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KPTX(FM)
Call Sign History
KPTX from 01/07/1980
98.3 MHz

Pecos, TX
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





KPTX Channel: 252C3 98.3 MHz
Pecos, Texas
Service: FM - A full-service FM station or application.
Facility ID: 51572
FRN: 0013150404
Fac. Service: FM

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 09/18/2002
Application Granted: 12/09/2002
File Number: BLH-20020918AAB
License Expires: 08/01/2029
Prefix Type: This is a license for a commercial FM station
Application Type: License To Cover

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Facility Type: FM STATION
Class: C3, A Zone II station; with 6kW-25kW ERP and a class contour distance 28km-39km

Site Location: 31-29-56.5 N 103-19-51.6 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 31-29-56.0 N 103-19-50.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 9.5 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 2.53 kW
Antenna Center HAAT: 129 m (423 ft.)
Antenna Center AMSL: 936 m (3071 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 87 m (285 ft.)

Site Elevation: 848.9 m. (2785 ft.)
Height Overall*: 97.5 m (320 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Omni-Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Systems With Reliability Inc. FM1/8
Antenna ID: 0
Polarization:

Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1048441

Structure Type: 3TOWER
Registered To:
INDUSTRIAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
Structure Address:
3 Mi Ne (twr 3)
Barstow, TX
County Name: Ward County
ASR Issued: 03/09/2006
Date Built: 01/01/1960
Site Elevation: 848.9 m (2785 ft.)
Structure Height: 91.4 m (300 ft.)
Height Overall: 97.5 m (320 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 946.4 m (3105 ft.)
FAA Determination: 10/02/1990
FAA Study #: 90-ASW-0748-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1G
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 3, 4, 5, 9
31-29-57.0 N 103-19-52.0 W (NAD 83)
31-29-56.5 N 103-19-50.4 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
KPTX(FM) Licensee Information

Pecos Radio Company, Inc.
P.O. Box 469
Pecos, TX 79772
Phone: 432-445-2497
Corporation
20020918AAB Applicant Information

Billy Cole
Date: 09/18/2002
Application Certifier
Parday, Incorporated
P O Box 469
Pecos, TX 79772-0469
Applicant
Kenneth L. Bass
P O Box 1109
Alamogordo, NM 88311-1109
Consulting Engineer
Kenneth L. Bass
Broadcast Consultant

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Study Date: 3/17/2025; Study Duration: 0.1991 Seconds.
Database Sources:
03/17/2025 FCC LMS,
3/11/2025 FCC ASR,
3/11/2025 FCC ULS Microwave, and
3/11/2025 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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