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WDSU(DT)
Call Sign History
WDSU from 11/08/1993
WDSU from 03/21/1979
Channel 19DT
Post-repack Channel 19
Virtual Channel 6

New Orleans, LA
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





WDSU Service: DX - Digital TV Auxiliary Transmitting Antenna (ATSC3 Station)
Channel: 19 Zone: 3
New Orleans, Louisiana
Nielsen DMA™:  New Orleans
Network: NBC
Virtual Channel: 6
DTV TSID: 1323
Facility ID: 71357

Repacking Information:
  Pre-Repack Channel: 43
  Post-Repack Channel: 19
  Post-Repack ERP: 604 kW
  Phase: 7 Completion Deadline: 1/17/2020
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Status: License
Application Accepted: 05/15/2020
License Expires: 06/01/2021
File Number: -0000113818

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Site Location: 29-57-00.0 N 89-57-28.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 29-56-59.3 N 89-57-27.8 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 1000 kW
Polarization: Horizontally polarized
HAAT: 251.9 m (826 ft.)
Electrical Beam Tilt: 0.5 degrees
R/C AGL: 250.5 m (822 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 252.1 m (827 ft.)

Site Elevation: 1.6 m. (5 ft.)
Height Overall*: 294.4 m (966 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: R.F. Systems RD32A-HP
Antenna ID: 1006807
Polarization: Horizontally polarized

Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 1006807
WDSU DX File: -0000113818
R.F. Systems - RD32A-HP
Service: DX
Standard Pattern: N
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.985100.945200.880300.790
400.675500.540600.405700.275
800.210820.205900.2301000.265
1100.2801200.2651300.2301380.205
1400.2101500.2751600.4051700.540
1800.6751900.7902000.8802100.945
2200.9852291.0002300.9982400.980
2500.9452600.8952700.8552800.820
2900.8153000.8203100.8553200.895
3300.9453400.9803500.9983511.000
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1020862

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
New Orleans Hearst Television Inc.
Structure Address:
221 E Josephine St
Chalmette, LA
County Name: St. Bernard Parish
ASR Issued: 11/22/2016
Date Built: 01/01/1957
Site Elevation: 1.6 m (5 ft.)
Structure Height: 242.8 m (797 ft.)
Height Overall: 294.4 m (966 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 296 m (971 ft.)
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 7, 16, 21
29-57-00.0 N 89-57-28.0 W (NAD 83)
29-56-59.3 N 89-57-27.8 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WDSU(DT) Licensee Information

New Orleans Hearst Television Inc.
Raleigh, NC 27601
Phone: 919-839-0300
Corporation
0000113818 Applicant Information

Jordan M. Wertlieb
Title: President
Date: 05/15/2020
Application Certifier
NEW ORLEANS HEARST TELEVISION INC.
New Orleans Hearst Television Inc.
P.o. Box 1800
Raleigh, NC 27602
Applicant
Joseph M. Davis, P.E.
Chesapeake Rf Consultants Llc
207 Old Dominion Road
Yorktown, VA 23692
Consulting Engineer
Douglas Durkee
Hearst Television
505 Rutherford St
Greenville, SC 29609
Hearst Television Manager of Spectrum Repack
Stephen Hartzell
Brooks, Pierce Et Al.
150 Fayetteville Street
Suite 1700
Raleigh, NC 27601

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Study Date: 4/19/2024; Study Duration: 0.0942 Seconds.
Database Sources:
04/19/2024 FCC LMS,
4/16/2024 FCC ASR,
4/16/2024 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/16/2024 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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