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WTVO(DT)
Call Sign History
WTVO from ???
Channel 16DT
Virtual Channel 17

Rockford, IL
License
CP
Application
Allocation
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WTVO Service: DT - Digital TV
Channel: 16 Zone: 1
Rockford, Illinois
Nielsen DMA™:  Rockford
Network: ABC
Virtual Channel: 17
DTV TSID: 1067
Facility ID: 72945
FRN: 0004284899

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 10/24/2002
License Expires: 12/01/2029
File Number: BLCDT-20021024AAS
Prefix Type: This is a License for a commercial digital TV station

FCC Website Links:
  LMS Facility Details
  This Application
  Other WTVO Applications
  Including Superseded Applications
  Service Contour - Open Street Map or USGS Map (41 dBu)
  Service Contour - KML / Google Earth (41 dBu)
  Public Inspection Files
  Rabbit Ears Info Search for WTVO

Site Location: 42-17-14.0 N 89-10-15.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 42-17-13.9 N 89-10-14.6 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 196 kW
Polarization: Horizontally polarized
HAAT: 201 m (659 ft.)
Electrical Beam Tilt: 0.5 degrees
R/C AGL: 204 m (669 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 445 m (1460 ft.)

Site Elevation: 241 m. (791 ft.)
Height Overall*: 211 m (692 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: DIELECTRIC TFU-26GTH-R04DC
Antenna ID: 33514
Polarization: Horizontally polarized

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1035539

[ASR Heights Differ from WTVO Application]
Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
Mission Broadcasting, Inc.
Structure Address:
1917 N Meridian Rd
Rockford, IL
County Name: Winnebago County
ASR Issued: 03/09/2015
Date Built: 01/01/1953
Site Elevation: 241 m (791 ft.)
Structure Height: 198 m (650 ft.)
Height Overall: 216 m (709 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 457 m (1499 ft.)
FAA Determination: 08/11/1966
FAA Study #: CE-OE-66-629
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 6, 15, 21
RED LIGHTS/PAINT
42-17-14.0 N 89-10-15.0 W (NAD 83)
42-17-13.9 N 89-10-14.6 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WTVO(DT) Licensee Information

Mission Broadcasting, Inc.
4822 Kemp Boulevard
Suite 300
Wichita Falls, TX 76308
Phone: 940-228-7861
Corporation
20021024AAS Applicant Information

Deborah McDermott
Date: 10/24/2002
Application Certifier
Winnebago Television Corporation
C/O Brooks, Pierce, Et AL.
P.O. Box 1800
Raleigh, NC 27602
Applicant
Michael A. Scollick
1300 L Street, NW Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005

Mark J. Prak
C/O Brooks, Pierce, Et. Al.
PO Box 1800
Raleigh, NC 27602

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


 KM3987 TV Pickup
 KM5296 TV Pickup

Study Date: 4/02/2025; Study Duration: 0.0593 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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