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KBVU(DT)
Call Sign History
KBVU from 11/10/1992
KZJA from 07/10/1991
DKZJA from 03/26/1991
Channel 28DT
Virtual Channel 29

Eureka, CA
License
CP
Application
Allocation
STA





KBVU Service: DT - Digital TV
Channel: 28 Zone: 2
Eureka, California
Nielsen DMA™:  Eureka
Network: Fox
Virtual Channel: 29
DTV TSID: 271
Facility ID: 58618
FRN: 0027171727

Status: LIC
Application Accepted: 06/07/2013
License Expires: 12/01/2030
File Number: BLCDT-20130607AAU
Prefix Type: This is a License for a commercial digital TV station

FCC Website Links:
  LMS Facility Details
  This Application
  Other KBVU 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  Including Superseded Applications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 KBVU

Site Location: 40-43-38.3 N 123-58-21.1 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 40-43-38.8 N 123-58-16.9 W (Converted to NAD 27)

ERP: 50 kW
Polarization: Circularly polarized
HAAT: 512 m (1680 ft.)
Electrical Beam Tilt: 1.5 degrees
R/C AGL: 100 m (328 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 908 m (2979 ft.)

Site Elevation: 808 m. (2651 ft.)
Height Overall*: 122 m (400 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: Jampro JSM-GB-8/CP
Antenna ID: 113739
Polarization: Circularly polarized

Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 113739
KBVU DT File: BLCDT-20130607AAU
Jampro - JSM-GB-8/CP
Service: DT
Standard Pattern: Y
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.953101.000200.909300.765
400.623500.453600.329700.240
800.193900.1911000.2031100.215
1200.2151300.2031400.1911500.193
1600.2401700.3291800.4521900.622
2000.7612100.9062200.9972300.954
2400.8482500.6192600.4122700.360
2800.3602900.3473000.3473100.360
3200.3583300.4083400.6123500.840
Structure Information

Structure Registration Number 1224088

[ASR Heights Differ from KBVU Application]
Structure Type: GTOWER
Registered To:
Redwood Empire Public Television Inc
Structure Address:
1603 Barry Road
Kneeland, CA
County Name: Humboldt County
ASR Issued: 12/29/2016
Date Built: 10/23/2015
Site Elevation: 805.3 m (2642 ft.)
Structure Height: 121.9 m (400 ft.)
Height Overall: 135.3 m (444 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 940.6 m (3086 ft.)
FAA Determination: 12/21/2016
FAA Study #: 2016-AWP-12398-OE
FAA Circular #: 70/7460-1L
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 4, 8, 12
PRIOR STUDY 2015-AWP-9887-OE
40-43-41.9 N 123-58-21.5 W (NAD 83)
40-43-42.4 N 123-58-17.3 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
KBVU(DT) Licensee Information

Eureka (Kbvu-TV) Licensee, Inc.
2000 West 41st Street
Baltimore, MD 21211
Phone: 410-666-2968
Corporation
20130607AAU Applicant Information

David L. Bailey
Date: 06/07/2013
Application Certifier
Esteem Broadcasting of California LLC
13865 East Elliott Drive
Marshall, IL 62441-5311
Applicant
Joseph M. Davis, P.E.
Chesapeake RF Consultants, LLC
207 Old Dominion Road
Yorktown, VA 23692
Consulting Engineer
Howard M. Liberman
Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP
1500 K Street, N.W.
Suite 1100
Washington, DC 20005

Associated Land Mobile Licenses


(No Records Found)
Associated Microwave Licenses


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 WMU285 7 GHz TV Studio Transmitter Link
 WMU288 7 GHz TV Studio Transmitter Link
 WMU291 7 GHz TV Studio Transmitter Link
 WPTH686 7 GHz TV Studio Transmitter Link
 WPTH687 7 GHz TV Studio Transmitter Link

Study Date: 4/02/2025; Study Duration: 0.1025 Seconds.
Database Sources:
04/02/2025 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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