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W253BB(FX)
Call Sign History
W253BB from 07/14/2008
98.5 MHz

Huntington, WV
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





W253BB Channel: 253D 98.5 MHz
Huntington, West Virginia
Service: FX - A translator or application for a translator.
Facility ID: 144652
FRN: 0004246443
Fac. Service: FX
Programming Delivery Method: Unspecified

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 06/16/2014
Application Granted: 07/14/2014
File Number: BLFT-20140616ACK
License Expires: 10/01/2027
Prefix Type: This is a license for a translator
Application Type: License To Cover

FCC Website Links:
  LMS Facility Details
  This Application
  Other W253BB 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  Including Superseded Applications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: 38-25-04.3 N 82-26-57.6 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 38-25-04.0 N 82-26-58.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 0.25 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 0.304 kW
Antenna Center AMSL: 237 m (778 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 64 m (210 ft.)

Site Elevation: 173 m. (568 ft.)
Height Overall*: 68 m (223 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Shivley 6812B-2
Antenna ID: 115857
Polarization:

Primary Station
WCMI-FM Ch. 224Catlettsburg, Kentucky
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1288556

Structure Type: LTOWER
Registered To:
Kindred Communications, Inc.
Structure Address:
555 5th Avenue
Huntington, WV
County Name: Cabell County
ASR Issued: 02/08/2024
Date Built: 11/26/2013
Site Elevation: 173.1 m (568 ft.)
Structure Height: 67.1 m (220 ft.)
Height Overall: 68 m (223 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 241.1 m (791 ft.)
FAA Determination: 09/13/2012
FAA Study #: 2012-AEA-4323-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1K
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 4, 8, 12
Removed expiration date from determination. Scenario 1./jjs/case#635066
38-25-04.1 N 82-26-57.6 W (NAD 83)
38-25-03.8 N 82-26-58.0 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
W253BB(FX) Licensee Information

Kindred Communications, Inc.
555 Fifth Avenue
Suite K
Huntington, WV 25701
Phone: 304-523-8401
Corporation
20140616ACK Applicant Information

Richard Michael Kirtner
Date: 06/16/2014
Application Certifier
Fifth Avenue Broadcasting Co., Inc
555 Fifth Avenue
Huntington, WV 25701
Applicant
Justin W. Asher
Munn-Reese, Inc.
PO Box 220, 385 Airport Drive
Coldwater, MI 49036-0220
Consulting Engineer
Susan A. Marshall, Esq.
Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C.
1300 North 17th Street
11th Floor
Rosslyn, VA 22209

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


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Study Date: 7/04/2025; Study Duration: 0.1072 Seconds.
Database Sources:
07/04/2025 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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