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KTXS-TV
Call Sign History
KTXS-TV from 06/19/1979
Channel 20DT
Virtual Channel 12

Sweetwater, TX
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





KTXS-TV Service: DX - Digital TV Auxiliary Transmitting Antenna
Channel: 20 Zone: 2
Sweetwater, Texas
Nielsen DMA™:  Abilene - Sweetwater
Network: ABC
Virtual Channel: 12
DTV TSID: 2961
Facility ID: 308

Repacking Information:
  No changes


Status: License
Application Accepted: 11/15/2023
License Expires: 08/01/2022
File Number: -0000226364

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Site Location: 32-24-48.4 N 100-06-26.3 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 32-24-48.0 N 100-06-24.9 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 530 kW
Polarization: Horizontally polarized
HAAT: 402 m (1319 ft.)
R/C AGL: 283.2 m (929 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 1039.1 m (3409 ft.)

Site Elevation: 755.9 m. (2480 ft.)
Height Overall*: 325.8 m (1069 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: DIELECTRIC TFU-24DSB-H(C)
Antenna ID: 83603
Polarization: Horizontally polarized

Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 83603
KTXS-TV DX File: -0000226364
DIELECTRIC - TFU-24DSB-H(C)
Service: DX
Standard Pattern: Y
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.856100.912150.918200.907
300.859400.812500.779600.791
700.849800.919900.9701000.994
1051.0001100.9911200.9511300.881
1400.8041500.7681600.7701700.800
1800.8581900.9041950.9112000.904
2100.8412200.7312300.6152400.510
2500.4392600.4362700.4732800.512
2870.5222900.5203000.4963100.459
3200.4473300.5073400.6223500.752
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1052057

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
ABILENE-SWEETWATER BROADCASTING COMPANY DBA = KTXS-TV
Structure Address:
6.8 Miles Sw
Merkel, TX
County Name: Taylor County
ASR Issued: 07/16/1999
Date Built: 01/14/1968
Site Elevation: 755.9 m (2480 ft.)
Structure Height: 299.2 m (982 ft.)
Height Overall: 325.8 m (1069 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 1081.7 m (3549 ft.)
FAA Determination: 05/10/1967
FAA Study #: FTW-OE-66-558
FAA Circular #:
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 8, 17, 21
RED LIGHTS/PAINT
32-24-48.4 N 100-06-26.3 W (NAD 83)
32-24-48.0 N 100-06-24.9 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
KTXS-TV Licensee Information

Sinclair Media Licensee, LLC
1200 Seventeenth Street Nw
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 202-663-8195
Limited Liability Company
0000226364 Applicant Information

Lucy Rutishauser
Title: Cfo
Date: 11/15/2023
Application Certifier
Sinclair Media Licensee, LLC
Sinclair Media Licensee, Llc
10706 Beaverdam Road
Cockeysville, MD 21030
Applicant
Paul A. Cicelski, Esq
Lerman Senter, Pllc
2001 L. Street Nw
Suite 400
Washington, DC 20036
Legal Representative
John E. Hidle, PE
Carl T. Jones Corporation
7901 Yarnwood Court
Springfield, VA 22153
Consulting Engineer
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Study Date: 5/01/2024; Study Duration: 0.0925 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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