Recent activity in FCC databases includes denial of a new FM station application in Minnesota and the closing of a radio station sale in Cedar Rapids.
Category: Iowa
Running List: FCC Grants New Non-Commercial FM Stations
The FCC has started granting applications for new non-commercial FM stations in rural areas that were not in competition with other proposals.
FCC Monitor: Competing FM App’s Resolved in Iowa, Minn., Neb.
Groups have resolved competing FM applications in Iowa, Minnesota, and Nebraska. Meanwhile, regulators have granted a Manitoba station that would transmit two hours per week.
FCC Monitor: Many New Low-Power TV Stations Built, Others Seek Tolling
Recent FCC filings include Gray TV reporting that numerous new low-power TV stations have been constructed. Several sales have also closed.
Gray Promotes Quad Cities News Director to Rochester GM Office
Gray TV’s news director in the Quad Cities is headed to the general manager’s office in Rochester, Minn.
FCC Monitor: FM Applicants Modify Plans, LPTV’s Seek New Extensions
Wisconsin Public Radio is among the applicants modifying their proposals for new FM stations, while numerous low-power TV permits are seeking new extensions.
“X1075” Brings Alternative to Cedar Rapids
KZIA Inc.’s K298BM/107.5 and KZIA-HD4 (Cedar Rapids) have launched an Alternative format as “X1075,” replacing a Comedy and Sports format that had been called “The Gym OT.”
FCC Monitor: New FM Signing On in Waterloo, LPTV’s Request Extensions
FCC filings in the week before Christmas included a new FM signal signing on in Iowa and several low-power TV stations seeking more extensions.
FCC Monitor: Iowa Station Back to 100kW, Changes for Milwaukee?
Recent FCC filings indicate a Des Moines-market FM station is back up to 100kW and that a Milwaukee FM signal may soon change its programming.
FCC Monitor: New FM Signals Sign On in Janesville, Minocqua
Recent FCC activity includes two Wisconsin FM translators submitting license to cover applications and an update on a long-running effort to upgrade an FM station near Omaha.