NextGen TV is poised to launch on Tuesday, Jan. 25, in Green Bay, which will be the first Upper Midwest market to have major network affiliates available on an ATSC 3.0 signal.
Category: Technical changes
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: 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.
FCC Monitor: New FM Signing On in Waterloo, LPTV’s Request Extensions
FCC filings in the week before Christmas included a new FM signal signing on in Iowa and several low-power TV stations seeking more extensions.
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: New FM Signals Sign On in Janesville, Minocqua
Recent FCC activity includes two Wisconsin FM translators submitting license to cover applications and an update on a long-running effort to upgrade an FM station near Omaha.
FCC Monitor: New FM Translators Sign On in Iowa, Wisconsin
Recent FCC filings include new FM translators signing on in southeastern Iowa and western Wisconsin, as well as several AM stations dealing with transmission issues.
KOLN Returns to Air after 2020 Tower Collapse
Nearly two years after its tower collapsed in a winter storm, Gray TV CBS affiliate KOLN/10 (Lincoln) resumed normal operations on Tuesday, Nov. 23.
FCC/CRTC Monitor: Nebraska Station at Reduced Power
Recent FCC filings include a Nebraska FM station transmitting at reduced power and upgrade plans for a Sioux Falls low-power TV station.
FCC Monitor: Minneapolis LPTV Station To Return
Recent FCC activity includes approval of a new channel for a Minneapolis low-power TV station and a Wisconsin AM station reducing its nighttime power.