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W253CI(FX)
Call Sign History
W253CI from 01/11/2018
98.5 MHz

Blackshear, GA
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





W253CI Channel: 253D 98.5 MHz
Blackshear, Georgia
Service: FX - A translator or application for a translator.
Facility ID: 200947
FRN: 0028454726
Fac. Service: FX
Programming Delivery Method: Unspecified

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 11/13/2018
Application Granted: 11/15/2018
File Number: BLFT-20181113AAR
License Expires: 04/01/2028
Prefix Type: This is a license for a translator
Application Type: License To Cover

FCC Website Links:
  LMS Facility Details
  This Application
  Other W253CI Applications
  Including Superseded Applications
  Service Contour - Open Street Map or USGS Map (60 dBu)
  Service Contour - KML / Google Earth (60 dBu)

Class: D, A Noncommercial educational operating with no more than 10W

Site Location: 31-18-44.7 N 82-13-59.4 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 31-18-43.9 N 82-13-60.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 0.25 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 0.437 kW
Antenna Center AMSL: 75 m (246 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 50 m (164 ft.)

Site Elevation: 25 m. (82 ft.)
Height Overall: 51 m (167 ft.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: None
Antenna ID: 133901
Polarization:

Primary Station
WFNS(AM) Ch. 0Blackshear, Georgia
No records returned from ASR.
W253CI(FX) Licensee Information

Shanks Broadcasting, LLC
429 River North Blvd.
Macon, GA 31211
Phone: 478-390-1667
Limited Liability Company
20181113AAR Applicant Information

William J. Dorminy, Jr.
Date: 11/13/2018
Application Certifier
Southern Media Interactive, LLC
P.O. Box 876
Fitzgerald, GA 31750
Applicant
Cary S. Tepper
4900 Auburn Avenue
Suite 100
Bethesda, MD 20814-2632
Communications Counsel
Cary S. Tepper, Esq.
Tepper Law Firm, LLC
4900 Auburn Avenue
Suite 100
Bethesda, MD 20814-2632

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


(No Records Found)

Study Date: 5/15/2025; Study Duration: 0.0576 Seconds.
Database Sources:
05/15/2025 FCC LMS,
5/13/2025 FCC ASR,
5/13/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
5/13/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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