `80s and `90s Hits station, has added recent AC…
Tower Collapse Takes Neb. TV Translator Off Air
A translator carrying ABC and FOX to the north-central Nebraska town of O’Neill is off the air after a tower collapse. KHGI-TV reports that the tower, home to KHGI-LD/27, collapsed during a blizzard…