The following are updates to previously-reported items and other recent regulatory filings and actions concerning Upper Midwest broadcast stations. This report is created by the author and is not an official report of the FCC.
Iowa
Trinity Communications, which is in the process of buying KDLS-FM/105.5 (Perry-Des Moines), has applied to switch the station from a directional to a non-directional antenna. It would remain 10kW/157m (class C3). The change would improve the station’s signal to Ames.
Fieldview Broadcasting’s KWBG/1590 (Boone) requested an extension of special temporary authority to transmit non-directionally at night, rather than use its licensed 500-Watt directional nighttime facility, due to unspecified technical issues. The station’s latest filing says a new equipment has been ordered but has not arrived.
Meanwhile, Fieldview’s KZWC/1570 (Webster City) requested an extension of special temporary authority to use its 137-Watt nighttime signal 24 hours per day. The latest filing says repairs have taken longer than estimated.
Michigan
Cornerstone Community Radio was granted the callsign WLWS for its future station on 89.1 in Iron Mountain.
Nebraska
CSN International’s K255CJ/98.9 (Briggs-Omaha) reported that it returned to the air March 5 using the temporary 7-Watt facility reported here last week.
The FCC approved the Nebraska Rural Radio Association’s purchase of KBRY/92.3 (Sargent-Broken Bow) from Mark Jensen’s Mid Nebraska Broadcasting.
South Dakota
Real Presence Radio’s K234DI/94.7 (Brookings) completed a move to 100.7 as K264DG, remaining 250 Watts.
Wisconsin
Heartland Communications’ WCYE/93.7 (Three Lakes-Rhinelander) returned to the air March 9 after completing antenna repairs. An earlier filing reported it had gone off the air Jan. 21.
Roseland Broadcasting asked the FCC for a waiver to allow it to move the construction permit for future low-power TV station K17OO-D closer to Madison. Though licensed to Sioux Falls, SD, the construction permit issued more than a decade ago actually specifies a tower site near Darlington, WI. After Roseland purchased the permit and applied to move it closer to Madison last fall, the FCC sent Roseland a letter saying that the original permit had been issued in error because it is within 75 miles of a top 100 market (Madison) and such applications were not allowed at the time. The FCC’s letter asked Roseland to amend its application so that the proposed facility would be no closer to Madison. In an amended application filed March 7, Roseland seeks a waiver, explaining that it was not aware of the site restriction when it purchased the permit and that there seems to be no official record of which permits are subject to the restriction. Its amended application requests a tower site near Mount Horeb with a 4.7kW facility that would rimshot Madison. Roseland says it intends to serve Hispanic audiences.
Digital Networks-Midwest’s K18NQ-D (Rhinelander), which is currently licensed to transmit from Crandon, applied to move its transmitter to a tower near Lakewood with 3.5kW directional.
The FCC granted Digital Networks-Midwest’s W21EF-D (Waupaca) a construction permit to move from its present site near Oshkosh to a tower near Fond du Lac with 3kW.
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