Several Upper Midwest FM stations have recently requested special temporary authority from the FCC to operate at reduced power due to facility issues.
Category: South Dakota
New FM Signals in Eau Claire and 4 other Communities
The following recent FM translator sign-ons have not yet been reported here: Munising, MI: W249DR/97.7, relaying the Oldies/Classic Hits “GTO” format of WQXO/1400 McCook, NE: K252FV/98.3, relaying the Christian format of KNGN/1360…
Falling Ice Damages Sioux Falls Area FM Transmitter
Midwest Communications’ KELQ/107.9 (Flandreau-Sioux Falls) is using a backup transmitter after falling ice damaged its primary transmitter. The damage happened sometime prior to April 15, and the station returned to the air April 17….
Rosebud Sioux Tribe Station Off Air Following Storm
The Rosebud Sioux Tribe’s KINI/96.1 (Crookston, NE-Rosebud, SD) has told the FCC that it’s off the air due to equipment failure following a storm. A notification of suspension of operations indicates KINI…
KDLT Returns to the Air after Transmitter Site Fire
Red River Broadcast Co. NBC affiliate KDLT/46.1 (Sioux Falls) was off the air for much of the week due to a weekend fire at its transmitter site near Rowena. A viewer reports…
FCC Dismisses Longstanding Application for New South Dakota AM Station
The FCC has dismissed a longstanding application for a new AM station in southeastern South Dakota. Culhane Communications’ proposed station would have transmitted on 690 and been licensed to Tyndall, using 1.2kW…
Classical Music Returns to Brookings
Classical Minnesota Public Radio translator K238AX/95.5 (Brookings) has returned to the air. The translator had left the air in February 2018 after leaving its previous transmitter site. It downgraded from 250 Watts…
Sioux Falls FOX Affiliate Returns to Mediacom after 2-Year Dispute
Less than a week after returning to DirecTV, Sioux Falls FOX affiliate KTTW/7 is also back on Mediacom after resolving a long-running retransmission consent dispute. TVNewsCheck reported that KTTW had been off Mediacom…
Winter Weather Causes Technical Woes for Numerous Stations
Numerous stations have recently informed the FCC that they are operating at reduced power, with many citing winter weather conditions (for purposes of this report, the FM power levels listed are effective…
Duhamel Family Exits Broadcasting with Sale of Rapid City Radio Group
The Duhamel family is exiting broadcasting with the sale of their group of five Black Hills radio stations to an eastern South Dakota broadcaster. Having sold KOTA-TV in 2014, three companies run…