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: New stations
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.
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.
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 To Auction Alexandria Channel after Paying $10M Take it Silent
A full-power TV channel within the Minneapolis market that went silent as a result of the spectrum auction could potentially return to the air as a result of a new FCC auction.
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.
FCC Says 7 Upper Midwest Non-Comm Applications are Defective
The FCC has determined that seven applications for new non-commercial FM stations in the Upper Midwest are defective due to failure to comply with regulations.