KDSN-FM (Denison) has completed its move from 107.1 to 104.9, clearing the way for another station to improve its signal to Des Moines.
Category: Iowa
Update: Dozens Lose Jobs at Upper Midwest iHeart Stations
A national round of job cuts at iHeartMedia appears to have reached just about every one of the company’s markets in the Upper Midwest, with national industry outlets compiling at least two dozen job cuts regionally.
IPTV Becomes Iowa PBS
Iowa Public Television started the year with an official name change to Iowa PBS.
Update: Hearst Stations Return to DirecTV
Hearst Television stations have returned to DirecTV after a retransmission consent outage that lasted less than two days.
New Country-Themed DTV Network Launching in January (Updated)
New Country music and lifestyle TV network Circle is scheduled to launch January 1 with affiliates in a half-dozen Upper Midwest markets.
Eastern Iowa Station Switches to Hard Rock
KMCS/93.1 (Muscatine) has transitioned from “Vintage Sound” Classic Rock to Hard Rock as “93.1 The Buzz, everything that rocks.”
More Stations Christmas Dreaming (A Little Early This Year)
The start date of all-Christmas formats has moved around over the years, and (with apologies to Sinatra) stations are Christmas dreaming a little earlier this year.
FCC Tech Filings Include UP Station Reverting to 100 Watts
Requests for special temporary authority filed with the FCC in October include an Upper Peninsula station returning to its previous 100-Watt facility.
EZ Completes Return to Des Moines
The legendary EZ name has completed its return to the Des Moines radio dial.
Iowa FM Station Sold to GM, Sales Exec
The general manager of KHBT/97.7 (Humboldt) and her husband, who is a senior account executive at the station, are buying it.