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Low-power translator · channel 17 · ASTORIA, OR
| Facility ID | 130923 |
| Licence status | Licensed and on air (code LIC) |
| Licensee | SANDER OPERATING CO. III LLC D/B/A KGW TELEVISION |
| Community of licence | ASTORIA, OR
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 | 46.28619, -123.89708 |
| Effective radiated power | 5 kW |
| Antenna height (HAAT) | 433 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| K23GK-D | 23 | LPT | OREGON PUBLIC BROADCASTING |
| K26DB-D | 26 | LPT | SINCLAIR PORTLAND LICENSEE, LLC |
| K28FP-D | 28 | LPD | GULF BOULEVARD BROADCASTING, LLC |
| K34DC-D | 34 | LPT | NEXSTAR MEDIA INC. |
| K36LI-D | 36 | LPT | TV-49, INC. |
This page is also available as data, and so is everything behind it.
/api/station-readiness/K17HA-D | this section, as JSON |
/api/outlets?q=K17HA-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.