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WFBN-LD
Call Sign History
WFBN-LD from 11/29/2010
WFBN-LD from 03/16/2007
Channel 23DT

Rockford, IL
License
CP
Application
Allocation
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WFBN-LD Service: LD - Digital TV Translator or LPTV Station
Channel: 23 Zone:
Rockford, Illinois
DTV TSID: 3489
Facility ID: 168664
Status: License
Application Accepted: 10/31/2019
License Expires: 12/01/2021
File Number: -0000087738
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Site Location: 42-17-48.0 N 89-10-15.0 W (NAD 83)
Site Location: 42-17-47.9 N 89-10-14.6 W (Converted to NAD 27)
ERP: 15 kW
Polarization: Elliptically polarized
Electrical Beam Tilt: 1.0 degree
R/C AGL: 191 m (627 ft.)
R/C AMSL: 440.9 m (1447 ft.)
Emission Mask: Stringent
Site Elevation: 249.9 m. (820 ft.)
Height Overall*: 222.2 m (729 ft.)
(* As Filed In This Application, may differ from ASR Data, Below.)
Directional Antenna - Antenna Make/Model: ATC ATC-BCE48CF-V2-23
Antenna ID: 1005883
Polarization: Elliptically polarized
Antenna Data for Antenna Id: 1005883
WFBN-LD LD File: -0000087738
ATC - ATC-BCE48CF-V2-23
Service: LD
Standard Pattern: N
Pattern and Field Values Include a 90° Clockwise Rotation
AzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatioAzimuthRatio
00.224100.304200.409300.525
400.640500.750600.849700.932
800.987901.0001000.9831100.939
1200.8501300.7451400.6341500.521
1600.4051700.2961800.2231900.165
2000.1012100.0492200.0232270.019
2300.0192400.0282500.0452600.064
2700.0772720.0782800.0712900.051
3000.0283100.0173200.0353300.080
3400.1253500.168
Structure Information
Structure Registration Number 1209945

[ASR Heights Differ from WFBN-LD Application]
Structure Type: GTOWER
Registered To:
Gray Media Group, Inc.
Structure Address:
2523 North Meridian Road
Rockford, IL
County Name: Winnebago County
ASR Issued: 08/25/2022
Date Built: 03/01/2000
Site Elevation: 249.3 m (818 ft.)
Structure Height: 205.9 m (676 ft.)
Height Overall: 214.3 m (703 ft.)
Overall Height AMSL: 463.6 m (1521 ft.)
FAA Determination: 04/26/2021
FAA Study #: 2021-AGL-7283-OE
Paint & Light FAA Chapters: 1, 3, 6, 15, 21
Continue As Is OM&L = PAINT/RED LIGHTS
42-17-48.3 N 89-10-15.0 W (NAD 83)
42-17-48.2 N 89-10-14.6 W
(Converted to NAD 27)
WFBN-LD Licensee Information

WEIGEL BROADCASTING CO.
26 North Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60661
Phone: 312-705-2600
Corporation
0000087738 Applicant Information

Norman H. Shapiro
Title: President/secretary/treasurer
Date: 10/31/2019
Application Certifier
WEIGEL BROADCASTING CO.
Weigel Broadcasting Co.
26 North Halsted Street
Chicago, IL 60661
Applicant
Matthew S. DelNero, Esq
Covington & Burling Llp
One Citycenter, 850 Tenth Street, N.w.
Washington, DC 20001
Legal Counsel
Louis R duTreil, Jr
Dutreil Lundin & Rackley Inc
3135 Southgate Circle
Sarasota, FL 34239
Technical Consultant
Associated Land Mobile Licenses

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Associated Microwave Licenses

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Study Date: 5/02/2024; Study Duration: 0.0827 Seconds.
Database Sources:
05/02/2024 FCC LMS,
4/30/2024 FCC ASR,
4/30/2024 FCC ULS Microwave, and
4/30/2024 FCC ULS Broadcast Land Mobile.



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