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Low-power translator · channel 16 · PRESTON, ID
| Facility ID | 181564 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | FRANKLIN COUNTY TRANSLATOR DISTRICT |
| Community of licence | PRESTON, ID
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 | 42.12492, -111.77578 |
| Effective radiated power | 1 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 1896.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| K04RX-D | 4 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TV DISTRICT #1 |
| K14OA-D | 14 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TRANSLATOR DISTRICT |
| K19EW-D | 19 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TV DISTRICT #1 |
| K21HH-D | 21 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TV DISTRICT #1 |
| K23GR-D | 23 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TV DISTRICT #1 |
| K25HG-D | 25 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TV DISTRICT #1 |
| K27GM-D | 27 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TV DISTRICT #1 |
| K29EY-D | 29 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TRANSLATOR DISTRICT |
| K31FR-D | 31 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TV DISTRICT #1 |
| K33GF-D | 33 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TV DISTRICT #1 |
| K35GJ-D | 35 | LPT | FRANKLIN COUNTY TV DISTRICT #1 |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/K16IX-D | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=K16IX-D | 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.