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WBRA-TV
Call Sign History
WBRA-TV from 10/18/1978
WBRA from ???
Channel 13DT
Virtual Channel 15

Roanoke, VA
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





WBRA-TV Service: DT - Digital TV
Channel: 13 Zone: 2
Roanoke, Virginia
Nielsen DMA™:  Roanoke - Lynchburg
Network: PBS
Virtual Channel: 15
DTV TSID: 3075
Facility ID: 5981
FRN: 0004654091

Status: CP
Application Accepted: 12/10/2025
WBRA-TV CP Expires: 04/06/2026
File Number: 0000284509

FCC Website Links:
  LMS Facility Details
  This Application
  Other WBRA-TV Applications
  Including Superseded Applications
  Service Contour - Open Street Map or USGS Map (36 dBu)
  Service Contour - KML / Google Earth (36 dBu)
  Public Inspection Files
  Rabbit Ears Info Search for WBRA-TV

Site Location: 37-11-46.0 N 80-09-16.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 37-11-45.5 N 80-09-16.9 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 66 kW
Polarization: Elliptically polarized
HAAT: 629.6 m (2066 ft.)
Electrical Beam Tilt: 1.0 degree
R/C AGL: 67.4 m (221 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 1207.4 m (3961 ft.)

Site Elevation: 1140 m. (3740 ft.)
Height Overall*: 82.8 m (272 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: Electronics Research Inc. ATW9V4-ETCx-13H
Antenna ID: 1013237
Polarization: Elliptically polarized

Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 1013237
WBRA-TV DT File: -0000284509
Electronics Research Inc. - ATW9V4-ETCx-13H
Service: DT
Standard Pattern: N
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.958100.953200.945300.939
400.930500.949600.964700.982
800.995821.000881.000900.997
1000.9801100.9401200.8791300.799
1400.7161500.6421600.5811700.550
1800.5541860.5461900.5502000.581
2100.6422200.7162300.7992400.879
2500.9402600.9802700.9972721.000
2781.0002800.9952900.9823000.964
3100.9493200.9303300.9393400.945
3500.953
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1017598

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
Blue Ridge Public Television, Inc.
Structure Address:
8149 Honeysuckle Lane
Roanoke, VA
County Name: Roanoke County
ASR Issued: 03/24/2006
Date Built: 10/01/1990
Site Elevation: 1140 m (3740 ft.)
Structure Height: 60.5 m (198 ft.)
Height Overall: 82.8 m (272 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 1222.8 m (4012 ft.)
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 11, 21
37-11-46.0 N 80-09-16.0 W (NAD 83)
37-11-45.5 N 80-09-16.9 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WBRA-TV Licensee Information

Blue Ridge Public Television, Inc.
1215 McNeil Dr.
Roanoke, VA 24015
Phone: 540-334-0991
Not-for-Profit
0000284509 Applicant Information

William Anderson
Title: President and Ceo
Date: 12/10/2025
Application Certifier
Blue Ridge PBS
Blue Ridge Public Television, Inc.
1215 McNeil Dr.
Roanoke, VA 24015
Applicant
Brad Deutsch
Foster Garvey P.C.
3000 K St NW
Suite 420
Washington, DC 20007
Counsel
William T. Godfrey, Jr.
Kessler and Gehman Associates, Inc.
Kessler and Gehman Associates, Inc.
14260 W Newberry Rd #412
Newberry, FL 32669-2765
President
Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


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 WLD307 2.5 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WLD311 2.5 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WLE752 2.5 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WAH877 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WHG426 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WHG428 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WLD636 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WMG393 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 KYL42 7 GHz TV Studio Transmitter Link
 WLD694 13 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WLO245 13 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WPWH770 13 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WLO244 13 GHz TV Studio Transmitter Link

Study Date: 12/17/2025; Study Duration: 0.1033 Seconds.
Database Sources:
12/17/2025 FCC LMS,
12/16/2025 FCC ASR,
12/16/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
12/16/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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