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W290CM(FX)
Call Sign History
W290CM from 10/29/2013
105.9 MHz

Lafayette, IN
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





W290CM Channel: 290D 105.9 MHz
Lafayette, Indiana
Service: FX - A translator or application for a translator.
Facility ID: 155740
FRN: 0005276407
Fac. Service: FX
Programming Delivery Method: Unspecified

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 10/20/2016
Application Granted: 10/28/2016
File Number: BLFT-20161020ABR
License Expires: 08/01/2028
Prefix Type: This is a license for a translator
Application Type: License To Cover

FCC Website Links:
  LMS Facility Details
  This Application
  Other W290CM 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  Including Superseded Applications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: 40-17-50.1 N 86-54-05.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 40-17-50.0 N 86-54-05.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 0.22 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 0.19 kW
Antenna Center AMSL: 325 m (1066 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 102 m (335 ft.)

Site Elevation: 223 m. (732 ft.)
Height Overall*: 125 m (410 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Shivley 6822 6 BAY CUSTOM
Antenna ID: 125426
Polarization:

Primary Station
WBAA(AM) Ch. 0West Lafayette, Indiana
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1029541

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
PURDUE UNIVERSITY
Structure Address:
457 Meters South Of 800 South Road And 183 Meters East Of U.s. Route 231
Lafayette, IN
County Name: Tippecanoe County
ASR Issued: 10/02/2007
Date Built: 08/25/1989
Site Elevation: 223 m (732 ft.)
Structure Height: 122 m (400 ft.)
Height Overall: 125 m (410 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 348 m (1142 ft.)
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 4, 13, 21
40-17-50.0 N 86-54-05.0 W (NAD 83)
40-17-49.9 N 86-54-05.0 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
W290CM(FX) Licensee Information

Metropolitan Indianapolis Public Media, Inc.
1630 North Meridian Street
Indianapolis, IN 46202
Phone: 317-636-2020
Private Not-for-Profit Educational Institution
20161020ABR Applicant Information

Michael L. Savage
Date: 10/20/2016
Application Certifier
Purdue University
WBAA
712 Third Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2005
Applicant
Robert Moore
1908 Sweetbriar
Goshen, IN 46528
Consulting Engineer
Gregory L. Masters
Wiley Rein LLP
1776 K Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20006

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


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Study Date: 8/24/2025; Study Duration: 0.0251 Seconds.
Database Sources:
08/22/2025 FCC LMS,
8/19/2025 FCC ASR,
8/19/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
8/19/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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