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W253BE(FX)
Call Sign History
W253BE from 06/21/2011
W249AF from 09/30/1982
820507IY from ???
98.5 MHz

Salem, VA
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





W253BE Channel: 253D 98.5 MHz
Salem, Virginia
Service: FX - A translator or application for a translator.
Facility ID: 5122
FRN: 0006373559
Fac. Service: FX
Programming Delivery Method: Unspecified

Status: STA – Special Temporary Authority (Licensed And Silent)
Application Accepted: 04/09/2026
Application Pending: 04/09/2026
File Number: 0000295236
STA Expires: 10/01/2027
Application Type: Silence Special Temporary Authority

FCC Website Links:
  LMS Facility Details
  This Application
  Other W253BE Applications
  Including Superseded Applications
  Service Contour - Open Street Map or USGS Map (60 dBu)
  Service Contour - KML / Google Earth (60 dBu)

Facility Type: NON-COMMERCIAL EDUC. FM
Class: D, A Noncommercial educational operating with no more than 10W

Site Location: 37-13-56.4 N 80-02-45.1 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 37-13-55.9 N 80-02-46.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 0.01 kW
Antenna Center AMSL: 609 m (1998 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 12 m (39 ft.)

Site Elevation: 597 m. (1959 ft.)
Height Overall: 19 m (62 ft.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: None
Antenna ID: 103474
Polarization:

Primary Station
WHPE-FM Ch. 238High Point, North Carolina
No records returned from ASR.
W253BE(FX) Licensee Information

Bible Broadcasting Network, Inc.
11115 Rushmore Drive
Charlotte, NC 28277
Phone: 704-523-5555
Not-for-Profit
0000295236 Applicant Information

Jason Padgett
Title: Secretary-Treasurer
Date: 04/09/2026
Application Certifier

Bible Broadcasting Network, Inc.
11115 Rushmore Drive
Charlotte, NC 28277
Applicant
Justin Asher
Asher Broadcast Consulting, LLC
579 Babcock Road
Bronson, MI 49028
Technical Consultant
Gary S Smithwick, Esq
Smithwick & Belendiuk, P.C.
5028 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Suite 301
Washington, DC 20016
Legal Counsel
Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


(No Records Found)

Study Date: 4/12/2026; Study Duration: 0.03 Seconds.
Database Sources:
04/10/2026 FCC LMS,
4/7/2026 FCC ASR,
4/7/2026 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/7/2026 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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