Madison CBS affiliate WISC-TV/3.1 used its post-Super Bowl newscast on Sunday, Feb. 3, to make some big changes to its look. The Morgan Murphy Media station unveiled a new set created by…
ION Affiliation Moves in Madison
A Madison Independent station has affiliated with Ion and some of its former local programming has moved to another station in the market. Byrne Acquisition Group’s WIFS (Janesville-Madison) has replaced its former…
Milwaukee Radio Veteran Joins “VTY Country”
Milwaukee radio veteran Van McNeil is joining “92.1 VTY Country” (WVTY Racine-Milwaukee), where he will host from 12 to 3 p.m. beginning Monday, Feb. 4. McNeil also hosts the 3 to 7…
Walnut Radio Shuffling FM Translators in Omaha, Lincoln
Walnut Radio has received FCC permission to move two Omaha FM translators obtained during the AM revitalization filing windows. K293CJ/106.5, which relays the Christian Talk format of KCRO/660, has received a construction…
FCC Grants New FM Translators
The FCC has granted new FM translators in six Upper Midwest communities.
Fargo News Director Promoted to GM
Gray TV has named Ike Walter to be the general manager and news director of its Fargo stations, NBC affiliate KVLY-TV and CBS affiliate KXJB-LD. Walker has already been news director of the stations…
Duluth ABC Affiliate Revamps Set, Graphics
Hubbard Broadcasting ABC affiliate WDIO/10.1 (Duluth) has updated its logo, set, and on-air graphics and added a new evening co-anchor.
Green Bay TV Station Adding Subchannels
Gray TV’s WBAY-TV (Green Bay) says it plans to add two new subchannels on Friday, Feb. 1: H&I on 2.4 and Start TV on 2.5. The station already carries ABC on 2.1, weather programming…
Mankato Station Returns to DirecTV
KEYC (Mankato) has returned to DirecTV after a retransmission consent dispute took KEYC’s CBS and FOX channels off the provider for nearly two weeks. The channels returned on the afternoon of Sunday,…
Lincoln Station to Receive Crystal Heritage Award
The National Assocation of Broadcasters is poised to present Alpha Media’s KFOR/1240 (Lincoln) with a Crystal Heritage Award at this year’s NAB Show in April. The award goes to stations that have…