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Low-power digital · channel 12 · MILWAUKEE, WI
| Facility ID | 796636 |
| Licence status | Not stated by the FCC for this facility (code CP) |
| Licensee | not stated |
| Community of licence | MILWAUKEE, WI
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 | 42.96850, -87.85700 |
| Effective radiated power | 3 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 246 m above average terrain · 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 795218 | 2 | LPD | |
| facility 795305 | 3 | LPD | |
| facility 795220 | 4 | LPD | |
| facility 795201 | 6 | LPD | |
| facility 794243 | 7 | LPD | |
| facility 794666 | 7 | LPD | |
| WMVT | 8 | DTV | MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRIC |
| WMVS | 8 | DTV | MILWAUKEE AREA TECHNICAL COLLEGE DISTRIC |
| WPVS-LD | 9 | LPD | ROSELAND BROADCASTING, INC. |
| facility 795121 | 11 | LPD | |
| facility 795729 | 13 | LPD | |
| WYTU-LD | 16 | LPD | CHANNEL 41 AND 63 LIMITED PARTNERSHIP |
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.