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WKAO(FM)
Call Sign History
WKAO from 06/13/2007
960328MC from 03/28/1996
91.1 MHz

Ashland, KY
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





WKAO Channel: 216B1 91.1 MHz
Ashland, Kentucky
Service: FM - A full-service FM station or application.
Facility ID: 81315
FRN: 0002148864
Fac. Service: FM

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 05/21/2010
Application Granted: 06/16/2010
File Number: BLED-20100521ADU
License Expires: 08/01/2028
Prefix Type: This is a license for a noncommercial educational FM station
Application Type: License To Cover

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Facility Type: NON-COMMERCIAL EDUC. FM
Class: B1, A Zone I or I-A station; with 6kW-25kW ERP and a class contour distance 28km-39km

Site Location: 38-25-11.3 N 82-24-05.5 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 38-25-11.0 N 82-24-06.0 W (Converted to NAD 27)

Effective Radiated Power: 7 kW
Transmitter Output Power: 3.1 kW
Antenna Center HAAT: 108 m (354 ft.)
Antenna Center AMSL: 317 m (1040 ft.)
Antenna Center HAG: 60 m (197 ft.)

Site Elevation: 257 m. (843 ft.)
Height Overall*: 152 m (499 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna
Antenna Make/Model: Jampro JMPC-4R RFR, 4 sections, 0.5 wavelength spacing
Antenna ID: 68724
Polarization:

Associated Translators
WVRR Ch. 201Point Pleasant, West Virginia
Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 68724
WKAO FM File: BLED-20100521ADU
Jampro - JMPC-4R RFR, 4 sections, 0.5 wavelength spacing
Service: FM
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.380100.420200.520300.600
400.650500.660600.660700.650
800.620900.5801000.7001100.880
1171.0001201.0001301.0001401.000
1501.0001601.0001701.0001801.000
1901.0002001.0002101.0002201.000
2301.0002401.0002501.0002601.000
2701.0002801.0002901.0003001.000
3101.0003151.0003200.9303300.740
3400.5903500.470
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1052324

Structure Type: TOWER
Registered To:
TRI-STATE FAMILY BROADCASTING, INC.
Structure Address:
Rotary Park Road
Huntington, WV
County Name: Cabell County
ASR Issued: 07/09/1998
Date Built: 05/15/1995
Site Elevation: 257 m (843 ft.)
Structure Height: 140.2 m (460 ft.)
Height Overall: 152.1 m (499 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 409.1 m (1342 ft.)
FAA Determination: 11/27/1981
FAA Study #: 81-AEA-933-0E
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 4, 13, 21
38-25-11.0 N 82-24-06.0 W (NAD 83)
38-25-10.7 N 82-24-06.5 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WKAO(FM) Licensee Information

Positive Alternative Radio, Inc.
PO Box 889
Blacksburg, VA 24063
Not-for-Profit
20100521ADU Applicant Information

Edward A. Baker
Date: 05/21/2010
Application Certifier
Positive Alternative Radio, Inc.
P.O. Box 889
Blacksburg, VA 24063
Applicant
Roy P. Stype, III
P. O. Box 807
2324 North Cleveland-Massillon Road
Bath, OH 44210-0807
Consulting Engineer
Cary S. Tepper, Esq.
Booth, Freret, Imlay & Tepper, P.C.

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


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Associated Microwave Licenses


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Study Date: 4/19/2025; Study Duration: 0.1387 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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