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Low-power digital · channel 2 · DETROIT, MI
| Facility ID | 794331 |
| Licence status | Not stated by the FCC for this facility (code APP) |
| Licensee | not stated |
| Community of licence | DETROIT, MI
The town the station is legally obliged to serve. This is a regulatory obligation, not the transmitter location — the two are often tens of miles apart. |
| Transmitter | 42.44792, -83.17308 |
| Effective radiated power | 3 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 399.8 m above average terrain · non-directional |
Source: FCC TV Query, a US Government work in the public domain. Observed 2026-09-23.
Whether this transmitter reaches a given address depends on the terrain between the two points, not just the distance. Ask for a specific spot:
GET /api/receivable?lat=&lon=
The answer grades the path geometry from the USGS 10 m elevation model and says how far into an obstruction it is. It ranks paths; it does not promise a picture.
No website is on file for this station, so there is nothing to check. Websites come from Wikidata; a station missing there is absent from this section rather than scored zero.
| callsign | ch | class | licensee |
|---|---|---|---|
| facility 794540 | 2 | LPT | |
| WHNE-LD | 3 | LPD | BRIDGE NEWS LLC |
| facility 794210 | 5 | LPD | |
| WJBK | 7 | DTV | NEW WORLD COMMUNICATIONS OF DETROIT, INC |
| WUDT-LD | 8 | LPD | WORD OF GOD FELLOWSHIP, INC. |
| facility 796217 | 12 | LPD | |
| WHPS-CD | 15 | DCA | HME EQUITY FUND II, LLC |
| WTVS | 20 | DTV | DETROIT PUBLIC MEDIA |
| WWJ-TV | 21 | DTV | CBS BROADCASTING INC. |
| WDWO-CD | 22 | DCA | HC2 STATION GROUP INC. |
| facility 795216 | 23 | LPD | |
| WXYZ-TV | 25 | DTV | SCRIPPS BROADCASTING HOLDINGS LLC |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/ | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q= | the facility record |
POST /mcp | MCP, nine tools, no key required |
A Rootz dataset. Sources and licences at /api/sources. Corrections: the underlying records come from the FCC and Wikidata, and a fix there flows through here on the next daily run.