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WETA-TV
Call Sign History
WETA-TV from 04/09/1980
Channel 27DT
Post-repack Channel 31
Virtual Channel 26

Washington, DC
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA

Archive Record



WETA-TV Service: DT - Digital TV
Channel: 27 Zone: 1
Washington, District of Columbia
Nielsen DMA™:  Washington DC (Hagrstwn)
Network: PBS
Archive Record
Virtual Channel: 26
DTV TSID: 539
Facility ID: 65670

Repacking Information:
  Pre-Repack Channel: 27
  Post-Repack Channel: 31
  Post-Repack ERP: 53.8 kW
  Phase: 4 Completion Deadline: 8/2/2019
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Status: License
Application Accepted: 07/31/2012
License Expires: 10/01/2020
File Number: BLEDT-20120731ALN
Prefix Type: This is a license for a noncommercial educational digital TV station

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Site Location: 38-57-01.0 N 77-04-46.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 38-57-00.6 N 77-04-47.1 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 73 kW
Polarization: Horizontally polarized
HAAT: 254 m (833 ft.)
Electrical Beam Tilt: 0.5 degrees
R/C AGL: 202 m (663 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 327 m (1073 ft.)

Site Elevation: 125 m. (410 ft.)
Height Overall*: 211 m (692 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: DIELECTRIC TUP-04-12-2
Antenna ID: 109237
Polarization: Horizontally polarized

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1051670

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
ACC Licensee, LLC
Structure Address:
4010 Chesapeake St., Nw
Washington, DC
County Name: District of Columbia
ASR Issued: 01/11/2017
Date Built: 11/12/1998
Site Elevation: 124.9 m (410 ft.)
Structure Height: 172.2 m (565 ft.)
Height Overall: 210.9 m (692 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 335.8 m (1102 ft.)
FAA Determination: 07/22/1998
FAA Study #: 98-AEA-0311-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1J
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 3, 4, 5, 13
Removed expiration and final dates from determination. Scenario 2./jjs/case#635066
38-57-01.0 N 77-04-46.0 W (NAD 83)
38-57-00.6 N 77-04-47.1 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WETA-TV Licensee Information

Greater Washington Educational Telecommunications Association
3939 Campbell Avenue
Arlington, VA 22206
Phone: 703-998-2600
Not-for-Profit
20120731ALN Applicant Information

JOSEPH B. BRUNS
Date: 07/31/2012
Application Certifier
GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOC
3939 Campbell Avenue
Arlington, VA 22206
Applicant
JOSEPH M. DAVIS, P.E.
Chesapeake Rf Consultants, Llc
207 Old Dominion Road
Yorktown, VA 23692
CONSULTING ENGINEER
BARRY S. PERSH
Dow Lohnes Pllc
1200 New Hampshire Ave., N.w.
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036-6802

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


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Study Date: 5/02/2024; Study Duration: 0.0767 Seconds.
Database Sources:
05/01/2024 FCC LMS,
4/30/2024 FCC ASR,
4/30/2024 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/30/2024 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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