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…
Author: Jon Ellis
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…
Two Winona Stations Rebrand
Leighton Broadcasting’s KWNO-FM/99.3 (Rushford-Winona) has switched the slogan for its Country format from “Wild Country” to “The Hawk” with the new callsign KHWK-FM. Leighton had started using the “Wild” moniker on the…
FCC Approves New FM Station for Red Lake Nation
The FCC has approved a new 100kW station for the Red Lake Nation on 105.3. The new class C1 station, which will be licensed to Red Lake, will transmit from a new…
New FM Station Signs On in Baudette
Troy Paskvan’s KPMI-FM/94.5 (Baudette) has signed on with a Classic Country format. KPMI-FM was originally permitted for 100kW and was downgraded to 3kW shortly before sign-on, but could likely be upgraded to…
Sioux Falls FOX Affiliate Returns to Mediacom after 2-Year Dispute
Less than a week after returning to DirecTV, Sioux Falls FOX affiliate KTTW/7 is also back on Mediacom after resolving a long-running retransmission consent dispute. TVNewsCheck reported that KTTW had been off Mediacom…