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KBME-TV
Call Sign History
KBME-TV from 04/24/1998
Channel 22DT
Virtual Channel 3

Bismarck, ND
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





KBME-TV Service: DT - Digital TV
Channel: 22 Zone: 2
Bismarck, North Dakota
Nielsen DMA™:  Fargo - Valley City
Network: PBS
Virtual Channel: 3
DTV TSID: 1879
Facility ID: 53324
FRN: 0002476091

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 01/22/2002
License Expires: 04/01/2030
File Number: BLEDT-20020122AAD
Prefix Type: This is a license for a noncommercial educational digital TV station

FCC Website Links:
  LMS Facility Details
  This Application
  Other KBME-TV 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  Including Superseded Applications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 KBME-TV

Site Location: 46-35-23.0 N 100-48-03.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 46-35-23.0 N 100-48-01.5 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 97.3 kW
Polarization: Horizontally polarized
HAAT: 392 m (1286 ft.)
Electrical Beam Tilt: 0.75 degrees
R/C AGL: 295 m (968 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 972 m (3189 ft.)

Site Elevation: 677 m. (2221 ft.)
Height Overall*: 332 m (1089 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: DIELECTRIC TFU-18DSC-R
Antenna ID: 18952
Polarization: Horizontally polarized

Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 18952
KBME-TV DT File: BLEDT-20020122AAD
DIELECTRIC - TFU-18DSC-R
Service: DT
Standard Pattern: Y
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.899100.900200.905300.917
400.936500.963600.988701.000
800.987900.9401000.8541100.733
1200.5881300.4371400.3021500.218
1600.2071700.2321800.2451900.232
2000.2072100.2182200.3022300.437
2400.5882500.7332600.8542700.940
2800.9872901.0003000.9883100.963
3200.9363300.9173400.9053500.900
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1037961

[ASR Heights Differ from KBME-TV Application]
Structure Type: GTOWER
Registered To:
PRAIRIE PUBLIC BROADCASTING INC
Structure Address:
8 Km E 3.2 Km S
Saint Anthony, ND
County Name: Morton County
ASR Issued: 05/03/2021
Date Built: 06/15/2021
Site Elevation: 676.7 m (2220 ft.)
Structure Height: 304.8 m (1000 ft.)
Height Overall: 306.3 m (1005 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 983 m (3225 ft.)
FAA Determination: 04/26/2021
FAA Study #: 2021-AGL-8581-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1H
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 3, 4, 5, 13
PRIOR STUDY 1991-AGL-2408-OE
46-35-22.8 N 100-48-03.5 W (NAD 83)
46-35-22.8 N 100-48-02.0 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
KBME-TV Licensee Information

Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc.
PO Box 3240
Fargo, ND 58108
Phone: 701-241-6900
Not-for-Profit
20020122AAD Applicant Information

Mary Anne Alhadeff
Date: 01/22/2002
Application Certifier
Prairie Public Broadcasting, Inc.
PO Box 3240
Fargo, ND 58108-3240
Applicant
Jim Solum
P.O Box 3240
Fargo, ND 58108
Employee
Margaret L. Miller, Esquire
Dow. Lohnes & Albertson, PLLC
1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W.
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20036-6802

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


 WFD570 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay
 WPOU440 7 GHz TV Intercity Relay

Study Date: 4/01/2025; Study Duration: 0.1097 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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