Recent FCC filings include several minority investors exiting KZIA Inc. and Bruce Grassman gifting his radio company shares to his son.
Category: New stations
Weekly Log: New getTV Affiliates; People Moves in MN, NE, WI
Recent developments include getTV adding stations in Milwaukee and Duluth as well as people moves in Minnesota, Nebraska, and Wisconsin.
Regulator: Winnipeg Can’t Support Another Commercial Radio Station
Canada’s broadcast regulator has determined that Winnipeg cannot support another commercial radio station and has instead allowed a proposal for a new community station to advance.
FCC Monitor: Kearney FM Switches Programming, Upgrades in Baraboo
Recent FCC filings include a Kearney, NE, FM translator switching its programming and two FM signal upgrades in Baraboo, WI.
FCC Monitor: New FM in Waterloo, Suburban Milwaukee AM Goes Silent
Recent FCC filings include the sign-on of a new FM station in Waterloo, a suburban Milwaukee AM station going off the air, and an AM upgrade plan in South Dakota.
FCC Monitor: Winners of Four New MI, WI FM’s Tentatively Selected
The FCC has tentatively selected winners of a new non-commercial FM station west of Milwaukee and three new FM stations in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula.
FCC Monitor: Details of New Grand Forks, Northern Wis. TV Stations
Recent FCC filings include details of planned new TV stations in Grand Forks, ND, and Eagle River, WI, as well as several new low-power TV stations being constructed.
FCC Monitor: Wis. FM Callsign Change; Plans for NE Wis. TV Station
Recent FCC activity includes a pending callsign change for a Wisconsin FM station, plans for a new Wisconsin TV station, and a proposed upgrade for an Eau Claire-area FM signal.
New TV Station Plans St. Cloud-Area Transmitter, Rimshotting Metro
Radiant Life Ministries/Tri-State Christian Television has proposed a new TV station that would theoretically reach the northwestern Twin Cities metro while also serving central Minnesota.
Weekly Log: Longtime Radio News Voices Depart; New DTV Channels
Developments this week include the departures of several longtime radio news voices and new digital TV channels in Minneapolis and Des Moines.