The following information is from requests for special temporary authority and related applications filed with the FCC in recent weeks:
WIPZ-LP/101.5 (Kenosha), which broadcasts from the University of Wisconsin-Parkside, went off the air May 29. The station’s FCC filing says it went silent as the UW System reevaluates its financial priorities in light of the COVID-19 pandemic. The station had been on the air for five years and is licensed to the UW Board of Regents. No other Regents stations have reported going silent.
Catholic radio station KHFR-LP/103.5 (Keosauqua, IA) went off the air March 19 when the silo that served as its tower site was demolished. The station, owned by St. Mary Radio dba Apostolate for the Heartland, says it’s looking for a new tower site.
In a followup to an item reported here in April, iHeartMedia’s “Mix 99.9” (KMXA-FM Minot) is seeking a permanent move to a tower site used by two of its sister stations after a partial tower collapse at its licensed site. KMXA-FM was licensed for 100kW/142m from its old site and received special temporary authority to use 20kW/119m following the collapse. KMXA-FM has now applied for a permanently-licensed facility at the site using 42kW/169m from the same antenna used by KIZZ/93.7 and KZPR/105.3. The other stations both transmit with 100kW.
Townsquare Media’s KDHL/920 (Faribault, MN) is transmitting at reduced power due to unspecified technical issues. It is licensed to transmit with 5kW directional, with different day and night patterns, but is instead using 1.25kW non-directional day and night, according to a May 29 filing. KDHL also has a construction permit to reduce the number of the towers at its site and transmit with 3.3kW day and 1kW night.
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