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WFND-LD
Call Sign History
WFND-LD from 01/30/2013
WFND-LP from 01/20/1997
W47BD from 01/24/1990
810406IF from ???
Channel 30DT

Toledo, OH
License
CP
Application
Allocation
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WFND-LD Service: LD - Digital TV Translator or LPTV Station
Channel: 30 Zone:
Toledo, Ohio
DTV TSID: 8359
Facility ID: 21475
FRN: 0018282269

Status: APP
Application Accepted: 12/18/2025
License Expires: 10/01/2029
File Number: 0000285088

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Site Location: 41-41-00.0 N 83-24-49.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 41-40-59.8 N 83-24-49.2 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 15 kW
Polarization: Elliptically polarized
Electrical Beam Tilt: 0.75 degrees
R/C AGL: 243.8 m (800 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 420.6 m (1380 ft.)
Emission Mask: Full Service

Site Elevation: 176.8 m. (580 ft.)
Height Overall*: 319.7 m (1049 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: Electronics Research Inc. ALP12L3-ESWR-30
Antenna ID: 1013300
Polarization: Elliptically polarized

Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 1013300
WFND-LD LD File: -0000285088
Electronics Research Inc. - ALP12L3-ESWR-30
Service: LD
Standard Pattern: N
Pattern and Field Values Include a 235° Clockwise Rotation
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
50.493150.360250.240350.171
450.168550.180650.168750.171
850.240950.3601050.4931150.620
1250.7281350.8141450.8821550.935
1650.9731750.9951800.9991850.999
1950.9912050.9742150.9542250.942
2350.9392450.9422550.9542650.974
2750.9912841.0002850.9992950.995
3050.9733150.9353250.8823350.814
3450.7283550.620
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1025392

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
Gray Local Media, Inc.
Structure Address:
1701n Stadium Rd
Oregon, OH
County Name: Lucas County
ASR Issued: 08/26/2024
Date Built: 01/01/1959
Site Elevation: 176.8 m (580 ft.)
Structure Height: 296.6 m (973 ft.)
Height Overall: 319.7 m (1049 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 496.5 m (1629 ft.)
FAA Determination: 06/27/1997
FAA Study #: 97-AGL-2479-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1J
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 3, 4, 5, 13
STRUCTURE REACHED ITS GREATEST IN 1955.
41-41-00.0 N 83-24-49.0 W (NAD 83)
41-40-59.8 N 83-24-49.2 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WFND-LD Licensee Information

West Central Ohio Broadcasting, Inc.
1424 Rice Avenue
Lima, OH 45805
Phone: 419-228-8835
Corporation
0000285088 Applicant Information

Keith Wilkowski
Title: Vice President, Legal and Governmental Affairs for Block Communications, Inc.
Date: 12/18/2025
Application Certifier

West Central Ohio Broadcasting, Inc.
1424 Rice Avenue
Lima, OH 45805
Applicant
Joseph M. Davis, P.E.
Chesapeake RF Consultants, LLC
207 Old Dominion Road
Yorktown, VA 23692
Consulting Engineer
Jason Rademacher
Cooley LLP
1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Suite 700
Washington, DC 20004
Legal Counsel
Chad Rummel
West Central Ohio Broadcasting, Inc.
1424 Rice Avenue
Lima, OH 45805
Director of Technology & Engineering
Associated Land Mobile Licenses


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Study Date: 12/26/2025; Study Duration: 0.1022 Seconds.
Database Sources:
12/26/2025 FCC LMS,
12/23/2025 FCC ASR,
12/23/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
12/23/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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