With the FCC database back online, numerous Upper Midwest stations report that they are operating at reduced power for various reasons. But a few others are back at full power.
Category: FCC Monitor
A weekly look at recent FCC filings and activity pertaining to Upper Midwest broadcasting.
FCC Monitor Special Edition: Reopening Day Filings (Update)
Filings submitted to the FCC indicate several Upper Midwest station sales closed during the government shutdown. Two stations report operating at reduced power.
FCC Monitor: Plan Advances to Drop ATSC 1.0 Simulcast Requirement
The FCC has advanced a proposal that would eliminate the requirement that TV stations broadcasting in the new digital format simulcast their programming in the old format.
Not the FCC Monitor: Things That Haven’t Happened
A look at some of the applications remain pending before the FCC as a partial government shutdown continues. In Milwaukee, the situation has led to two stations using the same slogan.
FCC Monitor: Database Offline, Some Filings Before Shutdown
The FCC database is now offline, but a few applications and actions were noted prior to the partial government shutdown.
FCC/CRTC Monitor: FM Translator to Move Closer to Des Moines
An FM translator station will move closer to Des Moines. Elsewhere, a Wisconsin AM station will return to the air at reduced power and a Minnesota AM station will reduce power at night.
FCC Monitor: Dismissal of UW-Milwaukee LPFM Application Upheld Again
The FCC has rejected an application for review of its decision to dismiss UW-Milwaukee’s application for a low-power FM station because of a typo.
FCC Monitor: Callsign Change Hints at Northern Minn. Simulcast
A northern Minnesota radio station’s pending callsign change hints at a possible future simulcast. Elsewhere, an Upper Peninsula FM station is seeking a big upgrade.
FCC Monitor: New LPFM Granted in Des Moines
The FCC has granted a new low-power FM station in Des Moines after finding that a competing applicant did not qualify for as many points as initially thought.
FCC Monitor: Antenna Fire Knocks Northern Wis. FM Off Air
An antenna fire has forced a northern Wisconsin FM station off the air. Not far away, a new TV station has signed on in a different northern Wisconsin city.