More than twice as many Upper MIdwest stations made the flip to All-Christmas by the first weekend in November this year, compared with last.
Category: Iowa
Quincy Names Leaders for Waterloo, Madison, Rockford Stations
Quincy Media has named a trio of new Vice President/General Managers for its TV stations in Waterloo, Madison, and Rockford.
FCC Monitor: Gray Returns 2 North Dakota LPTV Licenses
The surrender of two North Dakota low-power TV licenses, whose programming continues on other signals, is among items recently crossing through FCC databases.
FCC Monitor: 3 New FM’s On Air; KLBB Still Looking for New Home
New FM signals are on the air in Grand Forks, Des Moines, and Marquette, and a suburban Twin Cities station continues to look for a new home.
FCC Monitor: New FM’s in N. MN; Family Ownership Transfer in SW MN
Items crossing through FCC databases include three new FM signals signing on in northern Minnesota and a southwestern Minnesota radio group being transferred within a family.
FCC Monitor: Several Stations Off Air or At Reduced Power
Radio stations in Grinnell, Iowa, and Custer, SD, going silent and 16 low-power TV stations returning their licenses are among items recently crossing through FCC databases.
Scripps’ Purchase of ION Means Future Network Moves
The E.W. Scripps Company announced Thursday that it has reached a $2.65 billion deal to buy the ION television network and 39 of its owned-and-operated stations.
End of “Live from Here” Transforms Weekend Public Radio
The end of “Live from Here” forced public radio services to reconsider their Saturday supper-hour programming for the first time since the Reagan administration.
FCC Monitor: More LPTV Activity Following Full-Power Repack
An Iowa FM translator going off the air and numerous low-power TV filings are among the items recently crossing through FCC databases.
Iowa’s Cornell College Surrenders FM License
Cornell College has surrendered the license of KRNL-FM/89.7 (Mount Vernon) nearly a year after it went silent due to a power surge.