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WAKA(DT)
Call Sign History
WAKA from 10/28/1984
WSLA from 12/14/1981
WSLA-TV from 09/13/1979
Channel 25DT
Virtual Channel 8

Selma, AL
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





WAKA Service: DT - Digital TV
Channel: 25 Zone: 3
Selma, Alabama
Nielsen DMA™:  Montgomery - Selma
Network: CBS
Virtual Channel: 8
DTV TSID: 117
Facility ID: 701
FRN: 0003828738

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 09/16/2019
License Expires: 04/01/2029
File Number: 0000081489

FCC Website Links:
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  This Application
  Other WAKA Applications
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  Service Contour - Open Street Map or USGS Map (41 dBu)
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Site Location: 32-08-57.9 N 86-46-42.6 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 32-08-57.4 N 86-46-42.7 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 944 kW
Polarization: Horizontally polarized
HAAT: 495 m (1624 ft.)
Electrical Beam Tilt: 0.75 degrees
R/C AGL: 505 m (1657 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 577.5 m (1895 ft.)

Site Elevation: 72.5 m. (238 ft.)
Height Overall*: 535.5 m (1757 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: DIELECTRIC TFU-30GTH-R O4
Antenna ID: 1001581
Polarization: Horizontally polarized

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1037718

[ASR Heights Differ from WAKA Application]
Structure Type: GTOWER
Registered To:
ALABAMA TELECASTERS, INC.
Structure Address:
Hwy 12
Gordonsville, AL
County Name: Lowndes County
ASR Issued: 01/15/2020
Date Built: 01/01/1995
Site Elevation: 72.5 m (238 ft.)
Structure Height: 496.5 m (1629 ft.)
Height Overall: 515.4 m (1691 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 587.9 m (1929 ft.)
FAA Determination: 09/18/2019
FAA Study #: 2019-ASO-27336-OE
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: A1, B, F, H
PRIOR STUDY 2014-ASO-3765-OE
32-08-57.9 N 86-46-42.6 W (NAD 83)
32-08-57.4 N 86-46-42.7 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WAKA(DT) Licensee Information

Alabama Broadcasting Partners
One Television Place
Charlotte, NC 28205
Phone: 704-372-4434
General Partnership
0000081489 Applicant Information

Beverly B Poston
Title: President of Managing Partner of Alabama Broadcasting Partners
Date: 09/16/2019
Application Certifier
Alabama Broadcasting Partners
Alabama Broadcasting Partners
One Television Place
Charlotte, NC 28205
Applicant
Louis R Dutreil, Jr
Dutreil Lundin & Rackley Inc
3135 Southgate Circle
Sarasota, FL 34239
Technical Consultant
M. Anne Swanson
Wilkinson Barker Knauer, LLP
1800 M Street NW
Suite 800N
Washington, DC 20036

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


 WQKL315 TV Pickup
 WQDW452 18 GHz TV Intercity Relay

Study Date: 4/01/2025; Study Duration: 0.0608 Seconds.
Database Sources:
04/01/2025 FCC LMS,
4/1/2025 FCC ASR,
4/1/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/1/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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