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WSSQ(FM)
Call Sign History
WSSQ from 08/15/1988
105.5 MHz

Sterling, IL
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





WSSQ Channel: 288A 105.5 MHz
Sterling, Illinois
Service: FM - A full-service FM station or application.
Facility ID: 37208
Fac. Service: FM

Status: License
Application Accepted: 06/27/2018
Application Granted: 07/19/2018
File Number: BLH-20180627AAP
License Expires: 00/00/0000
Prefix Type: This is a license for a commercial FM station
Application Type: License To Cover

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Facility Type: FM STATION
Class: A, A Zone I; I-A; or II station; with 0.1kW-6kW ERP and a class contour distance <=28km

Site Location: 41-51-08.1 N 89-42-35.4 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 41-51-08.0 N 89-42-35.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 6 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 4.6 kW
Antenna Center HAAT: 94 m (308 ft.)
Antenna Center AMSL: 312 m (1024 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 84 m (276 ft.)

Calculated Site Elevation: 228 m. (748 ft.)
Height Overall*: 88 m (289 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Electronics Research Inc. LPX-3E, three sections
Antenna ID: 0
Polarization:

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1057445

Structure Type: GTOWER
Registered To:
Virden Broadcasting Corp.
Structure Address:
5.6 N On Rt 40
Sterling, IL
County Name: Whiteside County
ASR Issued: 09/21/2018
Date Built: 03/01/1966
Site Elevation: 228.3 m (749 ft.)
Structure Height: 87.4 m (287 ft.)
Height Overall: 88.4 m (290 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 316.7 m (1039 ft.)
FAA Determination: 11/29/2017
FAA Study #: 2017-AGL-19952-OE
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 12, 21
PRIOR STUDY 1992-AGL-2035-OE. Use grandfathered FCC Paragraphs 1,3,12,21.
41-51-07.9 N 89-42-35.2 W (NAD 83)
41-51-07.8 N 89-42-34.8 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WSSQ(FM) Licensee Information

VIRDEN BROADCASTING CORP.
P.o. Box 307
Blue Grass, IA 52726
Phone: 563-381-3999
Corporation
20180627AAP Applicant Information

FLETCHER M. FORD
Date: 06/27/2018
Application Certifier
VIRDEN BROADCASTING CORP.
P.o. Box 307
Blue Grass, IA 52726
Applicant
JEREMY D. RUCK, PE
Jeremy Ruck & Associates, Inc.
P.o. Box 415
Canton, IL 61520
CONSULTING ENGINEER
REBECCA JACOBS GOLDMAN
Womble Bond Dickinson (us) Llp

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Study Date: 5/16/2024; Study Duration: 0.2068 Seconds.
Database Sources:
05/15/2024 FCC LMS,
5/14/2024 FCC ASR,
5/14/2024 FCC ULS Microwave, and
5/14/2024 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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