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WDEF-TV
Call Sign History
WDEF-TV from 04/25/1979
Channel 8DT
Virtual Channel 12

Chattanooga, TN
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





WDEF-TV Service: DT - Digital TV
Channel: 8 Zone: 2
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Nielsen DMA™:  Chattanooga
Network: CBS
Virtual Channel: 12
DTV TSID: 2661
Facility ID: 54385
FRN: 0015347529

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 07/23/2024
License Expires: 08/01/2029
File Number: 0000249536

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Site Location: 35-08-06.0 N 85-19-25.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 35-08-05.7 N 85-19-25.1 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 35.9 kW
Polarization: Horizontally polarized
HAAT: 384 m (1260 ft.)
Electrical Beam Tilt: 1.25 degrees
R/C AGL: 185 m (607 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 766.5 m (2515 ft.)

Site Elevation: 581.5 m. (1908 ft.)
Height Overall*: 195 m (640 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: Electronics Research Inc. ATW10V3-HTO-8H
Antenna ID: 1011874
Polarization: Horizontally polarized

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1043736

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
WDEF-TV, Inc.
Structure Address:
220 Hampton Rd Signal Mountain
Chattanooga, TN
County Name: Hamilton County
ASR Issued: 10/18/2006
Date Built: 01/01/1966
Site Elevation: 581.5 m (1908 ft.)
Structure Height: 174 m (571 ft.)
Height Overall: 195 m (640 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 776.5 m (2548 ft.)
FAA Determination: 10/13/1966
FAA Study #: SO-OE-65-177
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 5, 14, 21
RED LIGHTS/PAINT
35-08-06.0 N 85-19-25.0 W (NAD 83)
35-08-05.7 N 85-19-25.1 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WDEF-TV Licensee Information

WDEF-TV, Inc.
301 Poplar Street
Macon, GA 31201
Phone: 478-745-4141
Corporation
0000249536 Applicant Information

Bobby Berry
Title: Chief Operating Officer
Date: 07/23/2024
Application Certifier
WDEF-TV, Inc.
WDEF-TV, Inc.
301 Poplar Street
Macon, GA 31201
Applicant
Anne Goodwin Crump
Fletcher, Heald & Hildreth, P.L.C.
1300 North 17th Street
Eleventh Floor
Arlington, VA 22209

Louis R Dutreil, Jr
Dutreil Lundin & Rackley Inc
5212 Station Way
Sarasota, FL 34233
Technical Consultant
Ray Luke
Custom Specialty Services, LLC
17363 Carlton Cuebas Rd
Gulfport, MS 39503
Technical Consultant
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Study Date: 11/21/2024; Study Duration: 0.0753 Seconds.
Database Sources:
11/21/2024 FCC LMS,
11/19/2024 FCC ASR,
11/19/2024 FCC ULS Microwave, and
11/19/2024 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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