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WBAI(FM)
Call Sign History
WBAI from ???
99.5 MHz

New York, NY
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





WBAI Channel: 258B 99.5 MHz
New York, New York
Service: FM - A full-service FM station or application.
Facility ID: 51249
FRN: 0001546415
Fac. Service: FM

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 03/08/2019
Application Granted: 03/11/2019
File Number: BLED-20190308AAE
License Expires: 07/29/2026
Prefix Type: This is a license for a noncommercial educational FM station
Application Type: License To Cover

FCC Website Links:
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  This Application
  Other WBAI Applications
  Including Superseded Applications
  Service Contour - Open Street Map or USGS Map (54 dBu)
  Service Contour - KML / Google Earth (54 dBu)
  Public Inspection Files

Facility Type: FM STATION
Class: B, A Zone I or I-A station; with 25kW-50kW ERP and a class contour distance 39km-52km

Site Location: 40-45-22.4 N 73-59-10.5 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 40-45-22.0 N 73-59-12.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 10 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 5.1 kW
Antenna Center HAAT: 282.3 m (926 ft.)
Antenna Center AMSL: 297 m (974 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 282 m (925 ft.)

Calculated Site Elevation: 15 m. (49 ft.)
Height Overall*: 349.7 m (1147 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Shivley 6016-3/4-NF-PS-SPEC, 3 sections, 0.5 wavelength
Antenna ID: 0
Polarization:

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1238745

Structure Type: BTWR
Registered To:
4 TS II LLC
Structure Address:
4 Times Square
New York, NY
County Name: New York County
ASR Issued: 03/24/2014
Date Built: 10/01/2014
Site Elevation: 15.2 m (50 ft.)
Structure Height: 328.2 m (1077 ft.)
Height Overall: 349.7 m (1147 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 364.9 m (1197 ft.)
FAA Determination: 09/09/2013
FAA Study #: 2013-AEA-3207-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1K
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 4, 5, 12
Removed expiration and final dates from determination. Scenario 2./jjs/case#635066
40-45-22.4 N 73-59-10.5 W (NAD 83)
40-45-22.0 N 73-59-12.0 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WBAI(FM) Licensee Information

Pacifica Foundation, Inc.
3729 Cahuenga Blvd. West
Los Angeles, CA 91604
Phone: 510-849-2590
Not-for-Profit
20190308AAE Applicant Information

Maxie Jackson
Date: 03/08/2019
Application Certifier
Pacifica Foundation, Inc.
1925 Martin Luther King Jr. Way
Berkeley, CA 94704
Applicant
Donald E. Mussell Jr. Nce-CBT
P.O. Box 983
Kilauea, HI 96754
Consulting Engineer
Melodie Virtue
Garvey Schubert Barer

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


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Associated Microwave Licenses


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Study Date: 4/19/2025; Study Duration: 0.0543 Seconds.
Database Sources:
04/18/2025 FCC LMS,
4/15/2025 FCC ASR,
4/15/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/15/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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