Weekly Log: Milwaukee Bucks Shift Full Season to Broadcast TV
News Desk The Milwaukee Bucks announced that for the first time in 31 years, their entire season will be carried on broadcast TV. Previously, only a handful of games had been available…
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FCC Monitor: Sioux Falls LPFM Won’t Be Built; More LPTV’s Granted
The following are updates to previously-reported items and other recent regulatory filings and actions concerning Upper Midwest broadcast stations. This report is created by the author and is not an…
Central Iowa Station Drops “Soft Rock” for “Rewind” `90s Hits
KDAO-FM/92.9 (Eldora-Marshalltown) has dropped its longtime Adult Contemporary format following a recent change in station management. On July 6, KDAO-FM became “Rewind 93,” positioned as “90s Pop Rock.” The change…
FCC Monitor: Several More New Low-Power TV Stations Granted
The following are updates to previously-reported items and other recent regulatory filings and actions concerning Upper Midwest broadcast stations. This report is created by the author and is not an…
Weekly Log: Several Journalists Depart
Trent Condon says he was let go after making comments about the job cuts that affected many of his colleagues at iHeartMedia’s KXNO-FM/106.3 (Ankeny-Des Moines). My days at KXNO are…
FCC Monitor: Several New LPTV’s Granted, Several FM’s Return to Air
The following are updates to previously-reported items and other recent regulatory filings and actions concerning Upper Midwest broadcast stations. This report is created by the author and is not an…
Weekly Log: Job Cuts at Several Radio Groups
iHeartMedia has cut numerous jobs across the nation. RadioInsight has been doing an excellent job of tracking those affected, so they won’t all be duplicated here. The cuts include Jon…
FCC Monitor: Iowa TV Station, UP AM Station Off Air; Wis. FM Upgrades
The following are updates to previously-reported items and other recent regulatory filings and actions concerning Upper Midwest broadcast stations. This report is created by the author and is not an…
Weekly Log: KIMT Drops Weekend News, No More Hockey on CBC
Allen Media CBS affiliate KIMT/3.1 (Mason City-Rochester) has ended weekend newscasts, which had aired at 10 p.m. The station confirmed the change at the end of its Friday, June 12,…
FCC Monitor: Three Stations Back at Full Power, Two Others Go Off Air
The following are updates to previously-reported items and other recent regulatory filings and actions concerning Upper Midwest broadcast stations. This report is created by the author and is not an…
Connoisseur Shuts Down Four More Iowa Radio Stations
Connoisseur Media has shut down four radio stations that had served an area northeast of Des Moines. KCOB/1280 (Newton), KCOB-FM/95.9 (Newton), KGRN/1410 (Grinnell), and “Energy 106.7” (KRTI Grinnell-Newton) went off…
FCC Monitor: Transfer of KSMQ to TPT Approved; Cedar Rapids TV Sale Closes
The following are updates to previously-reported items and other recent regulatory filings and actions concerning Upper Midwest broadcast stations. This report is created by the author and is not an…
Weekly Log: Several Obituaries, Departures; Scripps and DirecTV In Dispute
Longtime Twin Cities sports journalist Larry Fitzgerald, Sr. has died at 71. Fitzgerald wrote for the Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder for more than 45 years. On the broadcast side, Fitzgerald worked at…
FCC Monitor: Antenna Damage Takes Nebraska FM Station Off Air
The following are updates to previously-reported items and other recent regulatory filings and actions concerning Upper Midwest broadcast stations. This report is created by the author and is not an…
Weekly Log: KDWB Shuffles Lineup; CHU Shutdown; Murrow Winners
Following the retirement of Dave Ryan, iHeartMedia’s KDWB/101.3 (Richfield-Minneapolis) has moved Falen Bonsett and Colt Parkey from afternoons to mornings, with producer Jenny Luttenberger continuing on the morning show. Meanwhile,…