Thursday’s unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court upholding the FCC’s 2017 changes to ownership rules could allow more consolidation within local TV markets.
Category: Station sales
North Dakota TV Station Owner Buys Low-Power TV Permits
A company that owns a full-power TV station in the Fargo market is buying the construction permits for four low-power TV stations in North Dakota.
Prairie Winds/Hub City Radio Adds 7th FM in Aberdeen
Prairie Winds Broadcasting is adding a seventh FM signal to its Hub City Radio group in Aberdeen.
FCC Monitor: FCC Formally Approves Minneapolis Radio Sale
Recent items in FCC databases include approval of a Minneapolis radio sale and FM stations in northern Minnesota and Nebraska at low power.
Longtime NW Iowa Christian FM to Switch to “K-Love” (Updated)
Dordt University has announced plans to sell its KDCR/88.5 (Sioux Center) to the Educational Media Foundation, operator of the “K-Love” Contemporary Christian network.
FCC Monitor: Deluge of LPTV Extension Requests Continues
Dozens more low power TV stations are seeking extensions of their construction permits, with one operator telling the FCC it plans to build them with ATSC 3.0 and distributed transmission systems.
Gray Buys LPTV Stations in Eau Claire, Wausau
Gray TV is buying construction permits for low-power TV stations in Eau Claire and Wausau, cities where it is seeking to divest full-power stations due to overlap with its existing stations.
FCC Monitor: Iowa, Nebraska VHF to UHF Moves Progress
The following are updates to stories previously reported here and smaller recent FCC filings and actions that do not merit a full story of their own at this time: Iowa The FCC…
FCC Filings Provide Details of Gray TV’s Plans for Quincy Media Stations
Documents filed with the FCC reveal that Gray TV plans to keep FOX in Rochester, consider expanding news in Duluth, and switch a Wisconsin satellite station to a different network.
Former Sioux Falls FOX Affiliate Sold to Christian Broadcaster
The former FOX affiliate in the Sioux Falls market is being sold to a Christian broadcaster.