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WBKO(DT)
Call Sign History
WBKO from ???
Channel 13DT
Virtual Channel 13

Bowling Green, KY
License
CP
Application
Allocation
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WBKO Service: DT - Digital TV
Channel: 13 Zone: 2
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Nielsen DMA™:  Bowling Green
Network: ABC
Virtual Channel: 13
DTV TSID: 1215
Facility ID: 4692
FRN: 0018223693

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 04/23/2009
License Expires: 08/01/2029
File Number: BLCDT-20090423ABM
Prefix Type: This is a License for a commercial digital TV station

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Site Location: 37-03-49.2 N 86-26-06.7 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 37-03-49.0 N 86-26-06.7 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 22 kW
Polarization: Circularly polarized
HAAT: 220.5 m (723 ft.)
Electrical Beam Tilt: 0.5 degrees
R/C AGL: 165.6 m (543 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 391.2 m (1283 ft.)

Site Elevation: 225.6 m. (740 ft.)
Height Overall*: 171.9 m (564 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: RF TECHNOLOGIES CORP. TPV-03-6
Antenna ID: 87325
Polarization: Circularly polarized

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1048806

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
Gray Local Media, Inc.
Structure Address:
Highway # 185 North
Bowling Green, KY
County Name: Warren County
ASR Issued: 08/26/2024
Date Built: 04/01/2011
Site Elevation: 225.6 m (740 ft.)
Structure Height: 158.8 m (521 ft.)
Height Overall: 171.9 m (564 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 397.5 m (1304 ft.)
FAA Determination: 02/17/2009
FAA Study #: 2008-ASO-1688-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1J
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 3, 4, 5, 13
PRIOR STUDY 1998-ASO-2365-OE
37-03-49.2 N 86-26-06.7 W (NAD 83)
37-03-49.0 N 86-26-06.7 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WBKO(DT) Licensee Information

Gray Television Licensee, LLC
4370 Peachtree Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30319
Phone: 404-504-9828
Limited Liability Company
20090423ABM Applicant Information

Robert A. Beizer
Date: 04/23/2009
Application Certifier
Gray Television Licensee, LLC
Wbko
P.O. Box 13000
Bowling Green, KY 42102-9800
Applicant
Joseph M. Davis, P.E.
Chesapeake RF Consultants, LLC
11993 Kahns Road
Manassas, VA 20112
Consulting Engineer
Joan Stewart, Esq.
Wiley Rein LLP
1776 K Street, NW
Washington, DC 20006

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


 WHE845 Broadcast Auxiliary Remote Pickup
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 KYR84 7 GHz TV Studio Transmitter Link

Study Date: 4/01/2025; Study Duration: 0.0849 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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