Forum Communications has asked the FCC to approve a rare waiver of ownership rules so that it can acquire the FOX affiliate in Fargo, adding to its ABC affiliate in the market.
Category: Station sales
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.
8 Channels Added as Sioux Falls TV Sale Closes
Radiant Life Ministries has closed on its purchase of the former Sioux Falls FOX affiliate and converted it to a Tri-State Christian Television (TCT) network station with numerous subchannels.
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 Monitor: Nebraska TV Station Goes Silent for Move
Recent FCC filings include a Nebraska NBC-TV affiliate going silent as it prepares to transmit from a new site, with its programming continuing on other signals.
Duluth’s KUMD Rebrands as Sale to WDSE Closes
A longtime Duluth public radio station has rebranded as its sale to the operator of the city’s PBS station closes, creating the only public radio-TV combination in Minnesota.
Forum Announces Plan to Buy Fargo, Duluth FOX Affiliates
Forum Communications has announced plans to buy the FOX affiliates in Fargo and Duluth, with details of how the company proposes to comply with ownership caps yet to be announced.
FCC Monitor: KLBB Update, New FM in Minn., Wis. AM Goes Silent
Recent activity in FCC databases includes an update on KLBB, a new FM translator signing on in north-central Minnesota, and a Wisconsin AM station going silent.