Recent items crossing through FCC databases include a low-power TV station continuing a hop towards Minneapolis and an Upper Peninsula TV station boosting its power.
Category: Station sales
Gray TV Buying Back Rapid City Station It Divested in 2016
Gray TV is buying back a Rapid City TV station that it divested five years ago, a move possible because the station no longer ranks in the top four.
Longtime Eastern Montana Christian Station Sold to Regional Network
KGLE/590 (Glendive, MT) is due to begin carrying different Christian programming as the station is sold to Hi-Line Radio Fellowship, which operates “Your Network of Praise.”
FCC Monitor: More Christian FM’s Apply for Upgrades Ahead of Freeze
Ten more non-commercial radio stations applied for upgrades before the FCC put a freeze on such applications.
FCC Monitor: Four Christian Radio Stations Seek Upgrades
Recent FCC activity includes upgrade applications from Christian radio stations in Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota, as well as a low-power TV station moving towards Minneapolis.
Two Owners Exit Radio Group Along Kansas-Nebraska Line
Two of the three shareholders of a company that owns a half-dozen stations along the Kansas-Nebraska border are selling their shares in the company.
FCC Monitor: Madison-Area FM Permit Reinstated; LPTV Activity
Recent FCC activity includes a Madison-area FM construction permit being restored and low-power TV stations being sold, going silent, or being deleted.
FCC Monitor: New FM Signal Signing On in Oshkosh
Recent FCC activity includes a new FM station signing on in Oshkosh and formal applications for new FM stations in Iowa and Michigan.
GM Gets Majority Stake in NE Iowa Radio Stations as Wennes Exits
The general manager of a group of radio stations in northeastern Iowa is increasing his stake in the company its as longtime majority owner exits the company.
Riverfront Exits Iowa, Selling Algona Radio Stations to GM
Riverfront Broadcasting of Iowa, which at one time owned radio stations in five Iowa communities, is exiting the state with the sale of its Algona stations to their general manager.