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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: Construction Permit
Application Accepted: 06/05/2000
WETA-TV CP Expires: 10/01/2020
File Number: BPEDT-20000427ACG
Prefix Type: This is a construction permit 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: 90 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.)
Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: DIELECTRIC TUP-04-12-2
Antenna ID: 33312
Polarization: Horizontally polarized

Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 33312
WETA-TV DT File: BPEDT-20000427ACG
DIELECTRIC - TUP-04-12-2
Service: DT
Standard Pattern: Y
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.948100.909200.755300.728
400.887500.883600.696700.642
800.828900.9681000.9281100.762
1200.7271300.8861400.8841500.698
1600.6431700.8271800.9671900.927
2000.7622100.7292200.8872300.883
2400.6952500.6412600.8282700.986
2741.0002800.9602900.7693000.599
3100.7733200.9113300.8353400.740
3500.830
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
20000427ACG Applicant Information

LEWIS ZAGER
Date: 06/05/2000
Application Certifier
GREATER WASHINGTON EDUCATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS ASSOC. INC
2775 South Quincy Street
Arlington, VA 22206
Applicant
JOSEPH M. DAVIS, P.E.
10300 Eaton Place, Suite 200
Fairfax, VA 22030
CONSULTING ENGINEER
TODD D. GRAY
Dow, Lohnes & Albertson, Pllc

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


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Study Date: 5/02/2024; Study Duration: 0.0893 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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