Recent FCC filings include the sale of a non-commercial FM station in Iowa and a Nebraska station leaving the air due to an antenna issue a month after it signed on.
Author: Jon Ellis
Weekly Log: WELY Plans, Brewers on TV, News Director Moves
Ten Milwaukee Brewers games will air on regional broadcast TV this season. Elsewhere, there are two news director changes in South Dakota and a promotion in Iowa.
Sinclair Selling TV Stations in Four Midwest Markets
Sinclair Broadcast Group is selling TV stations in four Midwestern markets, including Milwaukee, according to documents filed with the FCC.
FCC Approves Co-Ownership of NBC, FOX Affiliates in Rochester, MN
For the first time in five years, the FCC has approved co-ownership of two top-four stations in the same market.
FCC Monitor: Mpls. LPTV Station Drops Channel Change Application
A Minneapolis low-power TV station has dropped a channel-change application that was competing with another station. In North Dakota, two radio sales have closed and a third has been approved.
Northwestern Media’s KDNW Adds Third Full-Power Satellite
Northwestern Media has signed on a new station in Grand Rapids, Minn., replacing a previous translator to act as a full-power satellite of “Life 97.3” (KDNW Duluth).
Northern Minn. AM Station Goes Off the Air for Financial Reasons
De La Hunt Media’s KAKK/1570 (Walker) has gone silent, citing financial reasons.
Weekly Log: Longtime Anchor Retiring; Several Mpls. Radio Cuts
In Green Bay, a longtime anchor is retiring from one TV station while a longtime news director retires from another. In Minneapolis, several radio hosts have been dropped amid national cutbacks.
Minnesota Radio Group Owner Killed in Alaska Avalanche
Three men with ties to Mankato, including radio group co-owner J. David Linder, have died in an Alaska avalanche.
Townsquare Takes Quad Cities AM, FM Translator Off Air
Townsquare Media has taken an AM station and its FM translator in the Quad Cities off the air, citing the economy.