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….
Author: Jon Ellis
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…
Three Upper Midwest Stations Win Crystal Awards
Three Upper Midwest stations won National Association of Broadcasters Crystal Radio Awards at the NAB’s annual convention in Las Vegas. The region’s winners are Hubbard Radio’s “KB101” (KBHP Bemidji, MN), Fieldview Broadcasting’s KWBG/1590 (Boone,…
Sale Would Have One Company Run All Four Major Networks in St. Joseph, MO
Fall 2019 Note: This sale was not completed. The FCC dismissed the application to transfer KQTV’s license in October 2019, and the station remains owned by Heartland Media. Of note just outside…
FCC Dismisses Longstanding Application for New South Dakota AM Station
The FCC has dismissed a longstanding application for a new AM station in southeastern South Dakota. Culhane Communications’ proposed station would have transmitted on 690 and been licensed to Tyndall, using 1.2kW…
Format Swap in Marshall
The Linder family’s Marshall Radio group has moved Classic Hits to a bigger signal, displacing southwestern Minnesota’s heritage Contemporary Hits outlet. The former KKCK/99.7 (Marshall) is now KARZ Classic Hits, while the former KARZ/94.7…
Omaha’s “Boomer” Adds Second AM Signal
Walnut Radio’s “Boomer Radio” Oldies format in Omaha has added a fifth signal: KOTK/1420 (Omaha), which has dropped Conservative Talk. “Boomer” is also heard on KOBM/1490 (Omaha), two FM translators, and a…