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W287BY(FX)
Call Sign History
W287BY from 04/12/2013
105.3 MHz

Rockford, IL
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





W287BY Channel: 287D 105.3 MHz
Rockford, Illinois
Service: FX - A translator or application for a translator.
Facility ID: 151837
FRN: 0002718062
Fac. Service: FX
Programming Delivery Method: Unspecified

Status: STA – Special Temporary Authority (Licensed And Silent)
Application Accepted: 05/30/2025
Application Granted: 06/09/2025
File Number: 0000271761
STA Expires: 12/01/2028
Application Type: Silence Special Temporary Authority

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Facility Type: FM STATION
Class: D, A Noncommercial educational operating with no more than 10W

Site Location: 42-19-48.1 N 89-04-58.4 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 42-19-48.0 N 89-04-58.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 0.135 kW
Antenna Center AMSL: 322 m (1056 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 90 m (295 ft.)

Site Elevation: 232 m. (761 ft.)
Height Overall*: 91 m (299 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: None
Antenna ID: 123649
Polarization:

Primary Station
WLUV(AM) Ch. 0Loves Park, Illinois
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1019526

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
VCY America, Inc.
Structure Address:
2272 Elmwood Rd
Rockford, IL
County Name: Winnebago County
ASR Issued: 05/26/2022
Date Built: 09/29/1962
Site Elevation: 231.7 m (760 ft.)
Structure Height: 90.2 m (296 ft.)
Height Overall: 91.1 m (299 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 322.8 m (1059 ft.)
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 11, 21
42-19-48.0 N 89-04-58.0 W (NAD 83)
42-19-47.9 N 89-04-57.6 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
W287BY(FX) Licensee Information

VCY America, Inc.
3434 West Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53208
Phone: 414-935-3000
Not-for-Profit
0000271761 Applicant Information

James Schneider
Title: Vice President of Communications
Date: 05/30/2025
Application Certifier

VCY America, Inc.
3434 West Kilbourn Avenue
Milwaukee, WI 53208
Applicant
ARI Meltzer, Esq
Wiley Rein LLP
2050 M Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20036

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


(No Records Found)

Study Date: 7/01/2025; Study Duration: 0.1165 Seconds.
Database Sources:
07/01/2025 FCC LMS,
7/1/2025 FCC ASR,
7/1/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
7/1/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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