FCC items

Elba, Alabama: WELB 1350:
OFF Apr. 27th. 

Fountain, Colorado: KCEG 890:

Requests relocation to 38-33-47/104-36-20; removal of directional antenna; reduction of day power from 5,500 watts to 2,500 and night power from 500 watts to 12.

Meridian, Idaho: KYWN 890:

Removed nighttime directional antenna at second site & reduced night power from 250 watts to 125.

Greenfield, Massachusetts: WIZZ 1520:

Requests STA for 150 watts non-directional daytime only to whip antenna atop WHMQ-1240 transmitter building, 42-35-21/72-37-06.  Must leave existing site; has permit to share on WHMQ's tower but the diplexing equipment to allow the same tower to serve two stations is not yet ready.

Bozeman, Montana: KOBB 1230:

Bozeman, Montana: KYWL 1480:

Both stations request permission to move to the KBOZ-1090 tower, 45-36-50/111-05-08.  

KOBB power & frequency will remain unchanged at 1,000 watts day & night on 1230KHz.

KYWL will move from 1490 to 1480 & reduce power to 940 watts daytime, 210 at night.

Oregon City, Oregon: KXET 1520:

Granted move to the KXPD-1040/KBNP-1410 tower, 45-28-26/122-39-33.

Mayaguez, Puerto Rico: WKJB 710:

Requests new backup transmitter, sharing the WPRA-990 backup antenna, 18-10-53/67-10-09.  9,900 watts daytime, 800 at night.

FCC items

Wasilla, Alaska: KVHZ 1430:
Granted STA for reduced power of 400 watts (vs. licensed 1,000) pending repair/replacement of "VSWR unit".  I suspect they mean antenna tuning unit.

Monterey, California: KMBY 1240:

Calls changed from KNBI.

Mount Angel, Oregon: KQRR 1130:

Oregon City, Oregon: KXET 1520:

Calls swapped back.  (originally swapped to these calls in March 2015)

 

Most powerful TV stations in Canada

Most viewers in Canada use cable or satellite, but there are still over-the-air transmitters operating in many places.  Here's a list of the ten most powerful.

They're measured in terms of how strong their signal is at 50km from the tower, compared to the minimum signal regarded as providing service.  (35dB VHF-low, 43dB VHF-high, 48dB UHF)

 

Location	Callsign	Channel	ERP	HAAT	dBu	Threshold	Signal above threshold
Saguenay, Quebec	CIVV-DT	8	84.9	594	80.9	43	37.9
Sherbrooke, Quebec	CKSH-DT	13	32.3	593	76.7	43	33.7
Quebec, Quebec	CBVT-DT	25	361.7	515	78.1	48	30.1
Carleton, Quebec	CHAU-DT	5	9.85	483	64.9	35	29.9
Ottawa, Ontario	CBOT-DT	25	311.5	426	75.5	48	27.5
Minnedosa, Manitoba	CKND-DT-2	9	30.5	374	70.5	43	27.5
Toronto, Ontario	CFTO-DT	8	13.8	474	70.0	43	27.0
London, Ontario	CFPL-DT	10	45	300	69.7	43	26.7
Riviere-du-Loup, Quebec	CIMT-DT	9	27.5	362	69.6	43	26.6
Ottawa, Ontario	CBOFT-DT	33	237.7	426	74.3	48	26.3

FCC items

Tallahassee, Florida: WTAL 1450:
Requests relocation to WTLY-1270 site, 30-25-45/84-19-43; reduce day power to 440 watts. 

Brunswick, Maryland: WTRI 1520:
Requests STA for reduced power of 2.45kw pending transmitter replacement.

Granted.

Bozeman, Montana: KBOZ 1090:

Requests removal of directional antenna & reduction of night power from 5,000 watts to 32.  KOBB-1230 and KYWL-1490 will share this site.

Steubenville, Ohio: WIXZ 950:

Requests STA for reduced power of 250 watts day, 10 watts at night, non-directional, due to lightning damage.  Granted.

Hillsboro, Oregon: KUIK 1360:

Granted STA for temporary facility, 10 watts day & night, non-directional, 45-30-00/122-56-30.  Lost permanent site.

Richmond, Virginia: WBTK 1380:

Requests STA for night pattern fulltime at reduced power of 1,000 watts.  Transmitter failure requires reduced power; copper theft forces fulltime use of night pattern.

STA granted.

Marinette, Wisconsin: WMAM 570:

Requests move to site formerly used by defunct WCJL-1300 at 45-03-58/87-39-55; reduce daytime power from 250 watts to 180.  

FCC & CRTC items

Birmingham, Alabama: WENN 1320:
OFF April 4th, transmitter failure.

Fountain, Colorado: KJME 780:
Requests power reduction from 1,900 watts day to 500, and from 720 watts night to 15. Remove directional antenna, and move to 38-49-08/104-46-34.

Atlanta, Georgia: WTZA 1010:
Requests STA for unspecified reduced power, reason not given.

Savannah, Georgia: WSEG 1400:
OFF April 1st, rodent infestation damaged transmitter.

Back on the air in late May at 50% power.

Silver Spring, Maryland: WBQH 1050:
Requests STA for intermittent operation from WFED-1500 site, 1,000 watts daytime, 400 watts night, non-directional. Wishes to evaluate possible permanent move to this site, or its use as a backup.

Granted.

Maniwaki, Quebec: CBOM 710 & CBOF-1 990:
Requests moves to 93.3 FM and 94.3 FM respectively.

Georgetown, South Carolina: WGTN 1400:
OFF April 1st pending installation of equipment to share tower with WPIF-1470.

Provo, Utah: KSRR 1400:
Requests relocation to the KEYY-1450 tower at 40-13-48/111-41-12.

Nashville DTV bandscan

Yeah, this has nothing to do with AM😃  

Recovered my Raspberry Pi 3B from storage this afternoon & put it on the network with the HD HomeRun CONNECT DUO.  We use tuner 0 to watch TV -- that leaves another tuner for DXing😃

No DX right now but here's a list of what comes in with a small attic Yagi in Bellevue, Tennessee:

Physical channel	Virtual channel	TSID	SS	SNQ	SEQ	Name	Call letters	ERP	HAAT	Distance
5	5.11	0AA3	79	65	100	WTVF-HD	WTVF	22kw	425m	27km
	5.12					NC5+	WTVF
	5.13					Bounce	WTVF
7	8.1	0AA5	100	100	100	NPT-1	WNPT	17.65kw	390m	10km
	8.2					NPT-2	WNPT
	8.3					NPT-3	WNPT
	8.4					NPT-4	WNPT
10	4.1	0AA1	100	100	100	WSMV-HD	WSMV-TV	42.4kw	415m	11km
	4.2					Escape	WSMV-TV
	4.3					COZI	WSMV-TV
	4.4					CourtTV	WSMV-TV
	4.5					Circle	WSMV-TV
	30.3					Comet	WUXP-TV
20	17.1	0AA7	100	100	100	FOX17	WZTV	1000kw	427m	26km
	17.2					CW	WZTV
	17.3					Antenna	WZTV
	17.4					TBD	WZTV
	30.2					Get-TV	WUXP-TV
23	31.1	0001	57	60	100	Heartl	WJDE-CD	15kw	147m	26km
	31.2					DigiTV	WJDE-CD
	31.3					WBN	WJDE-CD
	31.4					RetroTV	WJDE-CD
	31.5					SBN	WJDE-CD
	31.6					QVC2	WJDE-CD
	31.7					AVoice	WJDE-CD
	31.8					GEB	WJDE-CD
	31.9					Estrell	WJDE-CD
	31.10					KCMI	WJDE-CD
	31.11					NDTV	WJDE-CD
	31.12					ACETV	WJDE-CD
	31.13					HSN	WJDE-CD
25	44.1	0A8B	100	100	100	MeTV	WJFB	1000kw	407m	26km
	44.2					Heroes	WJFB
	44.3					StartTV	WJFB
	44.4					Decades	WJFB
	44.5					Movies	WJFB
	44.6					MeTV+	WJFB
	44.7					Story	WJFB
26	26.1	2728	65	77	100	WNTU-LD	WNTU-LD	11.9kw	147m	19km
27	2.1	0A9F	100	96	100	WKRN-DT	WKRN-TV	1000kw	411m	10km
27	2.2					SPORTS	WKRN-TV
27	2.3					CRIME	WKRN-TV
27	2.4					REWIND	WKRN-TV
27	30.1					WUXP-MY	WUXP-TV
28	40.1	252F	61	72	100	WKUW-LD	WKUW-LD	10kw	321m	26km
28	40.2					WKUW-LD	WKUW-LD
28	40.3					WKUW-LD	WKUW-LD
28	40.4					WKUW-LD	WKUW-LD
28	40.5					WKUW-LD	WKUW-LD
32	28.1	0A6F	74	78	100	ION	WNPX-TV	550kw	365m	56km
32	28.2					CourtTV	WNPX-TV
32	28.3					Grit	WNPX-TV
32	28.4					Laff	WNPX-TV
32	28.5					DefyTV	WNPX-TV
32	28.6					TruReal	WNPX-TV
32	28.7					NEWSY	WNPX-TV
33	50.1	0A75	100	100	100	TBN HD	WPGD-TV	1000kw	412m	26km
33	50.2					Inspire	WPGD-TV
33	50.3					SMILE	WPGD-TV
33	50.4					Enlace	WPGD-TV
33	50.5					POSITIV	WPGD-TV
34		0001	56	56	100		WJNK-LD	15kw	239m	26km
35	35.1	26BD	71	78	100	WCTZ-LD	WCTZ-LD	15kw	321m	26km
35	35.2						WCTZ-LD
35	35.2						WCTZ-LD
35	35.3						WCTZ-LD
35	35.4						WCTZ-LD
35	35.5						WCTZ-LD
35	35.6						WCTZ-LD
35	35.7						WCTZ-LD
36	5.1	0AA3	100	100	100	WTVF-HD	WTVF	1000kw	431m	27km
36	5.2					NC5+	WTVF
36	5.3					Bounce	WTVF
36	58.1					DABL	WNAB
36	58.2					Stadium	WNAB
36	58.3					Charge!	WNAB

FCC items

Opp, Alabama: WAMI 880:
OFF Mar. 28th, lost site.
 

Endicott, New York: WENE 1430:

Granted STA to use night pattern during the day at 650 watts, pending switching system repairs.  Night operation not affected.

Medford, Oregon: KEZX 730:

Requests STA for operation at 10 watts non-directional day & night, for financial reasons.  Granted.

Portsmouth, Virginia: WHKT 1650:

OFF Dec. 15th, lost site.