The FCC has granted new low-power TV stations in Bismarck, Davenport, Des Moines, Madison, and Sioux Falls. Elsewhere, a South Dakota radio group sale has closed.
Category: Station sales
FCC Monitor: Iowa TV Station, UP AM Station Off Air; Wis. FM Upgrades
An Iowa TV station and an Upper Peninsula AM station have gone off the air. Elsewhere, a northwestern Wisconsin FM station has completed an upgrade.
FCC Monitor: KSMQ Transfer to TPT OK’d; Cedar Rapids TV Sale Closes
The FCC has approved the transfer of a southern Minn. station to Twin Cities Public Television. Also, Sinclair has closed on its purchase of a second Cedar Rapids TV license.
Riverfront Broadcasting Buys Watertown Group for $350,000
Riverfront Broadcasting is adding a fifth South Dakota radio market with the $350,000 purchase of a group in Watertown.
Weekly Log: Madison Morning Show Change, Wausau Met Changing Jobs
A Madison radio station has its fourth morning host in just over two years. Elsewhere, a Wausau meteorologist is leaving his on-air role.
Milwaukee Black Media Trust to Run Radio Stations, Newspaper
Civic Media has announced the formation of the Milwaukee Black Media Trust, which will ultimately run two radio stations and a newspaper.
Weekly Log: Nexstar/Tegna Combination On Hold
The Nexstar-Tegna deal is paused after a federal judge issued an order put the combination of the companies on hold until the legal challenge of the sale is completed.
Local Broadcaster Buys Silent Omaha AM Station
About two months after it took KXSP/590 (Omaha) off the air, SummitMedia has reached an agreement to sell the station to locally-owned Walnut Media.
Twin Cities PBS Takes Over Operations of Southern Minn. Station
Following a major loss of federal funding, southern Minnesota’s only PBS station has transferred control to Twin Cities Public Television.
Update: Connoisseur Requests Waiver to Buy Lincoln Competitor
Connoisseur Media is seeking a waiver of ownership rules to buy NRG Media’s competing radio group in Lincoln.