Recent FCC activity includes a Nebraska TV station formally applying for its move to UHF and activity involving translator and low-power TV stations.
Category: Technical changes
FCC Monitor: New Suburban Milwaukee FM, UHF Moves Progress
Recent FCC activity includes a new FM signal signing on in suburban Milwaukee and progress on several TV stations’ planned moves to UHF.
Exact Time of License Expiration At Issue in Minneapolis Upgrade Battle
The exact time that a Twin Cities station’s license expired has become an issue in a legal fight between two small suburban FM stations that want to take over its coverage area.
FCC Monitor: Iowa TV Station Upgrades
Recent items crossing through FCC databases include a Des Moines TV station upgrading and several low-power TV stations being deleted.
FCC Monitor: Neb. UHF Move Advances; Wis. FM Permit Expires
A central Nebraska TV station’s proposal to move to UHF has advanced. Meanwhile, the FCC deleted an unbuilt FM translator station in rural Wisconsin.
Eastern Twin Cities AM Continues to Look for New Transmitter Site
Endurance Broadcasting’s KLBB/1220 (Stillwater) is in talks with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office about possibly using one of its properties as its new transmitter site.
Tribal Radio Station Drops Proposal to Enter Sioux City Market
An FM station owned by the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska has dropped a proposal to enter the Sioux City, Iowa, market.
FCC Monitor: Neb. TV Station Upgrades; Minn. AM Upgrade OK’d
Recent activity in the FCC database includes a Lincoln TV station completing an upgrade and approval for a northern Minnesota AM station’s power increase.
FCC Monitor: New Wis. FM On Air, Iowa LPFM Appeals Fine
Recent activity includes a new FM signal signing on in eastern Wisconsin and an Iowa low-power FM station appealing a proposed fine.
FCC Monitor: Sioux Falls Low-Power FM License Cancelled
The FCC has changed the status of two Minnesota stations and one South Dakota station to “license cancelled” after renewal applications were not filed.