A Minneapolis low-power TV station has dropped a channel-change application that was competing with another station. In North Dakota, two radio sales have closed and a third has been approved.
Category: Twin Cities
Weekly Log: Longtime Anchor Retiring; Several Mpls. Radio Cuts
In Green Bay, a longtime anchor is retiring from one TV station while a longtime news director retires from another. In Minneapolis, several radio hosts have been dropped amid national cutbacks.
Weekly Log: Public Radio Exec Passes, DTV Channel Updates
Longtime Northland public radio executive Paul Damberg has died. Elsewhere, there are numerous personnel updates and DTV channel changes.
FCC Approves WCCO’s Move from Longtime Transmitter Site
The FCC has approved a plan from Audacy’s WCCO/830 (Minneapolis) to leave its century-old transmitter site.
Weekly Log: Iowa Anchor Leaving after 51 Years
Longtime Iowa TV anchor Ron Steele is departing. Elsewhere, a meteorologist has departed a Twin Cities TV station and South Dakota has a new “All Things Considered” host.
Weekly Log: Longtime TV Anchors Announce Retirements
Former Twin Cities radio broadcaster Leighton Peck has died. Meanwhile, several longtime TV anchors are retiring.
Twin Cities Suburb Gets LPFM Station — In Different City
The southeastern Twin Cities suburb of Cottage Grove has been granted a new low-power FM station, but not where it originally intended to build it.
FCC Monitor: Twin Cities Suburb Tries to Fix LPFM Application Error
The FCC has denied an attempt by a Twin Cities suburb to correct its application for a new low-power FM application, which inadvertently specified a site 11 miles away from its intended location.
Weekly Log: Several TV Personnel Moves Announced
A Milwaukee TV station has parted ways with a meteorologist. Elsewhere, a meteorologist has joined a Green Bay station while a reporter departs Waterloo.
WCTS Moves FM Signal to IDS Center After Years-Long Battle
After a regulatory battle that lasted more than three years, Central Baptist Theological Seminary’s WCTS has completed a move of its FM signal to the IDS Center.